redwatch Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Now this is something you don't see everyday. NO idea how this thing works, or what the point of it is, but apparently it has an automatic movement and a digital display. More info here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dbutlerman Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Interesting. The Rotor transfer Mechanical energy into a "generator" which must then transfer the power to some storage device (capacitor or battery) to power the LCD display. Kinda cool...pointless, but cool. Not gonna buy one though...I guess in principal it's similar to the Seiko Spring Drive watches.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prb Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Gotta disagree with the comparison to the Spring Drive. If I understand correctly, the spring drive is essentially a mechancial movement that is regulated by a quartz oscillator instead of spring dynamics. Not to play down how cool it is, but the architecture of this movement seems to be wholly quartz, just with a generator slapped on. The mechanical aspect is much less integrated into the total movement design and philosophy than with the Spring Drive. Admittedly, not a super rigorous distinction, but I think conceptually the two concepts have very different purposes and advantages. Still think its a cool idea though. But I'd really like to see if this is a possible way of driving higher-energy displays. There are lots of cool quartz watches where you have to activate the display cause they take up too much power. But if you can constantly generate enough power via a mechanical system, then you could make these designs always-on. [edit] high energy display, something like this (although this one is kinda corny) Edited July 20, 2012 by prb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Interesting point you have there. Definitely could be a nice and neat way to power some of those more interesting looking LED & LCD watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbutlerman Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I think you're right...I forgot that it uses a standard barrel arrangement and uses the electronics to regulate the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 This principle is the same as the ETA auto quartz and the seiko kinetic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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