Pulsar Calculator Watch
date: label: date made
content: 1976
name: label: manufacturer
content: Pulsar
notes: label: Description
content: Following on its success with the first commercially successful digital quartz watch on the market in 1972, Time Computer Inc. (a descendant of Hamilton Watch Co., Lancaster, PA) put their calculator watch on the market in time for Christmas sales in 1975. The first models featured 18K gold cases and sold for $3950. By spring of 1976, a stainless steel model like this one was available for about $500.
label: Description
content: Company literature claimed the watch to be accurate to about a minute a year. The six-digit display could show time of hour, minute and second; plus month and day. Tapping the 0 key converted the watch from time mode to calculator mode, and tapping the command button returned it to time mode. The calculator watch has a six-digit display, but the ability to calculate to 12 digits. The watch came with a stylus to press the calculator’s keys. Four silver oxide batteries provided power.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Timekeeping
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0354.07
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0354.07
label: accession number
content: 1994.0354
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wrist watch, calculator, pulsar
label: Object Name
content: wrist watch, calculator watch, pulsar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Stainless steel (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 23.1775 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall - face: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm