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Someone Just Paid $31M for This Wristwatch

The Patek Philippe auctioned by Christie's is the most expensive wristwatch ever sold

(Newser) - Someone is about to have a very well-adorned wrist. Christie's held its charity Only Watch auction in Geneva on Saturday to help raise money for research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an every-other-year event that features dozens of luxury timepieces, and a one-of-a-kind Patek Philippe earned the title of most...

James Bond's Missing Watch Reappears... at Flea Market

Goes for $38; set to auction for up to $91K

(Newser) - James Bond's wristwatch played a starring role alongside Sean Connery in the 1965 film Thunderball, but after the movie, it went MIA. Now it has finally made a reappearance—after a buyer found it at a British equivalent of a flea market, Sky News reports. The anonymous buyer paid...

Tick Tock: Apple Working on 'iWatch'
 Tick Tock: Apple 
 Working on 'iWatch' 
rumor mill
Feb 13, 2013 7:48 AM CST

Tick Tock: Apple Working on 'iWatch'

Rumors about wristwatch-like device build up

(Newser) - Coming soon: an iPad you can wear on your wrist? Reports are piling up that Apple is working on what some are calling the "iWatch," a wristwatch that would perform functions similar to the iPhone and iPad. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal first reported...

Hottest New Watch: iPod Nano
 Hottest New Watch: iPod Nano 
Sep 27, 2010 5:11 PM CDT

Hottest New Watch: iPod Nano

Yep, people are wearing them

(Newser) - Wristwatches are so 1992. Unless, of course, you're sporting a suddenly trendy iPod Nano watch. The new version's 1.5-inch square screen just so happens to be wrist-size, its digitized analog clock face makes it easy to tell time (assuming you remember what the big and little hands are pointing...

Ten Christmas Wishes From Wired
Ten Christmas Wishes From Wired
Nov 23, 2007 12:34 PM CST

Ten Christmas Wishes From Wired

Number one is a slinky, and that's awesome

(Newser) - Wired editors have picked out their gadget wish list for the holidays this year, and while the list includes some high-tech toys like TVs and palmtops, it starts out with a standby: a slinky.
  1. Slinky (everyone knows it's slinky)
  2. Nokia N810 (open source palmtop)
  3. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean (invincible wristwatch)
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