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New watch movement on kickstarter...

  1. lenny Jun 15, 2015

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    I just stumbled upon this beauty:
    https://www.kickstarter.com/project...watch-with-a-groundbreaking-movem/description

    While I typically don't pay attention to kickstarter projects, I have to admit this one is pretty special...:)

    Best line:
    "We cannot explain everything because there are a zillion things in this product, which would be worth explaining. Rest assured that this watch is jam packed with the very best Swiss engineering."

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    Also, is this even true?

    "Higher beats do not mean higher precision! Don´t be fooled by the 'law' of big numbers, listen to engineers!"
     
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  2. ulackfocus Jun 15, 2015

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    Translation:

    "We cannot explain everything because we really don't understand it ourselves, but we know you don't either so just contribute some money."
     
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  3. Nobel Prize Spell Master! Jun 15, 2015

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    It's actually a pretty cool presentation and approach. I hope they make it!!
     
  4. lenny Jun 15, 2015

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    I cannot agree with that. They have zero substance. The few shots of the movement are hardly impressive. I can't help but think this is a misrepresented $1500 Chinese watch.
     
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  5. Nobel Prize Spell Master! Jun 15, 2015

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    No need to agree. I still whish them luck
     
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  6. Taddyangle Convicted Invicta Wearer Jun 15, 2015

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    I liked the story line, but then I saw the watches...

    They look too much like fashion watches, and that makes it tough, along with their cost to compete with many of the other micro brands. Looks like they should make their pledge, but where do they go from there?

    I know I have been a fanboy for Omega for some time, but I can't be this out of touch.
     
  7. wsfarrell Jun 15, 2015

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    Dang that's ugly.

    I'm a little surprised, at $1,500, that they don't offer a couple of dial variations (besides color).
     
  8. devnull Jun 15, 2015

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    I bet a dollar that they are just trying to milk the exposure that having a kickstarter brings.

    Some of the grammar and a few blatant errors leave a lot to be desired.
     
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  9. Nobel Prize Spell Master! Jun 15, 2015

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    Like their amazing deployment deployant buckles
     
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  10. VetPsychWars Wants to be in the club! Jun 15, 2015

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    I didn't think it was awful. I did note that they didn't show the escapement.

    Tom
     
  11. Stewart H Honorary NJ Resident Jun 15, 2015

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    I have my doubts about their using AS as a name. Whoever owns the A Schild name could start a legal case to stop them using their AS (Accurat Swiss) "sub-label name" - more cost to defend that.
     
  12. lenny Jun 15, 2015

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    This is also interesting:
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    It seems they were liquidated a while ago...

    And an article from Aug 2013:
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    You would think they would have had watch industry investors jumping at the chance to get in on this almost two years ago.
     
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  13. proximal Jun 15, 2015

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    They are technically correct, but I think they meant to say that higher beats do not mean higher accuracy.

    That last sentence bothers me, not only for the condescension, but because the difference between precision and accuracy is Engineering 101.
     
  14. Nobel Prize Spell Master! Jun 15, 2015

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    A one beat per second quartz is very very accurate...higher beats on automatic watches don't equate accuracy necessarily but could influence the recovery of variances against an equal lower beat movement.

    Higher beats on chronograph watchss do assist on precision time keeping as the higher the beats the smaller the measuring rate.
     
  15. proximal Jun 15, 2015

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    That's the technically correct part, which doesn't apply because their watch isn't a chronograph. You can also look at precision as comparing the time of one beat to the next. Here again a higher beat might not mean anything.
     
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  16. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Jun 15, 2015

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    While not directly comparable, quartz is typically ~32k beats per second, its just the hand only moving once per second (typically but not always). The Omega Megaquartz marine chronometers are ~2,400,000 beats per second giving them their higher accuracy.
     
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  17. Nobel Prize Spell Master! Jun 15, 2015

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    What you said!!!
     
  18. micampe Jun 15, 2015

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    I think they are correct and precision is the right word here. Accuracy is how close a clock is to a reference time at any given moment. Precision is a measure of how stable its rate is.
     
  19. CanberraOmega Rabbitohs and Whisky Supporter Jun 16, 2015

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    How will the date work, with 2 separate date wheels:
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    Obviously the smaller date wheel, with 1, 2, 3 0 will stay stationary for 10 days, while the larger date wheel moves around. But does that mean it will go 30, 31, 31, 33......39? Or will it somehow go from 31 to 1 in some sort of flyback action?
     
  20. Nobel Prize Spell Master! Jun 16, 2015

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    Look at the larger weel, it has three sets of 1 to 0 and one set of 0 to 1 with a repeat one. So it doesn't fly back, once it gets to 30 it only has 0 and 1 to complete before it goes to 1 again.
     
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