Awatch is a watch after all, you wear it to learn the time. Well, there is no doubt about that, but to some people it's more than just a 'time machine'.
You wear it to make a statement -- about your social and financial status.
Guessing, and quite correctly too, that there is a niche market for obscenely expensive watches, some manufacturers have gone out of their way to design watches that cost many thousand dollars.
To learn more about the most expensive eatches of the world, read on...
1. Zadora Timepieces
Manufacturer: Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof
The latest offering by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof is a bee of oxidised palladium and micro pave. The bee is adorned with black and canary yellow diamonds, pear-shaped emerald eyes with a baroque south sea pearl in its mouth.
Price: $150,000
Image: A Zadora Timepiece
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