Vintage Watch Site
An online resource for LED, LCD and digital watches
Here are the LCD watches.
Accurist
Countdown 2000
1997. Watch modelled on the official timepiece of the Old Royal Observatory in Greenwich to countdown to the year 2000.
Accurist
Gold Band
1979. A must for the late 70's adult movie star or blinged rapper? Wide gold tone band and simple display make this watch something else.
Advance
Melody
1983. Hong Kong made watch with two front and two side buttons featuring a time only display and a rather nice (unknown) melody tune alarm.
Beltime
28477SHC World Time
1978. Copy of Seiko M158 in face only. It actually does not have world time option despite markings.
Casio
WQV10 Camera
2005. Camera watch with 176 x 144 pixel images in 16770000 colors (JPG format) on 1Mb memory. 20 x 20mm color STN display and Infrared.
Casio
Hotbiz Memory Protect 200 Touch
Early ninties edition from Hotbiz (Japan only release?) of Casio Memory Protect 200 with Touch Screen.
Casio
Memory Protect 200
Early ninties edition from Hotbiz (Japan only release?) of Casio Memory Protect 200.
Ching Cheong
Water Watch
1990. Hong kong made watch that 'runs' on water. Simply place in water overnight and the watch will work for 3-4 days.
Croton
Terrestrial Quartz
Very early (1974?) hand soldered field effect module cased in large gold tone case with blue face and traditional crown for setting.
Gruen
LCQ
Very early (1974?) hand soldered field effect AMI 535A module in large gold tone case with signed crown for setting.
Gruen
LCQ 3102
1979? Swiss module in gold tone case with constant display of time with seconds and also day and date function.
Gruen
Pacemaker (LCQ-1-520A)
Early (1975?) field effect module. One of the first LCD watches featuring night light
Gruen
Teletime
1974. Very early (one of the first) watches using field effect LCD display. Basic operations with crown for setting.
Gruen
Teletime
1974. Very early (one of the first) watches using field effect LCD display. Basic operations with crown for setting.
Henderson Sinclair
Quartz LCD
1981? Looks and feels like a far east watch but would like more history (with the name Sinclair in the maker) anyone?
Instar
Solid State
Not too sure on the origin or history for this watch. Anyone offer any aditional information? Looks fairly early (mid to late 70's)?
Longines
Gemini II
1976. Wonderful watch that mixes both LED and LCD technology by having two display areas so the time can be read day or night!
Longines
LCD 133
1980. Swiss made (ESA) module with spit screen hours minutes seconds and date display that also features an alarm.
Longines
L7871
1978. Early split screen display featuring chronograph in unique case with chunky square buttons.
MBO
0751 World Time
1979. Copy of Seiko M158 in looks only. Actually does not have world time option despite markings on face.
Medana
Black Jack 21
Watch with Black Jack (21) game. Not very exciting when compared to modern games but still provides excellent retro portable entertainment.
Mercury
Unknown
80's LCD with basic design and build but very neat dot matrix display with scroll feature.
Microma
Black and Gold
1974? Good looking watch in matt black with gold trimming showing time and seconds with date function.
Microma
MD-020-Y
1979? Unusual split screen where top shows hours and minutes while lower show running seconds and day. This model also features an alarm.
Microma
MD-014-Y
1979? Split screen display with hours minutes seconds and day. This model also features a chronograph.
Microma
Black and Gold
1974? Good looking watch in matt black with gold trimming showing time and seconds with date function.
Microma
Continuous Display Digital
1976. Fairly early LCD watch from Microma (then owned by Intel).
Microma
Solid State
1974 - Early field effect LCD from silicon valley digital watch pioneers Microma (who were part of Intel).
