The Rise and Fall of Pulsar, the $2,100 Watch That Predicted the Future

The rise and fall of Pulsar, the world's first digital watch — from a $2,100 gold luxury gadget in 1972 to the wearable-tech pioneer crushed by Silicon Valley's price wars, paving the way for Apple Watch and Galaxy Watch today. Timestamps: 00:00 – The $2,100 gold watch that stunned New York, 1972 03:03 – The spark: Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey inspires a digital watch 06:13 – 1970: First Pulsar prototype debuts on The Tonight Show 07:42 – 1972: Pulsar P1 launches — sold through Tiffany & Neiman Marcus 09:14 – Pulsar becomes a celebrity status symbol (Bond, Ford, Elton John) 10:15 – The fatal mistake: refusing to lower prices as chips get cheap 12:26 – 1976: Texas Instruments' $19.95 watch starts the price war 13:45 – 1977: Time Computer Inc. liquidates, Pulsar dies