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De Bethune DBS Moonphase Watch

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The DBS watch from Swiss company De Bethune is probably the most elegant moonphase watch I have ever seen. The platinum watch (45 x 42.5 mm ) has a hand-winding mechanical movement. It shows the hours, minutes and its coolest feature is the revolving moon function. The watch has blued steel hands and there is a 192-hour power reserve on the caseback. The watch has a crocodile strap and is also available in white gold.

The Freak Diamonsil

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Ulysse Nardin have developed the new Freak DIAMonSIL watch, with a synthetic nanocrystal diamond escapement grown on a silicium raw part. This adds to the precision of the Dual Ulysse escapement, and keeps the time accurate. This Ulysse Nardin Freak Diamonsil watch features a 44.5mm platinum case, a ridged bezel, and a blue crocodile strap with a platinum folding clasp. The Ulysse Nardin Freak DIAMonSIL watch also features a patented carrousel-tourbillon movement whose mechanism serves as the "hands", and features the unique Ulysse Nardin Dual Ulysse escapement in silicon and diamond. The timepiece is limited to an edition of 99 individual pieces.

Is it a phone? Is it a Watch ?!? GSM F88 Phone Watch

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F88 Wrist Watch Mobile Phone Mobile Phone integrated in your watch, AWESOME !!! CEC Corp in China specially made this wrist watch phone for one of China’s most famous ping pong players, the GSM F88 Watch. It is available to the market at the price of 8,888Yuan which is about USD1,111. F88 is a watch with built-in mobile phone capabilities which have 26K colors CSTN display. It boasts a built-in microphone, speakerphone for conferencing, voice dialing, 4 minutes of voice recording, IrDA connectivity and organization tools such as schedule, alarm clock and reminder note. You can even play the pre-installed world cup games on the phone. The keypad number is located on the strap. Video conferencing could be done by the watch because it has a built-in 3 megapixel 180-degree rotating camera. Amazing isn’t it? Almost everything that can be found on normal mobile phones is included in the F88 Watch. It weights 100gram with the size of 38.3 × 76.7 × 17cm.

Innovative Watch : Urwerk 201

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This Urwerk 201 watch available in red or white gold as well as regular or black platinum. “An innovative Revolving Satellite Complication displays time on the 201. Telescopic minute hands operate through three orbiting and revolving hour satellites. These telescopic hands precisely adjust their length following the minutes and then retract. Extended, they enable the 201 to display the time across a large easy-to-read, dial. Retracted, they allow for a shorter and more comfortable case.” Along with the time-telling revolving satellites the face sports a 50 hour power reserve indicator and a day/night indicator. On the back you’ll find the control board with an oil change indicator (yup, these watches are heavily influenced by sports cars) indicating when a service is due plus a 100 years+ “total time of use” meter. Starting Price $131,000

Bracelet Watch

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This watch has a simple but elegant design. The Joaillerie 101 Manchette is this amazing little watch from Jaeger-LeCoultre is made of a series of polished and diamond-set squares. The combination of the squares make this look more like a bracelet than a watch, however one of the little squares is the watch.
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PHILIPPE STARCK WATCH FOR FOSSIL Philippe Starck has Created something completely new and innovative for FOSSIL watch maker. This trendy digital style displays the time in a unique fashion. In a ring shaped display, the hours are displayed as numbers while the minutes are displayed in segments. View More Unique Watch

Turn Your Watch Into Table Clock

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Von Zios Von Zios is a 2-in-1 time piece that can either be used as a wristwatch or as a table clock. Von Zios is a unisex watch, besides showing the time, Von Zios is also a companion to the user during their journey, in the office and also at home. Every unit is interconnected by a cylindrical tube to enable the watch to be flexible and thus able to be worn by the user. In order to make the watch stand, two units need to be snapped together. This will make the watch strap rigid and therefore it able to stand on its own. The Von Zios is made of plastic and has a metal finishing, other than that there aren’t many other details available. View More Unique Watch

Synchronize your Time

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Synchronar Watch This watch have an athentic looks, rare and exotic. The Synchronar was the first solar powered watch ever made. The first productionswas in 1972 and was one of the most innovative watches ever made. The unique solar panels on top and the side view LED display made the watch look like nothing else. Amazingly it is still in production today and still looks great. You can find used ones on e-bay but beware of the older ones that do not work. Synchronar is most accurate quartz watch ever made, completely waterproof, easy to read inthe dark and have the retro stylish LED display View More Unique Watch