jwilbur
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Electro - Mechanical
You are correct. The watch is electro-mechanical. The torque required to rotate the pulleys and move the belts is high. This required individual electric motors to turn each of the single belt assemblies and a microcontroller to handle the complex algorithms needed to keep all the belts in check. There is also an optical recognition system that fine-tunes the rotation of the gears to compensate for minute changes over time.
Thanks!
J Wilbur
Devon tread 1
I am not going to prejudice anyone with my comments(yet) (website edited out per posting guidelines, Pic inserted for reference-mkt) This message has been edited by mkt33 on 2010-04-20 11:26:43...
I think it is awesome, refreshing change to the watch world
All watches do the same basic thing, tell time. We dont really need any of the fancy decorated stuff and crazy complications, but it is art and we appreciate that. It is a neat concept and as long as it holds up over time I personally think it is very inn...
I am the Designer of the TREAD 1
Happy to answer any questions you all may have! We are very excited about the launch of the product; thank you all for your interest!
Am I correct...
...in thinking this is watch is electronic? If so, please explain more about the electro-mechanics. Thanks, dan
Electro - Mechanical
You are correct. The watch is electro-mechanical. The torque required to rotate the pulleys and move the belts is high. This required individual electric motors to turn each of the single belt assemblies and a microcontroller to handle the complex algorit...
Thanks for the info...
...the design is exceptional, i must say. So the movement is regulated by a micro computer? Quartz?
Thanks!
Thanks much! Yes, the watch uses a quartz crystal required by any electronic device that needs balanced timing. The micro controller operates the four individual motors and the optical recognition system.
2010 - the year of the belt-operated watches?
There are several contenders here - Christophe Claret comes to mind as well. This one, however, is noe of the more refreshing and readable watches. It makes good use of the more vertically oriented display and reflects this also in the movement layouit. Q...
I was thinking the same thing
Between the Claret, last year's Opus with the diamond belts and the newest Hautlence, we have enough to call it a "trend"! A
Accuracy
The tread 1 is accurate to about 8 seconds per year - with the help of a temperature adjusted crystal.
You are using a type of Thermocompensation and/or
a higher frequency than 32KHz with a thermally less sensitive cut?
We are using both
in order to make sure our first timepiece was solid through-and-through we insured the highest levels of accuracy possible - with the least amount of service required. So we have incorporated a high frequency crystal with thermo compensation.
How is the thermocompensation accomplished?
Digital count method, with a thermistor providing corrections to the frequency given by the crystal, a la Seiko and ETA? Is there provision for owner adjustment via a digital adjustment port or somesuch?
Thermocompensation, etc.
The thermocompensation is accomplished via proprietary methods, so I can only say that the accuracy is increased through these methods. What i can tell you is that there is no need for owner adjustment as the optical recognition system keeps the belts in ...
I believe that the intent of the question is can the owner...
decrease the yearly error without sending the watch back to the factory?
Yearly error
The only way at this point to adjust for error is to reset the time manually...
With the wireless charging, could there be future options to...
Synchronize via computer,WWVB, or GPS?
Good Question
We did consider some of these options and who knows what the future holds... But for now, as our first piece, we wanted to keep true to the purity of the concept and maintain a balance between physical mechanics and electronic technology. Interacting with...
I thank you for being online to answer all of our questions, so far.
You wouldn't need any field testers for the watch?
My pleasure Ronald!
We are a new US based company and we are committed to redefining the way business is done...we intend to interact with our customers and fans and critics on a personal basis as much as possible. I will send your request to become an "official field tester...
With some of the questions
Being asked one would think this creation is in competition to be a major component in the CPU on the next space shuttle.... Where do you draw the line...if there is one....I like accuracy as much as the next guy but this is a "Wrist Watch"...not an atomi...
We draw the line at the end of it...
Hello CFDFIRE, Good question and valid comments. To speak to the accuracy; simply stated, if Picasso could not first draw the human figure accurately, his later "crazy" art would never have the potency and depth to truly validate his concepts. As we are a...
superb design which i love
i have already read about it in IW and was put off by the fact that its not mechanical. perhaps i should stop being anti quartz and like it for its design rather than be put off by whats running it. graham
i over looked
The inelegance of the watch as a whole made me over look the fact its not a mechanical watch , as I would assume a mechanical watch with the same concept would have a price tag shooting to the sky. Faisal