The video of a new and recent model of the apple watch that has not been built by the company Tim Cook and that it has a unique peculiarity: the watch would be 100% mechanical and analog, but it would be built with parts from the firm’s old models.
Almost a year ago Apple presented the culmination of its evolution in this market with the Apple Watch Series 8. Anyone would think that there is not much to evolve with these technical specifications:
- Display: Retina LTPO OLED with up to 1,000 nits of brightness
- Processor: Apple So SiP, Wireless W3 Chip and Ultra Wideband U1.
- Storage: 32GB
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0
- Sensors: SpO2, Heart Rate, ECG, Accelerometer, High Dynamic Range Gyroscope, Altimeter, GPS/GNSS, Compass, Ambient Light and Temperature Sensor.
But a youtuber did something no one would expect: go in the exact opposite direction and create a totally retro Apple Watch that works mechanically. Achieving a rare mix of high-tech design, from junk parts, with vintage performance.
This mechanical Apple Watch is made of junk parts
In the complex and vast realm of YouTube, there is a content producer by the name of Jack Spiggle, who is more famous by his pseudonym of NanoRobotGeekwho is dedicated to putting together all kinds of impressive pieces of technology.
On his channel we see the result of his projects where, with immense creativity, he takes pieces of cutting-edge gadgets to assemble mechanical devices with great visual impact and that could be described as cyberpunk pieces.
The perfect example of this is his most recent video, where he has taken parts from old Apple Watch to create a new watch that works completely analog:
The project started with an old first-generation Apple Watch that didn’t work at all. Spiggle took the outer casing from there and found that these devices have ridiculously low battery life by today’s standards.
So thanks to this, he was able to buy a bunch of pre-owned watches on eBay to steal parts like their stainless steel chassis, sapphire crystal, buttons, and crown.
In the end, the result is more than impressive, since the mechanical Apple Watch works perfectly and preserves the original design of the first generation models.
It’s a model that Apple could sell if it wanted to.