Ah, the Casio CMD-40, pictured as item #14 on http://dev.argosbookofdreams.co.uk/1995-96.html#page=100
This has been my daily driver watch, non-stop every single day, since the 1990s.
When I first wore it, it was "futuristic". Now it is "retro" or "vintage".
Answers to FAQs:
- Yes, really.
- Yes, the remote control still works.
- Yes, even with brand new smart TVs.
- There is a reference list of TV manufacturers, and you have to select a code per manufacturer (e.g., LG / Sony / etc). For basic functionality (e.g., volume up, power off), this hasn't changed since the 1990s.
- The VHS remote control functionality is still present, but I haven't used it for decades.
- For new-fangled things like DVD players (or even smart TVs), any remote control button can be "learned" - i.e., point the manufacturer's remote at the watch, press a button, and tell the watch to remember and mimic what it just saw.
- It was only "recently" no longer manufacturered new, and this isn't the same one that I first wore in the 1990s.
- The strap and battery have been replaced, but otherwise I've owned the current one since new.
- Like graphics calculators, the sale price hasn't ever dropped. Even into the 2010s, it was still possible to buy for ~£40. Now that it is not manufactured anymore, it has become an appreciating asset (see, e.g., eBay, where "new" condition watches are routinely sold for >£90).
- OK, here's a picture. https://imgur.com/ivmBFaa