Vintage watches and my Radio Shack 63-5087 Multifunction Watch

As a child in the 1980s I loved all sorts of technology including watches. I liked digital watches in particular, the more features the better.

I had many watches, although I can't remember many of them now, but I recall at least two calculator watches and some others.

I do remember the Casio solar-powered WL-10 that I had in the 1990s. I actually found this recently and although it still worked the screen was damaged and for some reason I sold it on eBay rather then keeping it, as I wish I had done now.

In addition to the usual digital watch functions, it also had five alarms.



But I do still have a Radio Shack 63-5087 data bank and calculator watch which was given to me as a gift by my then girlfriend, now wife, back in the 1990s.

It has a two line display with the day, date and month at the top, and the time including seconds on the larger second line.

Features include a calculator, data bank, four alarms, world time and stop watch.

Battery is a CR2016.

Mine has been stored for many years and when I found it recently I wanted to put it back in service.

Unfortunately, in addition to scratches, bumps and scrapes, the strap had disintegrated. I found a 16mm strap on Aliexpress but, being only a 20mm wide band, it looks strange and it also needed some cutting to make it fit. I also tried a couple of other straps but none fitted well and I am trying to find a better one.

The screws on the back of the case had corroded a little and one broke off. Many of the other screws are stripped, including the one that secures the battery.

Fortunately, it still works and the date defaults to 1988.

I couldn't find it in a Tandy Australia catalogue, but I did find the watch in a 1996 Radio Shack catalog from the US.