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[Malyse]

WAT.

n the event that your concept of extravagance is having a handyman in a red shirt and blue overalls on a watch, your fantasy has materialize. Swiss extravagance watchmaker Romain Jerome has divulged its coordinated effort with Nintendo, a constrained version mechanical watch highlighting the main character of Super Mario Bros, on the 30th commemoration of the first amusement discharged for the NES. This isn’t the first run through the watchmaker has gone the arcade diversion course, however. It has already teamed up with other 8-bit establishments, for example, Space Invaders, Tetris, and Pac-Man to deliver advanced watches with retro diversion characters. The new watch is called RJ Super Mario Bros.

The Super Mario Bros-themed watch is the most recent timepiece in this convention, highlighting a 46mm wide case cut out of dark titanium. The back of the watch has a grainy surface and bears the Super Mario Bros emblem. Concerning the front, the Super Mario Bros watch face has been composed in three levels to stress the pixelated look of the diversion, with Mario and alternate bits covered in lacquer with hand to give it the premium look.

Further driving home the premium nature is the constrained creation of 85 units, in reference to the diversion’s dispatch in 1985. On top of that, be prepared to shell out EUR 17,500 (Rs. 12,30,000 roughly) in Europe and $18,950 (Rs. 12,60,000 around) in the US in the event that you need to get your hands on the most selective Mario stock out there. With so optimized price, the only defect anyone can witness or complain in this watch is the absence of character Luigi. If you’re a fan of him, this turns out to be a disappointment though!

http://www.briefdispatch.com/techno...t-18950-a-watch-for-true-mario-fans-8317.html

 

[Kodaman]

looks cool.. not $18,950 cool...


PD: inb4 where is metroid watch...

 

[Dusk Golem]

I'm more amused than I should be out of everything they could of put on the watch, they included the cloud and the recolored cloud/bush.

 

[georly]

I'd pay ~100 for that thing. Looks sweet, just a tiny tiny tiny bit overpriced.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Mmmmm no

75$ and we have a deal

 

[amnesiac]

Nah, already got this.

 

[MrCunningham]

$20 grand can go so far, why would I spend it on a watch that doesn't even have Mario's colours right?

 

[shandy706]

Meh, would rather have one of the Limited Edition 1994 watches for $100-$135.

 

[Maintenance]

Mamma mia!

 

[Rollo Lawson]

The cheapest RJ watch I've seen is over 7000. Even if I could afford it 46mm is past my limit anyway.

 

[blast processed]

I'll take 2

 

[AHindD]

Damn, would have thrown a few points at it if it was on Club Nintendo.

 

[Malyse]

I'll take 2

It's sweet of you to get one for me too. <3

 

[LiK]

I'd pay $25 tops for that

 

[ciddative]

same as this one?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1147593

 

[sixteen-bit]

I like that they implemented cloudbush.

 

[Kojirospath]

That looks tacky. Who'd part with that much money for a watch like that willingly?

 

[harrisk954]

same as this one?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1147593

Appears to be so!

 

[pinkurocket]

It would be cool if Mario jumped every minute or something. It looks kinda basic for that price if there's no fancy mechanical movement with the decorations.

 

[Marvel]

Pathetic.

 

[Alucrid]

"what time is it?"

"it's mushroom o'clock"

 

[Alebrije]

Nice watch , will wait for it being included on a WiUU bundle

 

[mobilesworking]

For ~$19,000 this watch is surprisingly uninspired. Compare its by-the-numbers design to this watch from Mr. Jones, which is less than 1% of the other's price.

 

[DryvBy]

No thanks. That's crazy.

 

[Vandole]

I had a spare hundred thousand dollars lying around so I bought 5.

 

[Alebrije]

For ~$19,000 this watch is surprisingly uninspired. Compare its by-the-numbers design to this watch from Mr. Jones, which is less than 1% of the other's price.

Yep , a nicer watch

 

[SmiteOfHand]

Pebble has it covered for a fraction of the price..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZpIqn3N0g