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Posted by liquid |
Mar 31st, 2012
Here’s another of the very early G-Shocks that’s really starting to grow on me — the WW-5100C-1.
It’s identical to its rarer sibling, the WW-5100C-9, using the wide-temperature 491 module, but has subtle styling differences. The...
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Posted by liquid |
Apr 3rd, 2011
The Sexum XXX animated watch, produced by Cheong Koon Co. Ltd. dates from 1981 and is, without doubt, one of the most unique and unusual LCD watches ever.
There are a number of features that set it apart from most other LCD watches from the early...
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Posted by liquid |
Oct 8th, 2010
It comes as no surprise that Casio unveiled their flagship superwatch the DB-1000 in 1985 – the same year Back to the Future was released; they obviously had their own flying Delorean to bring back some future technology and present it years...
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Posted by liquid |
Oct 7th, 2010
Anyone south of the Mason-Dixon line is going to love this watch…and all you Yankees too!
So promised the 1981 Montgomery Ward Christmas Values catalog and the public must have loved them in droves – so much so that they are almost...
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Posted by liquid |
Sep 30th, 2010
The original and still the best – Casio’s MG-880 was released in August 1980 and began a decade of integration of calculators and games for the Casio company and its competitors.
Kids lucky enough to have this amazing toy could happily...
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This website showcases some of the best LCD watches, calculators and gadgets of the early 1980s from the author’s past and present collection.
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