Motorola "Dick Tracy" wrist watch
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: maker
content: Motorola Inc.
label: maker
content: Seiko Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The so-called "Dick Tracy Watch", introduced in 1995. This particular watch was worn by Bill Weisz, Chairman of Motorola. This watch was made by Seiko but never commercially introduced. Features: analog and digital time, date, stopwatch, and pager. The pager identifies a PIN number for the Skypage system, and shows telephone number to call when paged. William (Bill) Weisz, Chairman of the Board of Motorola met with Smithsonian staff in Scottsdale, AZ, in November 1996. During the conversation the staff members heard the sound of what they took to be a cell phone, only to be surprised when Weisz answered his wrist. He offered a production model for the collection, but was convinced to donate the watch he was wearing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Motorola Museum, thru Sharon Darling
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0246.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0246
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0246.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Wristwatch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)