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how can obscenely wealthy people be such idiots? you'd think they'd be a little more savvy than to fall for such a fluffy pretentious line of ***** like this. a “contemplative tourbillon operation whereby the ‘Day’ tourbillon operates for 12 hours to symbolize working life, while the ‘Night’ tourbillon takes over afterward to represent an individual’s private time.” we are talking about some world-class douchebags here.

They weren't kidding when they said "limited time only"

"With no display for the hours, minutes or seconds, the Day&Night offers a new way of measuring time, splitting the universe of time into two fundamentally opposing sections:" AM and PM. Right? "day versus night." Oh, right, marketing.

Well...I guess it's still right two times a day.

that's a bracelet

I'm wondering how many were available. It looks fairly complicated to build. So if they only had two, then selling out in 48 hours isnt all that amazing.

Why?

Maybe all that wealth should go to people who will have a brain and might actually put it to some good use...

"The watch sold out within 48 hours of its launch."

How did they know?

You couldn't donate that $300,000 to something more useful?

And by something more useful I mean anything besides a watch that doesn't tell time.

A watch that does not tell time is not a watch. This is a $300,000 watch-shaped wristband.

But will it blend?

congratulations you have now come across one of the stupidest things that will ever grace the skin of your wrist.

Apparently retarded is the new chic.

Gotta love the people who are commenting on the WSJ website:
"I had my $1600 Swiss watch recently in the shop for 6 months (had to have replacement parts made in Switzerland). Rather than use an older watch, I just relied on my cell phone to know what time it was…"

Seems like that 1600 really went to good use when you already own something that provides the SAME exact function. And why the ***** does everyone need to know that you wasted 1600 bucks on a watch?

Even better, if you go to the original website, they have another watch that you can't even wear!!! http://www.romainjerome.ch/en/les-inatendus/t-oxy- ...

I think Yuri should have been the story's picture.

Give me a hammer and a Timex and I’ll sell you another watch that won’t tell time for a bargain of $100,000.

Looks like the titanic-DNA Watch
http://www.uncrate.com/men/style/watches/titanicdn ...
and it actually tells time.
Is this real? $300,000 sounds just a little too insane to be real.

i just ordered 2.

Useless as a hooker that doesn't sell sex.

***** stupid. No more wealth report for me.

"My watch is stuffed with so many diamonds, it can't even move!"

If you read the article, you would know that this watch actually splits the universe into two opposing sections. Instant Nobel Prize.

If you have to throw away your money, could you at least throw it towards the way of us diggers? We need the cash. A stupid company that makes a watch that doesn't tell time does not.

"He added that anyone can buy a watch that tells time — only a truly discerning customer can buy one that doesn’t."

My watch battery is dead. Apparently this means it is now worth around $300,000. Any takers?

I wish I knew how to get in to with anyone that would even consider wasting money like this- I need money for tuition.

And when the article says "discerning customer" it should say "*****-for-brains rich guy." Typo.

I swear this website is a mock site like the onion is with news.

It doesn't tell time, but tells you what sucker you are for paying 300,000 for a watch.

Does selling 2 mean that they sold out, or is the number higher?

I want one of these badboys!
Just so I can show the next Mofo that asks me what the time is....

Ohhhhh yes, its day (else its night)

"What time is it?" I don't know. "But you're wearing a watch." Oh, it doesn't tell time... but it cost $300k! "...Are you ***** retarded?"

While people here berate the stupidity of the super rich, I have a different point of view. I think it is genius on the part of the watchmaker. Making the watch, one would surmise, takes very little resources, both in fuel and materials. Convincing the rich to give up their cash is simply the redistribution of wealth, not unlike taxation. Any type of redistribution of wealth from the ultra elite to the common man is indeed a good thing.

Their other watches are amazing looking: http://www.romainjerome.ch/en/home/home.aspx

Son of a bitch, I never can think of the RIGHT useless inventions.

Maybe people buy it just to collect it, but it would suck as a daily watch to wear

If you can afford it, why not? Something to talk about at dinner with other people if anything. I have a $600 watch I got as a college graduation present and friends compliment almost every time I wear it out on special occasions.. if youre a millionare, it takes the watch in this article, not a $600 movado from costco.

why not just buy 300,000 dollars worth of ghetto prostitutes. it will tell you the time for the rest of your life

Why would i want to know if it's day or night when i can just look outside? Instead of trying to make the "watch" do something, why not just call it an expensive bracelet? That way at least, it'll just be called an expensive jewelery, instead of people calling you a idiot. Honestly, WHY THE ***** DO I NEED TO LOOK AT MY WRIST TO SEE IF IT"S DAY OR NIGHT?

At that price you can also sponsor 20 different children in need for the next 41 some odd years!
http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/master.nsf/ ... of course, being able to tell whether the sun should be in the sky or not while you're locked away counting money in your vault is of course, much much more important isn't it?

I'm launching the digital model. One led, labeled "PM".

Criminally wasteful... Make a grant to a stem-cell research team or something if you have all that money to throw around!

Somewhere along the line, someone phail'd miserably

I want to know if people would still be amazed if it did tell time. What's the difference between an extremely rich guy buying a $300,000 watch that doesn't tell time, and one that does? Either way, he's buying a $300,000 watch. I don't see the difference, its just a status symbol

Hey it's kind of like the iPhone.

WTF? Steel from the Titanic? How much more pretentious and exclusive do you have to get? Get help. Insecurity and a big ego make a bad combination.