There's something quite pleasing about simple watches. I think the think I liked primarily was only having to worry about changing/charging the battery every couple of years.
I've still got a beat up Casio VDB-200 which was a 90's touchscreen + databank watch. The last time I put a battery in it, it still had my school timetable programmed in. I'll throw another battery in it tonight and see if it's still working.
If I'm expecting to get stuck in a public waiting room then the CMD-40 is great. IRDA TV remote built in, so a TV-be-Gone a decade earlier. The TV-be-gone is a lot quicker and more ranged about it, but this was baffling to teachers in the 90s.
Having had to google both of them (I can't read the numbers off the back), I'm amazed at the sort of prices they're both commanding. I thought they were cool and rare as a kid; it still seems to be the case :)
I've still got a beat up Casio VDB-200 which was a 90's touchscreen + databank watch. The last time I put a battery in it, it still had my school timetable programmed in. I'll throw another battery in it tonight and see if it's still working.
If I'm expecting to get stuck in a public waiting room then the CMD-40 is great. IRDA TV remote built in, so a TV-be-Gone a decade earlier. The TV-be-gone is a lot quicker and more ranged about it, but this was baffling to teachers in the 90s.
Having had to google both of them (I can't read the numbers off the back), I'm amazed at the sort of prices they're both commanding. I thought they were cool and rare as a kid; it still seems to be the case :)