Seiko Alba Y950 Ana-Digi with Calendar Display

The old LCD watches came is all shapes and sizes. Some were very basic and cheap-looking, but others, like today's, were much more classy looking.

This watch is by the Seiko sub-brand Alba, and is a high spec Ana-Digi watch. It comes from 1983, and looks like it would have been a relatively expensive model. It now seems to be relatively uncommon, with not too many Internet references.

The dial is operated with the crown, and is a 3-hand dial with a rounded square shape. The LCD display is built into the glass in front of the dial, and has various display options, or can be switched off entirely.

The basic display covers time and date, with day and date in a row to the top, the time (6 digits) at the bottom, and the middle blank. The alarm and stopwatch modes also use the same lines of digits.

The last mode is a calendar display. In this one, the day and date are still along the top, but the bottom line covers year and month. In the middle is a full calendar, showing the whole of the current month, with a letter S marking the column of Sundays. While showing the calendar, the right hand buttons scroll forwards and backwards through the months. The numbers in the calendar don't actually move, just the S for the Sunday column.

Full model number of this one is Y950-5010. Other watches were released with the same module, but different designs (and also under the Pulsar sub-brand).