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Mar 26, 2015, 07:47 AM
#11
"A solid state time computer no bigger than a wrist watch". SOLD!
Mind you, with the Explorer at $180 in 1964 and the Pulsar at $295 in 1972 I know which one I'd rather have bought...
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Mar 26, 2015, 07:58 AM
#12
Originally Posted by
whatmeworry
"A solid state time computer no bigger than a wrist watch". SOLD!
Mind you, with the Explorer at $180 in 1964 and the Pulsar at $295 in 1972 I know which one I'd rather have bought...
You had to be there. These things were so out-of-this-world different and cool, that at least for a couple of years, regular watches just seemed so lame. Even Rolex. It was a very different time.
~Sherry.
Eterna | Tudor | Seiko | Casio | G-Shock | Orient | Swatch | Mondaine | Zodiac (pre-Fossil) | Rolex | Wenger | Pulsar Time Computer | Omega | Timex | Bucherer | Citizen | Bulova | Glycine
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:03 AM
#13
Originally Posted by
popoki nui
You had to be there. These things were so out-of-this-world different and cool, that at least for a couple of years, regular watches just seemed so lame. Even Rolex. It was a very different time.
~Sherry.
I suspect that Apple are hoping for a similar vibe
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:18 AM
#14
I know this is tangential at best but I'm always amused by people thinking the Casio F91 is an icon of the 80s (its name is a clue to when it was released) As far as I can recall, this one would be the nearest to being the Standard Eighties Casio
The image of the F91 is so pervasive that in my memories my Casios looks more like it than reality. I think I put this down to the popularity of the F91 a few years ago amongst people who were trying to a get themselves a mid-80s retro look. The mental association got made then and has stuck.
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:24 AM
#15
Probably this one, just because it perfectly embodies hublot: brash, gauche, and utterly tasteless.
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by
popoki nui
You had to be there. These things were so out-of-this-world different and cool, that at least for a couple of years, regular watches just seemed so lame. Even Rolex. It was a very different time.
~Sherry.
The other thing that struck me was the minute a year accuracy, which is better than most digitals claim nowadays.
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:37 AM
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:43 AM
#18
Originally Posted by
whatmeworry
"A solid state time computer no bigger than a wrist watch". SOLD!
Mind you, with the Explorer at $180 in 1964 and the Pulsar at $295 in 1972 I know which one I'd rather have bought...
Sherry is quite right about having to be of that time -i'm quite sure that as a young man at that time which watch you would have by choice should you have been able to afford it !!! an Explorer would not have held the same attraction as it might today - to put this in context i'm trying to remember my weekly wage at that time and it was probably in the region of £15.00 a week so these Led's watches were expensive
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:47 AM
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Mar 26, 2015, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by
whatmeworry
"A solid state time computer no bigger than a wrist watch". SOLD!
Mind you, with the Explorer at $180 in 1964 and the Pulsar at $295 in 1972 I know which one I'd rather have bought...
It's kind of nice for us that we've forgotten that getting the accurate time was once worth a premium, being released from having to know which clocks you could trust etc
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