The Antikythera machine and HUBLOT watches

[The man in the mountainParticipant 4102]

Hublot my favorite brand of luxury watches making their own wrist watch version of the complex machine found underwater.

It brought a tear to my eye to see the old and new merge by the expert eyes of other watchmakers like myself.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

That was really fascinating—the time work and effort that had to go into the original is astonishing.

I know you’ll appreciate this fact: Prior to the development of the steam engine the two most complex machines developed by men were the clock—and the pipe organ.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Stealthy—is that not the coolest thing you have ever seen come out of the ancient world? I’m blown away! (You’re right no bitch had a hand it this—the guy who designed it was probably a hermit mathematician. I drink a cold one to his lost name)

[The man in the mountainParticipant 4102]

PistolPete wrote:

Stealthy—is that not the coolest thing you have ever seen come out of the ancient world? I’m blown away! (You’re right no bitch had a hand it this—the guy who designed it was probably a hermit mathematician. I drink a cold one to his lost name)

some people say it was it was plato or archimedes, we will never know, but i vote for whoever had the longest of beards, the amount of strokes it would take for a man to envision such a complex system is godlike.

The ancients have a lot to teach us, from their writings to the passed down legends and wisdom, i love history so much, because i humble myself to know i was born into this world to enjoy it.

Lord Buddha says pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

[RusskyParticipant 13503]

I bet women invented it. Because they’re better at everything

proud carrier of the 'why?' chromosome

[sidecarParticipant 35837]

The man in the mountain wrote:

some people say it was it was plato or archimedes, we will never know,

The months on the dials were written using the Corinth spelling. Syracuse was a Corinthian colony, and spelled their months the same. Archimedes lived in Syracuse.

However Archimedes and the Antikythera Mechanism itself were not as unique as we might think. Apart from Archimedes there was Heron, Philo, Tesibius, and so on. Archimedes was merely specifically mentioned by the Romans in surviving documents, basically in saying: “It was probably a mistake killing that guy.” The ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, and especially the Indians (who were light years ahead of everyone else for pure calculation) were far more mathematically and mechanically advanced than most of Europe until about the 17th century. The Chinese were also fairly advanced, but they never went anywhere with it.

Other Roman documents mention all sorts of Greek machinery like the Antikythera Mechanism. Several Roman noble houses boasted of possessing similar devices as curiosities taken as plunder from Rhodes and other Greek cities. For the longest time these claims were considered fanciful until the mechanism itself was discovered. It’s fairly clear the Greeks and other so-called “barbarians” were up to all sorts of clever things. Oddly enough the Antikythera Mechanism uses Greek writing but its astronomical mathematics are Babylonian.

Unfortunately, Rome didn’t have much use for such esoterica, and so most of that ancient engineering knowledge was lost. It was easier for the Romans to throw slaves at a problem than to calculate any elegant solution. Abstract knowledge for its own sake was a foreign concept to most Romans, especially the ones in power. There are even fewer significant Roman mathematicians than there are female mathematicians.

[Anonymous 5]

Superb.
What a terrific MGTOW day video!
Thanks for sharing.

[thisistheguy123Participant 2063]

Cool video!

I respect Hublot watches, but am a Rolex man myself.

[The man in the mountainParticipant 4102]

thisistheguy123 wrote:

Cool video!

I respect Hublot watches, but am a Rolex man myself.

Rolex used to be a symbol of distinction, now days it’s mass produced and is considered the middle guy’s watch, i had 2 rolexes and sold them because i found it outrageous that i had to go through so much work to get parts or replacements when i needed them.

Another thing to keep in mind is that companies only need to meet a certain percentage to be able to put “swiss made” stamp on their watches, so about 50-60 percent might be Swiss made, sometimes it’s less and we don’t know it as costumers.

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