Timex Sprite 39016 02478 [1978] Snoopy Tennis Watch

Vintage Timex Sprite 39016-02478 Peanuts Snoopy Tennis 1978

Year: 1978
Reference: 39018 02476
Model: Sprite / Character
Movement: M24
Lug width: 16mm
Complication: Manual Wind, Sweeping Seconds Hand
Special Feature: Part of a long standing range of licensed character watches from the popular Peanuts cartoon. The watch features an image of snoopy playing tennis on a yellow background. This is a mystery dial watch replacing the sweeping seconds hand with a tennis ball which rotates around the dial to represent each second.

This vintage Timex watch is often listed on eBay and other websites as being from 1958. This is due to the dial containing the text © 1958. This is not the manufacture data but a copyright statement relating to Peanuts and Snoopy.