Ulysee Nardin’s $1.1 Million Watch

Ulysee Nardin's is selling watch worth $1.1 million . The timepiece is covered in pave diamonds and sapphires and the entire torubillon movement is suspended on a plate of pure sapphire. They were able to drill and attach all of the moving parts to a sheet of gemstone is pretty darn impressive. The entire mechanism rotates when winding and unwinding and there are blue sapphire crystals and blue screws holding the whole mess together. There is a reduced, or skeletonized, spring barrel that acts as a power reserve indicator.

Nike Amp+Sport Remote Control

The new model, paired with the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit and Nike+ Ready shoes, will allow you to hear instant voice feedback of your time, distance, calorific expenditure and pace. The watch will also provide playback control functionality for your iPod nano, but if that is not enough to swing you in the direction of the Tokyoflash styled wannabe, perhaps the 50m water resistance, or the ability to function as a standard LCD watch.

Cost: Currently $39.99 , down from $79

TAG Heuer Diamond Fiction Watch

This luxury watch set with 879 Top Wesselton (5.8 carats) VS/SI (1.1 mm), full-cut, diamonds hides a surprising innovation: the digital display through the diamonds. 54 of the 879 diamonds have been cut in a revolutionary way to provide a very high-definition concentration of the light emitted by 54 LEDs (light emitting diodes) that display the time in glowing red. The red is echoed in the satin strap that gives a warm and silky look contrasting with the brilliance of the multiple diamonds.






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Facebook Down

If you're having issues accessing Facebook, you're not alone. Users on Twitter are reporting Facebook downtime. Today Facebook users are freaking out! The popular social networking website Facebook was down. No one has really been able to give a legitimate reason why users have been having problems accessing the site. Only white screen is displayed when trying to access facebook nothing load at all.

It could be a hack attack or could be because of new issues that internet service provider Qwest has been experiencing again.

Ducati Corse quartz watch for 2011

Ducati Corse quartz watch

The new Ducati Corse analog quartz watch contains a Miyota 2035 movement, it features a 40 mm case, aluminum top ring, snap crown and stainless steel caseback. The watch is even more embellished by a black dial with applied numbers and index and by the logo positioned at 6 o’clock. Its look is topped off by the eco-leather openwork watchband with red stitching. Sporty, classy, undeniably Ducati Corse.

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Rolex “harder than rock solid” bezel material

Many Bezels are crafted from gold or silver, which is a relatively soft metal, and thus susceptible to scratches. The bezel of a Watch takes the brunt of many hard knocks. In addition a Bezel can deteriorate in sunlight and chlorinated water. Rolex has created a Bezel able to withstand scratches, and deterioration by using an extremely hard ceramic material called yttrium-stabilized zirconia. This material is the same dentists use for tooth crowns. This ceramic material has a hardness of 1200 Vickers which accounts for a whole slew of corrosion-resistant properties:

• Its color is not affected by ultra-violet rays.
• It is virtually scratch-proof. (”Proof” is a word not often used by watch companies as no material is completely “scratch proof” or “water-proof”. Usually the word “resistance” is preferred. However, Rolex in its advertising campaign in regard to the Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II Bezel used the word “proof”. Therefore Rolex must have complete confidence in this Bezel material.

A bezel of this hardness challenges the inscription process, as inscriptions need to “scratch” this virtually “scratch-proof” material. Rolex has patented a unique process to inscribe the Bezel.

The numerals are carved in the Bezel before it hardens at 1500 °C. After this process, cathodic magnetron sputtering, covers the entire Bezel with a thin layer of gold or platinum, atom by atom. The Bezel is then polished, permanently leaving the precious metal in the numerals. This entire process takes 40 solid hours. Once the process is complete, the polished look of the watch will remain forever.

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G-Shock Mudman World's Toughest Watch

G-Shock Mudman G-9000 with Hammer

The Diesel DZ7091 Digital Watch

Diesel’s DZ7091 is one hell of a progressive little gem. The DZ7091 features a slim, silver leather band and a bold, obelisk-like black faceplate. The red digital display shines through like laser light, giving an ominous red readout of the time. The Diesel DZ7091 can be a bit tough to find stateside, but UK shops can import this piece for under $500.

Manufacture Royale Opera Time-Piece Watch

The Opera Time-Piece contains a brand new movement that is manually wound, has a tourbillon and a minute repeater. It was designed by the good people at Fabrique du Temps. Built of 319 parts.


The watch case itself is 50mm wide done in 18k rose and gray gold. It has three sapphire crystals and 60 pieces in its construction. The watch comes in a veneered wooden box that is said to be a reproduction of the Bastille Opera House in Paris.

Movement
-Movement dimensions Height: 5.45 mm / Diameter: 32 mm
-Number of components 319
-Number of rubies 29
-Power reserve 108 hours
-Frequency 3Hz, 21,600 vibrations per hour
-Plates Brass with sunray brushing, polished angles
-Bridges Brass with sunray brushing, polished angles
-Entirely hand finished
-Bells/chimes Hours in A / Minutes in C sharp
-Tourbillon Escape wheel and anchors in silicon
-One rotation per minute
-Functions Hours, Minutes. Repeater (triggered by slide)
-Gears Counter gears and sound system NIHS 20-02
-Balance spring Flat
-Balance with screws