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Nov 7, 2010

Devon Tread 1 Watch Keeps Your Wrist Busy At All Times

Devon claims that their $15,000 Tread 1 watch, a motorized, belt-driven contraption, is "a big, bold sexy declaration of independence from the status quo." The status quo, in this case, being affordable, legible, sensible timepieces. But all those belts.

If your sense of what defines a good watch is how many moving parts it has, and, better still, how many of those moving parts you can see at any given time, then the Devon Timepieces Tread 1 would be right at home on your wrist.

All of the numbers are on independent belts, carefully interwoven, as the company says, to give "the illusion that the parts are floating." Floating there on your honking $15,000 watch, that is. The belts are driven by four tiny motors, all of which are coordinated by an on board microprocessor. Just for good measure, the window is made of a bulletproof polycarbonate.

36 comments:

  1. Awesome watch, but I would never pay that much for a watch

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  2. For $15,000 that thing better cook dinner and give blowjobs. But still, it's awesome looking and I wouldn't mind copping one if I was a millionaire :)

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  3. Interesting... but it's not my kind of thing

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  4. oh my 15k????? whos foolish enough to buy it??

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  5. more belts then a final fantasy character!

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  6. Very informative post, looking forward to more.

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  7. I could make a suit of watches with a fraction of the cost of this thing, and put a belt on it.

    There's trendy, and then there is ludicrous...

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  8. For $15,000, that watch better alter the flow of reality to make it whatever time I want it to be. It looks cool, but that's a yearly salary to a lot of people.

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  9. Looks awesome but I don't think i'll be spending that much money on something that just tells me the time anytime soon haha.

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  10. $15000!!! thats a rip off, even thought it looks cool
    id rather buy a car

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  11. still cheaper than most rolexes. :p

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  12. This watch is crazy awesome, I love it!! But the only way I would ever get one is if I won it somehow lol... My car is not even worth 15k...

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  13. Top tech. But waaaay out of my league.

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  14. This is such an awesome watch, but for the price tag, I can mount a iPad to my hand LOL

    any ways I just updated my blog after so many months! check it out!

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  15. wow thats a pretty out there watch :s dont know if i'd want one

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  16. Have to agree with Engelhart on this one...WTF...

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  17. one of the coolest watches i have ever seen

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  18. A watch for the bourgeoisie oppressors!

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  19. amazing watch but it is ridiculously expensive

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  20. damn, 15,000 ???

    gotta steal it from somebody, lol!

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  21. man. If i had that kinda money floating around, I would not be spending int on a watch.

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  22. That is an amazing watch I'll take 2

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  23. I would buy this watch...if I had the money of course.

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