Here is something that is extravagant as the Czarina’s budget for her yearly shopping trip in St. Petersburg is. The Cabestan Winch Tourbillon Vertical is a design created by the acclaimed Vianney Halter and engineered by DMC Group’s Jean-François Ruchonnet. The watch comes with a 450 link chain and awesome looking nickel silver drums.

Moreover the watch has nearly 1,352 components each of which are highly precisioned. The watch itself looks rather strange yet beautiful. It almost looks like a steampunk version of a timepiece. The watch costs an astounding $275,000 and if you choose to get a little indulgent, you could add some diamonds and platinum and ask for a bill worth $400,000.

Though the watch looks sort of unreal, it has a graceful, scientific and luxurious feel all at the same time. However, reading time on a watch like this may prove to be rather difficult and you may need some training. Only four of these novel watches would be manufactured every month, which means there would be a lot of takers for the watch, even if it means spending a bomb.

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