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 Posted: Thu Jul 29th, 2010 01:22 am
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deadlyapp



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 I'm going to agree with Will on this one. While the idea isn't necessarily that far fetched, the engineering that would have to go into it is nearly impossible for someone who is not already both a watch master and micro-mechanical engineer. To essentially eliminate the effects of friction is no small engineering feat.

Then there is also the patent issue. You will probably find that there is quite a portfolio of patents out there for an idea such as yours, but not in production due to the extreme cost to actually produce something such as this.

Also regarding your design and the above mentioned factors - Making a design with less curves or less sharply designed curves would make some of the issues more manageable. If you do design it with either a pin riding on the underside or simply spring loaded hands, the extreme change in a curve will introduce quite a bit of force.

A mechanical engineer with some knowledge of watches or micro-engineering could probably do this or help you, but when you're talking about probably micro-Newtons or less, the little things matter.

Edit: Putting copyright on the dials is completely useless anyways, you have nothing patentable with what you have there.  A mere idea is not useful.

Last edited on Thu Jul 29th, 2010 01:23 am by deadlyapp