Smartwatches have become very popular nowadays and are seen by many as new gadgets. Since the early 80s, many designs of smartwatch have been released, and today's model is one of the early ones.
This watch is the Seiko Memo Diary, and was released in 1984 at the height of a Japanese economic boom. It is very similar to the UC-2000 (or UC-2001) Wrist Information System, but this model seems to have been aimed at a more upmarket crowd with a heavier and more refined look, and choice of shiny silver or gold colours. There was also a keyboard for the watch which would communicate through the back of the watch (by magnetic pulses) to help input memos.
It has a 4 line dot matrix display with each line having 10 characters (each being 7x5 dots). It could store a memo of up to 1000 characters, but the schedule function was quite impressive. Overall, it would hold up to 31 days of appointments with up to 15 per day (although no more than 43 in total), which meant you could keep the next months appointments with you at all times. Apart from the memo and scheduling there is an alarm function, but nothing else.
The full model number is UW02-0010, and it has a Seiko GA13B stainless steel strap.
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