March 15, 2007: Wooden watch, car, gun

Undertoad · 03-15-2007, 08:43 AM

It's an odd bit of queue-clearing, but I have for you today... three items that are unexpectedly made of wood.

First, this watch blog features an wooden watch, carved in Russia in the year 1900.

Even the gears are wood! Which means it could not possibly have worked very well.

Then Spluch featured this wooden car, which someone also forwarded, can't remember who? The whole thing is explained in detail here. This is not the first wooden car, but it's beautiful and functional.

Lastly, this image is watermarked by its source, which means I wouldn't have picked it for a sole entry, but it's interesting. This is a gun, manufactured by hand by the Unabomber. It's one of a number of shots in these slides of evidence they collected for the case. A little less interesting, to me anyway, is this Smoking Gun slideshow of bomb-making evidence.

Shawnee123 · 03-15-2007, 09:08 AM

Coolness! That watch is so awesome I got all tingly inside! The car is a beaut.

SteveDallas · 03-15-2007, 11:48 AM

That watch would go so well with my fountain pen & my slide rule.

glatt · 03-15-2007, 11:55 AM

I like the car. It's obvious the guy has a strong boat building background.

Elspode · 03-15-2007, 02:57 PM

I wooden mind driving that car.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2007, 03:11 PM

Following the watch link a couple of steps leads to Watchismo. He has a couple more wood watches and a watch & chain carved from bone. He also has the details on the Russian family that produced them from 1837 to the revolution, at one per month.

Trilby · 03-15-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I wooden mind driving that car.

capnhowdy · 03-15-2007, 08:44 PM

Gettin' wood.

Redefined.

King · 03-15-2007, 10:59 PM

The car looks classy. It probably wouldn't perform well in the Euro NCAP crash test though.

Ceri · 03-16-2007, 10:37 AM

Hate to burst your bubble but wooden gears aren't especially rare, and while they usually wear out faster than the metal gears you're more used to, some of the best time kept today is still in older wooden geared clocks, some of which are from Swiss clockmakers, others from unidentifiable sources. To be honest though this is the first fob watch I've seen made of wood, I'd love to have a good look at it first hand, the maker must have done some incredibly fine work which makes me wonder as to the woods used in the smaller gears where breakage is likely.
But all that said even as a purely ornamental piece it's beautiful.

Shawnee123 · 03-16-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ceri

Hate to burst your bubble but wooden gears aren't especially rare

OMG....say it isn't so!

Welcome to the Cellar Ceri!

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2007, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ceri

Snip~ To be honest though this is the first fob watch I've seen made of wood, I'd love to have a good look at it first hand, the maker must have done some incredibly fine work which makes me wonder as to the woods used in the smaller gears where breakage is likely. ~snip

The maker of that watch, the Bronnikov Family, carved one watch per month, from 1837 to 1918. Half of them survive, today. (Watches, not Bronnikovs.

) You can have one for $25,000 or so.

Ceri · 03-16-2007, 10:28 PM

That's kind of fast given the amount of finer work to be done. And that's an expensive piece of wood.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2007, 10:46 PM

Some of their production was carved from bone, but I've no idea how many.

03-15-2007, 08:43 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	March 15, 2007: Wooden watch, car, gun It's an odd bit of queue-clearing, but I have for you today... three items that are unexpectedly made of wood. First, this watch blog features an wooden watch, carved in Russia in the year 1900. Even the gears are wood! Which means it could not possibly have worked very well. Then Spluch featured this wooden car, which someone also forwarded, can't remember who? The whole thing is explained in detail here. This is not the first wooden car, but it's beautiful and functional. Lastly, this image is watermarked by its source, which means I wouldn't have picked it for a sole entry, but it's interesting. This is a gun, manufactured by hand by the Unabomber. It's one of a number of shots in these slides of evidence they collected for the case. A little less interesting, to me anyway, is this Smoking Gun slideshow of bomb-making evidence.

03-15-2007, 09:08 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Coolness! That watch is so awesome I got all tingly inside! The car is a beaut. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-15-2007, 02:57 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I wooden mind driving that car. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-15-2007, 03:11 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Following the watch link a couple of steps leads to Watchismo. He has a couple more wood watches and a watch & chain carved from bone. He also has the details on the Russian family that produced them from 1837 to the revolution, at one per month. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-15-2007, 08:44 PM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Gettin' wood. Redefined. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

03-15-2007, 11:48 AM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	That watch would go so well with my fountain pen & my slide rule.

03-15-2007, 11:55 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like the car. It's obvious the guy has a strong boat building background.

03-15-2007, 10:59 PM	#9
King Conquistador Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Everywhere Posts: 259	The car looks classy. It probably wouldn't perform well in the Euro NCAP crash test though. __________________ "I've shot you, Jeff. With a bullet made of Scottish finance regulations."

03-16-2007, 10:37 AM	#10
Ceri Recruit or Something Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4	Hate to burst your bubble but wooden gears aren't especially rare, and while they usually wear out faster than the metal gears you're more used to, some of the best time kept today is still in older wooden geared clocks, some of which are from Swiss clockmakers, others from unidentifiable sources. To be honest though this is the first fob watch I've seen made of wood, I'd love to have a good look at it first hand, the maker must have done some incredibly fine work which makes me wonder as to the woods used in the smaller gears where breakage is likely. But all that said even as a purely ornamental piece it's beautiful.

03-16-2007, 10:28 PM	#13
Ceri Recruit or Something Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4	That's kind of fast given the amount of finer work to be done. And that's an expensive piece of wood.

03-16-2007, 10:46 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Some of their production was carved from bone, but I've no idea how many. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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