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ora concept watch: like a tape measure went crazy on your wrist

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This insane-looking contraption isn’t some sort of strange measuring device. Nope, what you’re looking at is a design for one of the most unusual looking watches to hit the pages of Technabob in a long while. At least you can actually tell the time on this one.

The Ora watch tells time on a series…

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September 29th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design timepieces

time writing machine: by the time you know what time it is, another minute has passed

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This amazing mechanical gizmo is actually a very complex timepiece that tells time not with hands, LEDs or LCDs, but by actually writing the time on a piece of paper.

Created by the horological artisans of Switzerland’s Jaquet Droz, this analog clock is a true thing of wonder. La Machine à Ecrire le Temps (The Machine…

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April 26th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful timepieces