Microma
Quartz Solid State
1975. Fairly early round faced LCD from Microma who were under Intel control by this time.
Microma
Solid State (Ladies)
1975. Small (ladies) digital with no buttons (it's a magnet set system!)
Microma
Ladies
Ladies digital from late 70's with basic module and tiny LCD on small watch face
Microma
3 button dress watch
1980. Simple dress watch featuring stopwatch (3 button) module
Micronta
LCD Pen 63-5077
1985. Wonderful pen in stainless with LCD panel displaying time and day/date. Made by well known maker (part of Radio Shack).
Micronta
Quartz Chrono Alarm
1981. US firm Tandy decided hong kong was the place to manufacture this Seiko copy and why not.
Montana
16 Melody Chrono
1991? Horrid cheap and nasty plastic feeling watch. Only good point is 16 melody module.
Motorola
Pager 714BSS22V4
1991. Wristwatch incorporating a pager. Introduced before the mobile phone was portable.
National Semiconductor
909 LCD
1980? Far east made case does not do justice to american made module.
Nepro
Quartz Solid State DSM
1974. Early DSM with Microma module sold by Nepro in europe
Optel
Optcom I (Jules Jurgensen)
1975. Early field effect LCD from pioneers Optel. Basic hand soldered module and crown set operation.
Optel
Quartz DSM
1974. Very early LCD using dynamic scatter module from the company that invented the technology.
Optel
Optcom I (Jules Jurgensen) DSM
1974. Very early dynamic scatter LCD from pioneers Optel. Basic hand soldered module and crown set operation.
Optel
Optcom I (Jules Jurgensen)
1974. Very early field effect LCD from pioneers Optel. Basic hand soldered module and crown set operation.
Pulsar
Calculator Y739
1979. Truely wonderful calculator watch in gold on stainless. In true Pulsar style this watch contains a handy button pointer in the clasp.
Segtronic
Segtronic Quartz Gold
1975. Early field effect LCD sold by Segtronic by manufactured by Optel. Basic hand soldered module and crown set operation.
Seiko
0124-0049
1976. Very large and heavy transitional style LCD watch with separate window for date and linear seconds display.
Seiko
0124-0049
1976. Very large and heavy transitional style LCD watch with separate window for date and linear seconds display.
Seiko
0139-5029
1977. Early transitional style with crown for setting that includes seconds and day indication on the display plus dual time feature.
Seiko
0439-5007
1977. Early model with two front buttons. This watch has excellent shape and proportions.
Seiko
0634-5000
1975. Very early watch featuring a chronograph (stopwatch) and two front buttons plus unusual split window design.
Seiko
A029-5010
1978. Early LCD featuring chronograph (stopwatch) timer (countdown) and alarm.
Seiko
A128-5009
1978. Very heavy early 4 button design featuring chronograph (stopwatch) and day display.
Seiko
A229-5010
1978. Full day and date display with chronograph (stopwatch) feature and champagne coloured display back.
Seiko
A257-5009
1980. Full day and date display with chronograph (stopwatch) alarm and classic 4 button case.
Seiko
A914-5010
1984. Featuring chronograph (stopwatch) alarm large and simple day and date display and classic four button case.
Seiko
C153-5007
1977. The calculator feature merges with the day and date display on this iconic watch from the late 70's.
Seiko
C515-5009
1983. Chunky calculator memory watch with large buttons (can even be used with a finger)
Seiko
D410-5000
1986. Dot matrix display super weight and feel on the wrist memo schedule alarm and stopwatch features and it tells the time too.
Seiko
M354-5020
1979. Wonderful watch with dual layer overlayed LCD display one featuring normal time day and date the other with memory bank calendar.
