Bill
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Tikker - the death watch.
...that counts down your life (but in a good way!)
The death watch that counts down your life. What a sinister idea. While actuaries have ways of calculating life expectancy who would want such a device on your wrist. I guess they watch has a way to input certain elements about the wearer and start the count down to the end.
The creator of the watch, Swedish inventor Fredrik Colting, says the device is not morbid and it is designed to make people who own it happier and give them a better life.
It won't be too far in the future when we will have a count down digitally implanted in our arm.
I hope NOT.
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Tikker - the death watch.
...that counts down your life (but in a good way!) The death watch that counts down your life. What a sinister idea. While actuaries have ways of calculating life expectancy who would want such a device on your wrist. I guess they watch has a way to input...
Have you seen the movie "In Time" w/ Justin Timberlake
That's where the last picture comes from. It's a pretty good movie and concept IMO. Cheers, Anthony ...
This is one watch I will not buy.
As Warren Buffett said on CNBC last year "If I could choose when or where I will die, I would choose where and make sure as hell I never go there." JerryW
Just this morning
during my coffee time in favorite bar I read in local newspaper about it Apparently the sale numbers are not good :) Carpe diem watch for sure Best D
Been there. Done it. It does not work.
7 years ago, I consulted 16 doctors (including myself) and our considered opinion was that I would be dead within a year. We were wrong. I bought a watch without date display to celebrate not having to count the days until the next time I die....... Regar...
LOL Melvyn, good on you and for all of us:).....
As I wrote before reading your posting, this has to be THE least accurate watch on the market:):)...and by far:) Cheers Francois
What a bizarre idea Bill! But at least it has something.....
different. This watch will at least be 99.999999999999999999999999999999999% outside the COSC specifications, so it is probably the least precise watch in the world. Not bad if one wants to enter the Guinness Book of Records:):) Cheers Francois from Down ...
How do they calculate your 'end date'?
Based on average life expectancy? Can you choose it? 100 years perhaps? Actually this watch appeals to me. A reminder the seize the day. Andrew Carpe diem
NO thank you unless I can reprogram the display to remove the death count...
or add 100 years to it.
No.
No, just no. Why would I want to know this? I did not order my coffin either. I'll rather get the Romain Jerôme-Tourbillon which is not telling me the time...
Oh Goodness. How awful.
Here's one watch I will not buy. Oh goodness. Not the statement I'm trying to give. Might not be a bad idea, but it certainly is not one that is universally appealing.
Another thought ...
Would people react more positively to this idea/watch if they programmed a different end point to death? Perhaps a 12 month or 10 year countdown? Helping to set and reach goals. Reminding you of the passing of time? I tend to think of mechanical watches a...
Not for me
If I'm going to die at a certain date or time, I'd rather not know... - AT
How does it know your time left on earth?
That's the part that is impossible to know... therefore... sort of pointless? But I appreciate the premise. If it knew how long you really had alive, it would probably lead to a sense of hurrying all the time, even more than we already do. Or you might li...
I like this very much:
"the beauty of normal watches is the sense of being a part of all time, come and gone, and to be. Of time--less-ness. Of eternity.' May I quote you? Thanks very much, Mostel. Andrew