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Osama Bin Laden's Brother Invents Must-Have Tourbillion Watch For Pilots [Photo]
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| Fri Jan 23 2009
| Gizmodo
Posted on 01/23/2009 11:00:15 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
Osama and his half-brother
Yeslam have two very different professions. One is the world's most notorious terrorist and the other is a pilot that makes fancy watches like those in his new "Aviator" line.
First off, Yeslam has lived in Switzerland since the 80's and has openly condemned the acts of his brother. His company sells perfume and other fashion accessories, but this particular line of tourbillion watches was apparently inspired by the death of his father in a plane crash. Should the electronic instruments break down in an aircraft, the pilot can determine true airspeed without calculations and estimate the duration of the flight before takeoff. A watch in the Aviator line is expected to cost between 9,472 and $24,430 depending on the value of the metals used. [Yeslam via Luxurylaunches via Luxury Watches]
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: binladen; binladenfamily; gadget; oama; tourbillon; watch; yeslam; yeslambinladen
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:06:04 PM PST
by
4rcane
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:15:18 PM PST
by
Wil H
(No Accomplishments, No Experience, No Resume No Records, No References, Nobama..)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Pretty cool looking watch, I wonder if it says “Time for Jihad!” inscribed on it somewhere... Really, though, is there still really a market for watches? Most folks just flip their cell phone open.
To: kittycatonline.com
It’s a pilot’s watch, for use in case the onboard navigational electronics fail...
To: kittycatonline.com
Nuclear watches that get their time through radio signals.
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:30:41 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(Got eyes on my Jessica Rabbit.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Article appears to suggest that brother works for the company and helps in the design. Doesn’t say he is clock engineer. Of course he has to condemn his brother and hide his identity in order to work in Switzerland.
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:31:45 PM PST
by
Steelfish
(Our Winning Video)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Article appears to suggest that brother works for the company and helps in the design. Doesn’t say he is clock engineer. Of course he has to condemn his brother and hide his identity in order to work in Switzerland.
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:31:55 PM PST
by
Steelfish
(Our Winning Video)
To: kittycatonline.com
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:32:49 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(Got eyes on my Jessica Rabbit.)
To: Steelfish
Article says he owns the company, unless I am reading it wrong.
To: wastedyears
Nevermind, I didnt remember correctly.
http://www.oceanus-us.com/index.php?fuseaction=features.atomic
These watches receive signals from the atomic transmitter in Colorado. Theyre recharged from solar rays.
I own the much cheaper, Casio-branded version ($130 with titanium band; $90 without, if memory serves (2004)). Works as advertised.
The Japs have forgotten more about horology than the Swiss know.
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:41:30 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: cynwoody
What model? Is it both atomic and solar powered?
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posted on
01/23/2009 11:43:40 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(Got eyes on my Jessica Rabbit.)
To: wastedyears
To: cynwoody; wastedyears
To: wastedyears
What model? Is it both atomic and solar powered? Waveceptor WVA-510TA. The watch face is a solar cell, which is able to provide the watch with all the power it needs, provided you leave it on a window sill once in a while. Every morning, at 00:00, 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, and 04:00, it tunes in to WWVB on 60khz in Fort Collins and sets itself. My watch reports that it last reset itself as of 02:03, which indicates good reception (it takes 60 seconds for WWVB to send the time, and the watch listens three times). Bad reception would be 02:06 (or yesterday, if the sunspots are acting up badly I'm in Massachusetts).
When you travel, you don't reset the time on landing. You reset the zone offset, and the hands move rapidly to reflect the new time.
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posted on
01/24/2009 12:01:25 AM PST
by
cynwoody
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Pretty cool; however, I’m glad I didn’t buy one just before retirement. (I seldom wear it, and have to go looking for it when I need a watch!)
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posted on
01/24/2009 2:29:18 AM PST
by
Does so
(This is a good time for PATCO to go on strike.)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Tourbillion watches are the current rage for the high end makers. Lots of the internal movement is prettied up and exposed.
I believe the Breitling Navitimer design which has been around since the 1950's does the samething. You can use it as a basic navigation computer, and includes a circular slide rule for the calculations a flight plan requires. I think its a nicer looking watch as well.
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posted on
01/24/2009 3:46:36 AM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
Its a pilots watch, for use in case the onboard navigational electronics failI have a portable GPS, watch not needed.
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posted on
01/24/2009 4:15:58 AM PST
by
MrPiper
To: kittycatonline.com
I can’t leave the house without a wrist watch on I work for my self time is money so I look at it often strange
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posted on
01/24/2009 6:34:58 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi mom. I love sarcasim)
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