The Strange-Looking Yet Attractive Cabestan Watch

The world is filled with weird watches, and as you've seen up until now in this column, we take a lot of pleasure in showing every such peculiar device we come across. And that's exactly the case with the device you're about to see as follows, namely the Cabestan watch developed by Jean-Francois Ruchonnet and Vianney Halter, which looks like the perfect accessory for those people who are simply crazy about sailing.

As all strange and unique watches, the Cabestan has its own peculiar way of telling you the time. Thus, the indications of the Cabestan (hour, minute, seconds, and power reserve) appear on the cylinders located at the four "corners" of the watch. For example, in the lower right hand corner, there's a vertically placed tourbillion that makes one rotation per minute, thus showing the actual passing of time. Moreover, winding the watch and setting the time is also a rather strange operation, as it is carried out by using a stem in the form of a movable "winch" which connects directly to one of the small "capstans" that are found at the four exterior angles of the case. And all of these various movements are visible from above and from the side, since the upper part of the case is actually a highly-resistant double sapphire crystal.

However, this watch is more than a visual curiosity. Thus, the case of the Cabestan is water-resistant to 30 meters, so the aforementioned sailing fans can wear it without having to worry about getting it all wet. That is, if they can afford it, since the Cabestan watch will be released in a very limited edition of 135 pieces (15 in yellow gold, 55 in rose gold, 50 in white gold and 15 in platinum), delivered from the end of 2006 up to the beginning of 2008. There's no info on the pricing of this thing, but I'm quite sure it would make a huge hole in a common person's bank account.

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