For the astronaut with everything, the $115,000 Moon Orbiter watch
The Moon Orbiter has a flying tourbillon at 9 o’clock and a power reserve at 6.
(Credit: RJ-Romain Jerome)
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield recently joked about getting a gold watch for his retirement. But this hunk of spacetime would be far more appropriate.
RJ-Romain Jerome’s deluxe Moon Orbiter is a tribute to “the conquest of space,” just in case you were confused about who’s in charge of the cosmos (not Canadians, I can assure you).
Previewed at Baselworld 2013, the Orbiter is a massive, three-quarter-inch-thick chunk of steel that looks as though it will either fire missiles or jump off your wrist and transform into an angry robot.
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