Object Of Desire

This little beauty otherwise known as the Calibre 360 was distracting me today. My pulse started to race as soon as I saw it.

It's a Tag Heuer concept chronograph watch which made its first appearance in Baselworld 2005. It can parse time to 1/100ths of a second using a solely mechanical movement.

Unfortunately this picture doesn't do it justice. More information about this watch can be found here and there is a video showing it up close as well.

I called a watch dealer today to see if I could lay my hands on one of these. Apparently LVMH doesn't carry it here as it's still a concept watch but Tag Heuer will make it to order. I was told that the watch will cost something in the region of about $20,000.

Presumably if I wanted one, I'd need to put in a downpayment and once the watch is delivered, will have to pay the balance of the price.

That made me think. I've got the cash to put down for it, in fact, I have the cash to pay for the watch up front and I'd be one of the very few people in the world to have it as it was only launched at Baselworld 2005 and it may never see mainstream production as it was rumoured that it was to be a limited edition of 12 watches only.

I don't think I've reached the stage in life where I would not think twice about paying $20,000 for a watch. Ask me again in 10 years, perhaps I might by then. In any case, I think I'd want to get myself a tourbillon watch first but that's probably even more self-indulgent than having this blog.