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Thank you for looing and
your nice comment!
What you call an "electro- magnetic- mechanical symbiosis" has always fascinated me about hard disks. I am convinced that to build a modern hard disk is no less technically demanding than to build a mechanical watch. The space for mechanical error is even less I think. On the other hand electronics to correct some error is permitted in hard disks.
Best,
Martin
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Watch and home grown or home made item(s) - can be anything home related
Special thanks to Nilo also to Art and Ken to let me have the honor to start this week WS As we (southeast Asia) just into the dry season, a bit late thou as occasionally still rain (climate change). This is the first harvest from our garden (after rain s...
Great and very challenging theme ...
Let's see if I can come up with something unusual. A warning to our members: Let's try to avoid garlic. We have participants allergic to it (and to spikes, of course). Cheers, Nilo
Beutiful GS ...
Only recently I had the pleasure to hold a GS on my hands. It's everything that we read about plus some. Congratulations, Nilo
The theme is harder than I imagine. But here is ...
The fact that we are in late fall here didn't helped. Our fruit trees are ... resting until the spring. There is a tree in our house, that is native from South America, called Jaboticaba but the birds had a field day and they left not a single fruit. In a...
Thank you Quan ...
I'm doing very high ISO tests. All pics are hand held. Cheers, Nilo
Bank notes ...
Has any hidden message on that? Our judges for this week are just like angels. Incorruptible and they are so far away that no one can reach. I pass the coffee (mine without milk, please) but your nest and tiles are dramatically tempting. As someone (who?)...
No, no hidden message to the judges.
Why hidden, by the way? ;) Best, my friend, and thanks for the kind words. Nicolas
If I need an excuse to visit France ...
Ignoring the food, wine and other amenities this Chronometre more than justify the trip. Just to see and touch this work of art. Cheers, Nilo
Hey, to be honest, you didn't need me for that :)
You did it very well by yourself. ;) Best, Nicolas
She is a little more than a legend ...
Based on the fact that she tolerate me for so many years and keeps going. The legends there were you and Jerome. Not counting the watches that alone could make a great collection. Cheers, Nilo
The nest is the best!!!
by far in long run Just splendid!!! HAGWE my dear friend Damjan
I love all of these.. Especially the first and last, whereby IMHO..
.. My very personal and humble aficionado - kudos has to go to the last shot - the Geophysic, My grail Vintage; ;) Always nice to daydream a bit .. Thx for these lovely shares, Best, hs
Of course , how could I not mention .. Forgiveness !.. BUT..
Polaris 65 is beyond my reach anyway.. And of course, one could just say "Fab Four", but that maybe too easy .. Thus, humbly I took the plunge for 2 Out of 4, But now I select only 1 .. And the Selected vintage grail, alltogether, for me stays the Geophys...
See - there would be maybe supranatural powers .. For a Polaris 65
So I was thinking of my Doctor , in a way .. ;) Best, He The Understanding, hs
Local fruits...
Here we go: Fruits from my garden called "Coins"! or wallnuts or nuts Matt ...
What wonderful colors you got on ...
"Coins". Of course, the watch helps. Great idea of your "nuts" picture. I have a watch to take some pictures, that by sheer coincidence is the same as your Universal, and if you don't mind I go to copycat your picture style. Stay tuned. Should be on HoMe ...
here is another fruity picture
I pulled out of my HD! Picture I took in Sevilla with local oranges! Matt ...
My home made desktop clock
Here is something that I have wanted to show to to you for a long time but somehow did not do up to now: My home made desktop clock I got my hands onto this old hard disk about 20 years ago and the idea struck me to convert it into a clock with as little ...
Creative way
to do re-cycle of ever increasing of IT waste.... A unique piece indeed Thanks for sharing with us your "fantastic idea" Cheers,
Thank you, Quan
for your kind words. Indeed the thought to have a piece unique is part of the fun. Best wishes, Martin
i love that clock and i want one now pretty please :)
are you taking commissions? my led roman numeral clock that mr Cazalea helped facilitate has finally given up so i need something funky to replace it. the Atmos in the sitting room and grandfather clock in dining room are not funky enough for me. very cle...
wanna trade?
Hi Graham, a hard disk clock against the ATMOS, doesn't that sound fair? :-) Bye, Martin
hmmm, i think i need...
hmmm, i think i need both :) On 24 May 2013 13:55, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosite > *Posted By:* stromer (registered) on May 24th, 2013 - 05:55 > > *Title: wanna trade? > * > > *
Totally amazing !
Thanks for sharing this very unusual horological item with all its details, an expected although very interesting techie side of our horological enthusiasm cheers, Laurent
Thank you
for your kind comment, Laurent. It is indeed uncommon to post about something quartz driven here at Purists. That it was not rejected due to that fact makes Purists a special way once more. :-) Best, Martin
Thank you, Anders!
