The Cabestan Watch

If you have a spare quarter of a million dollars check out the Cabestan watch. The Cabestan has a transversal tourbillon and the indications for hours, minutes, seconds and power reserve appear on the four cylinders of the watch. The watch has an original mechanical movement with manual winding, a fusee and a tourbillon and six ball bearings. The movement is visible from above and the side. The winding stem is a removable “winch” that stores in the buckle of the watch’s bracelet. There will be 135 of these watches made, 15 in yellow gold, 55 in rose gold, 50 in white gold and 15 in platinum and it will sell for around $220,000. Check out http://www.europastar.com/europastar/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001844317 or visit http://www.digitalus.co.nz/onthenet/ for an online link to the article.

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