I desperately
want this watch. Max Busser and Felix Baumgartner collaborated to
create the Opus 5, a completely innovative watch that makes use of
what’s known as a “satellite hour” display. The style is absolutely
gorgeous and the movement is complicated and new:
The
hour hands rotates while each blocks rotates and as it reaches the
minute indicator it is the correct numeral that is shown. Note that the
minute arrow is not connected to the hour cube and once the arrow gets
to 60 it will drop down to 0 to meet the next rotating hour block.
It also features a 5-year service indicator, much like my Honda (and
probably more expensive), to tell you when to bring it back for basic
maintenance. Limited edition with only 100 available (in platinum or
pink gold, with or without diamonds), the price is something of a
mystery but I’m guessing it’s more than both my kidneys combined.
(Update: Reader Kerry informs us that the watch goes for
$106,680 for the rose gold and $137,000 for the platinum models. So I
was right about the kidney thing.)
Opus 5 Details & Pictures [Network54]
Product Page [Opus5 via RedFerretJournal]
[Via gizmodo]
Digital Persistence of Memory.
