The Apple Watch was announced in September 2014, after years of speculation. This is the company’s first in-house smartwatch. However, many might consider the WristMac made by Seiko 26 years earlier as the first real Apple Watch. The WristMac was considered ahead of its time and was even worn by astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Now, a rare watch model is up for auction. Back in 1988, this wearable was sold as an early Macintosh accessory. It was auctioned by ComicConnect, which normally sells rare comics.
The included WristMac carrying case includes the registration card that has never been filled out, along with the instructions and reference manuals, a floppy disk containing the watch’s official software, and the Seiko WristMac watch with its original cables. it.
NS ComicConnect website took pictures of the watch and called it “The Extremely Rare 1988 Seiko/Ex Machina Wrist Watch”. It should also be added that the watch is “one of the first pieces of wearable computing technology”. At the time of writing, there were 27 bids, with $800 (about Rs 59,570) being the highest call to date, on a wearable.
The site also states that a WristMac watch has never been sold in the nearly three decades since it was first released. The original sticker with serial number 70216 can be found in the box.
WristMac, a programmable watch that connected to a Macintosh computer, was released in 1988 by Ex Machina and Seiko. WristMac can record phone numbers, set alarms once, and periodically and daily weeks as well as notes can be saved to disk as text files.
Seiko was one of the first companies to use dot-matrix LCDs on their digital watches, allowing them to display a full range of alphanumeric characters. In addition to the desktop connection, some Seiko models are also compatible with a small portable keyboard that allows data entry on the go. The report by Gizmodo.
ComicConnect also states that on August 28, 1991, astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis wore a WristMac to coordinate with the Macintosh Portable and Apple Link software on the space shuttle when they sent their first email from space.
Bidding closes on December 19, 2021.
