Deadman Red Jump Hour GV4008

Today's watch is back to the 60s/70s in style, but made after the late 90s.

The watch is by Deadman who released watches in the hayday of fashion watches - the end of the 20th century! Not much can be found about the brand, and their watches aren't common, although in the Japanese watch magazines they are quite popular.

It is a jump hour watch with a quartz movement (so it actually has rotating discs rather than truly jumping for the hour), and has 3 dials. It's also another watch which is wider than it is tall, just like yesterday's! The case is imprinted with the Deadman logo, and it comes with a dark red patent leather strap. The back only has the brand name, model number, and a statement that the back us stainless steel.

The model number is GV4008.

Seiko Wired XYZ W770 short wide watch

Today's Seiko seems to have been set up the wrong way round - the watch is twice as wide as it is tall, and the buttons are all along the bottom. But, as the digits showing the time are wider than they are tall, maybe it isn't too strange after all!

The watch has two displays, an inverse dot matrix LCD with 5x5 dots per digit, and a wave pattern display which counts up to 10 seconds in 1/4 second increments. When the time is after 12, the display also says 'afternoon' rather than the usual pm marker.

It uses a W770 module, and has multi-alarms. The right button shows the date, the left button changes the mode, and the middle button, when on alarm mode, switches between hourly chime (with the quote 'time signal' on the LCD) and alarm on/off (with 2 exclamation marks). There is also a button on the front to activate the el-backlight.

This watch was made in 2004 as part of the Wired range of watches (which Seiko started in 2000). The XYZ line is one part of the Wired range.

The full model number is W770-0AA0. The Japanese manual can be found here.

Casio AE-1000W World Time

Second Casio in a row today!
This one is one I found at a flea market, and was attracted to it based on the text across the bottom which seemed to say 'party' (which you can see in the wrist shot).

The reason for the 'party' watch is the fact that the watch can set 4 different  times, each with its own time zone. So party is actually Par (Paris) t4 (time number 4).

The display is an LCD with 4 sections; a time section (6 digit time, day, and date), an LCD dial, a display for whether alarms are on, and a world map showing which time zone is in use. Overall, the LCD display has 248 segments!

It uses a 3198 module which has a massive 4 times, 5 alarms, timer, and stopwatch. The watch is also an illuminator, is 10 bar water resistant, and has a 10 year battery life.

This particular dark grey and black variation is the AE1000W-1BV, and is one of two that seems to have been released. It is still available from the Casio website for $24.95.

The manual can be found here.

Casio Cyber Max Shock Sensor JG-300

Today's watch has been a bit of a mystery about what it does, so I may try to update this post as I find more information.

The watch is by Casio, and is one of a range they released in the late 90s called Cyber. The Cyber watches were quite unusual game watches and this one, the Cyber Max Shock Sensor, follows that trend.

It uses a 1456 module and has both a normal LCD display at the bottom, with a 5x10 dot matrix, and two 5 high bars across the middle. The watch has time and alarm modes, as well as two more unusual options; power and game.

There are 3 power options when you press the mode button, shown as P-1, P-2, and P-3 on the dot matrix panel. When one of these is selected, and the shock sensor button is pressed, a countdown starts (numbers and beeps). At the end of the countdown, if you punch something, the watch shows a graph of the shock on the dot matrix, and gives you a power (up to 9999?) and speed (up to 99 as it uses the seconds digits). The 3 different options are just there to give you 3 slots to save data in.

The game mode, I've not yet been able to decipher. It has 3 rounds where I think you have to punch harder than the computer (maybe multiple times), and you can deplete the bars at either side. After 3 rounds, it displays a score and your rank, which I guess gets better if you win.

The original sale price was 9,800 yen.

Skagen Dual Time 281LSLB

Today's watch is a special one - it is the watch I got married in, and as today is the anniversary of my wedding day, it was time to blog about it.

The Skagen brand hails from Denmark, and was created in 1987 by Henrik and Charlotte Jorst. It is named after a small fishing village at the Northern tip of Denmark.

The watch, a model 281LSLB, has two quartz movements powering two independent dials. One dial is 2-handed, while the other is a 3-hand dial (with individual seconds markers in a ring). Inbetween the two dials is the Skagen logo and name. It has a black leather strap matched to the body shape, and each half is connected to the body by small screws.

I couldn't find this watch on the Skagen site, but it is still available on various web shops.

Citizen Ana-digi temp 8988 module in black

As the ana-digi temp watches have been going since the early 80s and are still around today, there is a large range in ages of the different models.

This model is one which I think is from the late 80s (-the serial number could be 89 or 99, but this isn't in the 99 catalogues).

This version is the first I've blogged with an 8988 module, which from the outside appears identical to the 8989 and 8987 modules I've shown before. It has dual time, alarm, stopwatch, and of course, temperature sensor. For information on what functions show on what displays, see my Ana-digi temp summary page here.

The watch design has a different shape than a lot of the newer models, with a more rounded case, and slight rounding of the dials. It also has no name plaque next to the sensor unlike many of the models.
The full model number is 8988-Q01750.

Citizen Independent 1481010 fleur de lys D500 Curvy Shutter

The module in today's watch is familiar, however the watch design isn't.

This is one of the Citizen Independent 1481010 collection, which was first released 1997 as a collection for the young and fashionable.

This particular design came out in late 98 or early 99 and is one of two watch shapes in the fleur de lys 1481010 models. Of the two shapes, this appears to be the womens version with a curved body, and thinner, more bracelet-like strap. The model was still available in 2001, but had disappeared by 2003.

The watch uses a D500 module, which was used in many Citizen designs around that time. The module has time, alarm, chronograph, and timer functions, shown in 3 lines of 2 digits on it's inverse LCD display.

I call the watch "shutter" as normally you see only the seconds, and when the time button is pressed, the display "opens" like a shutter (with a beep unless the light is on).

It has a model number of D500-S69375, and a catalogue number of IT21-4402K. It's original sale price was 18,000yen.