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giant remote controlled rms titanic: hopefully there are no tiny icebergs around

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First we had the watch, and now we have a model. The 6-foot long remote-controlled RMS Titanic is a faithfully reproduced 1:150 scale model. It took 400 man-hours (that’s about 1600 dog-hours, or 879,592 mosquito-hours) to assemble. It has over 300 handmade parts, which include the fiberglass hull, stained white maple planks, and mahogany parts…

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June 9th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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romain jerome steampunk watch with “titanic dna”: rust is the new diamond

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Luxury watch makers Romain Jerome have an array of limited edition timepieces that possesses what they call “Titanic DNA.” The term refers to the fact that the watches have bezels made from “authentic steel from the wreck [of the Titanic] lying 3,840 meters under the sea, and steel supplied by the Harland & Wolff shipyards…

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May 28th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: design gadgets retro strange + wonderful technology timepieces