Today's watch is a novelty watch by Casio.
The watch is set up so that the watch face looks like the front of the locomotive, with the watch display hidden inside the front of the boiler section of the train.
Inside, the is a basic LCD display, along with a small pattern representing the boiler tubes above the LCD.
The locomotive that the watch is modelled on is the C571, which is the only steam engine running on 69.2km of the Yamaguchi Line which joins the Yamaguchi Prefecture in the far west of Japans main island (Honshu), and the Shimane Prefecture to the East. The locomotive is a C57 class 4-6-2 (2-C-1) Pacific type built by Kawasaki in 1937. Originally the loco hauled express trains on the old Tokaido line for Japanese National Railways, and was one of the most popular passenger locomotives. It was moved to a museum in 1975, before being brought up to take weekend services on the Yamaguchi line.
The watch model is the DF-10, running with a 192 module, and was released in 1983. The catalogue model may have been LBS-13, and countdown have been 35,000yen on release. The strap is a resin strap with a train track pattern, and has a part number of 159.
The watch has no easy to use mode buttons, but with a sharp point, two buttons on the right side are used for display mode (time, date, seconds), and time setting.
The watch is set up so that the watch face looks like the front of the locomotive, with the watch display hidden inside the front of the boiler section of the train.
Inside, the is a basic LCD display, along with a small pattern representing the boiler tubes above the LCD.
The locomotive that the watch is modelled on is the C571, which is the only steam engine running on 69.2km of the Yamaguchi Line which joins the Yamaguchi Prefecture in the far west of Japans main island (Honshu), and the Shimane Prefecture to the East. The locomotive is a C57 class 4-6-2 (2-C-1) Pacific type built by Kawasaki in 1937. Originally the loco hauled express trains on the old Tokaido line for Japanese National Railways, and was one of the most popular passenger locomotives. It was moved to a museum in 1975, before being brought up to take weekend services on the Yamaguchi line.
The watch model is the DF-10, running with a 192 module, and was released in 1983. The catalogue model may have been LBS-13, and countdown have been 35,000yen on release. The strap is a resin strap with a train track pattern, and has a part number of 159.
The watch has no easy to use mode buttons, but with a sharp point, two buttons on the right side are used for display mode (time, date, seconds), and time setting.
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