Louis Vutton Watch Has ‘Mysterieuse’ Floating Hands

Two hundred and fifty *thousand* dollars? I can buy two houses with that amount. Two houses. Ludicrously expensive vanity stuff make me angry. Don't get me started on the ugly-ass Vertu cellphones, and all sorts of unsightly Swarovsky crystal studded items.

Bassem B.

My first thought was 'heyyyy, that's not french for mysterious' i think it would have sounded way better as mystérieux.

How does it wind ? Shouldn't the winding axle be visible ? Intriguing, I'll have to pick one up to demoli ... investigate it

von.Seifesmichel

Meh, I'll just wait for the Chinese ripoff. :P

How does it wind ? Shouldn't the winding axle be visible ? It's not using a mirror because then you'd see the hands as well . Intriguing, I'll have to pick one up to investigate ...

von.Seifesmichel

transparent, floating design? great, looks fantastic in that shot but as soon as you put it on your wrist it becomes "hey look, I can see my arm hair through my watch! and it only cost me $250,000" slightly less than cool

MalkavianGruf

@ar7983: Word. It's a representation of everything wrong with the world.

Cliff_Dangers

@nutbastard: It's reading 1.9 dBags. 5 dBags is redline, 6 dBags is equivalent to 1 Mayer.

dingus

What's not to get? It's like any piece of jewelery.. really? you thought that a diamond ring or necklace has a functional purpose?.. at least this watch tells time.

@ar7983: Most of your high end watch collectors have a distinct love for engineering and craftsmanship. Some of these things take decades to engineer, and years to assemble, by hand. Once you hit ~$100k you're out of blingy poseur territory and into investment pieces.

something_unique_and_descriptive

At 250K I don't want the illusion of levitation, I want actual levitation.

@InsidiousTuna: so are you thinking of picking up one of these watches to wear there then? ;-)

@iEro-Sennin: the purpose of a watching being to tell time the same way the purpose of a car is to transport you from point A to point B, or a house to shelter you from the elements, or clothing to do the same. To you and I it may seem ridiculous to spend a quarter million on a watch but then to someone in africa who lives on twenty bucks a month, a big mac would be a huge expense. high-end *anything* has nothing to do with functionality. go look at women's handbags for 40 grand at Hermes. and they don't even tell time!

@iEro-Sennin: Yeah and who needs a BMW when the perfectly good Kia gets you from A to B...

Invisobel

@iEro-Sennin: Leaving a palm pre as an heirloom doesn't quite cut it when compared to say, a vintage wristwatch your grandfather wore.. I mean would you see Captain Koons saying "His ass. Five long years, he wore this Smartphone up his ass" ?

I'll take two!

Robert

@InsidiousTuna: Yes please. I like mine cut into little triangles, and the crusts cut off. Oh yea, and no mustard. Thank you.

sqeakytoy of the apocalypse

I gotta say, the design on this one's pretty obvious, I'm surprised nobody's done it before (and cheaper).

telepheedian

I actually quite like the look of that... :(

msremmert

@framitz: Whoops, meant to say less than 1/100th the cost, or around 2k because of perfect condition. Original retail was around $400.

I have a 1970 Zodiac self winding mechanical watch with floating hands, nothing new about that. But my Zodiac is only worth less than 1/10th as much and looks nicer.

@iEro-Sennin: dedicated gadget >> multigadget. i find this is especially true if i need to keep track of time accurately.

willyolio

Tony Giardino: Hey listen. How long is it gonna take us to get there? Pilot: It shouldn't take very long. [pause] Pilot: Actually I have no concept of time.

Eddie Jimenez

Hmmm, so the watch comes with the case, kinda bulky if you ask me. "Hi like my watch? The backpack? Oh yea, the case for it is in there wanna see?" Pass!

@Crenshaw13: Gitmo. You boys want a sandwich?

@iEro-Sennin: A wristwatch is always "right there" and can be viewed instantly, unlike a phone or other gadget which may be in your pocket, or charging, or closed.... All it takes is a quick glance at my wrist - and I can use my hands for something else at the same time. You oughtta try one some time.

taodude

@Kaiser-Machead: Who's point? According to my Powell/Peralta Ban This Video its supposed to be Function never Fashion, but that was 1990. Fuck function. Who cares if the watch even tells time?

RoboChop

I am currently taking donations to acquire that sexy watch. Better than a ball in your pocket.

smegz

@ar7983: Player hater...

RoboChop

@Kaiser-Machead: You should try it one more time. I think they fixed it.

@thePrototype: Gah, silly forgetful me.

Kaiser-Machead

@ar7983: No, if you have the disposable income. You say it isn't fashion but is a vain attempt to feign confidence, but that is what fashion *is*. What brought the global economy to its knees wasn't spending money. It was borrowing money you can't pay back. Jealous much?

AreWeThereYeti

@Hello Mister Walrus: Is it possible to have capitalism without (expensive) tacky-ass shit? Because I would like to sign up for that capitalism.

protohiro

@Hello Mister Walrus: I'm not knocking capitalism - in fact, I'm a business owner and CEO myself. However, for all of the good things that capitalism has provided us, there are downsides. I'm knocking irresponsible and obviously over-inflated pricing on things that serve no tangible or legitimate purpose or goal, especially when an obvious result of that kind of capitalism is the production of inappropriate spending.

ar7983

@Kaiser-Machead: remember, you can use the edit button now!

@ar7983: Without capitalism, as embodied by things like this, the world economy would be much smaller to begin with.

