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Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 1 Watch: Homage To Star Wars' Tusken Raiders?
Is it weird that I sometimes compare watches with things I know in pop culture? I find it especially gratifying to compare exclusive multi-hundred thousand dollar timepieces with such plebeian pop culture essentials as the Tusken Raider Sand People from the Star Wars universe. Really though, look at the face of this Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon No. 1 and tell me that it does not (at least vaguely) remind you of the face of the Sand People (Person?). I see the axis points of the two tourbillon escapements akin to the eyes, and the dial as being similar to the circular Sand Person desert mask mouth. There are also the vertical slits that are present on both the watch and the Tusken Raider's facial garb. Seems like a pretty good fit to me. If you recall, a while ago I also discussed the best watches for Darth Vader here, and there of course there was the MB&F Horological Machine No. 3 that had a resemblance to 3-CPO. I don't think it is me, I think the watch makers are doing
Parmigiani Toric Kaleidoscope Prestige Piece Unique Minute Repeater Watch Hands-On
These days, if it says “Toric” and the watch is a Parmigiani, you can be mostly sure of two things. First, that the watch is more than likely a one-of-a-kind “piece unique“; second, that it is a minute repeater. Parmigiani Fleurier produced series “Toric” models in the past, but today, I believe, these high-end watches are almost exclusively produced as one-of-a-kind art watches to satisfy the brand’s more “esteemed” clientele. Almost each year, Parmigiani comes out with at least one new Toric minute repeater watch, and for 2016, one of them is this Toric Kaleidoscope Prestige that is interesting to observe in action.I believe my last time going hands-on with one of these piece unique minute repeaters was back in 2013 while examining the Parmigiani Toric Quaestor Labyrinthe watch. In that instance, I found the artistic “labyrinth” maze-style dial to be of note. While most of these watches share the same case with Parmigi