Vintage Metal Watch Strap Calendars

John-E-Mac · 2022-04-20T00:39:23Z

Remember vintage metal watch strap calendars? John-E-Mac shares a nostalgic look at these practical accessories and community members recall their history.

John-E-Mac sparks a nostalgic discussion by sharing a photo of a vintage metal calendar designed to attach to a watch strap. This post invites the community to recall a bygone era of watch accessories, highlighting how practical tools were once integrated with timepieces in simple, ingenious ways.

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Breitling notably produced a UTC mini-watch designed to be mounted on their watch straps, serving a similar accessory function to the calendar tabs.
These metal calendars were often given as affordable Christmas gifts, particularly remembered by those whose fathers used them on watches like a Timex.
The calendars were typically sold as a 12-month set for the entire year and were widely available in drug stores during their time.
Many contributors remember these metal calendars as useful tools before the advent of digital organizers like Palm PDAs and Apple Newtons.
Modern reproductions of these strap calendars exist, though finding them in larger sizes like 24mm or 26mm for watches like Panerai remains a challenge.

The Discussion

Thomas_3

Apr 20, 2022

In a way that

you had to turn your wrist to see the date.

John-E-Mac

Apr 20, 2022

There was another company with the tabs the other direction.

I remember my Father putting them on his Timex with a pair of pliers.

Thomas_3

Apr 20, 2022

I remember the same thing.

I think they came in packages of 12 to cover the entire year.

Sleeper

Apr 21, 2022

how did you get my father's perpetual calendar????

All my father asked for at Christmas (and cheap enough that a kid's allowance could afford them).

John-E-Mac

Apr 20, 2022

Found someone making new ones!! The shame is they don’t make them for 24mm or 26mm to put on my Panerai. 😢

W72

Apr 20, 2022

Oh yes, I remember these metal calendar.

They were quite useful before the days of Palm PDAs and Apple Newtons.

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