Urwerk’s air-powered watch: Seriously, WTF
- May 5th, 2008
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I’m sad to report that uber-horology has jumped the shark. This example of a concept by Urwerk proves that watchmakers are basically putting slips of paper into a hat (”tourbillon,” “digital,” “goat-powered”) and picking out permutations to sell. In this case they picked a random number, say $200,000, and said their “wind-powered” “digital” “lunar phase” watch is the cat’s pajamas.
How is this watch supposed to work? You basically blow into it to wind it and then wait for your wippet-thin, Italian wife to leave you for blowing into your watch.
Paul G (Who am I?)
2 months ago
They’ve got to recoup the 195500 spent on the CGI which looked like the death star final run scene from Star Wars.
Tan K (Who am I?)
2 months ago
It’s not wind-powered — it still has a spinning weight to tighten the spring that powers the watch — the “wind power” is actually a pair of little spinning “fans” encased inside the watch which uses air resistance to regulate the timing of the watch.