r/digitalwatches

So hyped to have the PSR! It’s a love it or hate it watch, but to me the minimalist aesthetic mixed with 70s futurism is perfection!

What do you think about the PSR?

Just got this old Zeon watch working over the weekend, which was in a lot I bought for a tenner. There was some battery leakage inside, but nothing too severe, so it cleaned up very well.

I have temporarily fitted it with a Casio 18mm tapered strap from a A168 that was also in the lot until a new 20mm tapered strap arrives.

I can't find any info about this watch online. The case back is stamped with 2608. It has an alarm, light, stopwatch, and countdown timer plus cool animations of the lcd analogue segments.

Has anyone else come across one of these before?

Picked this up at a London market for £50 and I've become slightly obsessed with it.

It's an original early-80s Citizen Ana-Digi Temp, calibre 8982. Amazingly, most of it works.
Timekeeping, both LCDs, thermometer, alarm and 1/1000 sec stopwatch are all good.

Two issues: the A2 multifunction analogue dial is completely stationary, and the illuminator button is seized solid.

I've now contacted a few vintage Japanese/digital watch specialists (and Citizen) to see if I can get both sorted. I'm not interested in making it look new, I love the wear and just want all that awesome 1980s technology working again.

There's a modern reissue, but getting the original 40+ year-old thing fully functional feels much more fun.

Anyone here owned or repaired a Citizen Ana-Digi Temp calibre 8982? Would love to hear your experiences!

Ignore the gunk under the cover, but I recently thrifted this watch and replaced the battery but the digital screen is all janked up. Unsure if it's a AC issue or something different. Any advice is appreciated

Hey guys. Last week I spotted a Casio 54QR-30, presumably from 1976, on a Taiwanese local marketplace app for 6 bucks. It was listed as broken.

I figured I knew the drill: buy a "broken" watch, swap the battery, get a cool vintage piece for pennies. Easy win, right?

Not this time. I popped in an SR41W and got nothing. Did an AC reset, the digits flashed, the backlight came on for a second, and then it just died.

So I took it apart, cleaned the contacts with an eraser and alcohol. Almost a bingo. It woke up, but the time was running super slow, half the LCD segments were barely visible, and the light was blinking.

Tore it down a second time and did a deeper clean, very gently scraping the contacts with a scalpel. The time started keeping normal pace, but half the digits were still missing.

Third time's the charm. I slightly wiggled the zebra connectors (which were either glued or just stuck to the LCD from age) while dropping some alcohol between the rubber and the glass. That finally did it. Everything clicked into place. Button response is snappy, every single segment is solid black, and the backlight is perfectly steady.

This is instantly my favorite digital Casio. I have a few modern ones and some vintage, but this one feels like it was designed by an actual watchmaker. Get this: the dial mask isn't just painted on the glass, it's a separate metal plate on little legs. The crystal is real mineral glass (so you could theoretically press in a sapphire one if you wanted). There is an actual metal retaining ring holding the module in the case. The module itself is built to a much higher standard than other vintage Casios that came out just a couple of years later.

The only compromise is that I had to put it on an A168 bracelet because the original one was too small for my wrist. The original bracelet is actually super nice though, even for folded steel.

It honestly makes me think about how people in the 70s must have felt. Going from a long history of analog hands straight to this digital thing on their wrist. It must have felt like wearing a computer.

I picked up this little gem for $2 at a flea market. I needed to make my own battery out of two 364 batteries because the oval original battery is not made any more to run the watch module. The radio runs on its own 357 battery. I found a vintage 2.5mm jack 8ohm earphone online and the AM radio works great. It came from a watch collector and appears to never have been worn. This is a great addition to my growing collection of 70s and 80s digital watches.

Picked this up a while back for not a lot of money as it wasn't working. Gave the battery terminal a scrape and clean, new battery and it came to life. Turns out its a rare model and as far as I can see there's only another one for sale and that's in America for £200. Mine is in better condition with its original strap. Iv always intended on keeping this watch but since showing it to a few watch buddies iv had some pretty high offers, some over £200. I don't need the money but the temptation to turn over a big profit is tempting me. What would you guys in this group do?

I love digital watches, so I made one in an Altoids Smalls tin. I designed a custom PCB built around an atmega328 microcontroller and used a ds3231 real time clock IC to keep the time. It charges via USB C and hopefully will last a long time! Although, I do want to redesign this watch in the near future.

Does anyone have this watch? Its an Asashi Jurassic World watch Model M-273.

tdoay i found casio F-91W,work of art tbh

light doesn't look that bad idk but still great watch for a great price,very compact for me and i like that,im kinda scared to take this plastic wrap tbh🤣🥹

i need set the time now

paid 20€ for it