Hinge_of_Fate
stranger
Reged: 04/11/04
Posts: 3
|
|
The Mickey Mouse watch that I remember was a mechanical watch. You wound it up. It ran by a spring. How is it possible that Robert Langdon was saved by the beeping of the alarm of his Mickey Mouse watch? The watch would have no battery, no electronics, and wouldn’t beep.
|
poia
The Modeleter
Reged: 01/25/04
Posts: 168
Loc: NJ
|
|
It could be a mistake on his part or not… First Mickey Mouse watch was introduced in 1933, in 1957 Hamilton introduces world’s first battery driven watch and in 1970 Pulsar is the first electronic digital watch. If one thinks that Langdon was 41 in 2003, then he turned 10 in 1972, when he could’ve gotten an electronic Mickey Mouse watch as a present. Then again, he never says the watch is mechanical or not… it’s waterproof and glow-in-the-dark… I’ll take a leap of faith and say the watch has an alarm… or else… how would he be saved later on in the book?  
--------------------
"OK, so what's the speed of dark?"S.W.
Edited by poia (04/18/04 07:17 AM)
|
Sephia
Supreme Goddess
Reged: 11/28/03
Posts: 876
Loc: MA, USA
|
|
I think the watch was mechanical. Was it an official Mickey Mouse watch, or just a watc with Mickey on it, though?
--------------------
"Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind
|
EdG
stranger
Reged: 02/12/04
Posts: 11
|
|
They did (and still do) have A Mickey Mouse watch that has an alarm and is glow in the dark ... it is also (to my knowledge) not licensed by Disney. It is made by Seiko, and here is it's info:
SEIKO Men's Mickey Mouse
ALARM
GLOW IN THE DARK
CHRONO-INSTANT DATE
Hardlex Crystal Thin Dress
1 1/2" dial Black lizard skin band
If you would like a picture, click here:
http://noveltywatches.com/seiko/sdw402.jpg
|
Sephia
Supreme Goddess
Reged: 11/28/03
Posts: 876
Loc: MA, USA
|
|
But wasn't Langdon's the one with Mickey's arms as the hands?
--------------------
"Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind
|
Jen
stranger
Reged: 06/15/04
Posts: 4
Loc: Irvine, California
|
|
Langdon's watch did have Mickey Mouse with arms as the hands. It was glow in the dark and waterproof. Check out chapter 96. Halfway through he sets his alarm to make "his final play".
|
illuminatusJAY
stranger
Reged: 05/11/05
Posts: 10
|
|
where on EARTH did you get that information?! i was browsing through the messages then i saw THAT!! how do you know all that stuff??
|
8549176320abc
enthusiast
Reged: 05/02/05
Posts: 219
Loc: UK
|
|
There is a watch at http://noveltywatches.com/mickey-mouse-watch.htm which seemas to fit:
Lorus Ref:RVS002
Lorus Mickey ALARM watch.
1.5 inch gold tone case.
view it here: http://noveltywatches.com/mickey/lorus/RVS002ba.jpg
--------------------
Governments offer us safety for our freedom. It is by seeing this safety as false that we are freed.
|
premkudva
stranger
Reged: 07/07/05
Posts: 6
|
|
I was wondering how in the heat and sound of that fire fighting in that church, that the fire chief could hear the beeping of the alarm from under the sacrophagus.
Also Vittoria seems to have rather sharp hearing, to hear Olivetti's mobile in vibrater mode.
But I loved the book, just finished it yesterday.
|
Sephia
Supreme Goddess
Reged: 11/28/03
Posts: 876
Loc: MA, USA
|
|
Actually, I can always hear my phone vibrate...it makes a distinctive....ummm.....vibrating sound.
--------------------
"Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it" ~Terry Goodkind
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit
Reply
Quote
[Re: 
