Devon Works Tread 1

Said to be inspired by industrial conveyor belts along with motorcycles.
The Devon Works Tread 1 uses four 2/1000th of an inch thin belts, which
are operated by individual electric motors. It's an extremely accurate watch
also, due to the optical recognition system which keeps track of each belt.
The motors are powered by a lithium polymer rechargeable cell. That holds the
power for two week intervals. The watch is charged using a wireless sytsem.
Also, the movement in the watch is developed in the United States, and does
not use any suppliers from the watch industry. To tell time you look at the four
belts. Three of them go under a view plate to indicate the time, while a seconds
belt is seen always moving. There are no lubricants used in the pulley system
either. The crystal is temperature compensating, and is said to be bulletproof
too !

Any thoughts ?

I got this info from Hodinkee.com, and watch-happening blogspot.

Here are some links, pictures, and a video..

http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/2010/4/19/the-devon-works-tread-1-space-aged-bullet-proof-haute-horolo.html

http://watch-happening.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-watch-devon-tread-1-concept-watch.html

http://www.devonworks.com/

I had one, it was very accurate. Got rid of it because of the burns to my wrist and getting dizzy watching the second belt.

Got this with the cash out of the Devon Tread1

Docrwm wrote:

I had one, it was very accurate. Got rid of it because of the burns to my wrist and getting dizzy watching the second belt.

Got this with the cash out of the Devon Tread1

NICE Doc !..That Patek Philippe looks pretty GREAT ! You have some TERRIFIC taste in watches there sir !

AtomicTom wrote:

Docrwm wrote:

I had one, it was very accurate. Got rid of it because of the burns to my wrist and getting dizzy watching the second belt.

Got this with the cash out of the Devon Tread1

NICE Doc !..That Patek Philippe looks pretty GREAT ! You have some TERRIFIC taste in watches there sir !

Thanks, I figure if I'm going to drop 15 LARGE on a watch it ought to have some residual resale value.

cool to see this small machine movement, interesting looking.

Docrwm wrote:

AtomicTom wrote:

Docrwm wrote:

I had one, it was very accurate. Got rid of it because of the burns to my wrist and getting dizzy watching the second belt.

Got this with the cash out of the Devon Tread1

NICE Doc !..That Patek Philippe looks pretty GREAT ! You have some TERRIFIC taste in watches there sir !

Thanks, I figure if I'm going to drop 15 LARGE on a watch it ought to have some residual resale value.

barnbuilder1 wrote:

cool to see this small machine movement, interesting looking.

The price is a bit high on the Tread 1 Doc , I guess it's because of the "one of a kind " factor.
That Patek is a one of a kind too though !

Ron, I thought it was interesting also. Just coming up with an idea like this is
pretty cool. Must be fun telling time on it too !

Thanks guys !

Tag heur made one with belts before that but had to take the model out of production.Tag said in a press conference that the high cost
of gates replacement serpentine belts and GM's belt tensioner made the model to expensive to service. Plus GM wanted to replace the
water pump during the belt service even though the watch doesn't use one.

yamahaki wrote:

Tag heur made one with belts before that but had to take the model out of production.Tag said in a press conference that the high cost
of gates replacement serpentine belts and GM's belt tensioner made the model to expensive to service. Plus GM wanted to replace the
water pump during the belt service even though the watch doesn't use one.

Funny stuff Sean !..You may have stumbled upon the next
big thing in watches though !...Water pumps ! I'm going to have to keep an eye
on this !