De Grisogono Meccanico DG all-mechanical digital watch
By Paul Miller 
posted April 11th 2008 3:21AM
posted April 11th 2008 3:21AM
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How does the screen work if there it has no digital components?
Uh, just a guess that it works the same way that every mechanical clock works?
You'll have to forgive him. He grew up with digital watches, digital radio tuners, digital friends, and digital cereal bowls. He's not accustomed to the "mechanical" way of doing things.
So, I guess one of these won't be in a contest anytime soon?
if it is, it'll be us only!
(yes, I'm bitter. So what?)
Impressive, yet stupid.
i can't yet quite grasp the concept of how something can be impressive and stupid at the same time...
i guess your comment is deep, yet dumb, then.
How about we should care to not care???
Do you know what "impressive" and "stupid" actually mean? They're hardly mutually exclusive qualities. Something could easily be impressive and stupid at the same time.
Sorry to bust your burble.
The Macbook Air is the quintessential example of the impressive yet stupid device.
wait.. the Macbook Air was impressive?
Bling Bling!
@=||GITzI_ : I don't think it's stupid...I think uber cool...Is something wrong with me ...
Don't let the ignorami get ya down. It is a cool watch and kudos to you for appreciating the whimsical and meticulous.
Steampunk fans like me would love to be able to afford something like this. I don't even wear a watch anymore but I love the concept of this one.
why 177?
thats the number of wealthy people who would not ask that question
"..all-mechanical, digital.."
Isn't that analog?
It is analog, with the hands above it but the way I see it, it acts as a digital with the rotating barrels with color on one side and a black one on the other to make it look like it's changing some lcd look. it's more like faux-digital.
digital - as in, DIGITal.
It is mechanical but shows discrete digits, and as such, I guess it is one form of "digital."
Fascinating!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital
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A digital system uses discrete (that is, discontinuous) values to represent information for input, processing, transmission, storage, etc. By contrast, non-digital (or analog) systems use a continuous range of values to represent information.
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Although, I guess you could argue that many analog things are digital given a high enough resolution.
The other 23 go to starving rich kids in Africa I guess.
good watch
wow, a wearable oxymoron. nothing is impossible indeed.
What an ugly piece of crap. Good luck with your, prohibitively expensive, ugly watch.
Design-wise the Opus V runs around this watch in circles.
http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/20/harry-winston-opus-v-watch-with-satellite-hour-display/
All-mechanical is not enough to win me over and I am still not a fan of ugliness.
OK. It may not be to everyones taste, but as a piece of mechanical engineering and miniaturisation it's fucking amazing.
Yes, I'd have one if I had the cash.
Wow - nice watch. The geek in me desperately wants this - the cheapskate in me wonders how long it will take for a 10$ knock off to appear in the mall.
It's a MECHANICAL watch (as opposed to electronic).
Its upper display is ANALOG (continuously turning hands)
Its lower display is DIGITAL: everyone of its components can display two values: on/gold or off/black. Two values = binary aka digital, mkay?
Not to be picky, however, for accuracy's sake it's not just 177...
"Launched to mark an exceptional horological year at de GRISOGONO, the MECCANICO dG is being produced in a limited edition of 177 watches in titanium and 177 in white gold."
I just hope when they actually build this thing, they can make the upper half agree with the lower half far better than the concept drawing did.
That's a feature. According to the article you can have it display two time zones at once, one in fauxe analog (the hands move a discrete distance each second, making them digital :-P ) and one in regular digital.
Nice watch. That's a very cool idea. Hopefully this is one of those watches that uses the weighted disc inside and automatically winds itself when your arm moves like Rolexes.
Actually, the article (which I read this time) says 177 in Platinum, and another 177 in white gold.
That... is an absolutely stunning piece of engineering. I want one. I suspect, however, that it will probably cost as much as a solid platinum Bugatti.
It remembers me a previous digital/mechanic watch concept... Designed by me!
http://diisign.free.fr/?p=808