What do you guys make of this?

[jaytaylor]

Found on a local online aution site.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Jewellery-watches/Watches/Dress-watches/Men/auction-166718199.htm

I think it is way cool, is it rare and is the current bid worth this watch?

FYI $1NZ = $0.76US

thanks in advance.

[RogerE]

Jay: You should maybe ask over at the HEQ forum, they'd know all about that watch. Roger.

[mrsnak]

Very cool, but pricey for an LED. I know the old Pulsars get these high prices, but $500+ is steep. I also don't know how well equipped Omega is to handle replacement displays or electronics on these. I've had one or two vintage 70s LEDs within the past 10 years, and after the novelty wears off, you need to be a committed collector to want to keep them.

[no_self_control]

Found on a local online aution site.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Jewellery-watches/Watches/Dress-watches/Men/auction-166718199.htm

I think it is way cool, is it rare and is the current bid worth this watch?

FYI $1NZ = $0.76US

thanks in advance.

there's a very simple reason LED was replaced by LCD. the former eat batteries at a prolific rate. not a practical watch IMO.

[JimH]

Why would anyone want a watch which requires you to push a button to see the time?

Sort of like collecting white elephants.

[jaytaylor]

there's a very simple reason LED was replaced by LCD. the former eat batteries at a prolific rate. not a practical watch IMO.


True, but who cares when its looks this cool! plus the display is only lit when the button is pushed.
I think I may have a bash at this but as Snak says - its a bit pricey.

[Donf]

Why would anyone want a watch which requires you to push a button to see the time?

Sort of like collecting white elephants.

True Jim, but as a guy who owned a few LED watches in the '70's I can tell you that they were "way cool"! Naturally, they excel at night viewing, and can be tough to see in bright sunlight. You can't check the time if you have something in your right hand, if you are driving, or trying to be discreet. And yeah, they eat batteries by the pound- thats WHY they only light up when you push the button but i suspect that they have higher current drain at all times compared to current watches as well.
Value is relative to you resources but no way I'd spend more than a few 100 on one.

Don

[no_self_control]

I also don't know how well equipped Omega is to handle replacement displays or electronics on these.

i doubt they can anymore.

I've had one or two vintage 70s LEDs within the past 10 years, and after the novelty wears off, you need to be a committed collector to want to keep them.

good advice.

[mrsnak]

Why would anyone want a watch which requires you to push a button to see the time?

Sort of like collecting white elephants.

Those original Pulsars, (and a few others, I believe) also flashed on by flicking the wrist.

[no_self_control]

Those original Pulsars, (and a few others, I believe) also flashed on by flicking the wrist.

there's an auto-light on my db-101 but i don't use it. there's a bit of technique involved too. it's not as easy as it sounds.

[Fatpants]

Hi Jay,

I've seen these go for £800+ on UK websites and Chrono24.com, so thats a very good price, imho. Go for gold mate (or as Ponsonby rugby club's moto says "Go hard or go home":-d)

Alex;-)

[mrsnak]

there's an auto-light on my db-101 but i don't use it. there's a bit of technique involved too. it's not as easy as it sounds.

Yes, a bit more than just a flick :-d. Had a Pulsar back in the day. Those gold ones were $600 in 1975, the stainless $300.

[TSC]

Those original Pulsars, (and a few others, I believe) also flashed on by flicking the wrist.


This particular model was made famous by Telly Savalas as he was always seen wearing it in Kojak, and has the exact same movement that was used in the Bond 70s Pulsar. I remember it at the time when I got the Pulsar. Same way of changing the time with the horrible little magnet. But all the LED OMEGAS were Pulsar in a different casing.

[mrsnak]

This particular model was made famous by Telly Savalas as he was always seen wearing it in Kojak, and has the exact same movement that was used in the Bond 70s Pulsar. I remember it at the time when I got the Pulsar. Same way of changing the time with the horrible little magnet. But all the LED OMEGAS were Pulsar in a different casing.

Telly Savalas used to regularly play tennis at a house on the block I grew up on during his Kojak years. Just a lower middle class LA neighborhood, too.
Might have been the hot babe daughter that brought him there.

[TSC]

not that you noticed her or anything? b-)
pictorial evidence is what's needed here.

[Xaltotun]

But all the LED OMEGAS were Pulsar in a different casing.

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/shocked016.gif

Also, may I ask, were the Pulsar watches in those times considered cheap and disposable (as they are today)?

[Fatpants]

But all the LED OMEGAS were Pulsar in a different casing.

I'd like to see evidence that supports that claim.

[mrsnak]

http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/shocked016.gif

Also, may I ask, were the Pulsar watches in those times considered cheap and disposable (as they are today)?

They were $300 for the SS and $600 for the gold in 1975. Not cheap. The technology was new and these were like iPods (with no competition) in the day. The throwaways didn't come along until the 80s, when the market was thoroughly saturated and manufacturing was cheap.