Coming from Porsche Design, the P’6620 Dashboard Watch keeps alive the love of everything Porsche in its neat, inviting design. The watch gets a gauge inspired dial with date, chronograph and tachymeter functions, start/stop button, sapphire crystals and the finesse you would expect from a Porsche. The price as well is what you would expect from a Porsche, this one costs ~$5550.
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Those who like complex mechanics in watches are simply going to love the IWC Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia. For a little background, IWC have been developing a watch for nearly a decade and that itself should be a fair idea of how complex the watch really is. The face of the watch shows solar time and the sidereal time, a power reserve and a very large tourbillon that also works as the seconds display.
So you’re talking to someone, and can’t help glancing at the watch every now and then… awkward. Even if the idea was to just keep a check on time, glancing at the watch during a conversation does make it socially awkward. Using a subtle touch to know the time, well that trick ought to work. Eva Rielland’s Visualize differently is a watch prototype that lets you know the time by a simple touch of the fingers, the idea is to see time the non-conventional way, so it is communicated through vibrations, texture and even origami like fold contracts for the watches in the series.
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If exclusivity is your thing, Piaget has got you covered, and probably smothered in the love of New York City. This timepiece pays tribute to 12 important buildings of New York, putting them on the side of the watch as well as engraving them on the black dial. The mechanical watch uses Piaget’s own 608P mechanism that makes use of 27 jewels amongst a total of 163 components. You don’t expect this watch to be anywhere near cheap, in fact, we guess the fact that only 3 will ever be made makes this super expensive.
Nirvaana concept watch takes inspiration from two very different sources, from the Silent Hill song Cradle of Forest, and from the Rinnegan eyes of the Naruto manga and anime series. Divided into three sections, the watch shows time in an analog format, using the left side for hours, the right for minutes, and the middle for seconds. Designed by Firdaus, the watch has a horror, creepy, Gothic theme.
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Having a Space Invaders inspired screen on a high-end luxury watch doesn’t quite inspire confidence. But Romain Jerome has done exactly that with a new range of watches. Available as monochromatic or colored screens for the dial, the watch is a homage to the extremely successful arcade game of the ’70s. The watch has a mechanical self-winding movement, and lugs fitted with safety screws and integrated ball-and-socket joints to provide ergonomic wrist adjustments. Production run for both versions of the watch is limited to 78 pieces.
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On second thought, it probably doesn’t make you love yourself, but reinforces those narcissistic beliefs you may be harboring. Who the heck wants to look at a watch when you get to see your own super pretty face. Yeah, the mirror watch’s got a mirror on its face letting you take a look at your good self any second you want. If there really is a need to see the time, let those bright red LEDs light up and show the time. Costs $60.
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Tokyoflash watches are known to do a lot more than just tell time. This time around, they’re going to check the watch wearer’s blood alcohol content (BAC). Just push the dedicated button on the concept watch to activate its alcohol test function, and it will get back with the BAC. I have no idea what use it can be except for some crazy drinking games.
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Ralph Lauren Automotive Watch takes a leaf out of the designer’s well regarded car collection. This watch has been inspired by his 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic which shows itself in the watch’s elm burl ring, a galvanized matte black dial that shows numbers in white and resembles the car’s dials, and visible screws to match the car’s rivets. The watch is priced at $13,800.
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MB&F teamed up with Chinese artist Huang Hankang to create a very special edition of the HM4 Thunderbolt watch. It has been created for the “Only Watch” charity auction, which is dedicated for research in combating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a disease that gradually paralyzes children. Built with the dream to fly, the airplane-like watch has a white gold panda holding the twisted gold filament reins of the watch, flying towards the world of dreams. The watch will be auctioned at a special event in Monaco, on September 22.