http://thewatchlounge.com/wow-watch-wednesday-devon-tread-1/ Tue, 22 May 2012 04:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thewatchlounge.com/wow-watch-wednesday-devon-tread-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Nicolas Lehotzky Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:11:32 +0000 http://thewatchlounge.com/?p=2940#comment-4015 Designed by the brilliant Jason Wilbur. Great work, I love it. Designed by the brilliant Jason Wilbur. Great work, I love it.

]]> http://thewatchlounge.com/wow-watch-wednesday-devon-tread-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4013 DWC Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:56:31 +0000 http://thewatchlounge.com/?p=2940#comment-4013 Sorry, which of the things in the technical spec, is high tech? .pulley system is lubricant free -> jeweled ball bearings I assume, nothing new .jeweled bearings -> if those are standard bearings, in use since about 1700 .A temperature-compensated crystal provides data to the on-board microprocessor -> standard .four micro-step motors -> any quartz chrono .high-grade stainless steel -> I'm impressed, probably 316L like most every steel cased watch .scratch-resistant and anti-reflective polycarbonate -> our glasses have all been using this material since the '70s if not earlier. And that with a power consumption that is beyond belief, since when do we need to recharge a quartz watch once a month? If there is high tech, it is exclusively the hutzpa of the California Marketing. D Sorry, which of the things in the technical spec, is high tech?
.pulley system is lubricant free -> jeweled ball bearings I assume, nothing new
.jeweled bearings -> if those are standard bearings, in use since about 1700
.A temperature-compensated crystal provides data to the on-board microprocessor -> standard
.four micro-step motors -> any quartz chrono
.high-grade stainless steel -> I’m impressed, probably 316L like most every steel cased watch
.scratch-resistant and anti-reflective polycarbonate -> our glasses have all been using this material since the ’70s if not earlier.
And that with a power consumption that is beyond belief, since when do we need to recharge a quartz watch once a month?
If there is high tech, it is exclusively the hutzpa of the California Marketing.
D

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