I came across my Animal watch recently, I'm thinking I bought it around '95 from a advert in MBUK, I want to say it came from either Merlin or Stif, but then I'm fairly sure that it came from whatever the bike shop was on Mansfield Road on the way out of Nottingham.
I do remember that it was reduced from £150 to £50, and I ummd and arrd about buying it.
I used to send it back to Animal every year for a service, but one year they stated it was in-repairable, but I can't remember the conversation that precided the note shown - nor can I remember when this was.
But, upon re-finding it recently, I dropped a new battery in it and it's working perfectly, so not quite sure why it was returned unrepairable!