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The first watch featuring computer functions
- latent9 2mo ago[dead]
- whazor 2mo agoI wish they could build a modern Pebble time 2 watch, since its opensource
- throw2ih020 2mo agohttps://repebble.com/ https://repebble.com/
- itintheory 2mo agoWearing the new Time 2 right now. It's as good as I remembered. So glad this story came around the way it did.
- whazor 2mo agoyes I have one and love it but I believe hardware design could be done better by Casio/Seiko
- stefanv 2mo agoA bit more info about this watch https://hackaday.com/2024/07/16/seiko-had-a-smartwatch-in-1984/ https://hackaday.com/2024/07/16/seiko-had-a-smartwatch-in-19... or https://www.namokimods.com/en-eu/blogs/namokitimes/seiko-originals-the-uc-2000-a-smartwatch-from-1984 https://www.namokimods.com/en-eu/blogs/namokitimes/seiko-ori...
- ChrisMarshallNY 2mo agoYou hardly ever hear from Seiko, these days. I think they were brought up by Epson. In the 1980s, having a Seiko digital, was like having a Rolex (Or "Rolecks," if you are buying in Times Square).
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoI recall on a television program demonstrating counterfeit goods, they showed a watch with the "SETKO" imprint
- RattlesnakeJake 2mo agoA subtle background visual gag in "The Office" is a framed certificate identifying Michael Scott as the owner of a "Quality Seyko Timepiece": https://www.reddit.com/r/TVDetails/s/c3yM0Lmu96 https://www.reddit.com/r/TVDetails/s/c3yM0Lmu96
- classichasclass 2mo agoI have a radio around here I bought in Malaysia from "Panesnic."
- kstrauser 2mo agoFor a short while in the 80s, little plastic or rubber face protectors were trendy. They had little vertical bumpers that covered the watch face from top to bottom. That’s how my friend didn’t see the “A” and the “N” on his “ASEIKON” watch for a while.
- nephihaha 2mo agoDigital watches were certainly the in thing back then, but they didn't quite have the cachet of an expensive Rolex or TagHeuer. I had a cheaper end digital watch which seemed to take forever to set, although it did have a stop watch and possibly an alarm on it.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2mo ago
- stefanv 2mo agoI became interested in Seiko watches after recently buying a Seiko Astron while visiting Japan. It’s amazing how much they shaped the watch industry. With the Astron series they buried a lot of Swiss manufacturers when it was first launched. Also, their “Spring Drive” technology is amazing. It’s basically the perfect hybrid between a mechanical watch movement and a quartz crystal. The movement is mechanical, with the spring releasing energy and powering the quartz crystal (there is no battery), which in turn acts as a “referee”, applying an electromagnetic brake and regulating the mechanical movement.
- ubermonkey 2mo agoI'm a watch nerd, but generally I'm only interested in mechanicals. Spring drive is the first quartz-driven movement I'm actually interested in. If I won the lotto tomorrow, I'd buy a Grand Seiko with it.
- jqpabc123 2mo agoLots of watches out there but I'm still searching for one that offers a simple container for a microSD memory card. Here is my workaround. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6784665 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6784665
- hnlqpx99l9 2mo ago[dead]
- PaulRobinson 2mo agoThis is cool, but do you know what was really cool? 2 years earlier, they made a TV watch: https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/51.html https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/51.html
- victorbjorklund 2mo agoThat’s so cool
- RodgerTheGreat 2mo agoNot pictured: the walkman-sized box containing the rest of the TV that attached to the watch via a hefty umbilical cable.
- em3rgent0rdr 2mo agoIndeed. Pic: https://www.ablogtowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Seiko-TV-Watch-T001-5019-15.jpg https://www.ablogtowatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Seik...
- anadem 2mo agoOops: "The owner of this website (www.ablogtowatch.com) does not allow hotlinking to that resource (/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Seiko-TV-Watch-T001-5019-15.jpg)."
- bpoyner 2mo agoAnyone else notice the time in the photo is set to 10:08:59, which is one second before Apple Watch marketing material using 10:09, which itself is 1 minute before the traditional 10:10 used by the watchmaking industry?
- beardyw 2mo agoIt has been commonplace for analogue watches to be set to 10:10 or more often 1:40 so that the hands are pleasingly symmetrical and mostly frame the logo. I think this is just a carry over from that. The figures you use mention probably create that arrangement more accurately, though of course completely unnecessarily!
- beardyw 2mo agoFor example https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/best-mens-watches https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gallery/best-mens-watches
- anentropic 2mo agoImagine if this page had images of all the items described in the text
- emptybits 2mo agoFast forward... all the computer I need is now in my bag or pocket or least within the room. So what I'd enjoy on my wrist is an entry-level Seiko (or other) quartz with nothing but: 1) analog hands, and 2) a vibrating Bluetooth notification of incoming phone calls or maybe messages. I know know, the second one is a swamp that Seiko doesn't want to wade into.
- dotjustin 2mo agoThere's a great pebble watchface replicating this: https://apps.repebble.com/51b5333a6dac43f5a308f87f https://apps.repebble.com/51b5333a6dac43f5a308f87f
- not_the_fda 2mo agoSeiko had a whole line microprocessors. I remember working with the S1C33 with a broken C compiler. We ended up using C macros and assembly. Never want to do that again.