What is the coolest watch you can find?

Frybread · 08-30-2006, 02:54 PM

Before I get your hopes up this watch no longer exists and it was a failure so it probably won't come back.

The bumps raise and lower, allowing you to tell time through touch. In a meeting or conversation you'll know the time without appearing rude.

Here's how it worked:

http://www.worldtempus.com/wt/1/232/

It was either called the "Secret Eye" watch or the "See Touch Watch" depending on the translation.

Ok, beat that!

Fastinyoh · 08-30-2006, 03:00 PM

I want one

Zofis · 08-30-2006, 03:49 PM

this looks cool

Relictor · 08-30-2006, 04:09 PM

Super cool watch with laser action!

Fastinyoh · 08-30-2006, 04:30 PM

Zofis · 08-30-2006, 05:10 PM

jajaja

Frybread · 08-30-2006, 05:57 PM

All of these are awesome but again not for sale:

Quote:

Inveteratus is a watch that references a more culturally appropriate timescale than the movement of the sun: the television schedule. Today many of us structure our own time around the television, rather than the sun. Inveteratus scrolls through a television listing over the course of a day. In this way the wearer has an enhanced sense of the passing of the day.

http://www.mr-jones.org/watches/

Anar_Heykid · 08-31-2006, 02:02 AM

edit:

1)

comes with boy

2) i know the other ones looks cool, but this one seems to be ahead of today's technology, and can tell you what STDs you have

Rancar · 08-31-2006, 07:36 AM

I am a total watch aficionado. I am obsessed with mechanical watches. The hand made precision that goes into some of these things is incredible. I spend thousands per year collecting classics, but this is the one I yearn for, the Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon.

Before I show you the most complicated watch ever made, let me describe it's majesty. Regular mechanical wristwatches are only accurate to +-5 seconds a day. Believe it or not this is caused by gravity; as you wear the watch on your wrist the mechanical parts to the left of the face are slightly closer to the center of the earth than those on the right (as you are walking). This slight disturbance is magnified by the extreme precision in the tiny watch parts.

In steps an invention of pure genius, the Tourbillon. One of the few things the French have done right, the tourbillon was invented in 1795 to counteract the effects of gravity. In a tourbillon the watch escapement is encased in a rotating frame. As the frame rotates 360 degrees all parts of it get the same pull of gravity and it is this free space rotation that is the heart of this watch.

But Patek Philippe took it to the extremes in this mechanical piece of pure wrist sex. This watch has two sides. One with the time, calendar, moon phases etc. About what you would expect. But you turn it over and you have a full map of the sky accurate to the second that is all controlled mechanically. There isn't one microchip in this wonder. It is the most amazing watch ever made.

The problem? It's so incredibly hard to make only two are made per year and the waiting list goes to about 2040. That and the million dollar price tag.

Gutlins · 08-31-2006, 08:04 AM

in other words, if you see some french guy with that watch, mug him.

Frybread · 08-31-2006, 08:37 AM

Does the face stay still when the frame spins?

Here's another cool one:

It's from a german watchmaker who is obsessed with ball bearings.

http://www.otium-uhren.de/

Rancar · 08-31-2006, 08:51 AM

The frame doesn't spin. There is a small box inside suspended like a gyroscope and it rotates exactly once a minute.

Frybread · 08-31-2006, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rancar

I am a total watch aficionado. I am obsessed with mechanical watches. The hand made precision that goes into some of these things is incredible. I spend thousands per year collecting classics

Requesting pics, I want to see this watch collection.

Rancar · 08-31-2006, 09:42 AM

Sure, it's kind of embarassing actually. My collection is in Vancouver, but here are some of the ones I've bought over the past two years. These aren't my pictures but the watches are pretty similar. My WW2 era watches are in much better condition than these though.

An Omega Seamaster Professional

A Vostak Russian Kremlin

An Omega WW2 officer's watch from 1945

A 1957 Bulova

And the current prize of my collection, a Trias Tourbillon. Mine is used though.

