A Capital-D Watch
Internationally renowned architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte of Paris
has teamed up with the Jérôme de Witt, founder of the DeWitt watch company, to create the WX-1, a “watch concept” that celebrates the company’s fifth anniversary. With a case constructed of extremely high-grade, technologically savvy materials—includeing titanium and eloxed aluminium—the watch is composed of 370 parts. An electronically driven rechargeable tool specially developed for the watch serves to wind its five barrels in a few dozen seconds. For traditionalists, the WX-1 can also be manually wound using a second tool supplied with the watch. Want to know literally how the watch works? Slide back its hood (or “bonnet,” as they say) and reveal the entire mechanism—display and movement—beneath
a transparent covering plate. Price tag? $365,000, but, hey, it comes
with its own “desk stand that accentuates its multidimensional and multifunctional status.” For more information, visit the Dewitt Web site.
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