With my collection, I've also noticed that a lot of the major watch brands don't keep their ranges particularly separate, and mix functions across the different lines they produced.
Today's watch by Alba is one of their Panelight watches, but also part of their Hot Gear line. The Panelight refers to a set of watches they produced with a specific backlight arrangement (which is activated by the big button on the front). The Hot Gear line was one of many 'Gear' lines that Alba produced in the mid to late 90s, and seems to mainly be a way of grouping and marketing their sales (although there was no major styling or function difference between some of the lines).
This particular watch was made in 1998 and features a W620 module. It is a standard 2 line LCD display, but with two intermediate lines of markers.
The top line is for day and date (or time when in other modes), and the other line covers time (or the other chosen mode with up to 7 digits). Between the lines is a small line of 9 markers which fills with seconds, and along the bottom of the display are markers to indicate the mode. The modes available on this model are alarm, timer, and chronograph, and there is a pace function for lap timing.
The top line is for day and date (or time when in other modes), and the other line covers time (or the other chosen mode with up to 7 digits). Between the lines is a small line of 9 markers which fills with seconds, and along the bottom of the display are markers to indicate the mode. The modes available on this model are alarm, timer, and chronograph, and there is a pace function for lap timing.
The full model number is W620-4020, and the strap part number is FC49HB. The original price was only 4,500 yen, and it had a catalogue number of ACDW007.
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