Massive Wrist Computer, The Seiko UC-2000
Thank goodness for innovation, look how far we’ve come in 24 years. Seiko’s UC-2000, also known as the Wrist Information System, was the shat back in 1984. Nowadays nerds can hide their geek with less obvious accessories… like the iPhone. Check it out:
The UC-2000 was released in 1984 with rave reviews and even today the watch continues to sell for over $500 on eBay.
Here is the original owners manual if you lost yours. Pretty fancy.
Tags: seiko uc-2000, seiko wrist computer, wrist information system
October 7th, 2008 at 11:56 am
would not mind owning one, would actually love to have one.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Each character was 5×7 pixels. There were 4 lines of text with 10 columns each.
That makes the effective resolution 50×28.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
You’d get all the ladies.
October 7th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I had one.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
^ a woman? you lie!
October 7th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
badass!
October 7th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
is there a fax on there somewhere too?
October 9th, 2008 at 10:01 am
You daft bugger - you didn’t wear the whole thing on your wrist - just the watch part, which could be removed and docked to the keyboard.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:02 am
The iPhone is lame, and I’m not a fan of tiny keyboards. I’ve always wished I could have a tiny laptop / cell-phone unholy love child on my arm.
October 9th, 2008 at 11:05 am
I will call it retro geeky watch. Funny thing to have though.
October 9th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I have one.
October 9th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Cool. Retro. I want one. It’ll be more of a party talking point than an iPhone.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Got one of these… but with an extra thingy not shown on the picture. A larger “dock” with a tiny printer and stuffs!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Photoshopped~
October 10th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Sen: No, you don’t.
October 10th, 2008 at 4:47 am
i would have loved one of those as a kid i did have a watch that flicked open to reveal a keyboard so cool and so sad at the same time lol
October 10th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Found a picture of the “dock” I mentioned:
http://tinyurl.com/3lvdgh
October 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
I used to have one of those! Don’t remember it being a hit with the ladies though…
October 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The problem was not the keyboard - the problem was the 12volt car battery that you had to carry to power it!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
I’m shocked my dad didn’t have one of these. He always had a watch with a calculator and contacts.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
theres a one going with the large dock on ebay now:
http://tinyurl.com/46dmcc
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October 15th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Love to see a follow up post on this showing the capabilities of this unit and the size of one today and what it can do instead. We’ve come a long ways.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Does any one remember the timex you could download your information to just by holding it in front of your monitor?