Watch, Japan, 1980-1982

Watch, Japan, 1980-1982 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1980-1982. The museum's brief description reads: Wristwatch, Space Shuttle; plastic, Japan, 1970-1979?. Museum description: Toy wristwatch for a child, made from various plastics. The strap is of blue polyethylene, or polypropylene, laminated with the same colour material in white, fastening with a polyethylene buckle. The face is of gold polystyrene and white polyethylene, with a transparent polyester cover. Upon the face is an image of an American space shuttle in orbit around the earth. The gold plastic hands can be turned with the dial on the side. There are no workings inside. The museum record gives material recorded as polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester; measurements Length 16.5 cm; Diameter 2.5 cm; place associated: Japan. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.