Seiko
Data 2000 (UW01-0020)
1984. Classic Data-2000 'computer' watch with dot matrix display in black with separate contoller keyboard.
Seiko
Data 3000 (UW02-0020)
1984. UC-3000 'computer' watch with dot matrix display in black with separate contoller keyboard.
Seiko
E029-5310
1982. Ladies dual display analogue and digital watch in gold tone with alarm.
Seiko
C359-5000
1979. The second attempt at a calculator from giants Seiko. Not there best but still a good watch.
Seiko
A714-5080
1984. Split screen watch featuring alarm and chronograph. This is silver wave version (with chunky buttons).
Seiko
M158-5009
1977. World time watch with yellow LCD backing (to make it easier for pilots to read in low light suroundings).
Seiko
M158-5009 (Stainless)
1977. World time watch with yellow LCD backing (to make it easier for pilots to read in low light suroundings).
Seiko
A239-502A
1979. World time watch featuring dual layer LCD panel (either normal date and time or world map are shown)
Seiko
M354-5019
1978. Memory bank calendar watch featuring dual layer LCD technology (time and date or calendar are shown)
Seiko
H239-5040
1980. Watch featuring LCD panel and analogue display. Many neat features. I really like this watch!
Seiko
M516-4009
Seiko M516-4009 voice-recorder from 1983 with the ability to record two messages
Seiko
G757-4010
1981. One of the many Seiko watches made famous by one James Bond (007). The G757 is a superb LCD multifunction watch.
Seiko
A159-4029
1977. Early Seiko featuring an alarm. Simple design using 4 button case makes this an understated classic.
Seiko
F039-5010
1980. Fairly basic and simple watch with only minimum of functions but good clear display.
Sekonda
World Time
1979. Copy of Seiko M158 but unlike most copies this does have yellow (tinged) LCD panel AND world time feature.
Sensor
TriLite
1980? Basic 6 digit LCD but features Tritium backlite. Good solid watch from good solid maker.
Sensor
LC
1979? Basic 6 digit LCD with day date feature. Simple but effective and feels very solid and dependable.
Timex
Analogue/Digital
1983. Classic 80's dual Analogue and Digital displays merged together by the manufacture of 80's watches.
Timex
Gold Dress Watch
1976? Basic early module (only displays time and seconds or date) in very flashy gold colour dress watch
Timex
SSQ
1978. Simple but very sold watch from the SSQ series by Timex.
Tissot
Data Recorder
Late 70's multifunction LCD watch by Tissot using a Casio (Casiotron?) module.
Tissot
F1
1985. Top quality digital (using Omega movement) that has many features most notably touch sensor panel to select mode.
Tissot
T026.420.17.281.03
2012. Really big and heavy diver watch with good feature set and looks to match
Tokima
Digirobo
1983. The one and only original transformer watch. A classic piece of form and function.
Tokima
Steamhead
1998. HUGE and very heavy robot transformer watch with neat scrolling message display.
Tokima
Digirobo
1983. The one and only original transformer watch. A classic piece of form and function.
Unknown
Droid
1999. LCD watch in battle droid (episode 1) shaped case with flip open feature.
Unknown
Thomas Tank
2004. LCD watch in Thomas the tank shaped case. Thomas flips open to display time. Comes with very bright band.
Unknown
Smarties Bubble
Advertising watch with large bubble front containing liquid three smarties and a LCD watch panel. Fairly pointless but very bright and fun.
Unknown
Spot Beam Torch
Here we have a funky plastic watch from the far east. Has simple time date and second functions plus a built in torch function!
Unknown
LC Quartz
80's. Mass produced far east LCD shown here as typical of the type example.
Unknown
Darth Maul
1999. Merchandising from the Star Wars film Phantom Menace featuring the Darth Maul character
Wesco
Wallace and Gromit
2007. Basic LCD advertising Curse of the Were Rabbit film. Comes with interchangable front covers. Excellent.
Westclox
QuartzMatic (35360)
Early (1974?) field effect LCD with hand solder module
Why?
Port Hole Watch
Large rubbery LCD watch with magnification through port hole style front. Seconds appear HUGE with time below.
Wittnauer
LCD Watch
1977. Cheep and cheerful LCD with simple time date month design.
Zentra
Savoy Chronoquartz LC
1980. Big square LCD in a style very popular with swiss makers during the early 80's