$400 MSRP //bought for considerably less in a duty free country
Solar powered (battery lasts for 270 days on a full charge)
Can charge via fluorescent lights (at a considerably slower rate)
Goes into sleep mode if it's in the dark for a long period of time (the hands stop moving, then sweep to the correct time when it detects light)
Automatically sets the time daily via the radio time codes
One notch click to change time zones (the hand sweeps 1 hour per click).
Water resistant to 100m (so you can snorkel in it, but don't scuba)
and best of all, it's not an over-designed gaudy piece of cruft

Meh on sapphire. You know that the glass on grocery store scanners is made of (synthetic) sapphire? And many mid-end watches use sapphire glass?

So, yeah. Big deal.

Coco LaFemme: just that if I say I have a sapphire watch, and the watch isn't blue, people are going to think I'm full of shiat.

Damn, only the face of my watch is sapphire.

/not all sapphire is gemstone quality, but some are good enough that you can cut around the inclusions to produce watch faces.

/OTOH, the watch in the link looks like it would have taken a decent chunk of sapphire.

/white sapphire is more rare than other colors of sapphire, but is less expensive (because when people think sapphire, they think color, go figure :P )

Mouser: red5ish: The images in the article were taken with x-ray photography. This is what the watch looks like to those of us without x-ray vision:
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Still looks farking ugly.

i spilled my Erector Set on the floor. oh never mind. it's just a $1.65 million watch.

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ok, i'm a bit of a watch nerd, but that's just ridiculous. plus, the dial is a mess; how do you even tell time on that thing?

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's a conversation starter for use with gold digging bimbos, after which you can tell them how much it cost.

That is precisely what I use mine for. I have to beat the potential nookie off with a stick.

(patiently awaiting all the envious trolling comments from 99% Losers).

Wow. $1,650,000 for an ugly watch. I wonder what they wipe their asses with.

I wonder what a pawn shop would give for it

Since when do people still wear watches?

I love how you can barely tell the time on it. I know it's supposed to be encased in sapphire, but I think you would have a hard time convincing anybody of it.

It looks made of cheap plastic IMHO.

Well, not my cup of tea. Heck, imagine getting it fixed.

I like watches, but for the most part, I'm of a more practical bent, I do own a couple Breitlings and a Speedmaster, but the only way I'd pay 10K for a watch at the moment is if it was solid gold. At this point, I see no reason to own a watch I would not be willing to wear.

That's not a very good deal. My watch has a sapphire crystal -- in fact I would't buy one without it -- and it was only $300.

Lsherm: That's hideous. And for 1.65 million, shouldn't you be able to tell what time it is?
Also, it looks cheap, and that's just inexcusable.

There. Fixed.

butt-nuggets: I wonder what a pawn shop would give for it

bunner: butt-nuggets: I wonder what a pawn shop would give for it



There. Oops.

red5ish: The images in the article were taken with x-ray photography. This is what the watch looks like to those of us without x-ray vision:

X-Rays do not work that way. If they really were x-ray photos, things like the print would not show up, and it wouldn't be in color.

The design of the watch case is very similar, but there are many details that are different between the article's pictures and your photo. For example, the wrist band is a different style, and the knob in the version you posted has a knurling on it whereas the article photos show a smooth knob. The frame on either side of the "Richard Mille" print is different, too.

The article is about a watch that is made from corundum, which is transparent. Same designer, same manufacturer. Different watches.
=Smidge=

If I was to spend $1.65 million on a fugly watch it better double as a time machine...

The casing looks like plastic and the dials look like those of an 80's LCD handheld racing game all piled on top of one another.

You capite censi nobodies wouldn't understand. Anyone can buy beauty. It takes an dickload of class to spend that much on something that ugly.

Where's Rutger Hauer when you need him?

Hobo With a Shotgun. If you don't know, you know now. Tell your friends.

Gee, and I thought I was getting extravagant when I bought my Tag Huer.

Tsar_Bomba1: Bring it biatches!!!

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Here's my most expensive watch. Bulova 96B132. Love it.

How much did that run you. I love my Bulova...

afghanwhiggle: Omega Speedmaster. All a man needs.


Of Omega I have the lunar anniversary and the day/date. The day/date was my daily wear until the pusher fell off after 8 months. Sent it out to be repaired, got it back THREE months later. Two weeks later it developed a lot of condensation inside the case on the crystal. Sent it back to be repaired, got it back FOUR months later after numerous phone calls. Two months later it starts to clunk, rotor seems to be off its spindle and now it only works with manual wind and I'm afraid to wear it because it clunks loudly. Oh, warranty is up, looking at at least $500 bill.

So, for $2,600 I got a piece of trash watch that wasn't made right and some god awful repairmanship that didn't even put it back together properly. Omega has become trash, or so I've been told by the jewelers who discontinued their relationship with the company. They're now just marketing and shoddy work. I'll stick with Rolex.

All of these watches are much nicer looking that the one this thread is about.

