NanoFiche discs are printed with a resolution of about 300,000 dots per inch. The most durable way we know to store information is to engrave it in rock, which is hardly easy to transport around. Most of the data storage devices and tools we rely on today will either degrade over time or simply become unreadable without special tools and technology. Some of you might have considered the interesting question of how to store data for the long term. For space travelers and scientists, NanoFiche is not just a cool thing to put on the back of timepieces, but rather a solution for long-term data storage.
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Printed as small coin-shape plates, NanoFiche happens to make for a great wristwatch caseback. It does so via a physical printing process in extremely high resolution, resulting in something known as NanoFiche. On the back of the Monolith will be a feature that is simply referred to as a Memory Disc, and according to Barrelhand, can store up to 4.5GB of data. The feature of the Monolith watch that has greatly captured my interest, and the impetus for me writing this piece ahead of the actual watch’s full reveal, is what Barrelhand sent to the moon and has decided to use for the caseback. Intuitive Machines integrated payloads from outdoor outfitter Columbia, artist Jeff Koons, and - you guessed it - Barrelhand. spacecraft to do so since 1972, and the first private moon landing ever. Intuitive Machines has built a lunar lander (IM-1) that is landed on the moon on Februthe first U.S.
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Barrelhand is not working directly with NASA but rather with a company called Intuitive Machines, a contractor working on NASA’s CLPS (commercial lunar payload services) project, whose goal is to develop methods and entities capable of moving cargo to and from the moon. It will, of course, be sold to civilians, but the goal is to have it meet the requirements of and perform as gear to be used by people in space. We’ll be sure to dive deeper into the specifics of the watch once it’s fully revealed, but only a single component is the focus of this article.īarrelhand isn’t just designing a watch with a nice story it’s working closely with companies that are actually involved in the space program. The automatic mechanical movement inside the Monolith will be known as the M1 and is built using a Swiss Sellita SW300 automatic base. To accomplish this, Barrelhand has developed a movement with non-magnetic parts and created a case with various shielding properties (including a sapphire crystal designed to be shock-resistant in how it is installed). The general claim is that to be adequate for use in space by astronauts, a watch needs to be resistant to micro-gravity environments, a total absence of pressure, solar and space-based radiation, and very low and very high temperatures. (EVA stands for extra-vehicular activity, which is any time an astronaut is performing a task outside a vehicle in a spacesuit.) One of the coolest features of the Monolith watch case is a new crown system that Barrelhand refers to as “Air-Lock,” an always-sealed crown that provides a good deal more protection than your typical screw-down crown.
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The Barrelhand Monolith watch is, first and foremost, designed to be used by astronauts as an EVA tool. Barrelhand isn’t quite ready to show off the entire Monolith watch design (notably, the dial is still a mystery), but the list of intended features is impressive, including environmental resistance for use in outer space, as well as a construction concept that takes into consideration a future when spare parts for tools will be 3D-printed on the spot.
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There is a lot of excitement around the long-developed Monolith, which is designed using 3D-printed elements as a mechanical watch for astronauts. California-based watchmaker Barrelhand will soon release its second model with the Monolith timepiece, a debut that is scheduled to occur later in 2024.