Got the time?

A marvelous Spring day... sunny and 80 degrees.. with greenery everywhere.  What a beautiful planet this is!  Elaine and I visited the Pennsylvania Amish Market with some CLV friends today and we got so worn out we took an afternoon nap.  Mr. Batty Bluebird didn't like us napping for more than one hour, so he came and banged on our bedroom window until I got up.  He is a nice looking bluebird so I don't understand why he seems to be so frustrated that he imagines a prospective mate appears back at him from his reflection in the window glass.

Ladies, are you pondering what to get your gadget loving spouse or boyfriend for his birthday? (Should I assume that only males are gadget driven?)  Here is the perfect answer to your quest.

The Watch to End all Watches

The New York Times Style Magazine just reported that Patek Philippe, famous Swiss watchmakers since 1893 has come out with the Calibre 89, a pocket watch with lots of features, for instance:

o  24 hands
o  2 dials
o  8  disks
o  61 bridges
o  129 jewels
o  184 wheels
o  332 screws
o  415 pins
o  429 mechanical components
o  a thermometer
o  a second time zone indicator
o  a 12 hour recorder
o  a full perpetual calendar
o  the moon's age
o  the moon's phases
o  the time of sunrise
o  the time of sunset
o  a display of the seasons
o  a display of the equinoxes
o  a display of the solstices
o  all the signs of the zodiac
o  the changeable date of Easter
o  a secular calendar that will not need adjusting until the 28th century

Only four of these watches were produced; one in yellow gold, one in rose gold, one in platinum and one in white gold..

It's a bit large for a pocket watch:  3 1/2 inches in diameter and it weighs 2 1/2 pounds.  (A lot bigger than any pocket watch in my Uncle Allen's large pocket watch collection.)

You'll need to hurry if you are thinking of buying the yellow-gold version because it is going up for sale at Sotheby's "Watches" auction in Geneva on May 14th, 2017 (just two short weeks away.)

Oh, by the way, the estimated sale price is $6.4 to 9.9 million!

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PS  If you feel that the price is a bit high, you can get a pocket watch at WalMart for about $15 that will keep better time.  It just won't have the same snob appeal.

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