Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Need a geek watch

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

There's one watch that I'm after right now, and it doesn't even have an 
LCD display.  Not only that, it doesn't even have a microprocessor...or 
a quartz crystal...or a battery for that matter.  It's a 100% 
mechanical watch made in Russia during the Cold War for their Mig 
pilots.  The make is "Sturmanski", and there are some remakes available 
right now, but every now and then you see an original on eBay.  You can 
think of it as the rough Soviet equivalent of the Omega Speedmaster :)

To me, a watch with that sort of history is waaay cooler than something 
that I can ssh into a server with :D  Then again, I'm a sucker for any 
sort of Communist artifacts...evidence the posters sitting in my living 
room that Mikhail asked about with a very puzzled look when he came to 
pick something up ;)

Given my capitalist nature, some probably wonder why I have this 
affinity for such goods...  Honestly, the history of the USSR simply 
fascinates me, being so far from the form of society I know, love, and 
respect.  Kind of a war-trophy, triumph-of-good-over-evil sort of 
thing...

-N


On Aug 9, 2004, at 11:33 AM, Jonathan King wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:00:56 -0500, Robb III, George B.
> <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>> This looks like the ultimate linux based watch but, I am sure it will
>> blow the $100 budget...
>>
>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6580187845.html
>
> Alas, since that page is from 2001 and I can't find much follow-up, it
> would seem to be a vaporwatch.  OK, so while a built-in laser would be
> nice (and they do make these!), I do want something that's basically a
> watch.  :-)
>
> jking
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