Unusual Clock Mechanisms

Cryptic Time Pieces, Rarely Seen Designs

Even James Bond would be challenged to quickly tell the time from these watches, even with his spy gadget experience. Well, telling the time does not seem to be the point here; these items exist only because of their exuberant, glamorous or wacky design. Most of the watches shown here are vintage, some are antique; for the more recent examples of "nutty time pieces" read this article




























(images credit: 1nah.ru)

Swiss watch maker Angular Momentum has fun with various bizarre layouts:



This model is appropriately called "Mystery Time Dispay":



Do you really need hour, minute or second hands?
(the dials themselves rotate in this case)



...even more stylish offering in the same vein: no hour, minute or second hands:
(read more about it at YankoDesign - via)





Other stylish classic watches are made by various prestigious firms, like
Carlo Ferrara - "Dancing Régulateur":




(Source: Journal.vz.ru)

Some of the impressive designs from
Audemars Piguet, Jean d'Eve, Jacob & Co. and others approach art in their sophistication and glamor:
(more here)


Harry Winston's Rare Watches - Opus 6



Piguet Maserati



Parmigiani Bugatti



Harry Winston's Opus V
- starting price 100k USD (read more here)


And finally, simplicity itself:
"Alien visitation" clock. (I want one)



Who cares if time is impossible to tell accurately? You might just fall in love with these time pieces, and then, you know, "Lovers ever run before the clock" (Shakespeare)

Choose a cool watch here