Watch, Ray, Rex, France, 1999

Watch, Ray, Rex, France, 1999 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1999. The museum's brief description reads: Watch made by Akteo/ Canal Productions, to promote David Bowie's show in Paris on the Hours Tour, 1999.

Museum description: A round, silver wristwatch with a design related to David Bowie's album Hours, with a black rubber wrist strap with buckle. The watch face has no numbers, and is predominately silver with silver hours and minutes hands and an orange seconds hand. It is printed with various text and illustrations, including barcode-like designs, and the 'DB' logo. The glass front over the watch face has further white text printed on it.

There is engraved text on the side and back of the watch face. The black rubber strap is smooth on top and textured on the reverse. It has a stamped logo on to top, and further stamped text on the reverse. The museum record gives material recorded as metal, glass, rubber, printing ink; measurements Length 25.3 cm; Diameter 3 cm; Width 1.8 cm; place associated: France; maker recorded: Ray, Rex. 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.