Invents Wrist Watch Camera (Jul, 1939)
Filed under: Ahead of its time, Origins, Photography — @ 8:41 am
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1939
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1939
Buy on Ebay
Invents Wrist Watch Camera
A WRIST watch camera is the brain child of Jujiro Ichiki, Japanese inventor. It takes real pictures, making 36 exposures with one loading, and is equipped with an f .4.5 lens. The focusing scale graduates from one foot to infinity. What a wonderful device this would be for a spy!
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Pingback by TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Gadgets of the Past — June 22, 2006 @ 10:50 pm
What a fascinating device! I wonder if anyone used it for spying purposes? It seems hard to fit a photo camera into a wrist watch even nowadays.
Comment by Svetoslav — May 26, 2008 @ 12:13 pm