Birth year watches
Watches made in 1987.
Swatch was at its height in 1987, with limited editions selling out and people wearing two at once. The watch had become a fashion object again, which was precisely the point.
The rest of the market followed the mood. Expect colour, texture and a certain amount of gold tone from this year, and expect it to have been made to a decent standard underneath.
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Made in 1987
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Could be a 1987
139 watchesSee everything from the 1980s
c.1985
Citizen 2200-224167
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- Case size
- Strap
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£140
c.1986
Seiko 2P20-5470
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£150
c.1989
Orient J90806-40
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£85
c.1988
Seiko 7009-3140
- Movement
- Case size
- Strap
- Condition
£170
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
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- Strap
- Condition
£125
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.