CrunchGear

An alternative way of achieving the same result, dip the tip of your watch hand in a 50/50 mixture of crazy clue and nectar… and wait. If you have an enormous clock, then instead of nectar, add a few lbs of meat to the mix for larger animals.

Jon

Wow, that sure would be a waste of 400 dollars when my mom swats the fly. Its always astonishing watching how people can manipulate such small devices like the watch pieces on a fly. Its worth appreciating their work. Having said that, I still wouldn’t want this in my house.

Amit

I agree with Amit, maybe if it was larger than a bug, no wait it still is way too creepy. Who would want one of these?

A+ for creativity, B for artistry, A for potential of decomposing bug smell, A++ for potential to drive away female visitors.

Ryan, if they are charging up to 400$ for this it tells you three things about the intended customers they are after:

1) they have lots of disposable income
2) they like novelty items
3) this is a niche product with a relatively small marketplace

Regarding decomposing… I use to have a bug collection, they actually preserve rather well after the drying process and probably due to their size, don’t have a strong smell. If you where in a room with millions of dehydrated bugs, maybe that would be different.

Jon

Real bugs?
Does PETA know?

Maybe if it was a desktop inside a taxidermied pig or a MP3 playing inside a hamster… that would truely be cool disturbing

Ew.

sorry about the open strike

umm, would someone fix that and then destroy this comment before my geeky friends start mokcing me

Ryan,

Consider yourself mocked!

Wow. Although they are kinda creepy, you can’t help but appreciate how much effort and work goes into making these, especially considering how tiny and fragile all the parts involved are, both watch and insect. I wonder if any of them have moving gears (not necessarily to move any parts of the insect, just turning on their own). I couldn’t really tell from looking at the site.

It’s creepy, awesome, and very expensive/niche at the same time - I can’t help but want/blanche at the whole thing. If I had to choose, the butterflies would be that choice, though.

there got to a customer for everything in this world.

Ryan, PETA might not care but I am sure PETI (People For Ethical Treatment of Insects) does

http://www.peti.org/

Expect the lawsuits to commence!

Jon