Microqualrtz LED watch

[respond123]

I just purchased a Microquartz LED watch wih a Hughes aircraft module. It has the dot matrix display. Does anyone have infomation on this watch? And when the 8 oclock position button is pushed it only shows the day and not the month is this normal?
Thank you for your help.

[clockace]

yuuup, and not only that, the date always goes thru 31 days. needs adjusting on the shorter months. apparently this was a very early model. peter

[respond123]

Thanks Peter I found out its a quite early watch 72 or 73 possibly. It sold for $300 bucks in those day, just paying for the technology, although the quality of the case is very nice.

[retroleds]

Just to tag on here - you can swap that module out for a slightly later one that has "leap year" function. It won't be that dot style display though, segments instead.

[respond123]

I wonder which Hughes module would have that function? And would I be devaluing the watch by replacing its orginal module?
Thanks for the help.

[LEDluvr]

Keep in mind you don't have to discard the original module. Just replace it with the newer one and store the original in a safe place. If you decide to sell it later, put in the original module back in and you're back to the original specs and value. (Whatever that is....?)

[bucko170]

The programmable Hughes module could also be used as a replacement

[LEDluvr]

Now there's an idea

The challenge is finding one......

[respond123]

Is the original module a bad module to have??

[bucko170]

Is the original module a bad module to have??

Not in my opinion, I think it's a great module and I love the early dot display and do you really needs to be reminded what month it is? Maybe sometimes late on a Friday night after a few beers I have had the need