Description:

Bradley for 20th Century Fox 1J Star Wars wrist watch, mechanical manual-wind movement, mint multi-colored metal dial with an elaborate scene of the Star Wars characters R2-D2 & C-P3O standing on rocks with a starry sky behind them across the entire dial, white Arabic style numbers and "Star Wars" in fancy font at 1 o'clock, bold white steel baton style hands, heavy white base metal (WBM) & stainless steel (SS) round smooth polish case with a tapered bezel and classic heavy extended lugs, case is showing light even wear with a few small scratches on the back, measures approx. 30mm in diameter x 36mm lug to lug x 10mm thick (crystal included), bright blue rubber band with light texturing is likely the original band to the watch and is in good condition but does have some discoloration in places along with what looks like small spots of dried white paint in a few spots, we can replace it with a new black leather band at no charge on request. An attractive mechanical-wind wrist watch from the 1980s, a fun find for the Star Wars fan, in excellent overall condition!

Item Specifics:

Year Made: 1980s
Company: Bradley for 20th Century Fox
Jewels: 271J
Setting/Movement Type: manual-wind
Dial Material: metal
Dial Color: multi-colored
Dial Details: Star Wars graphic
Hand Style: baton - heavy
Case Style: round
Case Material: Base Metal - Silver/White, Metal - Stainless Steel
Case Width, without crown: 30mm (1.18 inches)
Case Length, lug to lug: 36mm (1.42 inches)
Case Thickness: 10mm (0.39 inches)
Interior Lug Width: 15mm (19/32")
Band Size: 7in. to 7.99in.
(measurement range includes watch length & band)
Band Material: rubber/plastic strap
Crystal Material: plastic
Condition: Excellent
Gender: Children's, Unisex

Logo Info:

At PM Time Service, we refer to a "character watch" as any watch that has a dial, and possible other components, that have a cartoon character, public figure or a fictional character printed on them. There were many companies, such as US Time, Ingersoll and Timex, that were commissioned by the character-owner (such as Disney for example) to produce watches with these images, and in most cases, the characters watches were completed at the factory and not as an after-market addition. While most of the PM Time Service character watches are vintage, this type of watch is still in production today, albeit with updated quartz movements.

Character watches were primarily targeted towards children and as such, a large number of the watches produced were of lower quality or "dollar watches" and were also considered ladies' or mid-sized. While the original focus group for sales may have been targeted at children and young adults, we do see many purchases today by adults for their own use.