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by anthonyvd 1721 days ago
Masahiro Kikuno, a Japanese independent watchmaker, made a single piece [1] of a wristwatch design that displays wadokei time for a contest. I wonder if he used a similarly shaped gear, and can only imagine his piece (made in 2011) was inspired by the 2004 reverse-engineering of this clock.

[1] https://www.masahirokikuno.jp/watches/temporal-hour-watch/

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There was a documentary that showed Masahiro-san making this exact watch. I’m having trouble finding it right now, but it’s fascinating.
Thanks for the link, that's a dazzling mechanism shown in the video. Makes me want to whip up a web version :)