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LittleBlue

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44. Yeah, price tag aside

Reply to Vincardog (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 24, 2015, 10:53 PM

Mar 2015

that is beautiful. Like some magical clockwork device out of a fantasy novel.

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Astronomia watch costs $500,000+ [View all] Xipe Totec Mar 2015 OP

It's stuff like this that occasionally leads to great things which are actually pipoman Mar 2015 #1

Skip the intermediate step and move straight to the needed and useful... Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #3

There isn't enough money to R&D without a deep pocket full of disposable cash... pipoman Mar 2015 #13

I see that and I see art. Vincardog Mar 2015 #2

Same here. No beefs about this. hifiguy Mar 2015 #4

Because without a 288 facet diamond how could it possibly be considered art. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #5

With a 288 facet diamond it isn't art? pipoman Mar 2015 #14

No. It's in your face opulence Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #19

I have no boundaries...art can have no boundaries pipoman Mar 2015 #24

Have you considered how many kids can go to college for $500k? Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #28

I assure you that kids going to college isn't going to be affected in any way pipoman Mar 2015 #29

I'm pretty sure Paul Gauguin didn't get 300 million bucks for that painting Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #35

Why shouldn't he have? pipoman Mar 2015 #43

The point is he DIDN'T. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #45

Yeah, price tag aside LittleBlue Mar 2015 #44

That is absolutely beautiful. JaneyVee Mar 2015 #6

That's a work of art, not a retail item jberryhill Mar 2015 #7

Oh, but it is a retail item. That's the point. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #8

I doubt anyone is going to wear that watch jberryhill Mar 2015 #10

If I was on a date with Kate Upton or whoever, I'd wear it Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #16

Why? Does she charge by the hour? jberryhill Mar 2015 #21

No the purpose is to illustrate and celebrate the finest mechanical arts and craftsmanship. Vincardog Mar 2015 #12

yep pipoman Mar 2015 #15

I thought that was the point of the discussion. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #37

What isn't a "retail item"? Ever heard of "starving artists"? pipoman Mar 2015 #31

Never heard of starving artists selling a watch for $500k Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #32

why does it matter? pipoman Mar 2015 #34

If it doesn't matter, why are you arguing? Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #36

I'm not the one arguing that art has boundaries... pipoman Mar 2015 #42

Archimedes would have loved it (speculated inventor of the Antikythera mechanism) on point Mar 2015 #9

The history of timepieces is the history of humankind. I almost passed out at the museum in Geneva. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #11

This is one of my greatest appreciations pipoman Mar 2015 #20

That's what I'm talking about, and much older, too. I think more than the gears and the parts I saw NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #26

It's pretty cool. OnyxCollie Mar 2015 #17

It's gorgeous, insanely intricate, and has no business being strapped to anyone's wrist derby378 Mar 2015 #18

So, no Apple Watch for you? brooklynite Mar 2015 #22

Correct. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #38

Would they do one about 12 times that size? jmowreader Mar 2015 #23

That would be a sight to behold Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #41

Catching up with the Ancients. Downwinder Mar 2015 #25

So all it does is repeat the same motions over and over again? Without the diamond it is a watch. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #27

Cost, price is immaterial, irrelevant. VScott Mar 2015 #30

I'm sure the craftsmen (craftspeople?) who created these works are not getting all the money Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #33

gorgeous watch Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #39

Yes, true. Xipe Totec Mar 2015 #40

Just a spectacular piece, all around Godhumor Mar 2015 #46

That would make a cool hood ornament. Throd Mar 2015 #47

As an Amateur astronomer, the earth/moon thing is rather silly. It seems to represent something... BlueJazz Mar 2015 #48