crystalcranium Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Came accross theis. St Gallen watch company is a Hong Kong based company with a Swiss name. They make a watch called "The Disinfectable", an automatic watch that you can dip in antimicrobials like diluted bleach. It has pulsation and respiration gradations on the dial. ...and now this LE horrible looking thing with our favorite karosel tourbi movement from the guys at Sea-Gul. The seller claims the movement is shipped to Switzerland for upgrading and then assembled into the watch but the company is based in the east so.....you draw your own conclusions. $10,000 and fugly! Model: Chinese Tourbillon Description: The base movement is created in China and then sent to Switzerland to be refined and quality controlled by St. Gallen. The hand wound movement is in a 42mm stainless steel case with a rubber strap. The dial is hand painted Roman numerals on mother of pearl and features a display back. Water resistant to 330ft, limited to 500 pieces for the world. Brand new with box papers and two year factory warranty. Armstrong Rockwell is authorized by St. Gallen to distribute their brand. The watch is brand new and is located on this web page until additional product is received and an individual page can be built. List Price: $9,900. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pix Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 "controlled by St. Gallen" sounds as wrong as "controlled by Amsterdam..." St Gallen is a place. Well, anyway, I don't believe any single word of their story. If you can get a chinese tourbi on ebay for 500 dollars, nothing can explain the price difference with this ugly thing. Is it plain white gold or something like that ? Does the watch travel in first class ? If anyone buys a tourbi from me at 10 000 dollars, I'll grant him 5 years warranty, a free bottle of Champagne, and will still keep an indecent margin. Oh, and I forgot : who needs a disinfectable watch ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalcranium Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 It's aimed at health care workers but the advertising language is pretty amusing in that they are trying to get obsessive compulsives in a froth about how many germs they might be carrying around on their watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolfire Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 It's aimed at health care workers but the advertising language is pretty amusing in that they are trying to get obsessive compulsives in a froth about how many germs they might be carrying around on their watches. I concur! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eunomians Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Wow, what a great way to spend your hard-earned cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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