ArtyA Son of a Gun Watch
Many high-end collectors are also gun lovers, delighting in the craftsmanship and attention to detail of a high-end firearm. To celebrate this slightly strange marriage between Swiss high watchmaking and firearms, Yvan Arpa for ArtyA introduces the Son of a Gun Watch.
ArtyA Son of a Gun Watch
A collector has ordered this exceptional timepiece from Yvan Arpa, creator and consultant in high watchmaking for his brand ArtyA.
To debut the collection Artya has imagined a watch containing real bullets. With a bezel and inner dial like a target sight, the piece showcases six 6mm Flobert bullets suspended in the dial almost like the barrel of a revolver. Use of copper wire like dynamite wire and the iconic 47mm wide steel case display Artya brand DNA.
Bite the Bullet: Guns don't always kill people, time always does.
A complete new line of products incorporating the world of fine firearms will take shape in the near future. The very first watch has the following features:
TECHNICAL DATA
Movement
Self-winding movement entirely manufactured in Switzerland with rotor upgraded with three real 38 mm cartridges
Power reserve: 42 hours
Jewelling: 25 jewels
Case
Stainless steel grade 316, with target bezel engraved, between the dial and case six REAL 6mm Flobert bullets are suspended (like in Russian Roulette)
Dial Follow up of the target engravement
Diameter Ø47mm
Crystal Sapphire
Back Open, fitted with a sapphire crystal
Water resistance 50 meters
Bracelet Ballistic style
Warranty 24 months
Press Release
The owner will enjoy...
Cheers,
pplater.
from Bad to Worse....
'A complete new line of products incorporating the world of fine firearms will take shape in the near future.'
A Flobert .22cb is a fine firearm? Bwahahahahahaha. Ok, maybe if you are upgrading from a spitwad or a rubberband gun.
'the piece showcases six 6mm Flobert bullets suspended in the dial almost like the barrel of a revolver.'
if your ammo is sideways in the barrel of your wheel gun, you got some issues. Also if they were 'real' as in live rounds (which is as real as you can get), is it a good idea to put a rimfire round floating inside?
'three real 38 mm cartridges'
38mm? You put a DD in there? Someone needs to recheck their math. hint: 38mm is not .38 special.
'(like in Russian Roulette)'
No self respecting serious firearm enthusiast would associate safe and responsible handling of a weapon with something as dangerous as playing Russian Roulette.
This exemplifies what is so wrong with the watch industry.
-MW
:-)
I figured it out....
-MW
They didn't even get the size right
They could have made the case 40, or 44 or 45mm in diameter and had a cute little reference there, but no, they didn't get that right
A
ps It's impressive that they started out with actual crap and managed to go downhill from there
Perhaps it should have been named the "Big Bang."
I like it's sense of humour.
It's not meant to be a serious piece of horology, nor for a seasoned firearms connoisseur.
Give the guy a break, he is fulfilling demands from a certain segment of the market that love stuff like these. At least he sells interesting crap, not the senseless and soulless limited edition crap.
Best,
Horo
No, that the other clown with dinodung in volcano ashes warehoused in rusted shipwreck
Best,
Horo This message has been edited by Hororgasm on 2011-08-24 07:55:31
Horo; mate!...
With apologies to Eisenberg - If it looks like it, smells like it and behaves in its anticipated manner, we have at least to allow of the possibility that the significant number of rational and sentient adults who would step over it if they saw it on the sidewalk are correct in assuming that it is unpleasant faecal refuse excreted from the horological equivalent of an alimentary canal.
Otherwise, however, you are 100% on the money!
Cheers,
pplater.
I love this extended and illustrated version of the "look and smell like crap"
So much so, that I am going to reproduce it in an email I am writing now to my colleague in New York about a certain tainted cargo.
Thanks!
Horo
Proving once again that....
just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it.
Ray
