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  • There's a great pebble watchface replicating this: https://apps.repebble.com/51b5333a6dac43f5a308f87f
    by dotjustin
  • Fast forward... all the computer I need is now in my bag or pocket or least within the room.

    So what I'd enjoy on my wrist is an entry-level Seiko (or other) quartz with nothing but: 1) analog hands, and 2) a vibrating Bluetooth notification of incoming phone calls or maybe messages.

    I know know, the second one is a swamp that Seiko doesn't want to wade into.

    by emptybits
  • Seiko had a whole line microprocessors. I remember working with the S1C33 with a broken C compiler. We ended up using C macros and assembly. Never want to do that again.
    by not_the_fda
  • Lots of watches out there but I'm still searching for one that offers a simple container for a microSD memory card.

    Here is my workaround.

    https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6784665

    by jqpabc123
  • A bit more info about this watch https://hackaday.com/2024/07/16/seiko-had-a-smartwatch-in-19... or https://www.namokimods.com/en-eu/blogs/namokitimes/seiko-ori...
    by stefanv
  • Anyone else notice the time in the photo is set to 10:08:59, which is one second before Apple Watch marketing material using 10:09, which itself is 1 minute before the traditional 10:10 used by the watchmaking industry?
    by bpoyner
  • I became interested in Seiko watches after recently buying a Seiko Astron while visiting Japan. It’s amazing how much they shaped the watch industry. With the Astron series they buried a lot of Swiss manufacturers when it was first launched. Also, their “Spring Drive” technology is amazing. It’s basically the perfect hybrid between a mechanical watch movement and a quartz crystal. The movement is mechanical, with the spring releasing energy and powering the quartz crystal (there is no battery), which in turn acts as a “referee”, applying an electromagnetic brake and regulating the mechanical movement.
    by stefanv
  • This is cool, but do you know what was really cool? 2 years earlier, they made a TV watch: https://by.seiko-design.com/140th/en/topic/51.html
    by PaulRobinson

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