Time is no joke
— How to pass the time?
- No time to waste!
Only snobs believe that a real Swiss watch is an example of conservatism. Praise to Chronos, manufactories remember that people with a sense of humor meet on Earth and produce (rarely, but aptly) very witty watches. Some models are worth talking about in more detail.
Especially in this regard, the young Swiss company Romain Jerome is distinguished. The brand was born 13 years ago and managed to earn a reputation as a bold and bullet-sharp company.
Pay attention to the model from Romain Jerome Moon Dust-DNA watch. This is space! And, in the truest sense of the word. The chronograph is made from lunar dust that fell to Earth along with spacesuits from Apollo 1. “Total” $12,000 and:
"I am the Earth, I accompany my pets,
Fly up to the sun
And home!"
It would be embarrassing to talk about another masterpiece from Romain Jerome , but the format obliges. Artya Coprolite by Arpa is poison. And cal. In the literal sense of the word. For some unknown reason, the watchmakers decided to make the case out of petrified dinosaur dung, and the strap is the skin of a deadly poisonous black toad. And all this splendor is covered with a light patina of antiquity in the form of a rough metal ring on the dial of the color of an old copper coffee maker. Yvan Arpa , the brand's executive producer, believes that Coprolite should appeal to vegetarians. I don't see the logic!
99 Jokers. This is a collection from Konstantin Chaikin . Lucky this Chaikin, it seems, is a master. And talented. Otherwise, he would not have been the only Russian in the Academy of Independent Watchmakers ( Academie horlogere des createurs independants ). Jokers from Chaikin are unusually stylish. They cost 6990 euros and are a stylized but easily recognizable supervillain whose eyes are the hours and minutes, and the famous smile is the phases of the moon.
By the way, 7,000 euros for Chaikin is a penny. Lunokhod from Chaikin will cost $150,000. In the Lunokhod model, right in the middle of the dial is the Moon - a volumetric ball made of wotz. It is an Indian steel with a particularly beautiful patterned surface. The Tchaikovsky Moon constantly falls into the earth's shadow - a silver hemisphere covered with black rhodium. Very stylish, very creative!
One might get the impression that only young companies risk being witty in their watches. But no! Let's remember the sailor Popeye from Rolex . 29 titanium watches, on the case of which a cartoon character lives his life, the rider of which is estimated at $31,700. The funny thing is that for this money you get not only a watch, but also a can of spinach and a can opener.
And finally, let's appreciate the joke of humor from Thomas Prescher . Mysterious Automatic Double Axis Tourbillon watch with biaxial flying tourbillon. Drop $400,000 to your watch dealer and check out the only automatic watch on the planet with vertical plates on both sides of the movement. The indicator of time is the drums, between which there is a three-dimensional moon. It works gentlemen! HOW?!
Thomas Prescher, the owner of Thomas Prescher, said in an interview: “We, watchmakers, never say about some work that it is good. We always just say "do it".
Well, will it come down?))
Author: Natalia Korskova