New oscillator system in Zenith mechanical watches

Re:New oscillator system in Zenith mechanical watches by anton69 on Saturday September 16, 2017 @02:03PM (#15265764)

Only 10 have been made and all have been sold for some exorbant amount, so mostly it’s genuinely motivated coverage of some cool tech.

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Re:New oscillator system in Zenith mechanical watches by QAPereo on Saturday September 16, 2017 @06:31PM (#15267110)

Zenith is also debuting a new material for the case: a composite called Aeronith. Aeronith is essentially an aluminum foam; melted aluminum is poured into a mold "where a procedure initially developed by Hublot transforms it into an open pore metal foam," according to Zenith. The voids in the foam are then filled with an "extremely light polymer" and the result is 2.7 times lighter than titanium, 1.7 times lighter than solid aluminum, and even 10% lighter than carbon fiber..

F1 engine tech, in a watch case, and that's not even the innovative part. Sooooo cool.

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Re:New oscillator system in Zenith mechanical watches by TylerE on Saturday September 16, 2017 @07:37PM (#15267353)

You've obviously never heard of the concept of a halo product.

Ford doesn't make GT's because they're profitable. They make them to sell Mustangs.

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