[chowmanfu]

Have you bought a watch out of love for Science Fiction? I have! I spent a lot!

I have loved Frank Herbert's Dune since high school. I learned many truths about the world through Herbert. I bought the Sinn U1 - Desert because of my love for Science Fiction. Here is my Dune with custom straps.

 

[Orex]

"Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty."

 

[chowmanfu]

Darn. No quoted author. Or is Orex?

 

[Orex]

From Dune chronicles quotes. Author is Frank Herbert, obviously.

 

[whoischich]

The best truth he ever wrote was the litany of fear:

"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

 

[cuthbert]

Bg fan of sci-fi..usually watches are not heavily advertised besides in the 70s/80s in movies like the original Alien and Aliens.

At that time the stylists had a more creative approach and the film makers were trying to fill every details of a frame with something vero-simile, so in Alien they wrapped up two Casios to make the futuristic wristwatches of the Nostrom crew:



In Aliens of course we have those:

 

[ffritz]

Have you bought a watch out of love for Science Fiction?

Well, sort of. I wanted something that carried some Star Wars spirit (in my opinion), so I got the parts for a Parnis 44mm pilot watch and modified the dial with a genuine slice of meteorite iron. In addition, I brushed the middle of the strap to match the black / steel colors of case and dial.

 

[chowmanfu]

Damn. I work too much. Thank you Orex. I wish I could sit back and read. I work too damn much. I have to buy watches that remind me of fiction. Watches make me happy.

 

[chowmanfu]

The litany of fear changed my life. I understood what who animals were at 17. I am in to watches because I look for creativity. I have learned mental mathematics because computers are poor.

 

[chowmanfu]

Seek freedom and be captive of desire... discipline and liberty. That is Martin Luther, himself, through Mr. Herbert. Thank you!

 

[chowmanfu]

ffritz,

Yo! How did you get meteorite? And does your name come from Wizards by Ralph Bakshi? Your watch is dope!

 

[cuthbert]

BTW, of course I bought the Seiko Ripley in black PVD, out of love for the movie and my passion for Italian cars:

https://www.watchuseek.com/f304/sei...creaming-while-resizing-bracelet-3087418.html

And I'm seriously considering this:

https://www.watchuseek.com/f296/what-i-wanted-years-ca53w-back-future-644624.html

The moral of the fable is that you can't get out alive from the 80s.

 

[chowmanfu]

I was born in the 80's. I can't leave. That was Science Fiction's last stand. Defeated by the Dark Side of Star Wars, it was. Star Trek: New Gen held on for a while. All I had, though, was literature to keep my mind going. Dune.

 

[Zweig]

Hamilton ODC X-02.

Watchismo Times: 2009 - Yet Another Space Odyssey - The Hamilton ODC X-02

Stanley Kubrick wore two watches, and was *also* responsible for the digital watch! – Us Vs Th3m

 

[ffritz]

ffritz,

Yo! How did you get meteorite?

ebay, search "meteorite round dial" or "meteorite disc". :-!

And does your name come from Wizards by Ralph Bakshi?

Nah, Fritz is just my last name, plain and simple.. Not too uncommon in Germany. ;-)

 

[watchcrank_tx]

Have you bought a watch out of love for Science Fiction? I have! I spent a lot!

Yes, I did. Only spent $5 though:

 

[gangrel]

For that Sinn, you need a true Dune strap.

Color: well, the color of melange is kinda up in the air. I think burnt orange; checking, another description is dark reddish brown.
Texture: THIS is the key. Lizard probably gives the kind of texture I'd associate with sandworms, while also possibly being available in the right color. Red-brown python would be cool, but I've never seen anything close.

But that's cool...I like that you found something that hits some good notes for a good sci-fi watch, rather than going some tawdry marketing tie-in. I don't have such a piece, but if I ever choose to go with a custom dial, sci-fi or fantasy themes would be one option. I've never really seen something that triggered the connection as you found with the Sinn, in a standard release.

 

[wwarren]

I'd like to get the Hamilton 'Muurph' watch from Interstellar

 

[brrrdn]

Does this count?

 

[NightOwl]

Not yet. I've been waiting for someone to make a watch worthy of this movie character

There's always next year at basel to see if a watch with an atomic bomb suicide device and and wrist blade is introduced.