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The History of Kronoform: The Robot Watch

Secret Galaxy | March 20, 2026



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Lots and lots of kids had a robot watch; a watch that transformed into a robot and back. Turns out, there is a whole story behind how they got started and where they came from and, in a roundabout way, connects all the way back to GI JOE.

This is the story of the robot watch. This is the story of KRONOFORM.

SOURCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaclone
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Diakron
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kronoform
https://web.archive.org/web/20041108030559/http://www.geocities.com:80/futuristgroup/vdiaclone.html
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Choro-Q
https://soundwavesoblivion.blogspot.com/2017/09/takaras-diakron-kronoform-part-1-diakron.html
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micro_Change
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1179665803/?match=1&terms=%22kronoform%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1006575784/?match=1&terms=%22kronoform%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/993746400/?match=1&terms=%22kronoform%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/957369415/?match=1&terms=%22kronoform%22
https://soundwavesoblivion.blogspot.com/2016/05/watch-q-1984-1985.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20041212095945/http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/vdiaclone2.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1097696892/?match=1&terms=%22diakron%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1015692160/?match=1&terms=%22diakron%22
https://www.newspapers.com/image/241226787/?match=1&terms=%22diakron%22
https://web.archive.org/web/20041115084213/http://www.geocities.com/futuristgroup/vfirsttf.html

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  1. @brightargyle8950

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    HOLY COW! I totally forgot about these! I had one! They were so cool! Mine was the silver chrome version. I wonder what ever happened to that thing? It just kinda disappeared, which is lame. Probably ended up in the same place as my Spitball Sparky game.

  2. @marcussmith4913

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    my mom bought this for me. I kept it for a very long time. Makes me sad asf watching this video. All of this is gone now and whats left is not worth living in. I cant wait to go home, by the grace of Jesus my lord and savior.

  3. @FabFiveFrankie

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    I wanted one so bad but we never had G1 transformers or kronoform money.. we had go bots esp the ones on sale or clearance money, never had super go bots money though.

  4. @pedroalbizios8946

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    Early 80s I was in Puerto Rico about 7yo when I got mine, and under the excitement walking to my aunts house to show it off to my cousins I was hit by a car. It didn’t do anything but my watch broke and that was the end of it.I’ve been on the lookout for another didn’t even know all this about it until now. Thank you for sharing ❤

  5. @javierortiz82

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    I had a clone that transformed into a plane, it was really cool but unfortunately at age four it was hard to take care of such a delicate piece. I wish I still had it.

  6. @kenada-x

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    It's gotta be nearly forty years later and I still get sad when I remember destroying my Blue transformers watch by dunking my hand into the water of my mums twin tub washing machine whilst helping her out. These things weren't even a little bit waterproof. 😥😆

  7. @Bayan1905

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    I remember getting one of the knock off watches from a grocery store machine back in the fall of 1985 when I was 9 years old. I didn't care, my parents had just split up, I had moved with my mother and two sisters to my grandparents house with only a few of my toys, the rest I left at the house and never saw them again including most of my Transformers, GI Joe and Star Wars stuff. So when I got that robot watch, it was probably the happiest I had been in a very long time, even if only for a little while.

  8. @redadamearth

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    Still have mine from childhood, as well as a sealed one that my grandfather gave me that ended up being an "extra". After he died, I never opened it and it's still in my collection bin. 🙂 If you were a kid in the 80's, these watches were just endless fun.

  9. @0x0404

    March 20, 2026 at 6:29 am

    I've got some distant faint memory of a transformer and a watch. I might have actually had one of those or a knockoff tier version of it

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