A Watch James Bond Would Be Proud Of….

I guess in an age where most people get the time from their mobile phone, a watch has to be a little special to turn a head. Enter Concord C1 Quantum Gravity Watch from Watchluxus.

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Only ten will be made of these limited edition watches, that will be unveiled at the Baselworld 2009 show, as will the price.  It’s a fair bet, that unless you play premiership football for a living, the phone will suffice for time telling for now.

The watch features 18th century tourbillon technology, which involves a mounting the escapement and balance wheel inside a rotating cage.  In that space, gravity is defied.

This watch fuses 21st technology in the mix also, using phosphorescent nanoparticles as a power level indicator.  The watch winds up, or self powers via a mechanically wound movement. 

The deisgn of the watch is around space.  To understand all the mechanisms you would have to be a skilled watch maker, and possibly a physist as well.

Here though, for people like me, are a few details.

• The concepts behind the watch are space, bi-axel tourbillon, suspension, phosphorescent nano particles, and transparency.
• The phosphorescent nano particles are used to inidcate how much power is left in the watch.
• Only 10 of these watches will be built. 
• The seconds are etched into the inside of the case.
• Parts of the mechanism, are suspended on cables, like a suspension bridge.
• The mechanism can be seen through the transparent casing.
• The watch is mainly comprised of titanium and aluminium.

Stylish or pretentious?  Is it the exclusiveness that makes the watch what it is?  Or is there something more?

Source: Press Release