1900s Wooden Pocket Watch
June 12th, 2007
Seeing as the recent post about a wooden calculator proved so popular, here’s a look at another carpentry creation: a pocket watch made from wood. Excellent timepiece blog The Watchismo times found this Russian creation, dating back to around the turn of the century (no, not the one just gone). Some sources claim that the watch is entirely made out of wood, but I doubt it – the power source in pocketwatches is a tightly coiled metal spring, and I just can’t see wood living up to that task. Still, a marvellous creation!
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9 Comments
1. 1900s Wooden Pocket Watch&hellip | June 15th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
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2. feedmashr.com | June 15th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
elegant! I wonder what kind of wood was used.
3. Buğra Gökalp Okçu | June 15th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
It’s just fantastic. I’ve never seen a wooden watch before. Thanks, good job.
4. Ryan | June 16th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
That’s very cool, but I’d like to learn a little more about how it works.
5. On This Day In History&hellip | November 23rd, 2007 at 9:27 am
On This Day In History…
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…
6. jen | October 9th, 2008 at 1:29 am
i was looking through this for a project and i thought it was a good thing for a picture theme. i got an a++/100%!
7. jen | October 9th, 2008 at 1:36 am
i was looking through this for a project and i thought it was a good thing for a picture theme. i got an a++/100%! i also got other pics from this.=)=)=)=).thanks
8. Frank the SciencePunk | October 9th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Hooray for happy endings!
9. Joanne Burch | March 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Benjamin Banneker born 1731 took apart a watch and put it back together perfectly. He then made his own out of wood which ran for 50 years.
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