Christmas Surprise: Old Rolex watch for $ 66,100, - sold on Ebay
By Felix | Category General
Rolex Submariner Ref 5510
A senior Navy employee named Rob from the U.S. (eBay name: bobles85) has this year seen a nice Christmas surprise. An old Rolex Clock, which he wanted to sell for a few dollars to raise money for Christmas gifts, he has earned $ 66 100!
Kwajalein Atoll
In 1968, he has worked on the Kwajalien Atoll on a navy outpost and during that time, the Rolex Clock gegönngt. This he then wore every day for all 42 years, but decided earlier this decade, they put away. After he had almost forgotten about him a lot during the search for funding for Christmas again, and he put them on Ebay for $ 9.95 (!) A. He only became aware of the auction, when they surprised a few days later it was already over $ 30,000, which for him was also the time to research something in more detail.
James Bond Rolex Submariner
As it turned out, was the Clock identical to the model that James Bond in Dr. No, Goldfinger and Thunderball was wearing. In order for this Clock is something like the Holy Grahl for watch collectors, which manifested itself in the pleasingly high final sale price: it was $ 66,100! For the skeptics: Here is the link to the auction .
I think: Well done, now it would probably work out with the Christmas presents! 
Via: Crunchgear
Tags: Ebay , james bond , rolex , submariner
IPhone Application Watch
By Felix | Category General , virtual clocks
The Japanese are known for good, innovative and sometimes wacky design ideas. The new iPhone application number of the clocks Rhizomatiks Tokyo's designer combines these points. These programs are partially already in the AppStore, here's a small taste:
Here are some pictures of the applications, other applications for the iPhone watches are in progress.
Clock 01 ( AppStore link )
Clock 02 ( AppStore link )
Clock 03 ( AppStore link )
Clock 04 ( AppStore link )
Clock 05 ( AppStore link )
Clock 06 ( AppStore link )
Clock 07 ( AppStore link )
Clock 08 ( AppStore link )
Clock 09 (not yet published)
Source: rhizomatiks (via Creative Applications )
