Time is precious. Give a gift that reminds your loved one of you at
all times. Think of all the moments in time that got you to this point.
What better way to celebrate your own perfect timing?
Give the love of your life, the Time of their life!
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DEVON ANNOUNCES
DETAILS OF THE EAGERLY ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO ITS GROUNDBREAKING TREAD 1, THE
DEVON TREAD 2
The DEVON Tread 1 was
nominated for the GRAND PRIX D’HORLOGERIE DE GENÈVE in 2010 for Best Design
and Concept Watch among a field of very storied and esteemed brands, the first
time an American watch company had ever been included in the competition.Now DEVON is building upon the success of the
Tread 1 with another groundbreaking design called Tread 2.The Tread 2 will deliver DEVON’s
patent-pending Time Belt technology in a package that’s more sophisticated than
the avante-garde Tread 1.
“As with the Tread 1, the DEVON Tread 2 will continue to
be developed within the United States Aerospace industry's network of suppliers
and engineers.We’ve become known for
pushing the envelope of acceptability, and The Tread 2 incorporates many
innovative features that have never before been seen in the world of haute
horlogerie,” said Scott Devon, the company’s founder.
A few of the most obvious innovations are a one-of-a-kind
clamp system that is used to secure the bezel to the case, the four distinctive
lugs which help to define the shape of the watch as well as the crown’s
unmistakably unique articulating arm. All of these features give the
Tread 2 a unique depth of character.
The movement, similar to the Tread 1, relies heavily on
aerospace technology.For instance, the glass-reinforced
Nylon Time Belts used to display the current time were adapted directly from
aircraft instrumentation. The belt assemblies remain mounted on a central
chassis, which allows for the perfect clearance of the moving parts while
creating the illusion that the parts are floating within the case. Two
extremely compact micro-step motors drive the movement of the hour and minute
belts with efficiency, exacting power, and steadfast accuracy. The
lubricant-free pulley system moves freely thanks to the integration of jeweled
bearings.
A temperature-compensating and calibrated quartz crystal
provides an extremely accurate time-keeping signal to the onboard
microprocessor that controls the movement’s two micro-step motors. Power
for this “Visual Symphony” is provided by a rechargeable lithium-polymer
battery. When a recharge is necessary, simply placing the watch onto its
charging cradle will wirelessly charge the battery through the use of
electromagnetic induction.
DEVON will be debuting the watch at March’s Baselworld
Watch and Jewelry Show in private showings to retailers and press.Production will begin shortly thereafter and
deliveries are scheduled to commence in June, 2012.
• Lithium polymer rechargeable
battery lasts up to 2 weeks
• Inductive wireless charging system
About Devon Works, LLC
Led by founder Scott Devon and
headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Devon Works, LLC is a design lab
dedicated to creating innovative luxury products that exemplify the American
spirit. Devon Works began with the design of the exclusive Devon GTX supercar
and continued with the revolutionary Tread 1 timepiece.
What are we getting excited to see at the 2012 Baselworld Watch Fair in Switzerland? Topping our growing list is the HYT H1 Hydro-Mechanical watch from Vincent Perriard & co. (former CEO of Concord - and his obvious product predecessor, the C1). Prices are rumored to begin at $45,000 (for Titanium casing) which is considerably more attainable than other concept watches of this ilk.
Pistons in the movement move the bellows. As one expands the other one
compresses which moves the green Fluorescein liquid. Fluorescein even has applications in forensics to detect latent blood stains but this is likely a first and only use in horology!
We'll be showcasing live shots in early March 2012, stay tuned to The Watchismo Times!
Technical specs from HYT:
Movement: Mechanical hand-wound, exclusive HYT calibre,
28,800 vph, 4 Hz, 35 jewels, bridges hand-chamfered and adorned with
Côtes de Genève, rhodiumed bellows, 65-hour power reserve
Case: Titanium; diameter: 48.8 mm, thickness: 17.9 mm brushed, bead-blasted and satin-brushed finish, rubber-clad screw-lock crown, titanium crown guard, screw-locked added lugs, metal dome at 06:00
Crystal: Cambered sapphire crystal with glareproofed interior, screw-down sapphire back
Dial: Unstructured, silver-toned opaline, fluid hours, luminescent hands and hour-markers regulator at 12:00, small seconds wheel at 09:30, power-reserve indicator at 02:30
Strap: Hand-sewn leather-lined canvas, pin buckle
Other versions: Black DLC-coated titanium case, 5N 18K red gold case
Click Watches introduces the new KEYPAD Hidden Time collection
Retrogadget watch pioneer 'Click Watches' and Watchismo are proud to introduce the KEYPAD, the second in a series of electronic glory day concept watches.
