LCD Drivers?

[morelite]

Has there ever been any LCD drivers or sideviews? I know I haven't seen any.

[morelite]

I have just found one, though not vintage and it has dual displays. Why the dual displays is beyond me.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Retro-Digital-watch- ... 4a9ef6e04f[/url]

[bucko170]

Good question - I can't think of any, maybe they wasn't made because there was no need to shield the display from the glare of the sun as with the LED's, I initially thought about the Sicura solar LCD but that had the solar panels at the side with the display still uppermost.

[morelite]

I found another one made by Seiko. Its kinda ugly and plastic, not something I would want.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Seiko-Frequency-LED ... 3a58f23806

And another one,
http://cgi.ebay.com/Seiko-Frequency-LED ... 3a58fe82e7

Those actually are a dual view, they have a LCD for front view and a LED for top view.

[jycegrcia]

morelite do you think it is worth it to buy for $499.99 as the condition of the belt doesn't seems so good and if I want to change the belt how much it will be costing to me.

[morelite]

I really don't know anything about those watches nor what they're worth. I do know that I've seen them for half that price and they still didn't have any bidders.
I would have more interest in them if they where all metal and didn't look like a plastic toy.

The bands look like a standard band so you could get just about any type or style that you like to work on them.

[morelite]

If your interested, here is one for $299,
http://cgi.ebay.com/Seiko-Frequency-LED ... 414eb0313f

[retroleds]

Those watches were actually designed in conjunction with an award winning Japanese recording artist(name escapes me at this moment, I have one of the signed editions.). They were made in several colors, the clear one's are most common. I've seen pink, blue, green and brown. There is also a special Disney Japan edition(I have that one also, fully boxed). The metronome feature works quite well, with the speed being digitally displayed - you can set it running and hang on a microphone for a "click track". I have actually done that in a playing situation where we didn't have a drummer and speed was lagging because the guitarist was refusing to follow my efforts( bass player) to pull him along. "Why are you speeding up there?" Answer:"Because YOU are slowing down there!" The other built in rythmns aren't for crap, IMO. Has 1/100 chronograph, time, date.

The LED readout is nice for a dark club -I think of it as a Longine Gemini for the hip-hop musician.

Ugly little things, aren't they...although, they do bear some marginal resemblance to a Synchronar. But their battery changes don't require a knife and a jeweler's saw.

[rewolf]

... The LED readout is nice for a dark club ...

Is it actually LED, or is it LED-backlit LCD? I've always been wondering.

[retroleds]

Seems to be a front-lit LCD from the strong glow outside the display. But very read-able, like the LCD matrix has some chemical in it that glows from the red light. And the top display shows differently than the front one - it only displays time,day-date, day-of week, sound and alarm mode. Front display shows time and running seconds, chrono., alarm, BPS(beats per second) and the 6 built-in rythmn selections.

That watch is also sold as a STANTON(brand) - they make various DJ scratching devices...for hip-hop.


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