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Horological Meandering

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 few times and was amazed with it.
I decided to sit back and read the questions and comments by others more knowledgeable than me to learn more about the technology behind this creation before I comment as I try to do.They do say the only stupid question is the one that is not asked..but I am here to learn and i did learn quite a bit from this post.
My comments were not meant to take away any credit due to technological prowess of the people involved in the Thread 1,I was simply calling a spade a spade.
For obvious reasons if it fits on my wrist it is a "Wrist Watch"..Maybe not like any other ...but it still is.
Now the question is how soon can i get my hands on one,Cheerz

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Cyborg watches …

 
By: AndrewD : April 20th, 2010-20:32
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...

 
By: aaronm : April 21st, 2010-07:17
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

 
By: AndrewD : April 21st, 2010-19:29
“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...

 
By: BDLJ : April 21st, 2010-17:04
...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..

 
By: cfdfire : April 21st, 2010-17:41
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 ...