I buy a lot of watches that are classed as junk, completely unsure as to whether they will ever work. Today's watch looks a little worse for wear, but somehow actually still functions.
It is an old LCD watch by Alba (a Seiko sub-brand) with a few options under it's basic exterior. The watch is actually a game watch, and is unusual I'm that there are two different games available. The games appear to be called G-Shot and G-Point, and use the normal LCD display. The first game is a shooting game with a gun that you can move up and down (the gun looks like an upside down L) and seems to be like a quick draw (although I couldn't work out exactly how to play it). The other game is a slot machine where you press to stop the reel (each reel being one digit on the LCD), and get points for getting the same symbol.
The watch uses a Y760 module, and this also has an alarm and chronograph functions. There is also a bulb based light for night use. There is a 5 1/2 digit LCD display, with smaller seconds and the date above the seconds (which shows the game score in that mode). For the day, there is a marker at the top of the LCD, and this also acts as a mode indicator when you press the mode selection button.
It was originally released in 1981, at a cost of 7800 yen, and there were several different colours produced. This model was also released under the Pulsar sub-brand too. The full model number is Y760-5000T
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