I don't like the sound of "approximately 10 minute batches". $12k and it might not actually be quite 10 minutes.
So who wants an hourglass? Marc Newsom and Hodinkee now have one on offer - not just any hourglass of course; this one is filled with nanoballs!!!
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ma...n-for-hodinkee
10 minutes for JUST $12,000. Oh, but hurry, only 100 will be made.
I don't like the sound of "approximately 10 minute batches". $12k and it might not actually be quite 10 minutes.
Me first!
I think I'd rather buy myself a nice chronograph wrist watch for that price! Plus I'm sure the sound of the ball bearings would p*ss me off before the 10 minutes were up!
You'd think they would have thrown 4 more in to round it up - 1,249,996
It's actually quite splendid. I'd be quite happy spending ten minutes watching that.
Looks like a load of balls to me.
F.T.F.A.
For that money I don't want approximately 1.3 million balls. I want someone to have personally counted them and counted them again, then timed them falling through a precise aperture and made the necessary modifications to make the last ball fall through bang on the ten minute mark.
In all seriousness, listening to Newsom describe the piece was cringeworthy.
I use nano balls to clean my decanters. £5.99
Oops! <SMASH>
I was on the verge of ordering one until I found out that the balls are only copper-plated. I've had enough problems with plated, base metal cases in the past so I'm out.
It does nicely illustrate the socio-economic slice that Hodinkee are aiming at, cash rich, time poor and hopefully not too bright.
Call me a (science/engineering geek) pedant, but ......inside are approximately 1,249,996 little spheres called "nanoballs." Each nanoball is just 0.6mm in diameter
...0.6mm is not nano-scale.
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its all very well until my cat decides to push it off the table
$12000? They've got some balls!
Sorry.
It did prompt me to find a sandtimer on eBay for 18 whole pounds.
Not sure that was what hoodwinking were aiming for though.
How the hell do you service it?
EDIT- sorry, I forgot they never service anything...
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Would a NATO fit?
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Does it come with stickers and tags?