The UR-1001 pocket watch carries a price tag of $400,000, making it the most expensive luxury pocket watch on the market. The watch is built well, so much so that it will actually run for 1000 years. The only thing that is required of it is to be wound every day and a half.
Watch making is an art unto itself, with so many small pieces working in tandem with each other. This luxury pocket watch is so fine-tuned that it measures the date by day, month and year as well as telling you whether it is day or night. The month display is built so that it differentiates between months with 30 days and 31 days; the only exception being February with 28 days.
For any time-piece aficionado this luxury pocket watch is a must buy. For the lucky person who is able to afford this watch, they will be safe knowing that it will say and be used in their family for a millennium.
Durable 1000 Year Watches
Urwerk has Created a Luxury Pocket Watch that Will Run for 1000 years.
Trend Themes
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