By calling it an invention you bring up an interesting question. I always saw it as an idea an a lot of detail work. So what is the difference. Is there any? Something I need to think about. Btw: I really like your GO! Best, Martin
I am sure you could
It is a much detail work but nothing that requires artistic talent or much fantasy which are unfortunately things that I personally lack. So I tried the more technical approach to create something. "I choose to do so not because it was hard, but because i...
I've always been a technical guy who could work with metal
and wiring. Once I constructed a remote control for my stereo using a pocket calculator for the keypad. The plus was FF, the - Rewind, etc. That was long ago, and as I was trained at the cusp of tubes vs transistors, I have forgotten all my electronics. B...
You can do THAT?
I am truely overwhelmed. This is the kind of stuff I would so much like to be able to do. I think I am sufficiently creative when it comes to solving a given problem, but I am competely lacking this artistic kind of creativity and ability that you obvious...
Amazing ...
When I remember the large number of hard drives that I already sent to scrap, I feel ashamed. Great project, great and unique clock. Congratulations. It seems that this is the weekend of true one of a kind Purists work. Cheers, Nilo
I could only save this one
I have sent my share of computer parts to scrap too and I saved only this one. In a German computer magazine from time to time they offer contest where the aim is to recycle old computer parts is a creative way. Usually the results are outstanding and mak...
This is fantastic work ...
... and I love how you respected the original function and design but reimagined it in new ways. Watchmakers have been doing that for hundreds of years too. This deserves a post on HoMe for the more general readership. Would you like to repost the thread ...
Thank you very much
for your so Kind words, Andrew! I am on the road over the Weekend (meeting old friends) Please just feel free to handle my post in every way Ou would like to. You will be doing right :-) Good night (CET), Martin
Thank you for looing and
your nice comment! What you call an "electro- magnetic- mechanical symbiosis" has always fascinated me about hard disks. I am convinced that to build a modern hard disk is no less technically demanding than to build a mechanical watch. The space for mecha...
That is a really cool desk clock!
Martin, you should have put your Memovox on top - then you would have a alarm clock! ;) Best, my friend Blomman
Normally I do not sleep at my desk :-)
Indeed I thought about integrating an alarm when I designed the clock. That would have required maybe one more button, a buzzer and the rest would have been software. But because I am building software solutions to earn my money that would not have been a...
Short video of demo mode?
I know making a little video can be easy or a pain, but Martin, do you have one of the clock working in demo mode? Here's a photo of the Roman Numeral clock Graham G99 referred to earlier in the thread: And a short video of its incredibly mesmerizing acti...
Cool Roman clock!
Hi cazalea, That is a cool clock that graham has there! I do not have a video so far of the hard disk clock, but I will try to make one on Thursday. I think I will need to come back to you when it comes to posting it. Never done that before. Best, Martin
martin, sadly mine stopped working,...
martin, sadly mine stopped working, i found a loose weld and fixed it, but it runs slow so i dont turn it on anymore. i bet Mikes is still running strong after something like 5 years. G On 28 May 2013 20:13, "www watchprosite" *Alert from:* www:watchprosi...
Ahhh, I had not understood
that you both own one. A pity your had ceased its service :-) Best, Martin
Here is the video
Hi cazalea, here is the video you asked for: Thank you for your help with posting it! Best, Martin
I love it. Thanks!
I hope the video production skills you've now developed will be frequently shared with us. Cheers, Cazalea
Maybe hard to see...
But the flowers in the background are home grown...! :) HAGWE Blomman ...
Is the watch ...
That's ruining the picture. Throw it away (on a good package) and ship it to me. I will do the ecological correct recycle for you. No costs. Now serious. I love the wood background. Cheers, Nilo
And I always thought...
the lake was home made! I am slightly disappointed :-) The DeepSea is great! Best my friend, Martin
Raku fired stone ware
with one of my favorites. Looks a bit like a pineapple but this is hard to digest for the stomach ;) My Longines Conquest is here again HAGWE Anders ...
Beautiful Raku ...
And the GO. About the Longines, I'm always without words for your pictures of it. Cheers, Nilo
More info about the Raku
As I wrote in the post so it may look like a pineapple I supplement with a picture of the Raku. There is some kind of bird. Maybe someone has a proposal which bird it is. /Anders ...
Home grown, home cooked, 'home' made ...
Fun theme. The water lily rarely flowers, the BBQ is always on in summer, and the kangaroo sizzling away is Australian ('home') made ... ... and the Submariner 5513 ties it all together. Andrew ...
Humm ... kangaroo ...
Tasty! 5513 ... Extra tasty (not here where I live). Someday. ... Who knows. Cheers, Nilo
Don't worry ...
... I wouldn't make you catch your own lunch if you visited us. :-) Andrew
That looks tasty!
BBQ is far away here. Its has been raining for days now. And this is the northern hemisphere! It seems to be time to get a Submariner too to survive this weather too. Best, Martin
Many good desirable things come in pairs Quan!
Well done, very 'down to earth' shot! Mech.
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