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Digital LCD quartz wristwatch, generic ("QUARTZ")
Object/Artifact
Small digital wristwatch with a rounded-rectangular chrome-plated case on a stainless-steel link bracelet. The black dial surrounds an LCD window labeled "HOUR / MIN" above and "MONTH / DATE/SEC" below, with "QUARTZ" printed twice (no brand name). Two pushers on the right side set the functions. The LCD currently shows no reading.
2025.11.25
2025.11
Purchase
Hong Kong
Asia
Date: No date mark. Technology and style indicate roughly the late 1970s–1980s (LCD quartz, generic Hong Kong production); cannot be strictly confirmed within 1959–1990 and a slightly later date isn't excluded, though it certainly post-dates the mid-1970s. Place of Origin: Hong Kong (then British Hong Kong), per the caseback.
Dial: "HOUR," "MIN," "MONTH," "DATE/SEC," "QUARTZ" (twice). No brand. Caseback: "MADE IN HONG KONG." Bracelet clasp: "STAINLESS STEEL."
Metal
Materials: Chrome-plated base-metal case; stainless-steel bracelet; LCD module; quartz movement; battery; acrylic/glass crystal. Technique: Mass-produced quartz LCD digital watch; assembled components.
Poor
Hong Kong
Asia
production
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
A cheap, unbranded digital LCD quartz watch — the kind Hong Kong exported in enormous volumes during the late-1970s/1980s digital-watch boom.