Heritage Watch Manufactory Pre-Basel Contest BaselWorld time is coming up soon. From March 8th to the 15th the world will again pilgrim to Basel to see what the watch and jewelry brands have readied for the year 2012. One of the big announcements this yea...
Because I met our friend Karsten at GTE... so I let the others to play with this nice game. Thanks Don for the contest, that's a good way to introduce this watch which will be on of the top surprises at Basel. Fx
1) If a heavenly body turns 360° a day what does 15° signify? 2) A certain "Mr. Harrison" would understand it. 3) The watch has 2 pushers and a crown, but is not a chrono. 4) The SID in the window is "heavenly", it can be changed to be "sunny". So come on...
... but not really ;-) The global idea is quite obvious now. But I think it is a piece that does need some special knowledge to fully understand. And guess what, wikipedia does offer a good source of information!
The contest will end at 6AM March 1st Swiss time, because I have heard that another evil site will be publishing the announcement before the official time. We don't want anyone cheating, do we? So now is the time to place your answer in the ring ! Take an...
The new watch from Heritage Watch Manufactory is called the Firmamentum (no that was not one of the questions). As the firmament turns the stars and the sun in the sky appear to turn around us. This is the basis for all navigation and Harrison was the fir...
I would like to congratulate Damjan, our illustrious member Ares501, who even though he thinks he ended up on the wrong hemisphere had the best take on this quite impossible guessing game. Of course it was clear that no-one would be able to get everything...
on a winning streak my friend after latest two announcements I put my shoes on and went to buy lottery ticket ... so stay tuned + this always helps Sincerely Damjan
let me have an Oscar winning speech. First of all I would like to thank our esteemed AHCI moderator and Heritage Watch Manufactury for giving me this opportunity. Thank you a lot! I would also like to thank my father Professor of Physics/Amateur Astronome...
and the Firmamentum is close to completion. With the arc seconds and arc minutres hands mounted we get the first small impressions of the animation on the dial. Of course arc seconds, turning once every four seconds, but even arc minutes turning at once e...