[Chhanda Das]

Timeless Bugatti, literally: $280,000 watch gets a functioning W16 engine inside



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[createrkid]

I was fully expecting satire reading the title and then I saw the price. "hmmm, that's cheap as hell for a Bugatti with a fancy Patek Philippe or whatever" and then I realized it's actually a wristwatch. The times we live in.

[GTO]

That is pretty damn cool! What innovation. Here are two videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKQxJmBFDT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7tmdQFKqc

[tsk1979]

You know what, its cool all right, but I was disappointed that its not a gasoline powered watch. That would have been really awesome. Having a wristwatch running on gasoline. Something like - 100 hours on a full tank of jet turbine fuel

[for_cars1]

Originally Posted by Chhanda Das

Timeless Bugatti, literally: $280,000 watch gets a functioning W16 engine inside...

Having looked at the video of the watch, while the concept is praiseworthy and unique, the mechanicals are rather simple (in relative terms of a watch).

Its just that the watch mechanical windings are turning the crank shaft and in turn moving the pistons in and out in a rather reverse way. In a real engine, it would be the pistons driving the shaft.

Unless Bugatti has a patent that prevents other watch makers from making a similar concept watch, one can expect cheap Chinese replicas of the same real soon

PS: Just putting my thoughts about the watch without intending to offend anyone.

[Thermodynamics]

Cool watch, although it’s a mimic the precision engineering is super cool.

Originally Posted by tsk1979

You know what, its cool all right, but I was disappointed that its not a gasoline powered watch. That would have been really awesome. Having a wristwatch running on gasoline. Something like - 100 hours on a full tank of jet turbine fuel

Your comment reminds me of “Tether” cars (link). A hobby of 1920s. These cars have miniature IC engines. Some of these are insane, a 1.5cc tether car holds a record 268 kmph.

Generally we discuss bigger and bigger engines, while there is an equally interesting world in the other direction.

Here is an example of a functional V32, a mere 47.5 cc

https://youtu.be/2fYovO_zfi4

[Venkatesh]

Bugatti Watch with tiny working W16 Engine gets four more versions.

Limited to 72 pieces, first new option comes with an 18-karat Rose Gold case, with a special anti-reflective sapphire crystal, an 18-karat Rose Gold open caseback, and black DLC titanium crowns and pushers embossed with the Bugatti logo. The second option is similar, but adorned with sparkling white diamonds and limited to 52 pieces only.

another version showered with 391 black and white diamonds (around 20 carats), accentuating the 18-karat white gold case. Its rubber strap comes with a white gold buckle with 18 white diamonds, around 1.76 carats.

Other one made of a solid block of sapphire crystal with a sapphire crystal caseback, using sapphire crystals for the crowns and pushers, and secured on the wrist by a rubber strap with a titanium buckle clasp.

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