If you head into pretty much any toy store on the face of this planet you'll probably be able to pick up a Pokémon-themed watch for loose change, and while that might be enough for most fans of the series, it's good to know that those with more money than sense have other options. With that in mind, watchmaker RJ-Romain Jerome has created a Pokémon timepiece which costs - wait for it - $258,000.
Dubbed the "Tourbillon Pokémon", this one-of-a-kind item is described as “the perfect alchemy between a prestigious horological complication and the emblem of the millennials.” Quite. That sounds like a bad thing to us, but then we're old and grumpy.
The watch's colourful dial - which features 3D effect characters from the series - is set within an all-black 48mm case, while the strap is made from black alligator, enhanced with yellow and blue stitching.
We can think of a million and one things we'd spend $260,000 on instead of this, but what about you?
[source highsnobiety.com, via romainjerome.ch]
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What's it made of? Because I really want to make an iron and irony joke but I know it's probably not made of iron.
Was considering it but don't wear alligator.
That is absolutely absurd. It looks nice though.
Patiently waiting for the next piece of Boomer-journalism claiming that the only reason millennials can't afford housing is because they spend all their money on $258,000 Pokémon watches. And avocado toast. Always the avocado toast.
Two Hundreds ?!
Two Hundreds Sixty Thousands Dollar ??!!
Gosh... even More than America's Next Top Model's Cash Prize... !
Their page is written in the way I feel it is a joke. Kinda similar to those Kickstarter scams.
Tbh, the watch doesn't look impressive to me: another watch without numbers. And it uses some of the older artworks. For this price they could at least ask GF/Pokemon Company for custom artworks.
The Pikachu version looks more sleek though.
horological...........
I don't know buuuuut
That sounds like something sexual for me
That 260k would net you at least 5 NES minis if you got great deals from scalpers.
Uhhh and it doesn't even look nice. It is literally just stock Sugimori Pokemon art slapped lazily on a watch face...
Anyone who knows something about luxury watches knows that this is about market price. Watches with a Tourbillon are among the most rare and coveted watches. Since this is a one-off, it's a fair price.
I know there is more to these watches than looks but that watch face is hideous. If I threw money around like that I'd also want it to look nice.
With that sort of money, I'd prefer to buy a watch with numbers, a Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, games for both, maybe see what the fuss is with PSVR, then spend the rest on booze.
I would accept this watch as a gift. For $258,000.00+tax, I would probably rather invest in making my own Poke-watch (Poketch, ha.)
If I possessed over $400,000,000.00, I'd be the owner of a new watch.
Called "Emblem of the Millenials."
Priced outside of a vast majority of millenials' price range.
It's sad that alligators are being killed in brutal ways for things like this. Don't buy stuff that uses alligator.
Lol I'd buy a knockoff version for 26 bucks.
No Ampharos anywhere on the watch. Not worth it.
Hey, it's a cool looking watch, but I pity the fool that buys this. Or, maybe I should really pity all the people who live in a so called "civilized" and "fair" society where some tool has enough money that they can actually waste it on something like this--a product clearly designed to take candy from a brainless moron with more money than sense--while billions of people live and die in abject poverty. This is the kind of thing that makes me sad that this is the world we live in--and some people are actually proud and happy that things are this way.
Wait, the strap is "black alligator"? For the person who catches animals to wear them... oh wait.
Pre-ordered .
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