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>envelope of the possible Maybe limits of human hand craft which I assume is the allure of these bespoke time pieces. That said I don't actually see the descri
by dirtyid 4y ago
>envelope of the possible
Maybe limits of human hand craft which I assume is the allure of these bespoke time pieces. That said I don't actually see the description mention hand crafting other than polishing and drawing a few surfaces. Otherwise I don't see why this is pushing any envelopes when we can make micrometer MEMS machinery. Which would be pretty slick - theoretical minimum micrometer thick watch mechanism encased in sub millimeter baseplate.
- samatman 4y agoI'm sure you're correct and making a thinner mechanical wristwatch that doesn't just fold in half is really easy! I look forward to your Show HN on a wristwatch < 1.75mm in thickness. How long do you figure it will take you? three months? six? should I send an email to remind you?
- dirtyid 4y agoI don't need to design a thinner mechanical watch to correctly point out that they are far from the envelops of possible with respect to modern mechanics. Like this is a neat object but let's not pretend modern watch making is pushing envelopes outside it's niche domain.