T-oxy Concept

May 06, 2008,18:11 PM
 

in a world where a UAE sheik commissions a .999 silver covered AUDI (think about that next time you gas up at the petrol station, since as you can see the world's petrodollars are hard at work at improving humanity in general), to a recent announcement that an Andy Warhol "Mao" silkscreen will probably be sold privately for USD120mm, compared to the fact that the US govt pledged USD3.25mm to help Myanmar (Burma) cope with 22,000 dead due to a massive tropical cyclone, there is very little that should surprise us these days.  I have nothing to say about the RJ brand, as I do not know it and have never seen any of his watches close up; however, I do have a problem with the use of shipwreck metal.  if there were human casualties, which in the case of titanic were significant, then the shipwreck is a graveyard in memory of those poor souls that lost their lives.  it should remain untouched.  but that is just my opinion.  with regards to the absurdities of the metals used, the functions being provided, or in this case the lack thereof...well, if a UAE shiek is so bored that he has to cover his AUDI with .999 silver, then as you can see there is no necessary end to the possibilities.  after all my, in my opinion, we are an integral part of the movement that feeds the frenzy.


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just when you thought Romain Jerome could not get any more absurd: T-oxy Concept

 
 By: ei8htohms : May 6th, 2008-14:50
Watches made from grave-robbed metal, then the same watches but pre-rusted for you, then one that doesn't even tell time, and now, finally, a watch that you cannot even wear: www.romainjerome.ch Brilliant, stupid, offensive, funny, sad, all of the above? ... 

T-oxy Concept

 
 By: rpaduano : May 6th, 2008-18:11

Hmm I can't even wear this watch?

 
 By: AnthonyTsai : May 6th, 2008-20:28
Here's the text from the website: T-oxy Concept Between the forbidden and the ephemeral The T-oxy Concept represents both the culmination of a preposterous idea and the most extreme form of a particularly sophisticated concept. This exceptional timepiece ... 

Plain stupid IMHO...

 
 By: δΈ­ι‡Žγ‚Œγ„ : May 7th, 2008-04:05

Just sad

 
 By: BDLJ : May 7th, 2008-02:11
Just sad. This is horology???

hmmm ...

 
 By: LP : May 7th, 2008-03:52

This is TOXIC to collectors and our reputation - seriously...

 
 By: Horolographer : May 7th, 2008-04:59
When a brand sees fit to manufacture a watch with such blatant disregard to good taste and even by their own words - preposterous - and at such prices, it makes all watch collectors look ridiculous when non-collectors sees and hears about such watches. Th... 

One can argue many points here...

 
 By: Tim Jackson : May 7th, 2008-13:49
I would take a look at it from the standpoint of the Purists, well why not, that is where we are discussing this. The marketing is brilliant, if in fact the sales numbers are to be believed and all these watches are actually made, work, and then willing b...