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For those that enough $ to wipe themselves with...a 275k cellphone

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  1. MNGambler MNGambler is offline

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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:10pm)

    <span></span><span>If you won't be in Switzerland next week for the Baselworld watch fair for the world's first public viewing, don't worry, The Watchismo Times has an exclusive sneak peek of this über-gadget, the CELSIUS X VI II micro-mechanical tourbillon cell phone!

    </span><span>Celsius is a French company founded in 2006 by four young entrepreneurs. In March 2010, after three years of research and development with icons like Richard Mille and controversial movement maker "Confrerie Horlogere Hublot" (formerly BNB Concept), Celsius X VI II are launching a range of high-end micromechanical phones featuring some exceptional patented mechanical complications.

    </span><span>The first creation, a cell phone merged with a tourbillion watch featuring a patented Remontage Papillon mechanism, heralds a new generation of objects with high emotional value. CELSIUS X VI II reinvents micro-mechanical applications to humanize the future of communication: pushing the boundaries of established watchmaking, each creation will be a significant step towards the dream of a completely mechanical mobile phone: a phone in which every function will operate mechanically, solely through human energy.

    </span><span>Celsius X VI II has developed its first papillon item as an accessory for the contemporary aesthete. The successive design sketches reveal a quest for perfect elegant - skilfully contoured lines, fine materials and subtle details - through a functionalist approach, beauty without excess. The quality of the manufacture hints at a fine watchmaking influence. The pieces of the case are of the best workmanship, and most of the roughly 547 mechanical components are hand-finished. The aesthetic design plays with transparency to reveal the magic of the technology, to an even greater extent than would be allowed by the butterfly design alone.

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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:13pm) in reply to MNGambler

    imo

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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:15pm) in reply to Garciathegr8

    The phone has no battery?
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:16pm) in reply to MNGambler

    o/u on # of those sold at that watch fair?

    I would say 2.5
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:18pm) in reply to MNGambler

    looks like a shitty phone.
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:19pm) in reply to shlackass

    im confused.. someone took a watch and put it on a cell phone and this is sweet? or is it that we went back 100 years years and replaced batteries and microprocessors for wheels and pully system? do you then download the hamster on a wheel app to make your phone go faster? so many questions
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:20pm) in reply to TheFirm53

     
    Originally Posted by TheFirm53 View Post

    The phone has no battery?

    this one does I believe, but the goal of the "group" that created it, is an entirely mechanical based cellphone, similar to an automatic/mechanical watch. Not sure how this would ever be possible but someone with deep pockets has to be funding the "project"
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:21pm) in reply to MNGambler

    That's exactly the kind of cell phone I should have had when I was with my ex-girlfriend. Looks perfect for throwing across rooms and into walls.
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:30pm) in reply to shlackass

     
    Originally Posted by shlackass View Post

    o/u on # of those sold at that watch fair?

    I would say 2.5

    assuming they made more than this one, and that they are for sale I would easily take the over, Baselworld is full of multi-millionaires who drop six figures on a watch without blinking an eye, therefore a six fig. cellphone would prob. be right in line with the way some of these guys spend there money..mbn
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:43pm) in reply to MNGambler

    if that phone was available at verizon for 25 bucks i still wouldn't buy it. smartphones are so much better. i mean, where's the touchscreen? or the apps? does it even have an mp3 player? web browsing would be terrible on that thing. looks like a phone from 2000. major fail by that dumb company
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:45pm) in reply to MNGambler

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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 6:51pm) in reply to MNGambler

    I read the title 6 times then I killed a kitten
     
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    Mar 18th, 2010 (3/18/2010 7:32pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

     
    Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde View Post

    I read the title 6 times then I killed a kitten

    cool story bro
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