Comments on: Great wristwatches of the 1980s

By: Patrick Phelan

Patrick Phelan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:14:00 +0000

Not exactly that watch, but:
http://fantod.x10.bz/2011/twingraphii.html
Sooner or later, I’ll get around to sizing that for a phone.

By: Chentzilla

Chentzilla — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:39:00 +0000

“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy, lies a small, unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-million miles is an utterly insignificant blue-green planet whose ape-descended lifeforms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea”.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:14:00 +0000

Came here to say exactly that thing. I’m hoping that I can get an app for the Pebble (whenever that comes out) that duplicates the effect.

By: smeno smeno

smeno smeno — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:51:00 +0000

Just send me on a 2 hour unsuccessfull search for the watches of my childhood.
I couldn’t even find a photo of the Casio Watch for the Olympics in Barcelona 1992. This watch was so unique. It had different timers for different sports that timed the breaks also. And it had a counter for the points.
Glory Timer.

By: Frank Diekman

Frank Diekman — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:35:00 +0000

Heroically UGLY, that is!

ZING!

By: dethbird

dethbird — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:34:00 +0000

Boing Boing, headlines like these are why I love you.

By: Stephen Andrews

Stephen Andrews — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:08:00 +0000

As a kid (and still today when I think about it) I loooonged for Roy Scheider’s watch from Blue Thunder. Now, thanks to the internet, I know it was a Casio AA85. The 1 minute timer with the ‘petals’ disappearing as he raced his car looked absolutely amazing back then.

By: dolo54

dolo54 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:12:00 +0000

This will forever be one of my favorite websites: http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/ – just wait til you get to the boombox sections, oh and the walkmen…

By: Ramone

Ramone — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:10:00 +0000

YES! I had this watch as a kid. I wish they’d do a grown-up version now…

By: Fogbert

Fogbert — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:01:00 +0000

I had a Casio C-801 calculator watch for a time back then (might even still have it someplace). It was awesome, but the buttons were too small.

By: janusnode

janusnode — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:58:00 +0000

I had some watches like these and loved them. However, I am not sure if it is correct to say that these come from “truly the last spasm of the heroic age of digital horology”- there is some great digital horology coming down the pike now. Check out:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android

By: noahd

noahd — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:58:00 +0000

No transforming robot watch? http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/265834/12-ultra-nerdy-watches-of-yore/2