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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Antikythera mechanism in a wristwatch

[Yum. I'm not a sucker for watch porn usually, but...it's the Antikythera mechanism. Lustful sigh. -egg]

Antikythera mechanism in a wristwatch:




Swiss luxury watch company Hublot has announced a version of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, that is incorporated into a wristwatch. The mechanism is to be displayed at the 2012 Baselworld expo before moving to a permanent exhibit at Musée des arts et métiers in Paris.


Hublot painstakingly recreates a mysterious, 2,100-year-old clockwork relic - but why?

(Thanks, Richard!)




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