When was the first mechanical Digital wristwatch produced?
PoyFR
I am curious for obvious reason to find out when was the first mechanical digital wristwatch.
I browsing fast the web, I came across the below 'vintage' presentation which is said from 1968. Do you more and other info? Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge on this topic.
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amanico May 11th, 2009-03:49
Very interesting, POY Great Historical ad, my friend. Your obvious reasons are so actual... I was wondering the same when Lange launched their new Zeitwerk. But, honestly, I didn't know, till you posted this ad. I would be curious to see if any of our fellows, here, can give u...
ThomasM May 11th, 2009-04:04
history goes back to at least the 19th C for PW and early 20th C for WW. IWC had pocketwatches (one called Pellaton model (?) and I know several off the top of my head in WW form factor in early 20th C. Will try to dig up some pics of watches and/or ads if no one else beats me to it. Definitely before 1960's. Cheers, TM
ThomasM May 12th, 2009-02:49
yep, thanks, it was caught lower down in the thread. The mind and memory...what a thing to waste! ;-) TM
G99 May 11th, 2009-05:43
the best source for this would probably the watchismo times site if i'm not allowed to mention the site i apologize, but he is a great source of unusual information expecially in things like digital mechanicals. there are examples often seen in rectangular cases from the 1920-30's. i dont have a pic, but they are a reg...
PoyFR May 11th, 2009-06:46
Thank you for sharing this info I had already visited that site, and you are correct there is plenty to read on the subject. And many more too ;-)
PoyFR May 11th, 2009-07:22
Now I have a problem! is Digital Display the same as Jump Hour watches? My initial post (right at the top) is titled ' When was the first mechanical Digital wristwatch produced? ' When I saw the first replies I got confused because may be I always misunderstood the 'Jump Hour Watches'. Therefore I am coming back at all of you...
G99 May 11th, 2009-11:19
Poy, i would say that... Poy, i would say that a jump hour is where you can only see that particular hour in the box and it jumps instantaneously. the Chronoswiss delphis is a jump hour, but a seiko discus is a digital display as the time discs are continuously moving. the Lange ...
ThomasM May 11th, 2009-11:44
"wandering hour/minute" vs "jump hour/minute" Hi, Graham, Monsieur PoyFR "officially" (what the heck does that mean anyway?) a "digital display" is one that displays the digit rather than an "analog" (an indicator that points to a position in a relative position scale; thus, the crescent fly backs ar...
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