August 30, 2003
A watch for the tinfoil hat brigade
Like a deflector shield protecting the Starship Enterprise from its enemies, a new watch promises to shield the body from "electronic pollution" from cell phones and other gadgets.List of credulous dupes follows:The Philip Stein Teslar watch contains a chip that works with the battery and coil to create a frequency that neutralizes the electromagnetic fields emanating from devices like cell phones, computers and radios, according to the company.
Celebrities like Madonna, Sharon Osbourne and Barbara Walters are fans of the timepiece, People magazine reported. Several players on the Oakland Raiders football team and a handful of elite track and field athletes training for the Olympics also wear the watch.From Wired, via Gizmodo (which opines: "The watch itself is pretty tacky-looking, too, so you're basically just paying a lot of money to get an ugly watch").
Posted by David on August 30, 2003 3:46 PM
If we use the same rigorous standards of proof required by the bioelectric-field crowd, can we assume that Oakland's dismal showing against the Cowboys this week was directly traceable to the Teslar watch?
Posted by: Watchful Babbler on August 30, 2003 4:00 PM
ELF Labs is the creator of the chip, Philip Stein produces the watches. Philip Stein only deals with the expensive versions of the Teslar watch. ELF Labs has its own collection of more affordable and attractive watches. You will find a catalog and information at: http://wimerdistributing.com Check it out!
Posted by: Deb on October 5, 2003 11:01 PM
I really would like a watch and would like to know how much the the small case diamond watch is.
Posted by: Donna Dellinger on January 13, 2004 5:00 AM
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