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Watches as Toys - can you remember any?
Let’s face it. Many men/women never grow up. Under the guise of adulthood, is the disguise of childhood.
Jackpot anyone?
Romaine Jerome Space Invaders - sadly this watch is not interactive
MCT Dodekal One
Roger Dubuis Excaliber Pirelli - allows one to change parts. Wow this is an F1 pitstop. Credit: Hypebeast
Some men wear colourful socks, under their drab coloured attires to work. Others, keep secret collections of collectible toys, be it action-heroes, model planes etc. Master of the Universe anyone?
Others simply lile to have the newest gadgets, be it drones, computers, audio equipment etc. Who knows if these traits are vestigial parts of their child-like mind, begging to be released.
I was talking to an ex-Olympian who did a few medals for gymnastics back in the 80’s. He is a 76 year old paraplegic now. His dream? Well his dream is a reclining bicycle powered by arms. He asked his son for one.
So let’s translate toys to horology. What are the examples of horology that you recall, which can double up as a toy?
Here are a few that come to mind (I’m sure there are many more, but I cannot seem to recall or find them):
Jackpot anyone?
Girard Perregaux Jackpot
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For the kid who hid porn magazine under his bed, and grew up.
For the kid who hid porn magazine under his bed, and grew up.
Perrelet Double Rotor Erotic Edition
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Fidgeting with a repeater is an expensive past-time for many.
Fidgeting with a repeater is an expensive past-time for many.
Ulysse Nardin Genghis Khan
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For the tin toy lover. Winding this up reminds one of tin toys.
For the tin toy lover. Winding this up reminds one of tin toys.
Azimuth M2 “Mr Roboto”
A cheaper alternative to the watch toys. Come on, produce a mechanical toy Tag Heuer.
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A cheaper alternative to the watch toys. Come on, produce a mechanical toy Tag Heuer.
Tag Heuer Connected “Super Mario” LE
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This is guaranteed to make random women ask you questions.
This is guaranteed to make random women ask you questions.
Konstantin Chaykin “Minions”
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This is fun!
This is fun!
Christopher Claret Roulette watch
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Romaine Jerome Space Invaders - sadly this watch is not interactive
Credit: Horologium
Hautlence Pinball watch
Hautlence Pinball watch
Credit: Horologium
MCT Dodekal One
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Roger Dubuis Excaliber Pirelli - allows one to change parts. Wow this is an F1 pitstop. Credit: Hypebeast
Fun Post
Here are a few that spring to mind…
The Haldimann H9 Tourbillon… yes, this is a tourbillon.🙈
And the Swatch Bunny Sutra 🐰
Lastly, getting back to the Roulette watch you mentioned, it actually has Black Jack on the front side as well!❤️🖤
The Haldimann H9 Tourbillon… yes, this is a tourbillon.🙈
And the Swatch Bunny Sutra 🐰
Lastly, getting back to the Roulette watch you mentioned, it actually has Black Jack on the front side as well!❤️🖤
Wow the Haldimann H9 is nice
Really tongue-in-cheek. Amazing verso side of the roulette too. Great to hear from you Brandon.=D
I recalled reading about a watch made to function like a zoetrope but cannot seem to find it. That was about 8-10 years ago when some watchmaker made one.
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Credit: my modern met
Ah the RM with spinning words
I believe this model was popular in Brunei or Malaysia. Some Billionaire royalty got one. Those hypocrites. Grrrr
Yes yes u found it!!
The Cinema by Konstantin Chaykin. I could not remember that piece and kept searching for posts on it.
Love this post!!!
I love the selection too! i always have thought that watches are more of an art/toy than something practical lol!! Here is my list!
This one in light of the Perrelet one lol
Wow excellent selections
Which is the last picture? It looks like more than meets the eye.
The Daniel Roth piece is great too. Oo, the Anderson is one hella tittivating piece.=D
The more I see how illogical collectors are, I see reflections of overgrown kids, trapped in an adult frame. Many of times, the most well fed kid isn’t the one who gets the most fun.
The Daniel Roth piece is great too. Oo, the Anderson is one hella tittivating piece.=D
The more I see how illogical collectors are, I see reflections of overgrown kids, trapped in an adult frame. Many of times, the most well fed kid isn’t the one who gets the most fun.
It is very much an adult kids playtime lol
and i am a child at hear so this very much is inline with my personality lol! Right! they are amazing! It is a planetarium, Van Cleef has a version made by the same watchmaker ( christiaan van der klaauw) and it is amazing, there are like 6 planets revolving accurately and tbh, for the price, it is really good ! check out what is on ebay or something. Here are some other watches I forgot about and everything from the opus series lol
Amazing additions
I am curious after seeing the yellow watch. Is it made of chocolate or cheese? Which brand and model is that curiousity.
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Yes, the Opus series by Harry Winston was extremely exquisite and fun. My favourite was the one designed by Andreas Strehler which looked like a spirograph.
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thank you!!
Toy watches are right up my jam!! You are talking about the heavily carved second one right? That is actually wood, completely made from various types of wood from a watchmaker in ukraine who never went to watch school but was/is a cabinet maker. Extremely impressive, does not keep the most accurate time but i mean, it is made of wood lol (except for the balence spring and some other parts but like it is five or something) his name is Valerii Danevych and has an etsy page lol www.etsy.com
also here are some more watches
All of them lol
But prob between either the jacquet droz koi pond or the planetarium and the masahiro kikuno
Golden delight
Ulysse Nardin has a special place in my impression. Good brand making very unique pieces.
I'm a fan of the Christophe Claret poker watch
The main problem I have with it though is that it is a simplified version of poker with much fewer hand combinations than what you would get with a real deck of cards. Regardless, it's a very cool and original complication.
Oh this piece..yes I remember it
No one posted it yet until you thought of it. Beautiful piece and quite a toy indeed!
Funny, once again, we thought about the same watch ( in a slightly different execution, though... ;) )