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| Vakery Ganesh, Geneva Watch Works, Udupi |
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Transparent clock: this new design in clock making has been patented by Vakery Ganesh, an employee of the Geneva Watch Works, Udupi.
This completely transparent and empty clock has just the 2 hands visible outside. It would thus be able show different times on its 2 faces.
Another record of sorts is its ability to reduce its thickness up to 5 mm or even 2 mm. Since the face is transparent and thin, the machinery is hidden in the round frame.
Even the Japanese watch company Seiko, which had brought out the automatic day-date watches in 1986, praised his effort. Son of late Vakeri Madhavan, he is working in the company being run by his elder brother Lohitakshan in Udupi.
The transparent clock
Courtesy: Sree, Malayala Manorama, March 17, 2002
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