My mind is melting, I tell you, melting! Hell, I still have to go through the old "thirty days hath September..." routine every time the date window hits 30.
Despite all the points of failure, I still lust after the a Vacheron perpetual calendar. Or maybe I'll have to settle for one from Frédérique Constant.
The FC perpetual is without question the best bang for the buck in perpetuals out there and it looks good too. Works exactly the same as any other QP and you definitely aren't missing anything in terms of history. You of course give up a little something in finish but they're still assembled one at the time by hand (I was at their workshop last year) and boy oh boy pretensions to hand finishing from major luxury brands have gotten dauntingly expensive 😂
I'm just worried about the butterfly effect (or its celestial equivalent) and/or the law of unintended consequences of slowing down or speeding up the Earth. But I would love to get rid of daylight saving. Grand Seiko released a UFA, and where I live, every 6 months I have to ruin my accuracy tracking (unless it has a jumping hour, but I didn't see that reported anywhere). Not to mention the high-accuracy quartz I have.
I don't recall that it does but I sure wish it did (the Citizen 0100 has one, if you want seconds per year precision you probably want that sort of thing in your HAQ watches).
or possibly an ayahuasca retreat at some billionaire's remote fortress in the wilds of Montana 😅 right after getting my cortex chipped for constant real time continuity of consciousness with a disturbingly sentient AI
Once again, I’m glad I’m a time-only watch guy. Tho hold on - my Sub has a date window, so maybe I do get dragged in to all this shenanigans. I’m voting for the gravity tractor.
Just came back to this as I had it saved for a rainy day to sit and read this. Far from raining in CA, however we’re a day off the summer solstice, which as the ancients figured out near enough, comes once a summer…
What a fantastic read Jack, and well done for giving a $&;£ about that which we currently have no ability to accurately depict in a watch.
Fun to think about all this though and the maths involved for watchmakers attempting to “ease our pain” for accuracy. Andreas Strehler is a good one to speak to about this, although he rather quickly goes into facts and figures way above my pay grade.
Just came back to this as I had it saved for a rainy day to sit and read this. Far from raining in CA, however we’re a day off the summer solstice, which as the ancients figured out near enough, comes once a summer…
What a fantastic read Jack, and well done for giving a $&;£ about that which we currently have no ability to accurately depict in a watch.
Fun to think about all this though and the maths involved for watchmakers attempting to “ease our pain” for accuracy. Andreas Strehler is a good one to speak to about this, although he rather quickly goes into facts and figures way above my pay grade.
My mind is melting, I tell you, melting! Hell, I still have to go through the old "thirty days hath September..." routine every time the date window hits 30.
I thought I was the only one 😂
True story, I do the same thing. Also, I cannot remember reference numbers, never have been able to, never will (except for the Patek 3939).
Despite all the points of failure, I still lust after the a Vacheron perpetual calendar. Or maybe I'll have to settle for one from Frédérique Constant.
Great, fun article.
The FC perpetual is without question the best bang for the buck in perpetuals out there and it looks good too. Works exactly the same as any other QP and you definitely aren't missing anything in terms of history. You of course give up a little something in finish but they're still assembled one at the time by hand (I was at their workshop last year) and boy oh boy pretensions to hand finishing from major luxury brands have gotten dauntingly expensive 😂
I'm just worried about the butterfly effect (or its celestial equivalent) and/or the law of unintended consequences of slowing down or speeding up the Earth. But I would love to get rid of daylight saving. Grand Seiko released a UFA, and where I live, every 6 months I have to ruin my accuracy tracking (unless it has a jumping hour, but I didn't see that reported anywhere). Not to mention the high-accuracy quartz I have.
I don't recall that it does but I sure wish it did (the Citizen 0100 has one, if you want seconds per year precision you probably want that sort of thing in your HAQ watches).
pictured you smoking a fat joint and sipping a fine bourbon while writing the text Lol
or possibly an ayahuasca retreat at some billionaire's remote fortress in the wilds of Montana 😅 right after getting my cortex chipped for constant real time continuity of consciousness with a disturbingly sentient AI
Once again, I’m glad I’m a time-only watch guy. Tho hold on - my Sub has a date window, so maybe I do get dragged in to all this shenanigans. I’m voting for the gravity tractor.
Gosh, this was fun.
The guys who sang "In The Year 2525" definitely aren't bothered by this, since they assume the end of humanity at 10000AD.
A truly modest proposal...
I would be surprised if you hadn't, but I think you would like the "What If?" books by Randall Munroe of XKCD fame.
I have a new appreciation for perpetual calendars.
Just came back to this as I had it saved for a rainy day to sit and read this. Far from raining in CA, however we’re a day off the summer solstice, which as the ancients figured out near enough, comes once a summer…
What a fantastic read Jack, and well done for giving a $&;£ about that which we currently have no ability to accurately depict in a watch.
Fun to think about all this though and the maths involved for watchmakers attempting to “ease our pain” for accuracy. Andreas Strehler is a good one to speak to about this, although he rather quickly goes into facts and figures way above my pay grade.
Keep ‘em coming!
Just came back to this as I had it saved for a rainy day to sit and read this. Far from raining in CA, however we’re a day off the summer solstice, which as the ancients figured out near enough, comes once a summer…
What a fantastic read Jack, and well done for giving a $&;£ about that which we currently have no ability to accurately depict in a watch.
Fun to think about all this though and the maths involved for watchmakers attempting to “ease our pain” for accuracy. Andreas Strehler is a good one to speak to about this, although he rather quickly goes into facts and figures way above my pay grade.
Keep ‘em coming!