Gutlins · 08-31-2006, 10:23 AM

it's communist time LoveOurLordLoveOurLordLoveOurLord

wasting duckets · 08-31-2006, 12:16 PM

this is a pretty cool watch:

Bhauk · 08-31-2006, 01:01 PM

FOR YE ARE DRUNK ON TIME

Fastinyoh · 08-31-2006, 04:07 PM

Do you wear these watches Rancar or just watch them?

Wackymarv · 08-31-2006, 04:15 PM

hay what time is it

Rancar · 08-31-2006, 07:34 PM

I wear all of them. Some of them get worn very rarely, but I bust them all out on occasion.

The Volstok is my current "beater" watch, for everyday use. It's only about $200, so it's not very expensive. Heck some citizen's cost that much.

Frybread · 08-31-2006, 08:24 PM

I'm not big on gold, but I like the Tourbillon. It's what I'd hope a million dollar watch would look like, classy, useful, but still cool - it has a star chart! I'm sure Rolex makes a million dollar watch, but only because they weigh it down with gaudy diamonds.

danm · 08-31-2006, 10:11 PM

why does rancar win EVERY nerdfite?

who the kiss has a WRISTWATCH COLLECTION? geeze.

<3

Rancar · 08-31-2006, 11:03 PM

Hey! Collecting wristwatches is suprisingly popular. The bidding wars on eBay can get pretty intense.

Drop by building 41 at MS sometime and I can bring some of them to work.

miscreantgnomie · 09-01-2006, 06:50 AM

Rancar do you have a picture of you in rl ?

I dont think i saw one yet.

Those watches are good investments they cant go down only up im sure

wasting duckets · 09-01-2006, 07:18 AM

He looks kinda like conan o'brian except he is prolly shorter, fatter, and dark haired with a big brown beard.

Anar_Heykid · 09-01-2006, 09:25 AM

How do you know his height? I don't think we've seen a full body pic. I say he looks like a canadian santa

I wish he'd use TS more

miscreantgnomie · 09-01-2006, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LubDoc

He looks kinda like conan o'brian except he is prolly shorter, fatter, and dark haired with a big brown beard.

Sounds like an eq dwarf !!!!

Rancar · 09-01-2006, 11:53 AM

I'm actually 6'4, but yes I do look like a fat Conan O'Brien.

Considering how ugly Conan is to start with, that should tell you something =)

Erissia · 09-01-2006, 02:30 PM

I was thinking more

Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVUO...elated&search=

Chairman Kaga · 09-01-2006, 02:33 PM

kiss muggles am i right

wasting duckets · 09-01-2006, 11:44 PM

you're as tall as i amm aybe weare brothers??

Zorantiz · 09-02-2006, 12:38 AM

rancar looks nothing like conan obrien, i saw the license picture once, and he looked 38 years old, and more like zach galifianakis than anyone else if i recall.

wasting duckets · 09-02-2006, 12:51 AM

no no no
i'd say the top part of his fase (anything from the nose up) looks just like conan o'brian you twit

wasting duckets · 09-02-2006, 12:52 AM

am i still drunk?

Dayse · 09-02-2006, 06:31 AM

hoo hah

WeEatDeadPeople · 09-02-2006, 12:36 PM

Time system too complicated. Woulda been better if it just pointed to quarters of the clock each for mins and hours

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frybread

Before I get your hopes up this watch no longer exists and it was a failure so it probably won't come back.

The bumps raise and lower, allowing you to tell time through touch. In a meeting or conversation you'll know the time without appearing rude.

Here's how it worked:

http://www.worldtempus.com/wt/1/232/

It was either called the "Secret Eye" watch or the "See Touch Watch" depending on the translation.

Ok, beat that!

