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Konstantin Chaykin’s Joker watch is having a laugh

But, at €6990, is the joke on you?

That is awesome.

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Well, I can see how you might think it was a bit, well, cheesy.

It’s definitely more Cesar Romero than Heath Ledger in the Joker stakes, for sure. Which is good, for a watch, despite where your Batman film loyalties lie. (We’re all about the Tim Burton/Jack Nicholson, in case you were wondering.) But, as a timekeeper, it should be pretty solid.

The eyes have it, I see.

Yep, hours and minutes are represented by the pupils so as the day goes on, our villain adopts any number of goofy expressions. Enhanced by the tongue, which is actually a moon phase indicator.

I like it, but something about that manufacturer name says ‘money’.

Konstantin Chaykin is a Russian watchmaker of considerable repute and within the Joker is a tweaked Swiss ETA automatic movement. The strap is black alligator, with Joker-esque green and purple accents. All of which, yes, adds up to a decent price tag for one of the 99 pieces that Chaykin is making: €6990. Better hope Batman doesn’t thwart your bank heist.

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Fraser used to wear a Psion Series 3 palmtop in a shoulder holster. Perhaps he still does.Either way, his lifelong mission - including fourteen years for Stuff - has been to see whether the consumer electronics industry can ever replicate that kind of cyborgian joy.So far: nope. Despite a plan to combine a action camera and Olympus Eye-Trek goggles to become Man Who Sees The Vision Of A Man Three Inches Taller Than Himself.He also likes mountain bikes, motorbikes, cars, helicopters. Still thinks virtual surround is witchcraft. Dislikes jetskis, despite never having been on one. 

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