Just came across this and found it fascinating, and quite breathtaking.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f286c66122.jpg
Truly Marmite - yours for just $150k if it's your cuppa.
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Just came across this and found it fascinating, and quite breathtaking.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f286c66122.jpg
Truly Marmite - yours for just $150k if it's your cuppa.
Beyond horrible
Looks like it's £9.99 from China on ebay
Not doing it for me, but interesting right enough.
I wouldn't wear it myself, but still think it deserve respect as it looks highly complex
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I'd have one in an instant if I had a bottomless pit of funds. Very cool!!
I may be thick, or my head full of nit-picking irrelevances, but how the hell do you tell the time on the blasted thing????
It looks the the time showing is 9:22. When the 9 hand gets to 60, the hand to the right showing 10 will be at 0 minutes and start working its way across. It looks like the numbers on the hands revolve with each hand having 4 numbers (making up a 12 hour clock).Quote:
Originally Posted by MrGrumpy
In the pic above it reads 9:22. The hour indicator keeps pace with the minute pointer as it moves along the minute track to 60. The pointer then instantly shoots back to zero, at which point the next hour indicator is positioned so that it shows through the window in the minute pointer, and follows it along the track again.
Simply spectacular. I love everything Urwerk produce, but the hobnail pattern on that is just beautiful.
Not exactly my cup of tea.
Interestingly, the designer is one Felix Baumgartner, aka Rocketman, and holder of the world freefall record. I thought he had a tie in with Breitling now. Whatever, it looks mad enough to be his work.
A dream watch with a genius mechanism
Er... those aren't quite the same Felix Bs. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by doug darter
Gorgeous watch. However, this part of the review is utter nonsense:
No s*** sherlock, you can touch the watch.Quote:
Literally translated “nails of Paris,” the Clous de Paris is a traditional guilloché pattern of hollowed, intersecting lines that form tiny pyramidal shapes. It’s these shapes that ultimately create a bumpy texture reminiscent of a hobnail pattern in glassware, and leave the wearer with a highly tactile level of interaction with the watch – a relationship that extends beyond just watching the movement tell time.
Mechanically excellent, visually it's not for me. With this type of watch, once I've worked out what the time is, I always end up visualising the time on a "normal" watch dial.
I was all over it until I saw the nylon strap, so it's a no from me...
Actually, it's really interesting, although I'm not sure (even if I had the cash) I'd want one.
M.
I don't understand the pricing but I have to admit I sorta like it!
I really like the design & concept but cannot help feel that it works so much better in pictures than IRL on the wrist.
They do make some amazing pieces.
I wouldn't necessarily buy one, even if I could afford to write off the money, but I'm glad that watches like this exist, because they move the game on and can inspire other designers.
I`d be all over that if they did it in 40mm.
Sort of similar to the AP Starwheel in the way it displays the timeQuote:
Originally Posted by MrGrumpy
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...rwheel/026.jpg
Malc
Saw a few at Marcus on new bond Street yesterday, to be honest I really like them. I don't like the price tag but when you see then close up and appreciate the intricate and amazing engineering, I can understand the cost.
Love these but prefer the first case they did for this movement. More classy, and less, err, "techno"? "Modern"? Whatever, you know what I mean.