Reader Adrian S. sent me a link to an article about watches made from the steel of the Titanic, salvaged from the wreck site deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
We’re all for reuse and recycle, but Romain Jerome’s Titanic DNA Watch is borderline macabre/bizarre. Granted, we really dig the design — but taking actual steel from the Titanic and incorporating it into a watch?
From the release:
"The watches will have black dial faces thanks to lacquer paint, the ingredients of which consist of coal from the Titanic, while pieces of steel from the vessel will also be used in their creation.
"Yvan Arpa, Chief Executive of Romain Jerome, revealed that the number of watches made will be limited to 2,012, to coincide with the centenary anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, when it struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 14th 1912."
There's more at the link.
Never mind the macabre/bizarre aspects . . . with prices for the ten different designs in the collection ranging from a mere US $7,800 to a truly Titanic $173,100 (!!!), I suspect I won't be buying one anytime soon!
Peter
Okay, that is just plain wrong... I draw the line at making a profit off a disaster...
ReplyDeleteI thought the wreck was considered a burial site, and was to be left undisturbed.Another case of profit over decency.
ReplyDeleteAs well as the 'commerce over dignity' issue, I'm sorry, but a watch is a TOOL - they can be pretty/attractive/intriguing, but WHY would one spend that kind of money on one? Verily, the mind doth ..............................
ReplyDeleteSemper FI'
DM
I cam across some watches on Amazon.com costing even farther into the six figures. The mind boggles.
ReplyDeleteAre the watches waterproof?
ReplyDeleteRobert Ballard said that his greatest mistake was not claiming salvers rights to the Titanic when he found it. That way no one could have touched it without his permission, and he wants it left alone as a grave. I 100% agree with him.
ReplyDeleteLittleRed1
Apart from the issue of the source of the materials, I want a watch to tell me the time. If you had the really interesting watch worth tens of thousands of dollars, who would know?
ReplyDeleteOnly the people you told. So you could show your friend the watch and say, "Look, I have a watch partially made from steel from the Titanic, and it cost thirty thousand dollars!
And your ex-friend could walk away thinking, "What a giant tool he turned out to be."
I'm afraid that it'd break in two if it was banged into something!
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