Monday, September 23, 2013

Watches


Did you know watches had complications?  Sometimes many. I saw an ad for a watch that had a bunch, PLUS:

Tourbillon movement
Glycydur balance wheel with two arms
Skeletonized titanium baseplate
Anticorodal Pb109 aluminum
Fast rotating barrel
Barrel pawl with progressive recoil
A translucent composite case injected with carbon nanotubes
Torque limiting crown
Wire-drawn and microblasted surfaces
Free sprung balance with variable inertia

And it can be yours for a mere $700,000!

The Timex my father gave me for High School graduation didn't have complications - it just kept going and going, as the ads of the day promised.

But if you want to spend $700,000 instead of $12.95 on your watch, expect complications.

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