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Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by samatman »

sedatk wrote: post #53
samatman wrote: post #51

I'm disappointed to see this merger of art and engineering received so poorly here. This pushes the envelope of the possible, something I consider beautiful. It's roughly as impractical, expensive, and awkward looking, as a human-propelled airplane. I don't think any of the many commenters here who panned this watch would have anything bad to say about a human-propelled airplane. It's a pity that they can't appreciat…

If we'd started to replace airplanes with affordable $200 flying saucers, and somebody came up with a $1.8M human-propelled airplane as "innovation", I bet it wouldn't have been liked as much.

Why compare with flying saucers, why not bikes? It's the bike industry existing which makes enormous gossamer human-powered craft possible, after all.

Most art has little reason to exist, kind of by definition, and is seriously expensive at the high end. This is engineering art, where most expensive wristwatches are just art, specifically jewelry.

I wouldn't expect the latest Hublot limited to end up on the front page of HN, but a 1.75mm mechanical wristwatch? Gratified my intellectual curiousity!

Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by kingludite »

pondering flatness I had this idea to paint the small hand onto the dial then get rid of the big hand and replace it with a virtual one using a Moiré pattern painted onto the glass and the dial.

very crude demo (running in the wrong direction :P)

https://jsfiddle.net/s1cwze3d/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern

(Designing the correct pattern is left as an exercise for the reader)

Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by curiousgal »

chmod775 wrote: post #20

Wouldn't wear that even if you paid me and took me out for dinner. Maybe they should be marketing this watch to rich nerds instead of playboy LARPers - to people who will appreciate it for the technology.

The only appeal to me is the prospect of me tearing it apart and (trying to) put it back together!

Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by samatman »

nimbius wrote: post #59
samatman wrote: post #51

I'm disappointed to see this merger of art and engineering received so poorly here. This pushes the envelope of the possible, something I consider beautiful. It's roughly as impractical, expensive, and awkward looking, as a human-propelled airplane. I don't think any of the many commenters here who panned this watch would have anything bad to say about a human-propelled airplane. It's a pity that they can't appreciat…

the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, or so its said. I'm thrilled to see the envelope pushed but I find seventeen jewel Chinese movements and old soviet designs so much more enriching. they tell a story that isn't just a bourgeois expression of the craft. luch, Vostok, sturmanskie, sugess and shanghai diamond all paint a rich tapestry that bridges history and modern craft, and are refreshingly app…

If I had 1.8mm to spend on watches I'd have to figure out what to do with the other 1.7 million, I'm happy to appreciate them on their own terms and from a safe distance.

Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by pppq »

jgerrish wrote: post #44

Smooth folding phones, foxy ultraflat watches, I honestly don't know what radiant beauty is next. The future isn't limping along in the fog, is it? My blind eyes already paid the price for that video, nobody else has to. So, anyways, what's the topic today? Italian design? Arduino and Wiring? Arduino is an inspiring beginner electronics kit, and one of the first. Innovative design. Maybe open the user immediately int…

> I honestly don't know what radiant beauty is next.

> The future isn't limping along in the fog, is it?

> My blind eyes already paid the price for that video, nobody else has to.

I enjoyed these words. Felt somewhat like lyrics to a Cardiacs song. Thank you.

Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by yomkippur »

layer8 wrote: post #38
yomkippur wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what sort of yearly income do you need to be able to buy this? I assume people in this tier just pay cash and already own a sizable Ferrari collection. Otherwise with 30% down. current market interest rates, you would be looking at $20,000 / month to lease it. So you could flex considerably as a double digit millionaire. Its just fascinating how wealthy some people are and how limitless it is.

You may like to read this: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2s9u0s/comment/c...

insane...so you need at minimum upper 3 digits.

i got anxiety from reading it. it almost seems like at the very top, its lonely and dehumanizing when every whim challenge is met leading to time scarcity.

i think the sweet spot is $270MM. 250MM generating 3~5% a year, 20MM in cash. you can buy everything but wouldnt spend it on this watch (you shouldnt)

which means this watch is for ppl with 800MM minimum.

Re: Ultra-flat timepiece, the RM UP-01 Ferrari, is 1.75 millimetres thick watch

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Post by sedatk »

samatman wrote: post #61
sedatk wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If we'd started to replace airplanes with affordable $200 flying saucers, and somebody came up with a $1.8M human-propelled airplane as "innovation", I bet it wouldn't have been liked as much.

Why compare with flying saucers, why not bikes? It's the bike industry existing which makes enormous gossamer human-powered craft possible, after all. Most art has little reason to exist, kind of by definition, and is seriously expensive at the high end. This is engineering art, where most expensive wristwatches are just art, specifically jewelry. I wouldn't expect the latest Hublot limited to end up on the front pag…

Because that's just a lightweight version of an old technology. No new value is being added here. Had this watch provided, say, some smartwatch features mechanically (such as an analog heart monitor, or an analog altimeter etc) I might have found it interesting despite the technology still being old. This feels like just a flex on contemporary manufacturing capabilities. They just spent more money than everyone else.
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