Seiko TV Watch
From IMWDb
More actions
Seiko TV Watch
Photo: Bond Lifestyle
BrandSeiko
ModelTV Watch
ReferenceT001-5019
Introduced1982
MovementQuartz (Seiko T001)
ProductionDiscontinued
The Seiko TV Watch (reference T001-5019) is the world's first wristwatch television, released in 1982 and entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest TV set ever made. A 1.2-inch monochrome LCD on the wrist showed the picture, but the watch alone could not tune it: a cable ran to a separate pocket receiver holding the analogue tuner, demodulator and battery, so wearing the television meant carrying the rest of it. It also took FM radio through a headphone jack, and it cost about $495 in the mid-1980s. The gadget was improbable enough that Q Branch barely had to embellish it; Seiko's own product was already the futuristic prop. (Monochrome)
Appearances
2 cataloged appearances
| Title | Year | Type | Actor | Character |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octopussy (1983) | 1983 | Film | Roger Moore | James Bond |
| Dragnet (1987) | 1987 | Film | Tom Hanks | Pep Streebek |