A chunky number pad and no distinguishable display adds up to a cool new way to showcase the time!
"Keypad Watch is ridiculously awesome, awesomely ridiculous"
-PCWorld
"The Keypad watch looks like the number pad on any computer
keyboard, and you press (almost) any one of those keys to ask the time.
The watch then blinks lights embedded in the keys, one by one, to tell
you the hour. Thus a zero, then a nine, a one and a five means 09:15.
Easy enough, if a little time consuming."
"The Keypad watch comes in a variety of computer-drab colors,
from cheap PC beige thru gamer black to a horrible 1980s gray (my
favorite). Better still, they come at a price you could reasonably
badger your spouse into paying to buy you the perfect Christmas gift."
-WIRED
"A watch that not only shows off your geek cred, but also looks
at home in an office and does away with the typical watch face design?
If something totally crazy is something that would float your boat,
consider the very quirky Keypad Watch. The only thing watch-like about the Keypad Watch is the strap.
From there, it gets completely crazy and impratical--but in such a cool
way. The actual watch face is made up of the keys you would expect to
find on a calculator or the keypad on a PC's keyboard, each fitted with
little lights. Pressing the keypad makes the lights blink in a sequence
to inform you of the time (for example, it'll flash 0-7-3-0 if it's
7:30), but you'd have to keep a close eye to make sure you're getting it
right! These retro-styled watches can display the time using both the
24-hour system or 12-hour system, show today's date (by pressing the
hash), and come in a variety of key colors. This individuality comes at a
price: You'll have to put aside $90 to cover the cost. Still, you can't
deny that this watch is so daft that it's awesome." -PC WORLD
"Watchismo's badass new multicolored Click Keypad Watches are the followup to the equally badass (and be-dipswitched) Click Watches. Animated blinkenlights on each of the chunky keypad buttons tell the time in a fashion that is delightfully impractical." -BOINGBOING
"The only thing keypads are used for these days are quick
calculations, so you'd expect this Keypad watch to double as a tiny
calculator. But it doesn't. While the buttons work, all it does is tell
time and look awesomely retro. The $89 watch lacks a display, but
telling time isn't as obfuscated as with other design-minded timepieces.
The numerical buttons simply light up in sequence when pressed. So if
you see 1-2-3-4, then it's 12:34—pretty damn simple. Pressing the #
button will instead indicate the current date, and as far as I'm
concerned, the clever packaging which incorporates the keypad into a
full keyboard graphic is worth the price of admission alone."
-GIZMODO
"If you like the idea of carrying a keypad around with you on
your wrist, you might want to check out the Click Keypard LED Watch from
Watchismo. This unique watch doesn’t have a display, but tells you the
time." -UBERGIZMO
"Numeric keypads have had a rough decade — the proliferation of
laptop keyboards has all but turned the 18-key marvel into a dinosaur.
Sure, there are those of us who rely on its number-punching skills to
fill out Excel spreadsheets, but for your day-to-day computer user, it's
just a thing of the past. If you've been missing the old number pad,
Click has just what you're looking for: an absolutely massive
numpad-inspired watch." -THE VERGE
"Looking for a truly unusual watch? These geeky new watches look
sort of like those Casio calculator watches, but without the LCD screen.
The Click Keypad watch actually uses the numbered keys on the front of
the watch to tell time instead of for doing math." -TECHNABOB
Ever wanted to lift the hood and get a look at what really makes your watch tick?
For a simple quartz watch, the only moving parts seem to be the
battery replacements year after year. But a mechanical watch is a true
Time Machine, a dizzying play of cause and effect, where gears, cogs,
wheels, rotors and springs work in precise unison to keep you as
painfully punctual or as fashionably late as suits you.
Check out our featured collection of ten Time Machines - mechanical
and automatic watches that can outlive you but don't have a life without
you.
From the creative minds of Spanish industrial designers Ferran Serra
& Oscar Vera of Serradelarocha, they have assembled an entirely
original wristwatch collection for men and women with unconventional
tastes in timepieces. Each watch different from the next but all with
distinctive design, personality and soul.
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You know what they say about the size of a man's watch, but is bigger
really better? To explore this timeless debate, we're whipping out ten
bigshots from the Watchismo collection that are bulging with style,
including some of the very largest watches we offer and others that will
inspire watch envy.
For the rest of the year, Watchismo is giving you the best deals we
can offer on hundreds of styles - up to 70% off. Check out our HOLIDEALS and get your shopping done in a blink so you can enjoy celebrating the season with people who matter most to you.
Time is precious. Every minute counts and you want to spend each one
with the people you care about. So don't waste time standing in line or
wandering around in a store full of stuff. Finish your shopping now and
give a gift that reminds people that every second matters.
