Yeah the lightscribes were cool. The only downside was the monochromatic color on the top side. I read that a full Color version was in the works.
What obscure electronic item do you collect / obsess with?
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I'm still looking for one of those 100 cd carousels that Pioneer, Sony and maybe Teac sold back in around 1997. Radio Shack had a few in my local mall when I was in High school.
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I also became an RPN fan thanks to HP. I'm still using the 15C I got in 1983 as a high school graduation gift. $110 was a lot of money for a calculator in 1983, but worth it.
Used to have a USAmps 4ch tube hybrid several years ago. Still have some car audio stuff laying around but recently sold/traded away several bits for some additional 2ch equipment.
Do obscure quartz watches count? Ignore the one on the left because it's a current model.
The watch on the right is a Swiss-made mid-'70s Westime and used to be my dad's watch. It is in working order. Obscure now because it's an LED watch.
The Citizen in the middle is from the mid-'80s. I got it as a kid and I still have it and it works. It gets a new battery every 3 years. The module is still in production but the metal case with a plastic shroud was available only for a short time. Nearly impossible to find now because it's obscure.
For completion's sake, the watch on the left is a dirt-cheap Casio AE 1200 module in an aftermarket SKX Mod 316L case with sapphire crystal. Great watch when traveling as it has a world time feature. Obscure because it's a modded watch.
The watch on the right is a Swiss-made mid-'70s Westime and used to be my dad's watch. It is in working order. Obscure now because it's an LED watch.
The Citizen in the middle is from the mid-'80s. I got it as a kid and I still have it and it works. It gets a new battery every 3 years. The module is still in production but the metal case with a plastic shroud was available only for a short time. Nearly impossible to find now because it's obscure.
For completion's sake, the watch on the left is a dirt-cheap Casio AE 1200 module in an aftermarket SKX Mod 316L case with sapphire crystal. Great watch when traveling as it has a world time feature. Obscure because it's a modded watch.
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The Westime reminds me of the 70’s digital Omegas:Do obscure quartz watches count? Ignore the one on the left because it's a current model.
The watch on the right is a Swiss-made mid-'70s Westime and used to be my dad's watch. It is in working order. Obscure now because it's an LED watch.
The Citizen in the middle is from the mid-'80s. I got it as a kid and I still have it and it works. It gets a new battery every 3 years. The module is still in production but the metal case with a plastic shroud was available only for a short time. Nearly impossible to find now because it's obscure.
For completion's sake, the watch on the left is a dirt-cheap Casio AE 1200 module in an aftermarket SKX Mod 316L case with sapphire crystal. Great watch when traveling as it has a world time feature. Obscure because it's a modded watch.
Yes, very similar in the brutalist and futuristic design. Kojak wore this model Omega. Westime has been a Los Angeles watch and jewelry store/chain that commissions products that they sell then under their own label. The Westime LED watch has actually a Seiko/Pulsar module and only the case and bracelet are Swiss-made. By the time I got the watch from Dad the novelty of LED watches had long worn off and it was once again sort of a novelty, And LED watches have once again become somewhat popular in niche circles. Everything comes and goes. With modern batteries, LED watches are tolerable. Some of those watches didn't have a Set button. You had to use an accessory magnet that would act on, presumably, a reed contact inside the module. My watch has a recessed Set button that can be pressed with a pen or similar. The Function button allows you to display time, seconds, day, and date.
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About the only vintage watches I have left are a couple late 1800’s pocket watches & a vintage Citizen Speedy 67-9313 that’s being serviced currently.
Interesting background on the LED watch. I’ve flipped several Omega’s over the years & the digital ones always escaped me. Was always too conservative on my bids as I really didn’t know anything about them & the market wasn’t strong at the time. Certainly not the case now lol.
A Bulova Accutron would be fun to have. It's from the early '60s and uses the same electronic time keeping mechanism that guidance systems in satellites of the era used. The main component was a "tuning fork" (360 Hz) that allowed for an accuracy of +/- 5 seconds per month. That's better accuracy than most quartz watches offer.
Right, there was a variety of melody watches in the early to mid-'80s.
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VHS video recordings and players. . Reg or S-VHS
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You keep because you like or hoard them?
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My VHS collection includes All of TOS Star Trek episodes how they were originally broadcast in the late 60's. I have 3 VCR's. They make great analog audio recorders. One is on my bedroom system. up to 8 hours of non stop music that sounds first rate. I can listen to my Ambient music all night long if I desire. .
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Hermann
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Invicta 1953 Suby homage. $89 for a very accurate vintage looking watch. I have 4 in rotation and two in the box new. Just like the way they look. Simple and smart