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Ignatz Flying Pendulum Clocks of 1883 and 1965 - Powered by a Tetherball Escapement

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2008-09-03 16:53:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Watch the video above to see the unusual way this watch powers itself (or this-> link The original flying pendulum clock (shown above) was invented, and patented, by Christian Clausen of Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1883. Clausen described it as "the craziest clock in the world" due to the motion of the tetherball style escapement with a ball and...
 
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New Brand - Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps "Sequential 1"

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2008-09-02 14:55:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Denis Giguet, former head of production for Harry Winston Rare Timepieces (& Post-Busser Opus ) is about to introduce his first watch from the newly formed independent Manufacture Conteporaine du Temps (MCT) --> LINK . Their first watch, "Sequential 1" has a particularly unique feature of rotating panels revealing the hours with triangular...
 
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A Round-Up of Three Dimensional Tourbillons

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2008-09-01 16:29:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
by Alex Doak (exclusively for The Watchismo Times Definitive List #1: Tourbillons in space, space, pace, ace, ace There nothing quite like a definitive list of stuff to warm the cockles of a straightforward, slightly obsessive bloke such as myself (or multi-talented bloke as certain blog proprietors would naïvely have it). Much like Nick...
 
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Blonder Slide Rule Wall Clock - Mathmahorological!

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2008-08-06 10:43:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
An interesting wall clock prototype inspired by a slide rule. Hours and minutes on separate rulers, meet at a central slider with retrograde motion for each cycle. Mockup shown constructed from foam core and powered by LEGO Mindstorms I previously featured inventor Greg Blonder and his seriously ambitious 1,000 year forest clock concept, the...
 
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Rowland Art Engineering Giant LED Clock Table

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2008-08-05 13:58:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Former aircraft toolmaker and art engineer Lee J Rowland of London has created this giant size LED wristwatch clock table with fully functioning programable touch button display (18,500). Part of his Deja Vu series of tables seen from his website here--> Link via Gizmodo See related stories All Watchismo Times Clock Posts Opus 8 Mechanical...
 
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1933 Japanese Clockwork Car Runs 40 Miles a Winding

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2008-08-04 17:02:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Taken from a 1933 issue of Modern Mechanix Jap Clockspring Car Runs 40 mi a Winding THE Japanese have never gained any notable degree of fame for their mechanical capabilities, but undoubtedly their reputations along this line will get vigorous boost by their invention of an automobile that runs by clockwork Very little mechanical data is...
 
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On Top of the World with the Hysek COLOSSO

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2008-08-04 13:31:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Perhaps the next James Bond villain with plans to dominate the planet can time his greedy destruction with this newly announced Hysek "Colosso." Most obvious is the cyrstal pustule filled with a dimensional earth rotating for local or GMT time. And of course, appropriately priced for any haute dictatorship ($550,000 sideviews Movement ...
 
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LIP Watch Exhibition New York City July 2008

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2008-08-03 18:08:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Video--> Link From the recent NYC show The 141 year old French watch brand LIP is reintroducing some of the most important wristwatches - a series from the early 1970s that remains as visionary today as when first unveiled almost four decades ago. These timepieces were created from a melting pot of Pan European industrial, architectural,...
 
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Big Changes in the Atmosphere - Jaeger LeCoultre's Atmos 561 by Marc Newson

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2008-07-22 00:42:00 by Watchismo in Watchismo Times - A reliquary of obscure timepieces from bygone eras as well as the cutting-edge des
Suspended in a bubble block of Baccarat crystal and powered by temperature change, Jaeger LeCoultre's Atmos 561 mechanical clock has been designed by Marc Newson. Known for designing the Ikepod watch and a million other cool things, Newson was picked to design the eightieth anniversary Atmos The Atmos clocks don't need to be wound up. they get...
 
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