[pratt]

with north korea rattling their sabres, or i guess their bayonets, about nuking us (good try on that one with their rockets that tend to blow up on the pads) it got me wondering about that one errant missile that might make it to our shores. what might be the effect on a mechanical watch if the bomb is far enough away from ground zero yet close enough to rain low level radiation upon said watch? will the radiation create some bizarro magnetic anomoly that will cause a mechanical watch to do bizarro things? any other effects? of course this scenario assumes said watch is nowhere close to ground zero--we know what will happen then.

on the off chance north korea pulls off an amazing upset--the upset of century would likely be an understatement--and takes over our country are there any north korean watches we should be looking out for? with the embargo on luxury goods i suspect the north koreans will clean out rolex stores and the only thing left will be north korean watches.

just to make sure the above is read in the correct frame of mind....:wink::wink:

 

[CometHunter]

Most of us live rather close to viable target areas, so I don't see us being around long enough for that to be a concern. But for those surviving your theoretical apocalyptic catastrophe, the trusty mechanical watch will be one of the (relativly) happy survivors. The radiation from the nuclear fallout you're thinking of would only affect living organic materials and tissue.

HANDOK watches are Korean made, but I don't know where the factory is located.

 

[Aquaaiea]

Soon Handok will claim "best Lume in the World".

 

[Grumpyguy]

I wonder if an EMP would fry quartz watches. If NK would do anything, an EMP would be the easiest that would cause the most distress.

 

[CometHunter]

An electro-magnetic pulse will fry a quartz watch without any problem whatsoever.
It would be just like you see in the movies, but without all those ridiculous f/x sparks.

 

[ulackfocus]

I wonder if an EMP would fry quartz watches.

An electro-magnetic pulse will fry a quartz watch without any problem whatsoever.

:sneaky2:

 

[Grumpyguy]

:sneaky2:

So is this your sly way of saying one should buy mechanical watches ; )

 

[ulackfocus]

So is this your sly way of saying one should buy mechanical watches ; )

Either that or I'm saying I'm buying an EMP generator and driving by the ShopNBC warehouse. :001_tongue:

 

[Enzo Temko]

If somebody busts an EMP bomb over Seattle I won't really need a watch because, for me, it will always be 'Miller Time.'

 

[pratt]

enzo--yeah, it would definitely be miller time if north korea did manage to slip one through. we have heard of rats and roaches surviving but what about that pink christmas tree of yours? i googled nuke proof watches and found a few russian watches at the bay. i wonder if the workmen at chernobyl were issued those watches?

 

[CometHunter]

Either that or I'm saying I'm buying an EMP generator and driving by the ShopNBC warehouse. :001_tongue:

I'll get you the contact information on Steven Soderbergh. You might be able to borrow the one he used in Clooney's movie OCEANS ELEVEN. :laugh:

 

[Enzo Temko]

enzo--yeah, it would definitely be miller time if north korea did manage to slip one through. we have heard of rats and roaches surviving but what about that pink christmas tree of yours? i googled nuke proof watches and found a few russian watches at the bay. i wonder if the workmen at chernobyl were issued those watches?

Pratt my man, the pink Christmas tree is guaranteed nuke-resistant. That is why I bought it.

 

[GETS]

I think you should all send your watches to me for....ermm...... safe keeping in the UK.

 

[pratt]

if the north koreans make it to michigan i bet they will meet up with ted nugent who will be packing one of these

 

[Enzo Temko]

I'd love to see the N. Koreans coming down the Muskegon River in Michigan. Ted would be out there with his bow going 'deliverance' on they a**.