I am guessing this cool watch is from the late eighties. The back of the watch is also clear, showing all of the inner workings of the watch which are in red, white, blue, silver, and gold. It reminds me of a Swatch Watch from back in the day! This watch is made by Sutton, a division of the E. Gluck Corporation which was established in the 1980s to produce name-brand watches for sale in department stores. This watch is unique because it was sold as a Sutton watch (not made and branded for another company) and it is also marked on the back "E. Gluck Trading Company."
This watch is totally encased in lucite. Lucite was developed in 1928 by the Rohm and Haas Company under the trademark "Plexiglass." It is a shatter-resistant transparent thermoplastic often used as an alternative to glass. It is easy to handle, inexpensive, does not contain harmful BPAs, but it can be brittle under certain conditions and is more prone to scratching than glass.
Feel free to contact me if you are interested in purchasing this piece. Questions, comments, and additional information are always appreciated. My online shop on http://www.ebay.com/ is coming soon.
Thank you to the following website(s) for the historical content of this blog post:
Wikipedia. Retrieved 3/3/2011 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)
E. Gluck. Retrieved 3/3/2011 from http://www.egluck.com/default.asp
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