In the US, the TV-Watch was sold from 1983 onwards. The first version T001-5000 was sold in a silver colored cardboard box, the protective pouch for the receiver came also in a silver color.

* The much more frequently found later version T001-5019 was delivered in a gold colored box. Strangely enough, the obviously highly pessimistic developers expected the LCD module to last only about seven years .

* The display (w/o background lighting) has blue/white, 31,920 pixels, 10 shades of grey, and 5 hours running time on one set of batteries, external tuner for VHF & UHF and FM stereo radio reception. The watch in its original function can be used as a stop watch (resolution 1/100 seconds) and as alarm-clock.

* The original retail package included, in addition to all sorts of litterature, a leather pouch for the tuner and three spare elements for the wristband.

* The watch has a coin-sized battery (type SR920W) it weighs about 3 oz., the receiver weighs almost 7 oz. with 2 alkaline AA batteries.


The TV-Watch was made in Japan from 1982 to 1983.