Apropos of absolutely nothing

[delrick]

Surfing the 'net for watch designs for Delrick (which is hard work, because a) most players expect watches to have certain functions, like both an hour hand and a minute hand (the minute hand only came along after about the middle of the 17th century), so I make a reasoned concession to keeping to period tech here, and b) modern mechanical watches (a "mature" technology which is experiencing no major changes) are way too advanced.)... I came across the concept of a "musical mechanical watch", which is basically a watch combined with a small music box. This style of watch was used, I find, as a plot device in one of the great spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone "For a Few Dollars More" (Italian: Per qualche dollaro in più). Ennio Morricone's theme music is INCREDIBLE, btw.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHH5D7XMpt8

So now, damnit, I finally have a reason to subscribe to Netflix, because this is the ONE movie from the "Dollars Trilogy" I don't remember seeing. Also, a friend says I need to check out the Kurosawa samurai epic it's based on.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_cinema#Sanjuro.2FThe_Ronin_with_No_Name