Delightful paleo-gadgets of 1959


From the November, 1959 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, a delightful foursome of new inventions, including a wristwatch/tape measure; a vibrating car-seat; a two-seat personal gyro-glider and a revolutionary paper boiler-suit: "ROLL this strikingly unusual Swiss-made jeweled-lever wristwatch on any standard scale map and you can measure the distance in miles or kilometers. As you roll the watch along the map's highway, the mileage is recorded and seen through an aperture on the face of the dial. The watch is designed for the world traveler, sportsmen or even for the week-end driver who likes to keep track of the distance he travels. Bauble is scheduled for export to the United States sometime within the next year."

NOW SEE THIS! (Nov, 1959)