Comments on: By all that is holy and miserable, I want this watch and will never own it

By: Thad E Ginataom

Thad E Ginataom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I suppose I must be growing old, or dull, or perhaps I’m soul-dead (but I can still drool over a gadget, so I don’t think so) — but I cannot see the point of watches like this.

I guess that, in the age of cheap, accurate electronics on the wrist, there was nowhere else for the watchmaker to go but into the absurd.

My analogue Accurist has lost most of its plating, its glass is dulled by scratches and gets misted inside when the weather is right, it has been held to my wrist by half a dozen straps — but, when ever I seriously think of replacing it, I remember that it still keeps perfect (enough for me) time!

OK, there is the precision engineering, and, unlike steampunk, it is something that is (sort-of) real, but no, my salivary glands remain firmly dry over ridiculously expensive watches that don’t even show (at a glance) the time.

By: massspecgeek

massspecgeek — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

See, this is exactly why it’s good that individual taste varies so widely. If Thomas Prescher had to depend on me to feed his family, he’d be one unhappy — and scrawny — camper. I’d sooner chuck that watch in the river than have it near my arm — yet it seems likely that Cory would stop just this side of human sacrifice to get his wrist under it.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

If you like looking at bizarre see-through watch guts, why don’t you just wear a nixie tube wristwatch? More affordable and less confusing. And just as big a conversation starter.

By: schwal

schwal — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Very cool, but at nearly $500,000 I doubt he’s going to sell a lot of them.

By: nanuq

nanuq — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

At least you wouldn’t have to worry about being mugged over it. Most thieves probably wouldn’t know what the hell that was.

By: StRevAlex

StRevAlex — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Don’t give up hope, Cory! Just write more books or take more speaking engagements and save your pennies. You’ll own that watch someday.

By: Pirate

Pirate — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Would it fit on your wrist next to your Haruo Suekichi?

By: efergus3

efergus3 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Neither would TSA.

By: andygates

andygates — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Has anyone produced a printable timepiece yet? Not a watch, obviously – maker-grade printing doesn’t have the resolution yet – but a big clunky three-cogs-anna-pendulum type? It’d be a sweet project.

By: murray

murray — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nah, as soon as you can print one, you will no longer covet it.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I can’t work out where you’re getting your $500,000 figure, but I think when you’re selling them at that price you don’t expect to sell many of them. Hell sell one of them and you’ve still got more than enough to buy a nice house in a lot of cities.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry I see where you saw the prices.
Their prices

Jebus.

By: Gregory Bloom

Gregory Bloom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well, if you’re more into engineering perfection of ideal horology as opposed to the mechanical romanticism of gear-tech watches, I recommend a Casio Solar Waveceptor. It is solar powered, so it is “self-winding”. It synchronizes with NIST time by radio each day, so it is effectively accurate to 1 second in 32 million years. This is the realization of perfection horologists have sought for centuries. But, alas, it arrives in an era where people are more interested in fashion than conceptual perfection.

By: thatbob

thatbob — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thomas Prescher is a reasonable guy – maybe if you can sell 10 of these watches through the BoingBoing Bazaar he’ll comp you one for free.

By: iammaxus

iammaxus — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.instablogs.com/outer_permalink.php?p=3d-printed-clock-by-peter-schmitt

By: hisdevineshadow

hisdevineshadow — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I stick with my axiom that anything more expense than a Timex is a waste of money.

By: querent

querent — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

my self-winding swiss army watch does the trick. bike wrecks can kill em, though.

By: Ito Kagehisa

Ito Kagehisa — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My grandfather’s self-winder has finally worn out after half a century. Anybody know where I can get an inexpensive, reasonably accurate self-winding watch? I think Cory’s fave here is out of my price range too.

By: MrsBug

MrsBug — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh come now! There’s always Christmas! You don’t mind an extra mortgage on the house, do you?

By: Michael Slavitch

Michael Slavitch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Seiko makes nice automatic watches. I’m wearing one now. Good reliable movement.

By: voidmstr

voidmstr — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cheap, reliable self-winder? You want a Seiko 5. Google it.

By: Michael Slavitch

Michael Slavitch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah.

Or this for under a hundred bucks shipped.

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-automatic-sports-89/seiko-5-military-automatic-nylon-men-s-watch-snk807k2-snk807-1712.html

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

cost?

By: Michael Slavitch

Michael Slavitch — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Sea Urchin is the smart man’s Rolex Submariner:

http://ablogtoread.com/seiko/seiko-snzf17k1-sea-urchin-is-your-ultimate-submariner-styled-value-watch/