Horological Meandering

But which one ? I'm lost !



What do you think about these creations?

The DB M from De Bethune:

The Celsius telephones:

Fr.Xavier

... though i fear the cost of these telephones ... .

You have more info regarding the Celsius phone ? It looks stunning !

Filip

The two Celsius telephones are versions of LeDix which is the first creation of the young brand. The telephone features a flying tourbillon: you wind it by opening the telephone. Believe me, when you open it, you feel that you are winding the movement.

Tourbillon comes from BNB but I think that the integration of BNB inside Hublot won't change the relationships.

If we consider all the telephones, the De Bethune or the Celcius ones, they  are all heavy. You won't forget it in your pocket.

The upcoming projects from Celsius are promising: their will is to develop a pure mechanical telephone (including for the ringing), except of course for the parts which are required to make the telephone... work.



Fx

 

... promising ..

thx for the update FX !

Filip This message has been edited by bimbeano on 2011-04-03 12:47:31

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It is the reason why I opened the pouch on pictures. But with the telephone inside, the whole thing becomes heavy.

Fx
This message has been edited by foversta on 2011-04-03 12:56:30

a PW, the Celsius is a phone and when the technology is obsolete  or the phone stops working... well the 200k tourbillon becomes completely useless.

To tell you the truth the Celsius was probably one of the stupidest products I had seen in years! 

 

It is the reason why the next generation of Celsius phones will be less dependant from technology: they will become more and more "mechanical objects" and their functions will be a mere telephone. The only requirement will be an access to the telephone network.

Obviously, the DB M won't face this problem, you will only need to adapt the pouch if the telephones change their sizes.

Fx

What a strange idea to mix the cell phone and horology...

To me, they are not watches nor cell phone anymore, to what I guess to be at a ridiclulously high price.

A serious brand should avoid this kind of ... Gadget.

Well, in my opinion.

Best,

Nicolas.

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It was something I didn't expect from them and well... the whole stuff is so heavy that it is not useful.

The context is a bit different with Celsius, it is their core business.

Fx

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Nice gadget that turns into an expensive paperweight as soon as phone technology changes (next week ;-)).

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to see mechanical watchmaking try to embrace the technology that will likely push wristwatches out of everyday life for most people. I like the DeBethune as a pocket watch though.

Best

Andreas

This idea doesn’t appeal to me, but clearly high-end phones have found some traction in the market place. If a phone with a tourbillon or other mechanical contraption can encourage the ‘iPhone generation’ to investigate traditional horology, then that can’t be a bad thing.

 

By the way, how is the DeBethune watch secured in place? And how easy is it to remove to wind or use as a traditional pocket watch. What is the power reserve?

 

Andrew

... neither moves my heart   I never needed one until the company told me to have one.  I would not buy one in Japan when I came here, but since the number of the public phones had dramatically decreased, I was forced to get one.  So, last year I bought a cell phone for the first time.

Since I am a very newbie in the mobile phone world, you can always check the time from the mobile phone or other mobile device, right?  I  just don't get it.....

I know that then I wouldn't even need a watch as long as I carry the mobile phone, but that is different as I don't have a habit to check the mobile phone or smartphone often.  Watch is on the wrist is it gives me a smile whenever I do that.  It has become a habit to look at my wrist even when I don't need to know the time

I may be a minority here...

Ken

to set my watches.
It's faster and easier to look at a watch than it is to pull out and flip on a phone.

Vertu? As a status symbol?

cheers

PAt

reality is how many times we find ourselves using the phone for telling time, instead of the watch? now you got a big wach right at the back of the phone....the marriage of digital and analogue...i find it very exciting!!

the Celsius project, i like it too, but it is WAY too expensive to make ANY sense whatsoever. this is definately a product for  the rich elite.

there are other watch manufactures that are into phones as well. UN and TAG for example. i find the TAG really gimmicky, but its the "cheapest" of the haute phonology gang. the UN i like alot. the solid gold versions is really quite heavy. what i really want is a mobile phone with a rotor that winds and powers up the phone, supplementing the battery life.

haute phonology is here to stay...whether as a fashion item, or luxury goods, or a marriage between horology and phonology. all the Vertu sceptics have gone into hiding. i am a big proponent of luxury phones, in a world full of iphones and Blackberries.

best,

Horo

... but the question is which clock/time will we read from... LOL

stefan

No! I don't like it. If I am going to pull out my phone to see the time I might as well just check the time on my phone. On the other hand it is stylish. Well I guess it depends on the price and how good it protects my phone because afterall it is a phone case. As for the phone, I am an I phone man so I wouldn't buy it even if the price was right. I dont think it will be popular.
Cheers
SamEE

In to a very good scotch - pretty dumb. That's all to mel. I had a chance to play with the DB in Basel and even the guy at the booth thought it was a little silly. But if someone wants it - hey, fine with me!

Best
Christian