Chairman Kaga · 09-02-2006, 01:27 PM

more like a watch for blind people am iright

Anar_Heykid · 09-02-2006, 09:59 PM

THE NEATONESS IS IN THE "HEY I CAN READ MY WATCH BUT YOU WOULDNT EVEN KNOW ITS A WATCH!" PART =)

Makes you feel like a top secret agent kid working to catch doctor destructo and his evil minions!!

Geandily · 09-03-2006, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WeEatDeadPeople

Time system too complicated. Woulda been better if it just pointed to quarters of the clock each for mins and hours

why didnt it just point to the time like normal watches am i rite???

Trowzer · 09-03-2006, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geandily

why didnt it just point to the time like normal watches am i rite???

cuz the point is to be able to tell the time without looking down at the watch and being rude =D

08-30-2006, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frybread Sweet Baby Ray's Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Azeroth Posts: 5,288	What is the coolest watch you can find? Before I get your hopes up this watch no longer exists and it was a failure so it probably won't come back. The bumps raise and lower, allowing you to tell time through touch. In a meeting or conversation you'll know the time without appearing rude. Here's how it worked: http://www.worldtempus.com/wt/1/232/ It was either called the "Secret Eye" watch or the "See Touch Watch" depending on the translation. Ok, beat that!

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Fastinyoh Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,029	I want one __________________ PEEK UNDER MY ROBES ;D

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Relictor Guest Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Camp Lejeune, NC Posts: 762	Super cool watch with laser action! Last edited by Relictor; 08-30-2006 at 04:22 PM.

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Anar_Heykid Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WHAT Posts: 1,006	edit: 1) comes with boy 2) i know the other ones looks cool, but this one seems to be ahead of today's technology, and can tell you what STDs you have __________________ if yall dont hear from me within... say... 2 weeks, i want you all to know that i went down with a fight, and i took em all down with me.

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Zofis Guest Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LANHAM Posts: 414	this looks cool

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Rancar Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evil empire headquarters Posts: 1,584	I am a total watch aficionado. I am obsessed with mechanical watches. The hand made precision that goes into some of these things is incredible. I spend thousands per year collecting classics, but this is the one I yearn for, the Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon. Before I show you the most complicated watch ever made, let me describe it's majesty. Regular mechanical wristwatches are only accurate to +-5 seconds a day. Believe it or not this is caused by gravity; as you wear the watch on your wrist the mechanical parts to the left of the face are slightly closer to the center of the earth than those on the right (as you are walking). This slight disturbance is magnified by the extreme precision in the tiny watch parts. In steps an invention of pure genius, the Tourbillon. One of the few things the French have done right, the tourbillon was invented in 1795 to counteract the effects of gravity. In a tourbillon the watch escapement is encased in a rotating frame. As the frame rotates 360 degrees all parts of it get the same pull of gravity and it is this free space rotation that is the heart of this watch. But Patek Philippe took it to the extremes in this mechanical piece of pure wrist sex. This watch has two sides. One with the time, calendar, moon phases etc. About what you would expect. But you turn it over and you have a full map of the sky accurate to the second that is all controlled mechanically. There isn't one microchip in this wonder. It is the most amazing watch ever made. The problem? It's so incredibly hard to make only two are made per year and the waiting list goes to about 2040. That and the million dollar price tag. Attached Thumbnails

08-31-2006, 08:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
Gutlins Guest Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 576	in other words, if you see some french guy with that watch, mug him.

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Frybread Sweet Baby Ray's Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Azeroth Posts: 5,288	Does the face stay still when the frame spins? Here's another cool one: It's from a german watchmaker who is obsessed with ball bearings. http://www.otium-uhren.de/

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Rancar Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evil empire headquarters Posts: 1,584	The frame doesn't spin. There is a small box inside suspended like a gyroscope and it rotates exactly once a minute.

