bruce wegmann wrote:Dennis' abortive "updated" LED watch project was called the "Inverta". The gimmick was a reversible display, so you could show someone else the time without twisting your arm around. He supposedly spent a lot of money on the development, but, as far as I know, nothing beyond a single prototype ever came of it (and I'm not certain about even the prototype; there are digital renderings, but nothing I'm certain is actually a photograph). The price tag was nonsense ($500), and the whole thing died a noisy death after a year went by with no takers. I called it the "swimming pool watch", because of the shape of the crystal (it was, in short, an ugly watch). He made a big deal about knowing, and being good friends with, Jean Wuischpard (brilliant designer of most, if not all, of the Pulsar product line). I never understood why, if that was true, he didn't have Jean design a new Pulsar watch for him? Even I would have bought one of those...it would have had legitimate ties to the rest of the Time Computer models. (In passing, I note; Jean's name was never mentioned on the 12:08 site until AFTER his death...I have no idea why.)
To add Information, I agree that the watch shape is a bit strange and I did not like it when I saw it on the oldpulsars Website. That totally changed when I visited Dennis twice in Florida. I saw original samples with different Display Colours. The quality and the whole appearance of these samples are stunning! I have an Inverta bracelet here in my stock and even a module to play with. I would love to give the project a kick so that Dennis could finally sell these watches, but we have different opinions on a few issues. It´s nothing special, just imagine you are a great marketing guy (and Dennis is for sure an expert here) and then you have a stupid developer who says no, change this, do that and so the project sometimes cannot be finished.
bruce wegmann wrote:The biggest failing in modern designs is the LED display itself...the dot-segment displays were unique to the 1970's, and without them, no matter how elegant the design of the watch, it just doesn't "look right".
There´s nothing to add, I have exactly the same opinion!