Alba Alarm Chronograph Y789

Today is my second watch with the Seiko Y789 module, but under different brand names.

The last model I showed was a Seiko Pulsar design (in early 2012), however this is under the Seiko Alba brand. Seiko released both the Pulsar and Alba brands at the same time with Alba being for the Asian market and Alba for Europe.

This Alba version has the full model number of Y789-5560 and was made in 1984. The Y789 module has a two line LCD display with time at the bottom and date on the top (and a day marker near the top of the LCD). It has alarm and stopwatch modes, and the mode button also cycles through to the time setting function too. The case design is quite heavy with a screw back, and is designed to give 100m water resistance.

Pulsar Alarm Chronograph Y789-5489

It's retro LCD day today! This watch is a Pulsar Alarm Chronograph watch with a Y789 module. It was released in the early 80s under Seiko sub-brand Pulsar. Watches with the same module were also released under another Seiko sub-brand Alba.

The watch has a 2 line display with date (day) and stopwatch features on the top line, and time, alarm, and chronograph on the bottom line. There is also a small day marker at the top of the LCD.