But the sheer variety of watch designs is really incredible.

Oldiron_79: If I was to spend $1.65 million on a fugly watch it better double as a time machine...

It is a time machine. It propels you forward through time at 1 second per second.


Shahab: Since when do people still wear watches?

This

I think this is not one of his better works

no, i'm not a watch nerd, but I do recall when Vijay Singh won something and the golfers in the office were talking about the watch he received from Richard Mille

/only wear a nice watch cause someone gave it to me

I will start wearing a watch again when they give me one with a Bluetooth connection to my phone that will show caller ID, appointment reminders from my calendar, and the From and Subject headers of any emails I get, all while having a couple of days of battery life.

Until then, I'll just pull out my phone and look at the damn screen.

Shahab: Since when do people still wear watches?

Style. Some people still have it. I leave the hipster iPhone sundial app for when I'm not wearing a suit.

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All of these watches are much nicer looking that the one this thread is about.

But the sheer variety of watch designs is really incredible.

The top one is interesting, but the wristbands are horrible and cheap looking.

bmwericus: Well, not my cup of tea. Heck, imagine getting it fixed.

I like watches, but for the most part, I'm of a more practical bent, I do own a couple Breitlings and a Speedmaster, but the only way I'd pay 10K for a watch at the moment is if it was solid gold. At this point, I see no reason to own a watch I would not be willing to wear.

I've always wanted a Breitling, but after they stopped making the Chrono Avenger, they really don't make anything that agrees with me. There was always that "fark, paying 4k for a watch" thing too. I almost had palpitations when I paid a grand for my Tag, but my dad always said that Tags are just starter watches (he's a Rolex snob).

Rolex hasn't made anything that I've particularly liked, either.

Yes, people still wear accessories. I know that's hard to comprehend for fark's $50 wardrobe crowd.

My Baby... Easy to read is BIG once the eyesight goes....

Yo dawg-

I herd you liek "steampunk", so we glued some watch gears ON your watch.

-that's it.

RandomAxe: Lsherm: Also, it looks cheap, and that's just inexcusable.

Exactly right -- it looks like a fancy $20 plastic watch for kids.


I have two friends who are in the wealth bracket where they could buy a thing like this. One, indeed, spends his money on the stupidest, most unimaginative things. The other one generally doesn't spend his money.

Being good at acquiring money does not make one good at spending it, for useful values of "good", but, then, they're very different skillsets.

So.. one murdered his parents and the other just waited for grandma to die.

U-Boat makes a nice one, too...very different

/also, Luminox

mc_madness: Tsar_Bomba1: Bring it biatches!!!

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Here's my most expensive watch. Bulova 96B132. Love it.

How much did that run you. I love my Bulova...

I found one of those in a mosh pit during summer semester my sophmore year.

nburghmatt: olddinosaur: Back when "Marlboro Miles" were still available, they used to give you a Swiss Army watch (real thing, not a copy) for 2100 "Miles," or 425 empty cigarette packs. I used to find the packs everywhere, and redeemed an average of $5000 worth of prizes every year.

I asked this guy what his watch cost; "About $150," he replied.

"Really?" I said, showing him mine, which was near identical. "I've gotten about 28 of these for free, I keep a few for myself and give the rest to all my friends."

He looked a little sick.

if you got 11,900 empty marlboro packs i doubt you were just incidentally finding them.

That is correct, I collected them assiduously. I averaged 55 packs a day for over 12 years, and glommed $60,000 worth of merchandise in that time; most lucrative hobby I ever discovered, and the best part is: I am a nicotine addict in recovery, quit smoking in 1995 and this is my sweet revenge.

I was bragging about this on a FARK thread once, and some dude hit me up for a free $100 wristwatch, didn't even offer to pay postage.

\\\ cheap sucker.

Best watch ever for time keeping, style, and durability:



//hot like a fire

Check out tokyoflash watches. They have some unusual styles and are not too expensive. I'd rather have one of them than one of those pure sapphire jokes.

jingks: Yes, people still wear accessories. I know that's hard to comprehend for fark's $50 wardrobe crowd.

Who are these 50 dollar high rollers? Damn 1%ers!

I bought a $10 telephone at Wal Mart which keeps perfect time automatically; went to reset it for daylight savings, found out it did the job itself.

My $90 Garmin GPS keeps perfect time via satellite; my $120 tom-tom has to be set.

I have a $12 digital watch I wear on my belt, if I wear it on my wrist it smashes into things and breaks.

I still feel a little pissed off at myself for all those $100 Marlboro Swiss Army watches I threw away, rather than replace a $8 battery.

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Check out tokyoflash watches. They have some unusual styles and are not too expensive. I'd rather have one of them than one of those pure sapphire jokes.

Oh wow. These are a bit out of my poor college student price range, but wow. There's definitely a cool sci-fi (or maybe cyberpunk?) feel to them.

... CASIO!!!

/RIP chubby comic who didn't live past 35

gah typo.. 45...