Emma Grady discovered the making of the first biodegradable watch on TreeHugger! How are these watches composed? These watches are similar to the material of the bands you receive at concerts; the fine paper material. Altanus Patch Timepiece has created the first biodegradable paper watch.
The 11 gram (.3 oz) watches will definitely be the trend of the season. Each watch is unique in design and offered in neon colors of your choice. It's hard to imagine after viewing pictures of these watches how any two are alike! Yes, these watches are paper, but don't worry, they are waterproof!
After seeing these watches, I wondered how these watches function by being composed of paper. So, I went on a greater search to find the answer. I went on Altanus website to see if they had any information as to how these watches work. The website is all in french, so i went on a further search to see how everything is done.
What I found was that it uses a LED display and the watch is protected with a waterproof and tear coating. The design was influenced by papier-mâché floats at the annual carnival festival in Viareggio, Tuscandy. To create these fashion watches, it took four years of research and development.
Currently, these watches are sold in England, but it won't be long until they will soon be seen in the United States. To purchase one of these watches, it will cost you $33.50 in American currency. What cooler way to show off the latest eco friendly fashion trend than to support Altanus Patch Watch?
This is amazing, this biodegradable paper watches will actually be safer for the environment. they don't even weigh as much either. So it doesn't have any metal like materials in it. Nice job on the blog!!!
ReplyDeletegreat blog allison. this is an awesome idea. when i heard people talking about it, i thought they would look weird, but they actually look pretty cool.
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