The Seiko Space Watch
When Richard Garriott, a video game designer and the son of a NASA astronaut, becomes the sixth private-citizen to go into space, he'll be wearing a very special watch. The Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk watch has been created to withstand the extreme environment of outer space and will be worn outside Garriott's space suit, when he becomes the first private citizen to do a space walk.
To survive zero gravity and the cold of space, the watch uses a spring drive over a battery, was designed to be light with recesses on the sides of the case to save weight, a dial with a Lumibrite treatment for readability and an air tight and made of high-intensity titanium.
Even if you're not going into space anytime soon, you can still get one of the 100 available in this limited edition this October. It will cost you though, as the watch is set to sell for $25,000.
(via Luxist)
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