Unique Timepiece Spotlight: Opus 8

CENTRAL WATCH

45th Street Passageway

 Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY

212-685-1689 / CentralWatch.com

Remember those pinpression toys? Well here's a watch that puts a pin-art spin on a mechanical-digital display.

Images: Gizmodo

The Opus 8, developed by Harry Winston and Frederic Garinaud, works by using a complicated system of mechanical pixels that rise up from the display ONLY when the user activates a small lever on the side of the timepiece.

The mechanism links all of the functions together; the minute drives the hour, which drives the AM/PM, so that everything can be displayed on demand - otherwise nothing will appear until activated.

The Opus 8 was limited to just 50 watches and rumor has it that all 50 pieces were sold out before their unveiling!

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