retroremakes
January 17th, 2010, 22:40
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_fronthd3_complication_watch.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/fronthd3_complication_watch.jpg)"Excuse me, sir, but do you have the time?" "Why yes, yes I do." "Well, what is it then?" "Menacing."
Anyway, that's how I see that conversation going down if, by some slim chance in the near future, I'm wearing this $400,000 watch and some curious chap asks me for the time. I'd be wearing an eye patch while drunk, if that helps you visualize the encounter any better.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_midhd3_complication_watch_2.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/midhd3_complication_watch_2.jpg)Designed by Fabrice Gonet, the Black Pearl (http://gizmodo.com/tag/blackpearl/) is a limited run timepiece that includes a number of subtle pirate-themed additions, including the prerequisite skull and bones (etched in glass on the back), a tiny cannon, and some nautical navigation touches. Then there's the fact that it costs as much as some pirate's treasure...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_hd3_complication_watch_3rear.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/hd3_complication_watch_3rear.jpg)There were only eleven made, each with the aforementioned $400,000 asking price. [FLYLYF (http://www.flylyf.com/hd3-complication-bi-axial-black-pearl-watch/) via technabob (http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/16/hd3-complication-black-pearl-watch)]
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:V_sGLiPBpWU)
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/pVHs3mIFtZs/hd3-complicated-black-pearl-watch-pirate+inspired-costs-plenty-of-booty)
Anyway, that's how I see that conversation going down if, by some slim chance in the near future, I'm wearing this $400,000 watch and some curious chap asks me for the time. I'd be wearing an eye patch while drunk, if that helps you visualize the encounter any better.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_midhd3_complication_watch_2.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/midhd3_complication_watch_2.jpg)Designed by Fabrice Gonet, the Black Pearl (http://gizmodo.com/tag/blackpearl/) is a limited run timepiece that includes a number of subtle pirate-themed additions, including the prerequisite skull and bones (etched in glass on the back), a tiny cannon, and some nautical navigation touches. Then there's the fact that it costs as much as some pirate's treasure...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/500x_hd3_complication_watch_3rear.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/hd3_complication_watch_3rear.jpg)There were only eleven made, each with the aforementioned $400,000 asking price. [FLYLYF (http://www.flylyf.com/hd3-complication-bi-axial-black-pearl-watch/) via technabob (http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/16/hd3-complication-black-pearl-watch)]
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1) http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226 http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8fY1_mGYqvuwis89Z-UZa5h58Eg/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8fY1_mGYqvuwis89Z-UZa5h58Eg/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8fY1_mGYqvuwis89Z-UZa5h58Eg/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8fY1_mGYqvuwis89Z-UZa5h58Eg/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=pVHs3mIFtZs:l4TYA0CpVH0:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/pVHs3mIFtZs
More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/pVHs3mIFtZs/hd3-complicated-black-pearl-watch-pirate+inspired-costs-plenty-of-booty)