Synchroserious wrote:Rewolf ,You drew a ' "ATLEAST" as Collectable' as the Synchronar conclusion and posted it.
I HATE being misquoted. Please read what I DID write:
Both the soluhr and Peter Wenzig's site state it [Crystalonic] was the first solar powered LCD watch. If this is true, it's at least as collectible as the Synchronar Did you get the smiley? Guess why it's there...
Synchronar = first solar powered LED watch = collectible
Crystalonic = first solar powered LCD watch = collectible
There is no doubt that the Synchronar was earlier and was a lot more difficult to put into reality because the technology was not yet there. The Crystalonic was rather easy to do.
Synchroserious wrote:The other comparison you went with was "SOLAR POWERED and a Worlds first item.Any way thats the subject here.
No. The subject is "Cristalonic Solar-Quartz - Collectable?".
I don't understand what you mean with "solar powered and a World's first ITEM"? You DO know that trees are also solar powered?
Synchroserious wrote:BTW a Synchronar has still lasted 20+ years longer than any other Solar Powered watch.
A very self-confident statement. So you are telling that there is a (=at least one) Synchronar from say 1973 still running on its original batteries, and there is no other solar powered watch (LCD or LED) from before 1993 that is still working. Wow!
I have a Junghans solar 1 from 1993 that doesn't keep charge any more, so you are right! Oh, wait - a friend of mine also has a Junghans solar 1 from 1993 and it still works...
Solar watches with supercapacitor instead of a battery were introduced 1984 by Seiko. These have the potential to last forever (whether they actually do is a different thing).
Synchroserious wrote:Not even Citizens new Ekos will break the record for ever going as long as the classic Synchronars.
How do you know? Did you take one apart to analyse the circuitry? Did you play with one of your father's gadgets and suddenly you were catapulted 50 years into the future (and back)?
And by the way - I thought this was about "who was first", not "who(se) is (the) longest"...
So back to topic:
1. The Cyrystalonic was the first solar powered LCD watch. That makes it collectible.
2. The Synchronar was 3 years earlier, but it's an LED watch.
3. The Crystalonic came "with an American made IC from Bell and Howell,Swiss case and assembled in Germany" - thanks to Howard for this interesting information. Is it thsi company:
http://www.bellhowell.com/ ?