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| 1 | 1979 | The 'Multi-Music-Alarm-Chronograph' is presented by Orient Watch with the ability to programme your own music-alarm. |
| 2 | 1980 | In September, the M12 and the M321 of Casio, the first musical alarm watches of Casio (module 82), reach the market. |
| 3 | 1981 | In February, the Casio CA 901 with 12 melodies from Happy Birthday to Jingle Bells (module QW 134), starts singing its tune in Watchland. |
| 4 | 1983 | Citizen makes the 'Spectro'. A music playing watch with volume controlled by the light intensity. |
| 5 | 1987 | Mamona Enterprises Hongkong enters the market with the first 'Piano Watch'. |
| 10 | 1981 | A talking watch which bears the name 'Palerma' is released. |
| 11 | 1981 | The first talking watch in England is produced by the Trafalgar Watch Co. An entirely improved version will be marketed two years later in 1983. Shortly afterwards Reglex, France followed. |
| 20 | 1983 | The world's first recording digital watch, the M 516, is launched in August by Seiko. It could record and replay a message up to eight seconds long. Two 16 kb RAM chips enabled the watch to function. The production stopped in 1984 after production levels reached a quantity of 74,600 pieces. The watch is relatively rare. |
| 21 | 1984 | The Citizen 'Quartz Ana-Digi Voice Memo' caliber C010 is marketed in five different editions. Maximum recording time was limited to six seconds. |
| 22 | 1984 | The 'Palerma' is released again, this time with a built in recorder-chip. |
| 30 | 1983 | The ASUALAB SA, part of ASUAG, manufactures, in co-operation with the University of Neuchâtel, some prototype watches with voice recognition and voice-controlled functions. |
| 31 | 1987 | The Citizen 'Quartz Voice Master VX-2' (no. DX-80XX) is introduced to the public at the 1987 Basle Fair as the world's first voice-recognition watch with a built-in microphone. All the normal functions can be operated by the user's own voice. These voice controlled functions only react to the voice that has been pre-recorded by the user. The VX-2 is a very ingenious, sophisticated and interesting watch. |
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