LCD Uhr Texas Instruments mit pseudoanalogem Display This 1978 Texas Instruments, '” Star Burst ” LCD analog display wrist watch was one of the watches that revolutionized the wrist watch market. Using a high precision digital display this watch is highly accurate. Very stylish and unusual - the first totally electronic quartz analog watch without moving parts; it was manufactured from 1978 to 1981. Among the technology “firsts” for this watch were: 1) Use of low-voltage liquid-crystal material for a multiplexed LCD; 2) Use of a lithium-manganese dioxide cell; 3) Use of an I2L (integrated injection logic) chip to drive the LCD; 4) Use of only 26 contacts for 120 display elements using two-way multiplexing. The watch was manufactured until 1981 when TI closed out all watch activity. It is part of the Smithsonian collection and of the Dt. Museum in Munich. The watch has a stainless steel strap and fasciae that includes a gilt yellow-gold band around the outside. A very unusual watch with a wonderful history; comes complete with the original Texas Instruments papers, original case and foam inserts. Proof that this is an early copy, the pages of the booklet are stapled upside-down within the cover. It would be virtually impossible to find another one of these watches in this condition. A nice advertisement clip can be seen under http://vidjar.com/video/Ixj5125v4j8/1978-Texas-Instruments-LCD-LED-Watch-Commercial .
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