{"id":127,"date":"2011-09-25T23:25:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T23:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2011-10-24T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T17:26:09","slug":"a-curio-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/a-curio-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"A curio watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Hello Hackaday people, the post you are looking for is <a href=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/hp-t5325-thin-client-hacked-to-full-debian-system\/\">here<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>I found this watch at a market in Somerset. I find it utterly fascinating in that it&#8217;s a rather advanced piece of kit, certainly compared to what you could buy 10 years ago, while also being completely ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called a Montres Carlo 30420.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3uiSMHjhFoA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The scrolling text is quite impressive, and indicates to me a rather complex ASIC, or possibly even a small microcontroller. The battery life is also pretty good, it&#8217;s been running for months now using a CR2025.<\/p>\n<p>You can see that they&#8217;ve decided to mount the LED backlight directly behind the screen, so it lights up a single spot. It&#8217;s also a multi colour LED, which flashes in various colours, because that&#8217;s cool.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some internal pictures:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_1-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mont_1\" width=\"630\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_1-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_1-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_1-500x261.jpg 500w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_1.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mont_inter1\" width=\"630\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1-422x300.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1_2-1024x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mont_inter1_2\" width=\"630\" height=\"231\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1_2-1024x377.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1_2-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_inter1_2-500x184.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_internal2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_internal2-1024x479.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mont_internal2\" width=\"630\" height=\"294\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_internal2-1024x479.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_internal2-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/41j.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mont_internal2-500x233.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see that the Solar cell only has one terminal connected&#8230; I wonder if that can possibly work&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I always find it a shame that the ICs are buried in epoxy, I always have the urge to find out what&#8217;s under there. Perhaps I need an acid bath and a microscope&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Hackaday people, the post you are looking for is here I found this watch at a market in Somerset. I find it utterly fascinating in that it&#8217;s a rather advanced piece of kit, certainly compared to what you could buy 10 years ago, while also being completely ridiculous. It&#8217;s called a Montres Carlo 30420. 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