cornerstone Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 River's Turning Globe Watch Wow - it's certainly a conversation piece! There is, I should add, another WS-1 model with the earth the other way up - for those of us that are that way inclined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarks Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 I have seen this before somewhere.... can't remember but def. a cool watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrooz Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 River's Turning Globe Watch Wow - it's certainly a conversation piece! There is, I should add, another WS-1 model with the earth the other way up - for those of us that are that way inclined That's pretty mental - I think I'd have to see one in person to really get to understand it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Man... That thing is sweet! Dunno that I would wear it... But, it's definitely an interesting piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted April 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Exactly - I'm not sure I would wear it - but I kind of wish someone else at the dinner party (yeah, right - pub) would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tracy Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Interesting piece ! For home wear definately,.. When is the rep coming out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMK000 Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 The GOOGLE EARTH watch !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FasTTaP Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 pretty cool watch. Too big for me, unfortunately... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 To be honest I studied it for ages and I couldn't work out how to tell the time Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubFrog Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 Huh? Wow, that looks like a snow globe watch. I'm not too sure I'd wear it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8o8 Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 I think i'd be too busy checkming out the globe and not too worried about the time man it looks really cool though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 I have seen this before somewhere.... can't remember but def. a cool watch! Seems like someone on the bay had one up for auction awhile back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slay Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 To be honest I studied it for ages and I couldn't work out how to tell the time Ken I gave up after reading the text twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmytim Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 I'm guessing most people will just ask why you wear a compass? But it is definitely something I've never seen in my life until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombstone0 Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 To be honest I studied it for ages and I couldn't work out how to tell the time Ken You tell the time by looking at your location on the globe and reading the number on the outside rim of the watch underneath. In other words, on the east coast of the US, in the picture below, it would be about 8:30 or 9:00 AM. It's hard to tell at that angle. Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted April 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 You tell the time by looking at your location on the globe and reading the number on the outside rim of the watch underneath. In other words, on the east coast of the US, in the picture below, it would be about 8:30 or 9:00 AM. It's hard to tell at that angle. Fred That explains it! Thank you! It's actually quite a good way to tell the time around the world - would be better perhaps on a desk though. Mind you, I wouldn't want to boil an egg with this thing! Err, your egg's ready when Afghanistan hits where western Turkmenistan is right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted April 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Funnily enough it seems they thought of everything... I think the minute hand is that red dot. But even better - the original packaging contains a kit....to turn it into a desk clock! Smart cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lollipop Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Which hemisphere are you in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted April 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 (edited) Hehe...it would be nice to be able to swap them over on a long haul flight! Although, of course, the true aficionado wears two of these watches at a time - one of top of the wrist, one underneath Looking at the pic, Antartica does seem to dominate southern hemisphere watch; damn geography. On a (silly) medical note - if you pull your jumper down over this watch I think you could pull off a great impression of a ganglion cyst! Edited April 29, 2006 by cornerstone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Is the one River is selling real or a rep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Read the topic title.. gen means genuine means real..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Well, that explains my SAT scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolexman Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Hehe...it would be nice to be able to swap them over on a long haul flight! Although, of course, the true aficionado wears two of these watches at a time - one of top of the wrist, one underneath Now you have made me like this watch cornerstone...wearing this piece everyone knows that you are a true watch geek Gran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchard Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 mmm.... i like it.... a bit big though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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