Hughes Aircraft Calculator Watch

[m***@yahoo.com]

I have a Hughes Aircraft Watch in near perfect condition with the box
as part of a relatives estate. Are these watches rare or collectable?
Mike

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Post by m***@yahoo.com
I have a Hughes Aircraft Watch in near perfect condition with the box
as part of a relatives estate. Are these watches rare or collectable?

Oh yeah ... google on LED watch or Hughes digital watch and you will find
a couple of good collector web sites. The LED watches were basically
replaced by LCD models. I am not familiar with the calc model - the
regular time models go for $80-200.

My impression is that the collector cadre is not numerous, but they are
around. A quick sale among Silicon Valley computer nerds.

[Jack Denver]

This may be worth much more than you think to a collector, especially if it
has "box and papers" and is "mint".

Look at this ebay auction for a similar HP:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HP01-HEWLETT-PACKARD-HP-01-1977-LED-Calculator-watch_W0QQitemZ190116741161QQihZ009QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PULSAR-1970s-LED-digital-calculator-watch-complete-set_W0QQitemZ190113800452QQihZ009QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Maybe as much as $2k, as hard to believe as that sounds.

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Post by m***@yahoo.com
I have a Hughes Aircraft Watch in near perfect condition with the box
as part of a relatives estate. Are these watches rare or collectable?

Oh yeah ... google on LED watch or Hughes digital watch and you will find
a couple of good collector web sites. The LED watches were basically
replaced by LCD models. I am not familiar with the calc model - the
regular time models go for $80-200.
My impression is that the collector cadre is not numerous, but they are
around. A quick sale among Silicon Valley computer nerds.
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"Jack Denver"

, especially if it has "box and papers" and is "mint".

Yes I thought of that after my post ... in this case the box and so on
will add value.

Did not know these items were so high $. Took long enough... (bought
Hughes watch in 1974, at Foley's. $75.)

Well anyway the module in the Pulsar calc watch may even be a Hughes
module. Sounds like the OP needs to get an appraisal/research.

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Post by m***@yahoo.com
I have a Hughes Aircraft Watch

A watch by Hughes Microelectronics ... a leading builder of comm and spy
satellites ...

[John S.]

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Post by m***@yahoo.com
I have a Hughes Aircraft Watch

A watch by Hughes Microelectronics ... a leading builder of comm and spy
satellites ...
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What we don't know is whether this is one of the electronic watches
made by Hughes but branded and marketed by others. Or if it is simply
a watch with the Hughes name and logo on it. Big difference.

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A watch by Hughes Microelectronics ... a leading builder of comm and spy
satellites ...

What we don't know is whether this is one of the electronic watches
made by Hughes but branded and marketed by others. Or if it is simply
a watch with the Hughes name and logo on it. Big difference.

Well, I did not get the impression that the watch was like a Hughes
Aircraft employees service award, but I could be mistaken. And le't face
it, any Hughes calc watch that has a Hughes Aircraft logo on it is going
to be a Hughes Microelectronics watch.... and not just some other watch
with the Hughes name.

The watch I purchased in '74 had a Hudson Harris label, which I took to
be a made up name that really meant Howard Hughes, with "in-house" movt.

The Foley's full page ad stated that the watch ran at 768 kHz, and since
it kept time to 2 seconds per month I accepted that for many years, but I
believe it is in fact a conventional 32.768 kHz model.

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Geez ... a hughes calc watch with an addition Hughes Aircraft logo....
man we might be talking a couple grand here.

[John S.]

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Post by Revision
A watch by Hughes Microelectronics ... a leading builder of comm and spy
satellites ...

What we don't know is whether this is one of the electronic watches
made by Hughes but branded and marketed by others. Or if it is simply
a watch with the Hughes name and logo on it. Big difference.

Well, I did not get the impression that the watch was like a Hughes
Aircraft employees service award, but I could be mistaken. And le't face
it, any Hughes calc watch that has a Hughes Aircraft logo on it is going
to be a Hughes Microelectronics watch.... and not just some other watch
with the Hughes name.
The watch I purchased in '74 had a Hudson Harris label, which I took to
be a made up name that really meant Howard Hughes, with "in-house" movt.
The Foley's full page ad stated that the watch ran at 768 kHz, and since
it kept time to 2 seconds per month I accepted that for many years, but I
believe it is in fact a conventional 32.768 kHz model.
http://www.dealingtime.com/upload/files/79/hudson-harris-a-sm.jpg
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768khz...now that would have been fast. Yes, I remember when the
Pulsar LED watches in 14k cases came out - they were $1,000!

[m***@yahoo.com]

Post by m***@yahoo.com
I have a Hughes Aircraft Watch in near perfect condition with the box
as part of a relatives estate. Are these watches rare or collectable?
Mike

The Hughes Aircraft Calculator Watch looks very similiar to the other
compuchron except there is no marking. It is in a box that has
"Hughes Aircraft" on the inside.

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Are these watches rare or collectable?

Very collectable.

Post by m***@yahoo.com
The Hughes Aircraft Calculator Watch looks very similiar to the other
compuchron except there is no marking. It is in a box that has
"Hughes Aircraft" on the inside.

"Hughes made two styles of this calculator watch during the mid 1970s -
the "curvy" and "boxy" styles. They did not sell the watches directly to
the public except through their employee store. However, CompuChron did
sell a small number of one or both styles with their name on the
watches."

http://www.ledwatches.net/photo-pages/hughes1.htm

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[Nonnymus]

Not nearly as cool as the HP-01 watches.

Nonny

Post by m***@yahoo.com
Are these watches rare or collectable?
Very collectable.

Post by m***@yahoo.com
The Hughes Aircraft Calculator Watch looks very similiar to the other
compuchron except there is no marking. It is in a box that has
"Hughes Aircraft" on the inside.

"Hughes made two styles of this calculator watch during the mid 1970s -
the "curvy" and "boxy" styles. They did not sell the watches directly to
the public except through their employee store. However, CompuChron did
sell a small number of one or both styles with their name on the
watches."
http://www.ledwatches.net/photo-pages/hughes1.htm
http://www.dealingtime.com/upload/files/79/hughes-calc-watch.jpg