TheAston Martin DBS is one exclusive, expensive ride, with only 500 copies of the $250,000 car scheduled to be made each year. To up the exclusivity factor while also giving deep-pocketed DBS owners the ability to play James Bond, Swiss watchmaker Jaeger LeCoultre has designed a very exclusive chronograph strictly for DBS owners. The AMVOX2 chronograph has over 400 parts and costs an absolutely stunning $34,500. The timepiece, which is limited to 999 grade 5 titanium editions and 300 more exclusive Rose Gold wrist jewels, can actually open your DBS for you. Spending $35k on a good looking watch so you don't have to carry a key fob seems drastic to us poor folk, but when you've got money to burn, it's nice to pony up for items that are at least functional.

While the exclusive chronograph is an impressive piece of Swiss engineering, the best part of the equation is that the watch will likely never lose its value, and owners will undoubtedly be rewarded handsomely if they ever try to sell their prized bauble. Funny thing about a watch with 400 parts: when an autommaker over-engineers a part with too many components, it leads to more recalls and lower resale value. In a Swiss watch, a bunch of fancy parts makes it worth 1,000 Casios.

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Link:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/13/o...nother-34-500/

 

That's friggin cool! I wish I had the money to get both the car and the watch!

 

Interesting!

 

Very nice..sweet looking watch with a cool exclusive function.

 

Would give a toe or two for that package!

 

I was going to post this today, glad someone did.

 

...wish it had a 007, DBS, or AM logo on it somewhere...just something small...a little hint, that's all...

 

Wonder what the demand will be in the resale market?

 

Quite good if you live around a place with a few DBS's to try it out on.

 

thats hot, can the watch be purchased alone?

 

Very cool. Would give my arm for that package.

 

then how are you gonna use the watch to open the door w/ one arm.

 

good point...which is why i'd give my nuts for the car

 

damn that is sick. why can't they build a watch to drive the car?

 

I feel just a bit poorer today.