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Thread: William Gibson: 'Mechanical watches are so brilliantly unnecessary'

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    Quote Originally Posted by whatmeworry View Post
    I think "less watches than fingers" is probably something I should aspire to
    I was thinking the same thing. Then I said it out loud, a couple of times, and just LOL'd. My addiction is simply too strong.


    Still, it was an interesting article of one man's trajectory through the world of watches!




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    Very interesting reading. Certainly a different viewpoint.
    "Either He's Dead, Or My Watch Has Stopped....."
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    wind-up merchant OhDark30's Avatar
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    Yes, less watches than fingers is a goal for us all :-)
    Perhaps he'll drop by?

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    Yes, less watches than fingers is a goal for us all :-)
    Perhaps he'll drop by?
    Maybe he's already here

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    Where am I going to get 100 fingers?
    La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un cœur d'homme; il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux.

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    Hey OD3, did you ever read that passage in All Tomorrow's Parties where Gibson describes that machine that fully restores old watch movements? Beautiful. If only these things existed.

    Regarding The article from Wired, I read it when it was published. I still have the hard copy somewhere. He wrote nicely about the wristwatch obsession.

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    wind-up merchant OhDark30's Avatar
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    Thanks, Teeritz
    I don't think I've read All Tomorrow's Parties (it doesn't help that they've changed the covers since I read most of his books)
    Will have to check that out. I do find his vision of the future, with such things as that machine and Ricksons jackets, a very appealing one
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