Non-motoring > Small object of desire - 1975 Miscellaneous
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 10:47 
 Small object of desire - 1975 - R.P.
As mentioned before my father in law died before Christmas. Funeral was held on Tuesday - a lengthy gap fillied by a huge amount of admin and clearance. Amongst the items "found" whilst looking for a significant piece of paperwork an item was found that really pleased me was a Sinclair Black Watch in a case. How I desired one of these back in the day, but they coast £17 .50 for a kit and 24.50 for an assembled one. How I coveted them in Samuel's shop window, but no way I could afford one. I saved my money and bought an Accurist LCD watch (which I still have and it actually still works) which was probably more reliable.....!

My brother-in-law bought the watch back in the day and assembled it with his father who was an elecronics engineer before joining the Police. I didn't mention my love of the Sinclair in case he thought I was angling for it....but he kindly gave it me....funny how the small things in life give pleasure...I have three premium watches but this really takes the biscuit.
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 11:09 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - zippy
I totally get that RP. I would be the same.

Just for the sake of curiosity, because I am sure that you won't part with it, cased examples are up for between £250 and £400 on eBay!
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 11:27 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - R.P.
Quite a shocker that, but in a way not a surprise !
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 12:52 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - Ted

Little things that please ?

Grown-ups here don't really do pressies at Chrimbo or Birthdays but our 3 kid's families just give us a bit of something. My bday is at Chrimbo so I was given 2 bottles of malt, and a £100 Amazon gift card.

The little things are great, my son made a pen holder shaped like a large 10mm socket with a face and arms on his 3D printer. It has legs that dangle over the edge of my desk. Some lurid socks and a Herald workshop manual followed but the piece de thingy was a Corgi Triumph Herald convertible in red with a black interior. A dead ringer for mine apart from different bumper colour and not having Minilite wheels or boot rack. It included a little Edie Pegden ( Thora Hird ) !

Result !

Ted
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 13:21 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - zippy
Little things....

At school in the late '70's / early '80's, there was a Casio calculator that played a numeric version of space invaders - model MG-880 and I have seen these go for about £90 to £300 on eBay for originals.

Chatting to an old school mate a few months back, we were joking about getting in trouble in class when playing with these and he said he didn't have one because his parents couldn't afford one at the time. They were probably £9.99 back then, which would be about £40 today.

So I managed to track a modern copy down on Amazon Japan and imported it for £20 ish.

I got a phone-call on Christmas Day from one very happy mate.
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 13:11 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - Zero
>> I totally get that RP. I would be the same.
>>
>> Just for the sake of curiosity, because I am sure that you won't part with
>> it, cased examples are up for between £250 and £400 on eBay!

They are the non working ones! With its box, &papers, working and in pristine condition, expect to pay 800 +
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 13:22 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - zippy
>> They are the non working ones! With its box, &papers, working and in pristine condition,
>> expect to pay 800 +
>>

Wow!
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 22:14 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - bathtub tom
I've an old Bulova Accutron knocking around somewhere. SWMBO bought for me after she fininished teacher training and before we had kids.
Terrible timekeeping and no-one could regulate it!
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 22:16 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - tyrednemotional
...so much for SWMBO, but what about the watch?
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New Thu 9 Jan 25 22:24 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - bathtub tom
>> ...so much for SWMBO, but what about the watch?

Nothing changes in fifty-odd years.
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New Fri 10 Jan 25 19:56 
 Small obect of desire - 1975 - tyrednemotional
As it happens, I have a Casio "Marlin" s/s digital watch in a drawer.

T'internet seems to think it dates from 1980, but, given where I bought it, I suspect I must have got it by 1979 at the latest.

As an everyday watch for many years, it carries some "patina" (from car mechanics, DIY, rock climbing, etc.) but with a new battery fitted some years ago it still functions perfectly and keeps very good time.

45 years isn't bad for an early(ish) electronic digital watch.
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