Novel, Odd, Bizarre, or Exotic Ways of Displaying Time or Other Information

[Dr. Jon]

No discussion of innovative display methods is complete without a binay number indicator so here is one

Binary 01 The ONE Samui Moon Watch Binary Futuristic design Watch. | eBay

Binary 01 The ONE Samui Moon Watch Binary Futuristic design Watch..

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[Incroyable]

Patek also had a digital display prototype wristwatch nicknamed the Cobra:

Linear Progression: The Patek Philippe Cobra 3414

Celebrating the Machine with a Heartbeat

revolutionwatch.com

 

[miguel angel cladera]

Another way to show the hour in the French Revolution: The "Decimal hour" . Hope you like

Complicacions: Hora Decimal, Revolucionaria O Republicana

¿Qué hora es? me pregunta alguien. Pues dependerá de la convención adoptada para medir el tiempo. Confío entenderéis mejor este concepto después de ver la extraña etapa vivida durante la Revolución…

www.safonagastrocrono.club

 

[Allan C. Purcell]

Or this one (15 seconds subdial)

Hi Bernard, I have just noticed your Rack Lever watch on post 12. I do not want to interfere in this thread, but could you give me the serial number please, it looks to be 722.

Regards,

Allan.

 

[Bernhard J.]

Hi Allan,

I need to look it up at home and will send you an email tomorrow or this weekend.

Best regards, Bernhard

 

[Ethan Lipsig]

Miguel, your "Decimal Hour" article is terrific, as usual.

 

[miguel angel cladera]

Miguel, your "Decimal Hour" article is terrific, as usual.

Thank you so much again

 

[musicguy]

No discussion of innovative display methods is complete without a binay number indicator so here is one

Binary 01 The ONE Samui Moon Watch Binary Futuristic design Watch. | eBay

Binary 01 The ONE Samui Moon Watch Binary Futuristic design Watch..

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Binary time

When on wrist


When you press the button



Rob

 

[eri231]

Sector watch built by Record Watch, but the patent of a fellow citizen of mine Giovanni Sgherlino, a patent purchased by Record who produced about two thousand pieces.
Regards enrico

 

[Incroyable]

What is most likely a bespoke piece using the same mechanism as Ethan's "Bras en L' Air"

A platinum pocket watch with the Manhattan skyline in diamonds by Vacheron Constantin for Gubelin circa 1929:

 

[SFoskett]

There was a fad of "Heures Sautantes" (jump hour) wristwatches in 1931. It only lasted a few years, but many, many companies produced them!

 

[Incroyable]

There was a fad of "Heures Sautantes" (jump hour) wristwatches in 1931. It only lasted a few years, but many, many companies produced them!

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I've seen some by Niton and Haas Neveux.

Half of these names have been lost to the mists of time. Robert Gygax?

 

[FreetzGrün]

I've seen some by Niton and Haas Neveux.

Half of these names have been lost to the mists of time. Robert Gygax?

I've seen some by Niton and Haas Neveux.

Half of these names have been lost to the mists of time. Robert Gygax?

Luckily, Gygax has not been lost to time. I know Gygax was a supplier to Gruen, I own a couple.
At one point "Les Fils de Robert Gygax" became the largest manufacturer of watch cases in St. Imier.
Not sure of exact establishment date but here they are in Davoine 1894-95 at Rue de Vallon 26. Buildings still there.

 

[Barney Green]

Luckily, Gygax has not been lost to time. I know Gygax was a supplier to Gruen, I own a couple.
At one point "Les Fils de Robert Gygax" became the largest manufacturer of watch cases in St. Imier.
Not sure of exact establishment date but here they are in Davoine 1894-95 at Rue de Vallon 26. Buildings still there.

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Robert Gygax moved to St. Imier in 1880. Before he was mentioned as casemaker in Bleienbach (40 miles east of St. Imier), the first evidence I found is from 1874. His sons (Robert and Walther) took over in 1914 and the company was renamed into "Les Fils de Robert Gygax".

 

[Incroyable]

Luckily, Gygax has not been lost to time. I know Gygax was a supplier to Gruen, I own a couple.
At one point "Les Fils de Robert Gygax" became the largest manufacturer of watch cases in St. Imier.
Not sure of exact establishment date but here they are in Davoine 1894-95 at Rue de Vallon 26. Buildings still there.

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It's always curious how these once established companies more or less disappear from the collective memory.

 

[Dave160th]

if anyone has a idea for duel min hands please post

 

[Bernhard J.]

Hi,

What are these good for? I know dual hour hands, but dual minutes?

Cheers, Bernhard

 

[Ethan Lipsig]

Hi,

What are these good for? I know dual hour hands, but dual minutes?

Cheers, Bernhard

Not all time zones use the same minute-time. See Half Hour and 45-Minute Time Zones, discussing half-hour and 45-minute time zones. A dual-time-zone watch needs two minute hands (and many that I have seen have them because they have an entirely separate dial and set of hands for each zone) to permit each zone to have its own minute-time. Of course, before there were time zones, each location at a different longitude had its own time, again making two minute hands necessary to show the exact time in two such different locations.

 

[Bryan Eyring]

I've had a few watches with these minute hands and also assumed it was for the reason that Fred and Pat outlined in the other thread.

Here is a combination timer from Jon Hanson's website that also depicts the relative time differences between NY:

http://www.americanhorologe.com/Marion/Gallery/watches142.jpg

Oddly, I've never seen a CT with duel minute hands

 

[aucaj]

Here is a watch with an exposed balance and unique hands. The hours and minutes are indicated by a butterfly and bee (missing).
I believe this watch was most likely produced for educational purposes to teach children to tell time.

- Chris

 

[aucaj]

Sector watch built by Record Watch, but the patent of a fellow citizen of mine Giovanni Sgherlino, a patent purchased by Record who produced about two thousand pieces.
Regards enrico

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Hi Enrico,
Do you have a reference for the fact Record only made 2000 of these watches?
Kind Regards,
Chris

 

[eri231]

I had read this in the past, in a book the author estimates that three thousand to five thousand pieces were built, but it is only an estimate nothing precise.Personally it seems to me an overestimate There also seems to have been some problems between Record and Holy Freres.
Regards enrico

 

[Jerry Treiman]

I had read this in the past, in a book the author estimates that three thousand to five thousand pieces were built, but it is only an estimate nothing precise.Personally it seems to me an overestimate There also seems to have been some problems between Record and Holy Freres.
Regards enrico

Are there serial numbers recorded for existing examples - either movement numbers or case numbers? I have found these to be helpful in estimating actual production out of a larger block of numbers. If all numbers cluster within 2000 then that would support the lower estimate.

 

[eri231]

Sector Watch by Record Watch & Co Tramelan (1903-1908?)

I did fall in love with the design of the Sector Watch by the Record Watch Co. Tramelan (1903-1908?) a few years back (maybe 20?) when I saw her in a small watch shop in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Finally, last year, I also was able to get hold of one. Since then, I have become a bit obsessed with that...

mb.nawcc.org

Regards enrico

 

[4thdimension]

Here is an odd one I had a while back. “Tildy’s patent” time read by the ray of the sun.-Cort