Keep your hands on the wheel: watches for drivers
OK, here's the scenario: you're carving your favorite stretch of road - Mulholland Drive, say - and you're driving, um, vigorously (but not illegally, of course), with both hands firmly grasping the wheel at ten o'clock and two o'clock. Suddenly, you realize you're supposed to meet your significant other at 4:00 p.m., but you've lost all track of time. You're far too busy driving to shift your view waaaay over there to your dashboard clock and you don't dare take your hand off the wheel so you can see your wristwatch, but you need to know what time it is - now! What will you do?Well, there are watches just for people like you in situations like this - drivers watches, like this LP Italy Stratosphere Competizione model. Yours for $2,195, the Competizione has a three-dimensional case that angles the watch so you can figure out how late you are without taking your hand off the wheel. (Those numbers are a bit tiny though, better make sure your vision is 20-20.)
The Stratosphere Competizione may even inspire your driving - it's the official time piece of the Risi Competizione American Le Mans team and its Ferrar F430GT.
[Source: Luxist via Into Gear] Thanks, Noah!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lithous 9:07PM (8/02/2006)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300012544050
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paulmon 9:55PM (8/02/2006)
This sounds great, accept for the 10&2 bit. 9&3 people, 9&3.
Paul
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Stoneman 10:00PM (8/02/2006)
Any fool who pays $2G for this ugly watch and not use their car's computer time display is not only a fool, but
a unfashionable buffoon.
Stoneman
http://www.stonemanautoreview.com
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chewy 10:05PM (8/02/2006)
VW solved this "problem" by placing the clock below the guates.
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ChuckMoe 10:06PM (8/02/2006)
My hands are at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock so I still wouldn't be able to see it...;)
10 o'clock and 2 o'clock is soooooo yesterday man.
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robotrock 10:19PM (8/02/2006)
That's what Panerais are for.
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Robbie 10:54PM (8/02/2006)
This watch is way to expensive. I do like the concept however, anything that can imporve driving safety I am a big fan of.
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Richard Warren 11:28AM (8/03/2006)
Cool, think this expensive, try a Rolex. If you can afford it the price really does not matter, or are you jealous when you talk about the price you can't afford it?
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Steve 1:30AM (8/04/2006)
for 2 grand you could make a heads up display like robocop.
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