I don't know what to make of this. It is cool that someone made this.
As a watchmaker & horologist-
It's not a watch- there is no way something that huge is a watch.
35 min runtime is pathetic for a timepiece from even 300 years ago.
But, proof of concept, yes, it can be done. Tourbillons are something that
everyone wants like want good fast food
at a beck and call- so you end up with stuff like this. Real, time accurate
tourbillions are something that take a
ridiculous amount of time to make, and they are rare. Which is why you only
see them on wristwatches from
80,000$ minimum and up. Tourbillions are an extremely polarizing item for
most watchmakers, because they have
become hype machines for selling expensive watches, and most people can't
make them with skill, so they cheat
and use wire edm for passable ones.
As a maker and putting aside being the watchmaker & horologist-
Hey, guy above (still me)- TLDR. This is hella cool, and an awesome use of
3D printing. Get one of these to
Flava Flav. LIGA technology, if it could be done cheap and large, would
make the ultimate version of this, that
could fit in your pocket thin.
I'm both.
-Andrew
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:22 AM, Chad Elish <chad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thats amazing!
-chad
On Jan 9, 2016, at 12:03 AM, Robert Berger <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1249221
