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This $350,000 handless watch is a sly nod at Apple Watch excess

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It may look like an Apple Watch, but H. Moser & Cie.’s Swiss Alp Watch Concept Black is something far more unusual – and far more expensive than even Apple’s
It may look like an Apple Watch, but H. Moser & Cie.’s Swiss Alp Watch Concept Black is something far more unusual – and far more expensive than even Apple’s Edition-version of the smartwatch. Handiwork of the legendary Swiss horologist, the minimalistic timepiece not only does away physical hands like the Apple Watch, but it also does away with a screen altogether.
Indeed this is no smartwatch, with H. Moser & Cie. sticking resolutely to its mechanical roots. With no display, and no hands, the only visible mechanism is a on-minute flying tourbillon at the 6 o’clock position, peeking through the gloss black dial.
To actually tell the time, therefore, you need to listen. “As it was in the time before the use of electricity became widespread: people had to use minute repeaters to discover the time when it was too dark to see,” the watchmakers point out.

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