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Thermally Powered Mechanical Wristwatch

Posted by michael on from the crack-open-the-piggy-bank dept.

Raghu Mani writes "Theremally powered quartz wristwatches - which use minor temperature variations to generate electricity - have been around for a few years. Now here is something a lot more radical - a thermally powered mechanical watch. Invented by an American - Steven Phillips - it uses small temperature variations to wind the mainspring of the watch. A patent has been awarded for this - check out this link. A small article on the technology can be found here and the guy's own website is budapestwatchco.com. I doubt if any of us will be buying one of those watches anytime soon, though - just check out those prices ;-)."

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  1. Heh by B3ryllium · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pfft! You're supposed to tell us about this BEFORE christmas!

  2. $109,000.00 by Scrameustache · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wow...

    I'm reeling from the thought that a watch can be worth more than my whole house.

    Better not forget it in your pants come laundry day...

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    1. Re:$109,000.00 by Petrol · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think he arrived at the base price by adding decimal places to his patent number.

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    2. Re:$109,000.00 by radon28 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Better not forget it in your pants come laundry day...

      I don't know about you, but I usually wear my watch on my wrist :p

  3. Spell Checker. by dsb3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    At those prices, you'd think he could afford a spell checker. I've been reading the site for 5 minutes and already found 3 errors.

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  4. better solution by tomstdenis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Buy a 9$ watch, spend 20000$ on batteries, save yourself 9991$ compared to the prices of their watches.

    Tom

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