Mr. Jones Watches has introduced the Tom Middleton BPM Watch – a watch created with DJ’s in mind.
Says Tom Middleton – “A top DJ should to be aware of the speed of each piece of music in his library. I thought it would be useful for DJ’s to have a simple graphic solution to calculating BPM’s built in to the watch itself.”
Here’s how it works:
To calculate the bpm of a track: wait until the seconds hand aligns at 9, 12 and 3 on the watch (denoted by a full white circle) and start counting the quarter notes/beats as you’re listening to the music.
You’ll see the white circles gradually filling up with red and blue, stop counting when the white circle appears again. Multiply the count by four and you have the bpm.On the rear of the watch are some basic bpm ranges for a selection of current dance music genres.
Got that?
The Tom Middleton BPM watch retails for £145 (about $199 / €165).
The watch is available in an edition of 100 pieces, each watch numbered on the caseback and comes with an insert card signed by both Tom Middleton and Crispin Jones.
Specifications:
- Case: Stainless steel
- Strap: White leather with white stitching
- Width (3 o’clock to 9 o’clock): 37mm
- Height (from lug to lug): 46mm
- Mechanism: Single jewel quartz mechanism
- Waterproof: 5ATM
- Guarantee: 12 months
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yep…….whatttt???? It looks neat at least.
It looks overpriced and expensive to me. At the time the first quarter has passed I've already tapped in a beat using a control surface after which my DAW will tell me the exact bpm.
It looks overpriced and expensive to me. At the time the first quarter has passed I've already tapped in a beat using a control surface after which my DAW will tell me the exact bpm.
It looks overpriced and expensive to me. At the time the first quarter has passed I've already tapped in a beat using a control surface after which my DAW will tell me the exact bpm.
It looks overpriced and expensive to me. At the time the first quarter has passed I've already tapped in a beat using a control surface after which my DAW will tell me the exact bpm.
It looks overpriced and expensive to me. At the time the first quarter has passed I've already tapped in a beat using a control surface after which my DAW will tell me the exact bpm.
It looks overpriced and expensive to me. At the time the first quarter has passed I've already tapped in a beat using a control surface after which my DAW will tell me the exact bpm.
So let me get this straight… you count the number of beats in 15 seconds and multiply by four? Why do you need this watch to do that?