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July
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2009

Silverlight Vacheron Constantin Watch...

Vacheron Constantin Mercator This morning I ran across an article about some watches and there is one that caught my attention. It is a Vacheron Constatin Mercator America and it is a beautifaul watch. A bit pricey, but if I ever have $47.500 that I don't need, maybe I'll get it some day.

The hands of the clock represent what are called nautical dividers and are used by navigational officers to quickly determine distance on a maritime chart.

You can see the watch here and a detailed article here.

In the meantime, I could only think that the display was quite interesting, and having a maritime background, I loved the concept and originality of its design.

I have added a "seconds" counter that moves along the bottom edge of the numbers as well. This was a relatively easy experiment as one can tell by the code...

ArmHour.xaml.cs code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace silverlight_clock_vacheron
{
	public partial class ArmHour : UserControl
	{
		private RotateTransform rotateTransform = new RotateTransform();

public ArmHour()
		{
			InitializeComponent();

//Moves the canvas down and left
			TranslateTransform translateTransform = new TranslateTransform();
			translateTransform.X = 190;
			translateTransform.Y = 89;
			this.RenderTransform = translateTransform;
		}

internal double setAngle(DateTime _now){

int _hour = _now.Hour;
			int _minute = _now.Minute;

if (_hour == 12)
			{
				_hour = 0;
			}
			else if (_hour > 12)
			{
				_hour -= 12;
			}
			
			//calculate fraction
			double hourFull = (double)_hour * (45.00 / 12.00);
			double hourFraction = (double)_minute * (3.75 / 60);

this.rotateTransform.Angle = hourFull + hourFraction;

this.ImageArmHour.RenderTransform = rotateTransform;

return this.rotateTransform.Angle;
		}
	}
}

ArmMinute.xaml.cs code

namespace silverlight_clock_vacheron
{
	public partial class ArmMinute : UserControl
	{
		private RotateTransform rotateTransform = new RotateTransform();

public ArmMinute()
		{
			InitializeComponent();

internal double setAngle(DateTime _now)
		{
			int _minute			= _now.Minute;
			int _seconds		= _now.Second;

//calculate fraction
			double minuteFull	= (double)	_minute * (-45.00 / 60.00);
			double minuteFraction= (double)_seconds * ((3.75/5.00) / 60.00);

this.rotateTransform.Angle = minuteFull-minuteFraction;
			this.ImageArmMinute.RenderTransform = rotateTransform;

return this.rotateTransform.Angle;
		}
	}
}

ArmSecond.xaml.cs code

namespace silverlight_clock_vacheron
{
	public partial class ArmSecond : UserControl
	{
		private RotateTransform rotateTransform = new RotateTransform();

public ArmSecond()
		{
			InitializeComponent();

internal double setAngle(DateTime _now)
		{
			int _seconds = _now.Second;
			int _milliseconds = _now.Millisecond;

//calculate fraction
			double secondFull	= (double)_seconds*(-45.00/60.00);
			double secondFraction= ((double)_milliseconds/1000.00)*(3.75/5.00);

this.rotateTransform.Angle = secondFull - secondFraction;
			this.ImageArmSecond.RenderTransform = rotateTransform;

return this.rotateTransform.Angle;
		}
	}
}

Enjoy!

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