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<< the Oil Change, 100-year and 1000-year are longer-term indications lying under a protective cover on the back of the Zeit Device and are driven by the operation of the movement.
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Oil Change indicator. The shortest time interval measured on the back is the 5-year Oil Change indicator at centre right, which alerts the user when a service is due after three years when the dial changes from white (years one to three) to red (years three to five). This is counter is reset to zero when the timepiece is serviced.
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1000-year indicator. When the hand reaches the 100-year mark, the small pointer at the bottom of the 1000-year indicator on the left takes a small – small for the Zeit Device, but a giant leap for mankind – 100-year step upwards on its imperceptibly slow, but deliberate journey to a new millennium. >>
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Make rhyme or sense out ot a "giant leap for mankind" that can end, or at the furthest, after 1000 years , face-up and still breathing in this giant cesspool of creative marketing?
Enjoy these years - or this particular watch, albeit at a very long distance, while you possibly can!
As for me, I am not a fan of Concept Watches than can't reasonably display the time, especially when I most need to know it - exactly That. - and exactly that right now, which is to say - immediately!
Smooth regards,
amerix
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URWERK presents the UR-1001 Zeit Device Über Complication
Time-measuring instruments have marked significant epochs in history for millennia. Six thousand years ago, the shadows cast by obelisks in the Sumerian city of Ur revealed the passage of the sun; two thousand years ago, astronomers in ancient Greece used...
Looks very interesting...
But I wonder if it's a desk clock, or pocket watch? Certainly not a wristwatch, right? Yet... it has a winder... Perplexed, C
The dimensions are:
106mm x 62mm x 23mm, so it's a desk clock. But quite a technical tour de force. I like it. Andrew
Nice touch with the music!!
Thks man, I recommend one and all re-read the thread with the music one, it does provide a different sensation Best, Horo
Darth Vader usually demands an arm....
But Urwerk would want your leg too. - Best, Horo
Uber cool!
Wow.. the ultimate desk clock for us Indie lovers! Kudos to the geniuses at Urwerk!
i love the telescopic hand complication. I'm just not sure
if, for me, this is over cooked.
Uber cool, Uber complicated, Uber expensive
Very impressive. obiWan has thought Martin well. Best, Horo
Love it...
...absolutely LOVE it! The price is likely to be scary, but it's awesome nevertheless...!
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< ... Oil Change indicator. The shortest time interval measured on the back is the 5-year Oil Change indicator at centre right, which alerts the user when a service is due after three years when the dial changes from white (years one to three) to red (yea...
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< > This one disappeared from my radar - much as the Soyuz has done only a couple of days ago - but, with all respect I can write better PR-copy than this - not that much better; I freely admit - because I am more "lubricated" than the odometer may show -...
I had the chance to see the prototype at Basel...
And I was really impressed by this piece. It is heavy, don't expect to wear it as a pocket watch but I really liked the concept, the complication, the dial layout. What a strange beauty. Fx
Cooler than cool. Love it.
An amazing creation, aesthetically and technically. Thanks. Vte
incredible
now they need to do a perpetual calender for the wrist with that technology. Best Andreas