Comments on: LED Pocket Watch

By: Fredric M. London

Fredric M. London — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:17:23 +0000

How can I obtain one of these?

By: Cass

Cass — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:46:48 +0000

This is by far one of the most amazing devices I’ve seen. Not only is it very modern, but it has that beauty of an antique. I would love to see notes on this. My grandfather inherited his old silver pocket watch to me, the insides are well… not well taken care of. But I would love to do something like this to it. I’d never even thought about something like this. You are amazing, thank you for posting.

By: Mai Pham

Mai Pham — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:05:42 +0000

It’s such an awesome work!
Love the design, look forward to the day selling them.

By: Rob in Belfast

Rob in Belfast — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:12:53 +0000

I don’t wear a wristwatch, I pull out my iPhone to check the time but I would gladly buy a waistcoat/vest to display something like this. What a remarkable fusion of ye olde and ye new. Beautiful and awe-inspiring.

A credit both to you and to your Grandfather who inspired you. Your circuit layout is beautifully arranged.

This is going to appear in a movie as a futuristic timepiece. It just has to! As already stated, worthy of the great Who.

Respect and kudos to you Paul.

By: TCXO

TCXO — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:34:02 +0000

Thx for sharing.

your article is highly appreciated!

By: Techustle

Techustle — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:26:36 +0000

So want one.

Love the PCB work. It is so detailed and well done.

Let me know when you start selling them.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:55:17 +0000

Speechless!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:19:39 +0000

That is one of the most elegant pieces of handmade electronics I’ve ever seen. The integration with the case and the thumbwheel and the extras such as the vibrate alarm and ‘tick’ are just incredible. Applause!

By: SumDude

SumDude — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:46:33 +0000

hmm, instead of readjusting time via computer for 2.0 you could have it receive radio signals from the atomic clock. as well as a coil for wireless charging. But still very amazing piece of art and tech

By: Akoi Meexx

Akoi Meexx — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:20:35 +0000

@Paul:
Thank you for sharing this awesome piece of engineering skill! I suspect if your Grandfather were alive today, he would have to agree that your electronics work is of a master caliber.

Inspired me enough to pick up a basic hunter-style watch off eBay to start tinkering with. Hope you manage to get the kit marketable. Cheers!

By: Paul Pounds

Paul Pounds — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:24 +0000

Hi all,

Thank you for all the amazing comments! I’m quite gratified that people have enjoyed seeing the project so much.

To answer a few comments: I’ve had a lot of suggestions of induction charging – I think it’s a fine, and I have a bit of experience with it (for another hush-hush project), but I’m concerned about the practicality as odds are good whatever case I used for v2.0 will be ferrous. I’ll keep it in mind, though!

As for a kit, or selling them, I’m hoping that v2.0 will be of high enough quality to sell in limited quantities but it all depends on the availability of cases. I’m looking for a decent manufacturer of modern cases just in case. A kit is definitely on the cards once I’ve got all the bugs out, but please note that standardisation was not a big theme in pocket watches. That’s why horologists had to be so skilled – they often manufactured replacement parts entirely by hand because they were not available anywhere. Consequently, it would be a bit of a hunt to find a suitable case for the kit (but it would go fine as a deskclock in a wood enclosure)

As I’m already elbows deep in v2.0, I think it would be a bit premature to release the design files – especially if I intend to market them. But rest assured I do very much intend to release the source when it’s done; I’ll probably include it with a kit, and on post it on the website.

Once again, I’ve been overwhelmed with the positive response I’ve received. Thank you all very much.

cheers,

-Paul

By: Wwhat

Wwhat — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:47:33 +0000

@AP
Yes the seconds but it’s an alarm too, you should watch the video to the end.

By: The Steven

The Steven — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:21:06 +0000

WANT.

By: Alex key

Alex key — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:27:08 +0000

Dude, this is a work of art!. I’d love to have the skill to make one of these, if you ever descide to make some to sell that would be awesome!

By: Bakamoichigei

Bakamoichigei — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:40:51 +0000

Damn! Beat me to it. I had seen a site full of clock PCBs like that, and got the idea to make a pocket watch like this.

My idea was to use all orange/amber LEDs and have the microcontroller give them a very slight pulse/flicker effect to look like neon bulbs or nixies. :3

Very nice work, and I’d love to see source/CAD files, too!