Casio G-Shock G-Steel 'Tough Chronograph' GST-B100 Series Bluetooth Connected Watches
Not too long ago, Casio realized that the market for steel G-Shocks was not so niche after all and began making their higher-end MT-G and MR-G watches more widely available. As Japanese watch makers often like to cast a wide net-seemingly attempting to offer something for every possible taste and budget-the more affordable line of steel G-Shock watches called G-Steel followed, and it continues to grow and evolve. With all-analog displays, and even a more premium “special edition” model, the new Casio G-Shock G-Steel “Tough Chronograph” GST-B100 series now joins the Bluetooth-equipped Casio watches offering connectivity with smartphones.The Casio G-Shock G-Steel “Tough Chronograph” GST-B100 watches use the Bluetooth connection, first, to sync the time with one’s smartphone. This happens four times per day, and it also automatically detects and adjusts when one enters a new time zone. Then, there is an app for controlling various features of the
Seiko's 'Art Of Time' Video With Tiny Rube Goldberg Machine
Seiko takes the Rube Goldberg machine to the next level in this “Art of Time” video celebrating micro-mechanical over-engineering, and it is worth a look. You know a Rube Goldberg machine as an overly complicated system of pulleys, dominoes, rolling balls, and toppling cups that usually performs some mundane task in the end, like getting you a soda. So what do you get when Seiko’s micro-engineers reinterpret this concept? A playful work of kinetic art that is the subject of the video you see below.Rube Goldberg \?rub-?g¨l(d)-?b?rg\ adj. Accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply. –Mirriam-Webster.comThe apparatus incorporates watch parts, watchmaker tools, tiny figurines, and some industrial-looking or cityscape-like structures that move along in an extended chain reaction, with the performance culminating in the glass cover being lifted from a Seiko balance wheel to be placed into a movement by a watchmaker. More than the contraption it