From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/31 14:39:42, John wrote:   
      
   [old wristwatch]   
      
   >  On that note, mine is possibly 1980-ish. Maybe. And, contrary to what   
   > I've mentioned up-thread, it is almost certainly LCD, not L*E*D. I am   
   > fairly sure that the numbers were black not red.   
      
   The LED ones, you had to press a button to see the time - the LEDs (as   
   they're actually a light _source_) consumed too much power to be on all   
   the time. (The watches were just uniformly black when you weren't   
   pressing a button.) Allegedly there was one model where if you pressed   
   two of the buttons at once, it shorted the cell.   
      
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   >  It's still not worth stuffing into a bank vault's private box nor the   
   > effort of a thief to explore my house to try to find it so I'm   
   > probably not going to invest in high-end, robotic cameras and other   
   > James Bond gadgetry.   
   >   
   >  Although ........ the idea is mildly appealing as a fun project. I'd   
   > need to investigate stuff and that's always fun. :)   
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