The Cabestan Winch Watch has got to be one the most unusual time pieces on the planet. It’s got a tasty price tag of £200,000 ($400,000) to boot.
The Cabestan is the result of a collaboration between Jean-François Ruchonnet and Vianney Halter.
They describe it as having:
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Favoured by Frank Lampard of Chelsea Soccer Club and promoted by Juan Pablo Montoya the Audemars Piguet Montoya watch has a fine pedigree to back it’s $50,000 (£25,000) price tag.
Revealed on the occasion of China’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix, Audemars Piguet unveiled their iconic limited edition Royal Oak Offshore Juan Pablo Montoya chronograph in 2004. It’s been one of the most highly desired watches ever since.
Features include:
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The supreme watchmaker Michel Parmigiani’s created a lasting classic when he developed the Parmigiani Type 370 Bugatti timepiece.
Intended to be sold only to buyers of the Bugatti Veyron supercar, the watch went on open sale due to unprecedented demand.
The prominent feature is the transverse movement which puts the dial on the side of the wrist rather than on top. This highly original design took three years to engineer and was inspired by the motoring watches of old which were worn on the side so they could be read while holding the steering wheel.
The mechanism requires winding every ten days and is accompanied by a pen shaped electric tool that has been designed specifically for the watch and can rewind it in five seconds flat.
Retailing for a staggering £139,000 ($280,000) it’s not going to be everybody’s cup of tea!!
The era of the watch cum mobile phone maybe here with the advent of the SMS M500 mobile phone watch.
The phone is the brain child of SMS Technology an Australian based company who claim that it’s invention weighs a mere 60g.
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There are so many beautifully crafted watches in the world that it would be easy to forget some of the less glamorous but wonderfully functional time pieces.
One of the unsung heroes is the Citizen Calbre 2100. I have had one of these robust watches for years and it’s never let me down, never required winding up and never required a battery change. It’s the ultimate in low maintenance watches and it doesn’t look half bad to boot.
The key to the Citizen Calibres low maintenance is the titanium Eco Drive which draws power from any light sources.
The full list of features includes:
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