I once heard it said that staff in high-priced establishments estimate your personal wealth based on two things, your shoes and your watch. If you are wearing a Casio G-Shock, and a pair of dirty Nike Air Max, you probably aren’t going to cough up a thousand dollar tip. I wonder what they would make of the Horological Machine No. 2; it screams ostentatious wealth. It truly is a marvel of modern watch making.

Features of this little beauty include jumping hours and concentric retrograde minutes on the right dial. The left dial features retrograde date and bi-hemisphere moon phase. Made up of over 450 components, the HM2 is complex and sophisticated; if it breaks you are going to have to go back to the manufacturer, not your friendly neighborhood watchmaker.

The HM2 is constructed of titanium and 18K gold, and if you think that the $59,000 price tag is high, remember that its predecessor, the HM1 sold for $150,000.

If you have the time and inclination, do check out the Watchismo article on this. It is absolutely fascinating and well worth the read.

Source: MB&F (Manufacturer), Watchismo, Sci Fi Tech

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