Birth year watches
Watches made in 1980.
A watch made in 1980 was almost certainly quartz and almost certainly slim. Mechanical watchmaking had retreated to the top and bottom of the market, and the middle belonged to accuracy at a sensible price.
These are underrated watches. The cases were still finished properly, the movements were new enough to be well made, and prices today stay modest.
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Made in 1980
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Could be a 1980
134 watchesSee everything from the 1980s
c.1978
Seiko 11-3390
- Movement
- Strap
- Condition
£120
1980s
Gucci 2305L
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£220
1980s
Raymond Weil 9517
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£220
Sale −15%1980s
Favre-Leuba 394
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£200£170
1980s
Tissot J126/226K
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£125
Box
1980s
Tissot Elecronic Crown
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£150Box
1980s
Tissot J136/236K
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£140
1980s
Tissot -
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£130
Further reading
Buying guide · 9 min readLED, LCD and ana-digi: a guide to vintage digital watchesRed LED displays, always-on LCDs and the ana-digi watches that put hands and a screen on the same dial. What each era was, what goes wrong with them, and what they cost now.Guide · 6 min readHow to date a vintage watchSerial numbers, reference numbers, movement calibres and design clues: a practical guide to working out exactly when a vintage watch was made.History · 6 min readThe quartz revolution: why 1970s watches matterThe 1970s is the most consequential decade in watchmaking history, and arguably the most misunderstood. The 'quartz crisis' is only part of the story.