Re: Do mechanical digital wristwatches exist?



> >> A 'lady' with a spiked collar would certainly grab my attention too.
> >> :)
> >
> >What makes you think she's not a real lady?!
> >
> I could go into that, but my Shepheard, wearing his spiked collar, is
> laying right next to my chair and wouldn't want him to get funny ideas
> about himself...

You mean you have no appreciation for that sort of beauty? Honestly! I
was thinking of one of my former acquaintances who used to work at a
Hot Topic store.

I appreciate a sort of beauty which emphasizes sharp contrasts. This is
perhaps why I like music with a heavy beat.

>
> >> >What I mean is this: on your analog watch, the hour hand moves
> >> >smoothly, not in steps, one per hour. Why doesn't the day hand move
> >> >smoothly?
> >> >
> >> Because time is in constant motion, but the date is stationary for 24
> >> hours.
> >
> >You could say something similar about the hour: it is stationary for 60
> >minutes.
> >
> Maybe, but i'm yet to hear anyone refer to today as half past
> yesterday. :)
>
> >While it would look quite interesting, it wouldn't make much
> >> sense to show the slow elapse of the day by the use of a smooth moving
> >> hand. The time already shows that quite clearly.
> >
> >But it would be easier (mechanically) to make the day hand move
> >smoothly, no?
> >
> Not really, it would be abotu the same in costs and effort.
> You'd still need an intermediate wheel or a double gear on the hour
> wheel to drive the hand's wheel, not unlike how simple date changes
> work.
> Some companies will go into extremes to complicate date mechanisms,
> but that is a form of horological masochism. There is no real need to
> have more than one extra wheel and a locator spring to drive a date
> ring around.

If you buy a cheap (like USD 20, and even some over USD 200) watch with
the day of the week and date, it will (at least in my experience) do
this:

At about 11 PM, the date will start to change. At maybe 12:30 or 1 AM,
the date will be finished changing. Then, starting at, I don't know,
maybe 1:30 AM, the day of the week will start to change and will be
finished changing at around 4 or 4:30 AM. Those times are not exact.

VERY frustrating if you're often up at night, and you want to know if
you'll have to get up early in the morning. I would prefer my "smooth"
day mechanism, because it is not so misleading.

.

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