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Swatch – The Beep (2016)

by bkfh on 11/28/19, 9:10 PM with 8 comments

  • by Luc on 11/29/19, 5:11 PM

    > The OP's Swatch styling looks a lot like the newly released mechanical Swatch, the "Sistem" (sic, Sigh) 51.

    For what it's worth, 'Sistem' is Romansh for 'System'. And Romansh is one of the official languages of Switzerland.

  • by nineteen999 on 11/29/19, 9:36 PM

    Interesting. I wonder which paging protocol was used, eg. POCSAG or FLEX, at what baud rate, and whether it's possible to open it up and adjust the frequency of the inbuilt paging receiver.

    EDIT: from this article it seems the Beep used POCSAG. If you could adjust the frequency it might be usable with the paging network that my team manages today.

    https://www.rcrwireless.com/19981109/archived-articles/swatc...

  • by bkfh on 11/29/19, 5:28 PM

    You can see an actual TV ad of this watch on YouTube (8:45 min) https://youtu.be/zpkwT-cOf4M?t=523