LED digital quartz wristwatch · United States, Lancaster and Garland
Hamilton Pulsar LED quartz wristwatch, 1984-35
Partially verifiedThe museum identifies this exact watch as a quartz-controlled Hamilton Pulsar with a light-emitting diode display. Its history distinguishes introduction in 1970 from large-scale production in 1972; neither date should automatically be treated as the production date of every Pulsar.
Technical facts
- Object number
- 1984-35
- Display
- LED, button-activated as described by museum
- Materials
- Metal (unknown) and glass
- Lying flat
- 22 × 43 × 87 mm
- Credit
- Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co.
Historical significance
- The museum identifies this exact watch as a quartz-controlled Hamilton Pulsar with a light-emitting diode display. Its history distinguishes introduction in 1970 from large-scale production in 1972; neither date should automatically be treated as the production date of every Pulsar.
- The catalogue explains that the display is activated by pressing a button and switches off after a few seconds to conserve battery power. An unlit display in the photograph therefore does not by itself prove a fault. No demonstration of this object’s working display has been verified.
- The materials are catalogued as unidentified metal and glass. Although other Pulsar examples had precious-metal cases, that does not authorize a gold-content claim for object 1984-35. Its credit to Sotheby Parke Bernet and Co. is collection metadata, not a verified auction result.
- Present operation, service history, battery condition and current public display have not been verified. The photograph is an identification view, not a condition report or an accuracy test.
Photographs
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Sources & references
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