For many people, the idea of a luxury wristwatch is one that is made in Switzerland by the most expert watchmakers, using a combination of traditional and innovative techniques.
The price is high, the materials used are pure quality and the result is an elegant yet distinctive watch that you pass down to future generations.
But that would not be the whole story, for all luxury watches. With a database of more than 16,000 watches, Watchluxus.com has identified luxury watches with a twist of peculiarity. Watches with style, elegance and sophistication that are also strange in some way....here are our top 5 watches.
Invisible Visibility; Hublot - One Million Dollar Big Bang
More than 2,000 hours have gone into making this watch which has a total of 493 Top Wessleton baguette diamonds. Hublot has made the white gold case actually disappear by covering it with diamonds. One Million Dollars for a One Million Dollar Big Bang - what could be fairer than that?
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Unique Urwerk; 103.07 For the best of the future, the Urwerk 103.07 watch comes in first place. The time is indicated by the orbiting hour satellites as they pass the arc of the minutes. A 'Control Board' houses the power reserve indicator and chronometer. Available in white or red gold - get it now and be in fashion for the next 100 years - by the time you are looking for a new watch, the 50,000 euros price tag will seem insignificant.
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Twirling Timepiece; BRM - RL45
A watch with real balls (in ceramic or stainless steel - you choose)! Movements and dials actually float inside the 45mm case. If your head's not already in a spin from the Million Dollar Big Bang, then look into purchasing this for a slightly more affordable 6,800 USD.
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Inspired by nature; Angular Momentum - A piece of wood
A hand sculptured timepiece which imitates wood, made in 925 Sterling silver with diamonds spread over the watch case. In the words of Francis Bacon: "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness".
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Extra-terrestrial Timepiece; Ulysse Nardin - Tellurium J. Kepler
This watch shows the Earth's true rotation, as seen from above the North Pole. It shows the part of the Earth lit by the Sun; the time & place of sunrise & sunset; the moon's rotation and the eclipses of the sun & moon - all on a 43mm sized dial. Exchange 118,000 USD for always knowing your place in the universe!
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