Friday 9 October 2009

SEE THE US$280 000 BUGATTI TIMEPIECE



Back in 2006 Swiss watchmaker Parmigiani Fleurier made the Bugatti Type 370 watch which the Veyron owner’s wrist. One of these timepieces will set you back over US$280 000 (R2.07 million). Its movement is designed to sit sideways so that the driver doesn’t have to take his hands off the wheel when looking at the time. Who wants to know what time it is while doing 407km/h?

Never mind. With the four-door Bugatti 16C Galibier is going into production a watch to go with it has been designed. The Tourbillon piece will be found on the dashboard of this car and can be strapped on its owner’s wrist. It can also be docked on a desk stand at the office. Tourbillon is a technology invented in 1795 to counter the effects of gravity on a watch’s hands.

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