AndrewD
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Clarke’s Third Law
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of The Future, 1961
Thanks Aaron,
This is a very nice way to think about mechanical versus other watches.
We have spent the last few decades making electronic devices to replace mechanical ones, and now our new fangled creations are doing things that no mechanical device existed for. It’s bizarre that in some cases this has had the effect of motivating watchmakers to develop mechanisms to keep up. But it has led to some very interesting timepieces.
A
Cyborg watches …
Or perhaps “The Six Million Dollar Watch”? I am sure we are all reading with interest the post below on the Devon Tread 1 . There have been plenty of examples over the years of hybrid designs, from Accutrons to the ETA 205.911 autoquartz calibre, as used ...
In my mind...
I think of the Quartz watch as "magic". It's there to do all the things that people haven't figured out how to do as pure mechanics yet, but slowly that boundary gets pushed back. In that way I like the Devon piece, because there's no real way to do somet...
Clarke’s Third Law
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of The Future, 1961 Thanks Aaron, This is a very nice way to think about mechanical versus other watches. We have spent the last few decades mak...
There are still lots of gears...
...inside an analogue quartz watch....so is that a hybrid? Most of the electrickery in a watch I can forgive or embrace concerns that which is best done with electrickery. For example: I like the depth gauge on the JLC something-or-other-diver, but it's u...
I am willing to admit..
I have an addiction to watches..The first step in dealing with this addiction is to admit to it. I really enjoyed Ron's posting of the Devon Thread 1 and caught it before the link was removed to their home page ..for obvious reasons.I watched the video a ...