Weirdest watches....

[AlexKP]

Doesn't have to be expensive, just odd or different.

I'll kick off with one of these that I have in my collection:




That's a rotating globe of the earth in there, that moves at the scale pace of our planet. Costs a few hundred quid if you can find one - strictly limited edition a few years ago.

Edited by AlexKP on Wednesday 18th February 14:11

[olic]

HI nThats very unusual,

How abour this Urwerk havent got one but saw it in a magazine somewhere

[olic]

Just had a look there £36,000 as well!!

[Matt172]

olic said:

HI nThats very unusual,

How abour this Urwerk havent got one but saw it in a magazine somewhere

they are awesome looking watches, oh for 36 grand

[Stuart]

anonymous said:

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Very interesting. Tell us more though - what powers it, and any chance of some wrist shots to show it to scale?

[AlexKP]

Stuart said:

anonymous said:

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Very interesting. Tell us more though - what powers it, and any chance of some wrist shots to show it to scale?

It battery powered with a seiko movement. I tactually comes apart to make a little independent desk clock too. I'll take some wrist pics later for you.

Very unusual isn't it? I loved the idea that the mini globe rotates at the scale speed of the Earth - I'm geeky for stuff like that.

[dazren]

I assume a marking on the globe gives you the hours and the dot moving around the edge gives the minutes?

O/T welcome back BTW.

[AlexKP]

dazren said:

I assume a marking on the globe gives you the hours and the dot moving around the edge gives the minutes?

O/T welcome back BTW.

Cheers, good to be back.

There is a little marker you can't see that tracks the hours IIRC - I never wear it. (To be honest, it isn't that easy to tell the time from - although it is accurate).

I'll have a look later.

[dxg]

I have a Russian artic watch (an ebay special).

Imagine waking up after a hard night on the vodka and looking at a traditional watch to see 10 o'clock. If you're living above the artic circle that could be 10am or 10pm as it would be daylight for both.

The solution is a watch face in which the hour hand sweeps through the full 24 hours rather than going twice round a twelve hour face.

I like it!

[ShadownINja]

[Civpilot]

anonymous said:

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"Think the Earth"... Lovely, always wanted one of those but never quite pushed the button

[anonymous-user]

I think these Russian diving watches are very odd.

I'm sure for diving their design is ergonomic, for wearing around town, the long crown and chain attaching it to the watch is weird.

Erm . . . so in summary, weird looking on shore, probably good for diving.

[anonymous-user]

Here's an odd one from the '70s . .



"Litronix, primarily an LED supplier to the other vintage digital watch brands including the first Hamilton-Pulsar digital watches. Featured here are these two experimental prototype calculator concept watches Litronix was considering for development.
But what makes this strange watch special is the unusual feature of sliders instead of buttons. Likely an attempt to improve the data entry from multiple miniature buttons to a more tactile sliding mechanism. The sliders move over a commutator which is a pc board segment. "

I quite like it.

[Chairman LMAO]

[dazren]

Thanks Chairman.

[toohuge]

That is such a cool watch! Really unique.

[CommanderJameson]

I'm always very intrigued by the 1970s disk watches like this:



Whether I'm £200 intrigued, I dunno...

Edited by CommanderJameson on Thursday 19th February 19:38

[AlexKP]

Nice on Chairman! That's a lot better than the instructions that came with it.

I'm going to take those pics later! Promise!

[G'kar]

Missed out on one of these a few years ago for the sake of a couple of quid and have been kicking myself ever since. Haven't found another.
Automatic chronograph with direct read mechanical digital readout for the time.