Oh my. The above clock, is the 250th anniversary masterpiece from the Vacheron Constantin Swiss Watchmakers company. It’s called L’Esprit des Cabinotiers, and it’s craftmanship is beyond telling. It starts out as a beautifully engraved rose-golden sphere, and only at the urging of the owner (s/he who knows the secret) it delicately unfolds its lotus-like petals to reveal a mindblowingly ornate clockwork timepiece shielded by a previously-unheard of sized sapphire crystal. It’s almost magical in its elegant mechanical ballet, but it’s like a Steampunk artifact come to life.
It’s one of a kind, and it sold in auction for nearly two million dollars. That’s a very big number. Read more at Watchisimo Times, or at Network54. It’s just stunning.  [edited for silly apostrophe misuse.]

This entry was posted on Monday, March 19th, 2007 at 10:47 pm by Tinkergirl and is filed under Steampunk Images.