Jay (Eire)
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Wouldn’t be the first to do something because they can. But....
Sep 12, 2019,19:11 PM
...the backstory is the inspiration came from a 19th century pendulum clock gifted to Felix by his father. The clock was made by Gustave Sandoz for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. It had a regulator style dial which instead of time showed the distance of the Earths rotation at the equator. The pendulum, which was extra long, beats every 2.16 seconds and so each oscillation was 1 KM. The main dial had a scale of 10,000 KM broken into 100 KM units and so each tick (half an oscillation) indicates 500 meters travelled on the earths surface.
That’s the story apparently.
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Interesting.
By: Jay (Eire) : September 12th, 2019-03:46
Ignoring the added “complications” as they are not something g remotely interesting to me, the watch looks pretty good. I’d wonder, with a more traditional case shape how it wears though. Urwerk, I’ve discovered and as you know, wears reasonably well on s...
I really like the price, seems like a pretty good buy even with..
By: doubleup : September 12th, 2019-11:54
The two useless complications. They are a novelty, but think they remind you to keep your eye on the big picture as things are moving very fast even when we don't see it. Jury is still out on the case but think it is something a lot of independents do fro...
Wouldn’t be the first to do something because they can. But....
By: Jay (Eire) : September 12th, 2019-19:11
...the backstory is the inspiration came from a 19th century pendulum clock gifted to Felix by his father. The clock was made by Gustave Sandoz for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. It had a regulator style dial which instead of time showed the distance o...
Liking the matte black version
By: grahamhar : September 12th, 2019-15:10
The wrist shots on their website seem to show the case design as far from ‘traditional’ I think this will give a more wearable option for those challenged by the earlier designs.