08-31-2006, 09:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
Rancar Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evil empire headquarters Posts: 1,584	Sure, it's kind of embarassing actually. My collection is in Vancouver, but here are some of the ones I've bought over the past two years. These aren't my pictures but the watches are pretty similar. My WW2 era watches are in much better condition than these though. An Omega Seamaster Professional A Vostak Russian Kremlin An Omega WW2 officer's watch from 1945 A 1957 Bulova And the current prize of my collection, a Trias Tourbillon. Mine is used though.

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Gutlins Guest Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 576	it's communist time LoveOurLordLoveOurLordLoveOurLord

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wasting duckets twinkle in my eye Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: your fase Posts: 3,817	this is a pretty cool watch:

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Fastinyoh Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,029	Do you wear these watches Rancar or just watch them? __________________ PEEK UNDER MY ROBES ;D

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Wackymarv Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: BC Posts: 1,522	hay what time is it __________________ Do You Wahoo?

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Rancar Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evil empire headquarters Posts: 1,584	I wear all of them. Some of them get worn very rarely, but I bust them all out on occasion. The Volstok is my current "beater" watch, for everyday use. It's only about $200, so it's not very expensive. Heck some citizen's cost that much.

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Frybread Sweet Baby Ray's Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Azeroth Posts: 5,288	I'm not big on gold, but I like the Tourbillon. It's what I'd hope a million dollar watch would look like, classy, useful, but still cool - it has a star chart! I'm sure Rolex makes a million dollar watch, but only because they weigh it down with gaudy diamonds.

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danm unregistard Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: on my ass, in front of a screen Posts: 4,543	why does rancar win EVERY nerdfite? who the kiss has a WRISTWATCH COLLECTION? geeze. <3

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Rancar Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evil empire headquarters Posts: 1,584	Hey! Collecting wristwatches is suprisingly popular. The bidding wars on eBay can get pretty intense. Drop by building 41 at MS sometime and I can bring some of them to work.

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miscreantgnomie Conservative Gnome Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 5,058	Rancar do you have a picture of you in rl ? I dont think i saw one yet. Those watches are good investments they cant go down only up im sure

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wasting duckets twinkle in my eye Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: your fase Posts: 3,817	He looks kinda like conan o'brian except he is prolly shorter, fatter, and dark haired with a big brown beard.

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Anar_Heykid Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WHAT Posts: 1,006	How do you know his height? I don't think we've seen a full body pic. I say he looks like a canadian santa I wish he'd use TS more __________________ if yall dont hear from me within... say... 2 weeks, i want you all to know that i went down with a fight, and i took em all down with me.

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Rancar Unregistered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Evil empire headquarters Posts: 1,584	I'm actually 6'4, but yes I do look like a fat Conan O'Brien. Considering how ugly Conan is to start with, that should tell you something =)

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Erissia New User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: in my house Posts: 203	I was thinking more Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRVUO...elated&search= Last edited by Erissia; 09-02-2006 at 08:52 AM.

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Chairman Kaga Him name lady kaga CANT READ MY PPPPPPPOKERFACE Join Date: May 2005 Location: Big Posts: 6,291	kiss muggles am i right

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Zorantiz Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 1,108	rancar looks nothing like conan obrien, i saw the license picture once, and he looked 38 years old, and more like zach galifianakis than anyone else if i recall.

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wasting duckets twinkle in my eye Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: your fase Posts: 3,817	no no no i'd say the top part of his fase (anything from the nose up) looks just like conan o'brian you twit

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Chairman Kaga Him name lady kaga CANT READ MY PPPPPPPOKERFACE Join Date: May 2005 Location: Big Posts: 6,291	more like a watch for blind people am iright

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Anar_Heykid Guest Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WHAT Posts: 1,006	THE NEATONESS IS IN THE "HEY I CAN READ MY WATCH BUT YOU WOULDNT EVEN KNOW ITS A WATCH!" PART =) Makes you feel like a top secret agent kid working to catch doctor destructo and his evil minions!! __________________ if yall dont hear from me within... say... 2 weeks, i want you all to know that i went down with a fight, and i took em all down with me.