As many of my watches have a very dynamic or animated nature, I thought I'd make YouTube videos for some of them, and hopefully will add more in the future. To help keep track of them, I'll add YouTube as a tag/label on the posts - Let me know what you all think!
The first ones I've done are:
Roberta Scarpa Automatic with Retrograde seconds
YouTube Link, Blog Link
Phosphor Appear
YouTube link, Blog Link
Timex Colour Changing Mechanical Watch
YouTube Link, Blog Link
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Saturday, 27 July 2013
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Phosphor Appear Black Crystal Display Watch
I don't normally go for watches with too much crystal bling, but as soon as I saw this watch i knew I had to have one!
The watch is called the Appear and is produced by Phosphor. They are probably most known for their e-ink watches, but also produced this style (which uses some similar principles).
At a glance, you see the face is covered with tiny Swarovski crystals with the numbers highlighted in black against the rest of the white crystals. As the time changes, the tiles change to show the new digits in black again. On closer inspection, you notice that the black digits aren't just lit or unlit, but are themselves lines of black crystals.
This is all due to the Micro-Magnetic Mechanical Digital (M3D) display. Each segment of the time is a pair of tiles, white on one side and black on the other, on a small rotor with a magnet. When the time changes, an electric pulse generates an electromagnetic force flipping the tiles to it's new position. The effect of the flipping, and the noise it makes while working is quite hypnotic (but at 10ms flipping time, you never really see the turning itself). I'll try to post a YouTube video to show this soon! UPDATE: Here is the YouTube video: YouTube Link
This type of display does not require any power while displaying a number - it only requires power to change the time.
The display has two rows of two digits (although the top only goes to 12), and you have display options for time, seconds, or off (just showing a face of crystals).
This particular colour and strap combination has a product code of MD007G, and can still be bought from Phosphor for $210
It is 50m water resistant, and the watch is made in China. The back also states that the US and foreign patents are pending.
Saturday, 6 October 2012
Roberta Scarpa Automatic with Retrograde Seconds Hands RS6029
Roberta Scarpa is an artisan and fashion designer from Venice (born in La Serenissima). Started in 1981 with her husband, she launched her first collection under her own name in 1996. Her designs take inspiration from details of Venetian history, and she presents her collections through Milano Moda Donna, and won designer of the year in 2005 at Miami Fashion Week.
The watch has the highest original list price of any of my watches (63,000 yen), but is often seen at highly discounted prices - so I didn't spend very much ;-).
The watch itself is a 3-hand dial watch with an automatic mechanical movement. It has a dual time function with a small dial near the 12 o'clock position able to show an alternative time - when the crown is pulled out, turning anticlockwise, changes both dials together, while clockwise only changes the small dial. On the face are also 3 other dials, but these are retrograde (or jump-back) dials for the seconds. Each one covers 20 seconds, and then jumps back to the start as the next dial begins to move.
The model number is RS6029, and the movement may be made by Citizen (as I got a Citizen guarantee card in the box, but this being second-hand, I'm not 100 % certain).
UPDATE: I've now added a YouTube video of the watch in action: YouTube Link
The watch has the highest original list price of any of my watches (63,000 yen), but is often seen at highly discounted prices - so I didn't spend very much ;-).
The watch itself is a 3-hand dial watch with an automatic mechanical movement. It has a dual time function with a small dial near the 12 o'clock position able to show an alternative time - when the crown is pulled out, turning anticlockwise, changes both dials together, while clockwise only changes the small dial. On the face are also 3 other dials, but these are retrograde (or jump-back) dials for the seconds. Each one covers 20 seconds, and then jumps back to the start as the next dial begins to move.
The model number is RS6029, and the movement may be made by Citizen (as I got a Citizen guarantee card in the box, but this being second-hand, I'm not 100 % certain).
UPDATE: I've now added a YouTube video of the watch in action: YouTube Link
Monday, 7 May 2012
Timex colour changing mechanical watch.
It's another mechanical watch today :-)
This one is by Timex, and is a little more unusual than yesterday's watch.
The watch shows as copyright 1969 by Pakter / Krauss, and only states the maker on the dial.
What makes it unusual is the ever changing colour pattern on the face. The watch face is split into 3 coloured sections, yellow, pink, and blue (cyan), and the same 3 coloured sections are on a transparent dial for the seconds. As the seconds tick past, the seconds disc and watch face show different colours depending on the combination.
UPDATE: I've now added a YouTube video of the watch in action: YouTube link
This one is by Timex, and is a little more unusual than yesterday's watch.
The watch shows as copyright 1969 by Pakter / Krauss, and only states the maker on the dial.
What makes it unusual is the ever changing colour pattern on the face. The watch face is split into 3 coloured sections, yellow, pink, and blue (cyan), and the same 3 coloured sections are on a transparent dial for the seconds. As the seconds tick past, the seconds disc and watch face show different colours depending on the combination.
UPDATE: I've now added a YouTube video of the watch in action: YouTube link
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