1928 'digital watch'

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1928 'digital watch'

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Why do so many of these "high end" makers (Richard Mille, I'm thinking of you in particular (but not exclusively)) seem to delight in making watches so bloody difficult to read?

My primary requirement with any watch is being able to tell the time at a glance. If I have to get out logarithmic tables, a a calculator or read it over my left shoulder using a mirror, I'd be tempted to dismiss it as being different, just for the hell of it. But no, these are serious horological items here - that couldn't possibly be the case, it must just be me being a curmudgeon...

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Re: 1928 'digital watch'

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The 'digital' pieces in this thread don't look hard to read to me, just look at the numbers.

The Lange in particular couldn't be any clearer.
At Salon QP we stood looking at it for a few minutes just to watch the number change. I can't remember if it was the 'regular' Striking or the crazy Minute Repeater but they are both beautiful.
The normal Zeitwerk looks slightly bland compared to its Striking sister, but then 50 grand extra is a lot of money for some gongs.
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hughesyn wrote:The 'digital' pieces in this thread don't look hard to read to me, just look at the numbers.

The Lange in particular couldn't be any clearer.
Couldn't agree more about the Lange, but they're traditional high end watchmakers, not ones where being different is almost the reason they exist...

Neither of these two appeal in any way, certainly in respect to readability, not to mention price, although IMO the confusion for money ratio is pretty high. :wink:

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I'd really like a similar digital watch, shame there's nothing in the affordable expensive price range.

Maybe someone's missing a kickstarter opportunity...
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jtc wrote:
Maybe someone's missing a kickstarter opportunity...
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unfortunately you just have incredibly refined (read expensive) tastes.....
the lange is absolutely striking (quite literally :lol: )
i appreciate the obscure and 'messy' ones - the ones that look a bit like props from a sci-fi film and don't look much like watches at all - for their mechanical wizardry, but the cartier is still my favourite for its beautiful simplicity (and the fact that the dial smiles at you :D )
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missF wrote: i appreciate the obscure and 'messy' ones - the ones that look a bit like props from a sci-fi film and don't look much like watches at all - for their mechanical wizardry, but the cartier is still my favourite for its beautiful simplicity (and the fact that the dial smiles at you :D )
I wonder how the Cartier was viewed when it was released in 1928, I suspect it was also viewed as rather sci-fi and way out.

Now it just looks like a lovely classic watch with a twist, I would love one but doubt I can ever afford it. :D :thumbup:
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ziphos wrote:I wonder how the Cartier was viewed when it was released in 1928, I suspect it was also viewed as rather sci-fi and way out.
very fair point, and a good reason to find a small corner in our hearts for the sci-fi non-watchy watches of today - they push boundaries and take us beyond the comfort zone into new territories while utilising mechanical excellence to power them. it may well be that at some point in the future we'll be looking back on the 'traditional' 1-12 round dial style of watch wiith a kind of vintage fondness :)
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jtc wrote:I'd really like a similar digital watch, shame there's nothing in the affordable expensive price range.
You're obviously not extending your "affordable expensive price range" far enough into the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" price range! :dielaughing:
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Thermexman wrote:
jtc wrote:I'd really like a similar digital watch, shame there's nothing in the affordable expensive price range.
You're obviously not extending your "affordable expensive price range" far enough into the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" price range! :dielaughing:
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jtc wrote:
Thermexman wrote:
jtc wrote:I'd really like a similar digital watch, shame there's nothing in the affordable expensive price range.
You're obviously not extending your "affordable expensive price range" far enough into the "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" price range! :dielaughing:
If only that pesky mortgage didn't need paying :lol:
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If CW could produce a mechanical digital watch like the Zeitwerk then I've got a big wad of money in my pocket I'd be willing to throw at it! I dare CW...
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The Cartier is really quite fantastic. Every time I see it pop up somewhere online I'm drawn to it. Until today though, I've never noticed that it is also a sterile case. No Cartier logo anywhere on the front of the watch.
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Thegreyman wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:17 pm
gaf1958 wrote:
Interesting indeed, but I wonder why the two holes between the hours and minutes have different fittings (one a screw, the other, no idea what it is). There must be a reason, but I find it distracting.
I agree that is a bit strange on an otherwise really interesting (and no doubt VERY expensive watch).

I could imagine the fact that the screw isn't even level at the horizontal would bug some of our more OCD inmates :lol:
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gaf1958 wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:20 am Why do so many of these "high end" makers (Richard Mille, I'm thinking of you in particular (but not exclusively)) seem to delight in making watches so bloody difficult to read?

My primary requirement with any watch is being able to tell the time at a glance. If I have to get out logarithmic tables, a a calculator or read it over my left shoulder using a mirror, I'd be tempted to dismiss it as being different, just for the hell of it. But no, these are serious horological items here - that couldn't possibly be the case, it must just be me being a curmudgeon...

I've got news for them...

NO IT'S NOT!!!
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