For you watch collectors out there, another scan from that 1954 issue of People Today:
What Time Is It?
Revolutionary Watches of the Future Indicate It’s Later Than You Think
Watch at left shows time, date — and radioactivity level. Elgin watches (l. below) are experiments in plastic. “Capsule watch (r.) switches from finger to pin, pendant or bracelet. Another not-yet-purchasable marvel at Manhattan jewelry show: watch to tell time every 5 seconds — thanks to a tiny built-in FM radio gives weather report too.
While I want to giggle at the old-fashioned notion of a wrist watch to alert you to the dangers or radiation levels, such things are back in fashion again — like this cell phone app which alerts you to the radiation levels from cell phones. Ironic? Hey, some old watches emit radiation too.
And how annoying would anything that talks every five minutes be?
Anyone have any of these now-vintage wrist watches?
