


This is an all stainless steel watch from
Japan. Maker is "Orient" - I'm more familiar with their automatic
watches, but they seem to have produced some LEDs, too.
I have no idea WHEN this particular timepiece was produced. Its in marvelous
condition, with only very light wear. On the screwdown back of the watch you
can even still find the remains of the factory sticker. It also still has
its original bracelet with the "Orient" signed clasp.
The watch doesn't have a bunch of features
- it will display the time, the day of the month and running seconds. Thats
it. But it has a VERY fancy feature: the pusher (top right) will NOT
display the time or date at all! It will just display blinking seconds - and
is used in combination with the corrector (bottom right) to set the watch.
So how view the time?? This is done by a nifty electronic system - As you
can see on one of the pics, there is an ensulating plastic spacer between
the case and the chrystal bezel. As soon as you touch the top of the
watch with the tip of your finger, some current will flow thru your body,
making a light contact / connection between bezel and caseback. And this somehow
triggers the display to light!
It only works if the watch is on your wrist - or if you you touch both parts
of the case with two fingers (or a tweezer). Now ain't that special??!!
The module that does that seems to be a very own Orient module - its signed Orient and I have never seen it in an other watch before. P. Doensen mentions in his book "watch" that in 1976 it was Orient, as very first manufacturer, to introduce a feature like that in their "Touchtron". So I guess this is a "Touchtron"...