Hello Mister Walrus

meh, i stick to my casio w71,and it only change battery every 5 years.

os_2

@Kaiser-Machead: wow.. guess link parsing is dead. s:

Does the watch come with the neato LV case with wallet and other great LV stuff. I think this belongs in a rap video, where the interior of the car is decked out in LV. Hmm...wheres Xzbit pimp my ride and make this the center armor rest console.

@InsidiousTuna: Dude, where in the Hell-on-Earth do you work?

Crenshaw13

OK, lemme try that again.... http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=11600

Kaiser-Machead

Seems ol' Louis' watch was bested by a 1925 Patek Philippe chronograph, which sold at a Christie's auction for 1.9 million. Spicy. http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=11600

Kaiser-Machead

@tok3ninja; is still in Beta: It doesn't have nearly enough diamonds for Diddy to want it.

Xeno

@iEro-Sennin: With the high end stuff is more about a love of design and engineering than practicality.

In the larger scheme of watches this isn't all that expensive. Take a look at what a Patek Philippe Sky Moon Toubillon or Vacheron Constantin Tour de l'Ile.

something_unique_and_descriptive

@InsidiousTuna: Would that be your, uh, Ralex?

What is this sorcery!?

@iEro-Sennin: Perhaps you need to modify your assumption that the purpose of a watch is to tell time ...

@nutbastard: I concur.

my secret identity

@Kaiser-Machead: I personally carry around a lunar capsule as my time computer.

@Bertone Zero77: Probably leads to more interesting tan lines. More interesting that the pale spot under my watch, anyway.

AmphetamineCrown

There is a guy who is building a billion dollar house...so a $250K watch would not be out of line for him.

@InsidiousTuna: You work for Apple or a prison, right?

AmphetamineCrown

@tok3ninja; is still in Beta: Diddy did it.

oh wow, even before it's on someone's wrist the white douche-o-meter at the top is already more than halfway pegged out.

@Kaiser-Machead: Exactly... and if you can afford this thingie, I don't think you would really care what time it is.

@Kaiser-Machead: Hmm. I think you're onto something there with that last part. This is most likely the earliest stage in Louis's plot to eradicate the resistance.

@iEro-Sennin: I work in an office where I have to lock my phone in a safe, there's not a computer at the desk I use half the time, and there are no clocks in the room. I like being able to tell time all the time.

Not a fan. It looks cool, but it also looks way too space-age to me to wear on a daily basis. I can't imagine ever wearing any other watch besides the silver-and-black 'lex my grandfather left me.

@World's Greatest Mactard!: I wouldn't want anything so volatile and deadly strapped to my wrist.

Kaiser-Machead

Isn't it incredibly irresponsible to spend $250k on a watch? The sheer concept of a watch at that value is ludicrous. That kind of purchase isnt about fashion, and it's certainly not about practicality. It's a vain attempt to feign confidence, and it's really just indicative of the same kind of thinking that's brought our global economy to its knees.

ar7983

@Kaiser-Machead: Well, Actually, if you must know... The hands are floating on a cloud of unicorn farts.

@iEro-Sennin: The point is to be fashionable, not functional. If it was all about function, people would be just as happy with a $20 Casio digital.

Kaiser-Machead

I have never desired any louis vuitton product, but I can say that I like the idea of a mini steamer trunk for my watches. Carrying them on extended voyages has always been a central occupation in my life, "as a luggage problem", that is.

ninjagin

Good Lord. That watch looks like it's at least half an inch thick.

louie anderson watch? i don't think i could stand his laughter every hour on the hour.. enh enh enh enh enh

Skeetz

@Kaiser-Machead: M. Vuitton absolutely hates tiny mutants.

Improbable

@32ndnote: Sort of, just in a lessofadouchebag sense. Although, anyone who actually buys this can easily be called a douchebag.

@bosskev: the whole thing seems to be floating (not only the hands but the center piece too). At least that's what I understand: glass in both sides

@Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, for $250,000 you'd expect it to at least use magnets or something to levitate the center piece. I'm still not exactly sure how this thing works. If the hour and second hand are supported by sapphire disks, aren't they continuously scraping across them as they move?

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

@bosskev: Your feeble eyes obviously can't see the thin strands of unicorn hair that bind the movements together.

Kaiser-Machead

I don't understand the point of watches when basically every gadget now has one. Sure, they look neat but that's about it. And their prices are ridiculously high.

iEro-Sennin

So, is this the same way that David Blaine does it?

Looks pretty cool off the wrist, but who would want to see their hairy arm through the watch when it's on?

Bertone Zero77

It must be one of those things that does not translate at all into a two-dimensional photo; I can't see anything special about these "floating" hands.

Very slick design, but the price sort of exacerbates my wallet's heart palpitations. Also, it looks like there's a tiny sentinel trapped in the middle portion of the face.

Kaiser-Machead

The house, please. I'm not a watch person anyways. Edit: Please remove the behavior where clicking outside the comment box deletes all the text you had written. Thanks

Would P.Diddy even buy this?

Makes the Urwerks watch seem like a bargain in comparison...

Not a Swiss brand watch. Pass. And totally not worth the price. The french think they can make better watches then us? They're doing too much drugs.

Buskape

@ar7983: So the person/company that made the profit on this watch and employed the people that engineered, built, and marketed it will now just hoard all that money and won't spend any of it in the marketplace? Seems you don't understand capitalism.

ri59

I wish 250K was the price of a house. I have to move to Paris's region (close to a town called Velizy) I am having a hard time finding a three bedroom appartment for less than 450 000 $, houses (small one ) would be closer to a million.

ZaideAntenor

How could you feel good about wearing that? One little scratch and NOOOOOOOO!

Calquon

Yes, but can it run Crysis?