What is the identity of the mysterious watch that appeared in the auction as 'the ancestor of Apple Watch'?
Apple Insider, an Apple-related news site, reports that 'the predecessor of the Apple Watch released in 1988 has appeared on the auction site', and it may be priced at $ 25,000 (about 2.75 million yen). Insist.
ComicConnect --WRISTMAC (1988 LEGENDARY 1ST APPLE WATCH) Memorabilia --VF: 8.0
Rare 1988 Apple Watch predecessor'WristMac' expected to get $ 25K at auction | AppleInsider
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/11/21/rare-1988-apple-watch-wristmac-going-up-for-auction
The following watches were put up for a starting price of $ 1 (about 110 yen). The description says, 'Seiko's WristMac, launched in 1988, is one of the first products to feature wearable computing technology, the first model of the Apple Watch.' The box and instructions are all in a complete state, and the outer box has 'arm comp!' Written in Japanese, and the watch itself and the floppy disk with 'WRIST MAC' written inside. There is a book.
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In fact (PDF file) The RC-4000 series instruction manual (English version) has been released as a collection of Microsoft Research researcher and designer Bill Buxton. According to this instruction manual, the wristwatch can display the day of the week, month, day, and time, and it also has a schedule alarm function that displays a message on a specific month, day, and time.
In addition, RC-4000 can freely store data for 3 memo pads consisting of 12 characters x 2 lines x 15 pages, so you can save the phone number and address in your wristwatch. Nowadays, you can easily contact the other party by using the contact book of the smartphone or various SNS, but in the latter half of the 1980s when it was released, there were many cases where you could call or pager the other party from a landline or public phone with one hand of the contact book. So it was a big selling point to be able to save the contact book on my watch.
And WristMac is a tool for connecting RC-4000 series and Mackintosh series. Although detailed information is unknown, the site 'MAC Treasure Appraisal Team ' of Mr. danbo, a collector related to Apple II and Macintosh, has the same logo as the floppy disk in the photo of the auction site and the silhouette of the RC-4000 series. A written box and a photo of the contents are posted, 'It was released in 1987 as a set that can be linked from the Macintosh side to the data function of the SEIKO RC-400 series. The connection is a hyper card stack. So, I used it with a serial cable connection. '
WRIST MAC
http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~danbo/WRISTMAC.html
The RC-4000 is not a particularly soaring model, for example, Yahoo! Auctions! Even if you look at the market price limited to RC-4000, it is in a state where it is trading at about 10,000 yen or less. The seller of the auction and Apple Insider describe it as 'the ancestor of Apple Watch', but in reality it is said that 'the digital watch made by Seiko was compatible with Apple II and Macintosh', was Apple involved in the development? It's unclear, and it's subtle whether the phrase 'Apple Watch ancestors' is correct.
In addition, Seiko's old digital watches are popular with some fans, and especially popular models are sold at high prices even if they are used. Also, the RC-4000 exhibited this time was stored in a warehouse and the box and instructions were unopened, and it is almost new and in good condition, so if the attention goes up, it will be considerable. It can be priced.
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