Archive for the ‘Watches’ Category
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Luxury Space Invaders & PacMan Watches
Swiss watch brand, Romain Jerome has done it again – a super nerdy watch for super cool nerds features characters from the popular video game, Pac Man and another design featuring Space Invaders. The watch features Swiss automatic Concepto movement and only 20 pieces will be released to select Romain Jerome retailers for a pretty penny (about $18,000 worth of pretty pennies, to be exact).
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Instawatch: A Watch Face That Displays Your Latest Instagram
Just when we thought the world could not be more obsessed with Instagram, the InstaWATCH comes out and blows our minds! Luckily, we love instagram and all the wonderful products that support the sharing of instagram images. Designed by May 28th, the InstaWATCH does exactly what you think it does – the face of the watch changes at your command to reveal an uploaded photo. Now, ...
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Slick Watch Design From The Maker of The DelLorean
Romain Jerome and DelLorean automobiles have come together to produce a watch that matches up with the style and spunk of the time travelling car. DeLorean-DNA attempts to stay as close as possible to the car’s aesthetics. Brushed stainless steel gives it a bit likeliness to the color of the famous car, while extensive use of same materials as used in the original bodywork of DeLorean ...
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Watch Made With Pieces Of The HMS Victory, $20,000
If you’re after a luxury watch with British origins, you don’t have all that many to choose from but, fortunately, the Brits have got one of the best in the business on their books in the shape of Bremont watches. And one area in particular in which Bremont are market leaders is in terms of their limited edition timepieces – such as the incredible HMS Victory ...
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The $20,000 Usain Bolt Watch From Hublot
Hublot King Power – Price £17,000 ($26,000) Approx. Having just covered himself in glory at the recently concluded London Olympics, Usain Bolt solidified his position as the golden boy of Athletics – literally and metaphorically. As such, it stands to reason that luxury brands are falling over themselves to get Usain Bolt on board and few have done it better than luxury Swiss watchmaker, Hublot. Their ...
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Luxury Watch Made From Fragments Of The Statue Of Liberty
Swiss luxury watch company RJ-Romain Jerome, has unveiled the Liberty-DNA watch to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. Fragments of the statue were recovered during the centenary restoration work and were passed to Romain Jerome, who incorporated them into the Liberty-DNA dial. The bronze bezel of watch is adorned with 12 spikes reminiscent of the statue’s crown. The verdigris dial echoes the color ...
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The QlockTwo Watch: Time In Words
You may remember reading about The Coolest Clock In The World on WHOA a few months ago. Well, the folks at Biegert & Funk have turned it into the coolest wrist watch in the world! The world′s first wristwatch in words at Baselworld! In a square there is a grid of 110 letters. When the stainless steel button is pressed, words light up in unexpected places ...
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Yes! It’s A Game Boy Wrist Watch
Game Boy is awesome, there is no doubt about it, and now you can tote one around with you and invoke instant nostalgic whenever you’d like, all from the Watch Boy wrist watch. Apparently, this gem has been around since 1992 (where have WE been?!) but since it’s fresh on our radar, we’re sharing it with you now. The 8-bit gaming device was a big hit ...
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Mini Motorbikes Made From Watch Parts
This post goes out to all lovers of two-wheels (well, maybe not bicycle enthusiasts, but you get the point). Ukrainian artist Dmitriy Khristenko has created intricate mini models of motorcycles using wrist watch parts. Khristenko disassembles the watches, shapes each part using a grindstone and glues components together by hand – a painstaking process that calls for 40-50 hours per unit to complete. We love the ...
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Watch Collection Made From Moon Dust
Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome has already shown the world that their creations need attention. Earlier, we have seen the $300,000 Day or Night watch and the Titanic-inspired watches. The latest from the house is the “Moon Dust-DNA” collection, which includes watches made from moon dust, parts of the Apollo 11 rocket and bits of spacesuits. This new, one of a kind collection has been launched to ...
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iWatch: An Apple Wrist Watch Concept
Italian outfit ADR Studios has introduced another wild concept that has people wishing it was really on the market. The iWatch2, a follow up to their previous iWatch Concept. It packs many of the same features as its predecessor, and with FaceTime now beginning to pick up pace, it also includes a front-facing camera. Much like the transition from the original iPad to the iPad 2, ...
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HYT: A Watch That Tells Time With Green Fluid
H1 by HYT is the first timekeeping device ever to merge liquid and mechanical engineering. The hours on this timepiece are displayed by a chamber that is filled with a luminescent green liquid. The chamber surrounds the main dial, which encompasses in its center a dedicated smaller dial for the minutes, as well as a seconds hand resembling a water turbine, on its left side. Below ...
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Gold Minute Repeater Watch From Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton unveils the inner workings of its new 18-karat white gold timepiece, the Tambour Minute Repeater, a collaboration with Swiss master horologists La Fabrique du Temps. True to the brand’s renown for handcrafted luxury travel accessories, Louis Vuitton’s Tambour employs complex mechanics to display one time while being able, upon request, to chime an alternative ‘home’ time. Hamdi Chatti, Louis Vuitton’s Vice President of Watch ...
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2lmx: The Luxury Watch Re-Thought
’2lmx’ luxury watch in platinum with black dial full view, anthracite titanium case with black dial full view, rose gold case with white dial custom order model: chocolate brown with gemstone insets diagram of watch mechanism Sexy Promo Video: Designed by watchmaker and former museum director arnaud tellier, the ’2lmx’ is the inaugural watch of a new geneva-based luxury watch manufacturer by the same name. A ...
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$900,000.00 WATCH
This new Arena Metasonic starts with a 46mm wide case made of titanium and other special metal alloys designed to enhance the sound coming from within. One of the hardest parts of making watches such as this is designing the case to carry the sounds as well as possible. There is also the highly stylized construction and technical looking pushers and levers. The manually wound movement ...
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RICH NERD WATCH
Designer Rolf Sachs has teamed up with watchmaker Fortis to develop the limited-edition IQ blackboard-style watch. The glow in the dark hands will definitely turn math nerds on. Unfortunately, the dreaded “art premium” is tacked on to the price of this watch, so it may be out of the reach of many professor’s salaries. Available for $1050. Want to see more cool watch design? Check out ...
