When a worldwide technology leader meets earth’s leading fashion brand, you can safely expect a magnificent product that globe will remember for a long time. We are talking about LG Electronics and PRADA, who together announced the launch of the highly anticipated successor to the PRADA Phone by LG. The new mobile phone will hit the stores in Europe by late November this year.

The latest edition of the PRADA Phone by LG is called  LG-F900 and it offers super-tech upgrades that cater to highest mobile needs today. The exterior is minimal, which is like a signature style now, with a set of aesthetics keys that slide out to give a more professional look. The user interface flaunts UI technology and haptic feedback on touch input, thereby enhancing the experience of phone usage.

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Mixing technology and philosohy together could sometimes be prety confusing. Like who would have thought of a watch that’s meant to keep rack of time could well plan your future? Pretty confusing, huh? The Oracle Watch that looks pretty slick is digital watch that mixes the art of telling time with the ancient Chinese philosophy of I Ching has been designed by Andy Kurovets.

The I Ching has been used for more than 5000 years as an aid to making decisions, predicting future, etc. The text of I Ching is a set of predictions represented by a set of 64 abstract line arrangements called hexagrams each of which represents a description of a state or process.

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This shall take your breath away. Just one look at the Caran d’Ache 1010 pen and you will know just the reason why. The Swiss baublemaker claims that the pen is a tribute to the special genius of watchmakers.

Aptly called 1010 to symbolise what we call ’smiling time’, this stylish pen has non-working gears mounted on a sleeve just under the pen’s transparent surface for funsies.

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Talk about technology going retro! If you thought gadgets and gizmos would only take you into the future well, think again. Who would have thought of Steampunk and Bluetooth together? Nicrosin has come up with a Victorian-style Bluetooth device which is powered solely by winding and should be mass produced. His creations are a compilation of sculpey and watch parts lined with leather for comfort. Wondering what you might hear- voice from the calling end or the winding chimes of the clockwork? Though it might look like it will drill your ear through, rest assured as the prop is fully adjustable and flexible and what’s more, one actually gets the dissection of the piece! Though covering it up might just be a better option lest dust interferes!

This might not be just everybody’s type of Bluetooth but if you are in any way fascinated by steampunk and would like to find yourself in a Steampunk alternate reality, you just might be able to use this baby to call your favorite Steampunk Droid!. So wind up your minds about it! Are you are still wondering about he caller hanging up while you are winding it up?

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Men would be men! They can spend their life time’s earning on cars, sports and accessories. One accessory that is hard to resist for most men (and few women) is a watch carrying the theme of a car. We are talking about the latest attention grabber in the scenario- Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti. Priced at $233,900, it will only be a life long fantasy for most people.

This watch is the brain child of three experts who have joined hand to create this wonder- Bugatti, the automobile expert along with Hermes, the ultimate authority on fashion have joined hands with Parmigiani, the esteemd Swiss watch maker. All this is done to compliment Bugatti’s new Veyron Faubourg Par Hermes car.

The good thing bout the watch is that the person on wheel can look at the time conveniently, without having to twist the arm. The watch is available in18-carat rose or brushed white gold version. If you really have your eye on the watch, you better be quicke because this exclusive watch sells only 20 pieces.

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If that designer LED clock table by Rowland fails to justify your deluxe interiors and you proceed to welcome some elite form of furniture with a similar appeal then the Goldstriker creation of 24-Carat Wristwatch Table can put an end to your hunt. With looks making a dull wrist watch feel ashamed, the masterpiece serves as notable furniture. The dial of the timepiece sports as the table top whilst featuring time in a LED display. Addressing a wider functionality to this striking offering, the wristwatch table also sports date, temperature and your selection of convivial words.

Priced at $43,150, the gold table would surely befit the room slapped with gold walls.

Check out the pool of Goldstriker’s creation here.

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If until date you restricted the functionality of a timepiece to an unending quest of minutes hand after hour or vice versa then its time to erase this stale picture from your mind. Exemplifying it stands here Hysek’s offering of Colosso that offers you a clear view of the earth revolving (literally) there on your wrist. Hysek focused upon capturing the globe onto your wrist in the form of a time-revealing mechanism, where the crystal pustule crammed with a dimensional earth rotates at local or GMT time. The watch features 12mm three dimensional globe royally placed at 12 o’clock angle.

The progress is reflected via cathedral timbre studded with 62 jewels along with a 48 hour power reserve. Right on the location of the globe, it points towards cities of the 24 time zones associated to the GMT. The retrospective time zones with a linear double exhibit is positioned at the subordinate end and exhibited in curvex spot with signal arrows that point out towards (24 to 12 hours cycle and vice versa). Well, being aware that a spill over of $550,000 cannot fetch us a moon rudiment then why not ink a neat deal with this Colosso’s model and feel fortunate to carry the world on our wrist.

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Having carved snakes on cell phones, Jeweler Boucheron is now showing an admiration for frogs on watches. The limited edition Boucheron Bestiaire timepieces are produced in counted eight-pieces and come slapped with 18K white gold. Measuring 42mm, the watch is water resistant to 50 meters bearing a white mother-of-pearl dial with the movement of a manual-wind Tourbillon well defined by 17 jewels. Available in two editions, one with 282 rubies, sapphires and multicolored tsavorites (weighing 7.7 carats), and other with 195 rubies, sapphires and multicolored tsavorites (weighing 3.3 carats.), it is a complete form of luxury that you can ever flaunt via a timepiece.
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Your discerning eye may tag me as a watch binge but I choose to ignore. It is my fad for elite timepieces that enabled me capture deserving models over at EliteChoice. Starting from Choprad’s $25 mn model, touted to be the world’s most expensive, the list revolves around designer watches that were exhibited at watch fairs, or sold off during auctions and also the ones that can’t afford to stay from a blingy personae.

Before going through the long oration, I propose you to hit the video to enjoy the compilation:

1) A Zadora Timepiece Costs $150,000
Manufactured by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, the face of the virtuoso Zadora Timepiece Swiss-made collection reflects horology whilst time is visible from one of its side. The meander tiara has a briolette cut diamond harmonized well with precious stones. The timepieces functions no less than a wearable jeweled statuette. The latest queen bee model come ornamented with a fragile gold crown, an enamel flower, a pomegranate with a skin of green tsavorites plus black and canary-yellow tinted diamonds, pear-cut emerald eyes with a rococo south sea pearl in its mouth

2) Titanic Watch From Romain Jerome Costs $152,435
A Swiss jeweler has unveiled his range of designer watches manufactured using the hull of the Titanic, the rarest material on Earth. Priced ranging from £75,000 to any $$$$, the timepieces are seamlessly designed after blending the metal with shipbuilding steel. The black dials are formed mixing the improved coal blazed in the Titanic’s boiler with earthenware.

3) Breguet Double Tourbillion Costs $329,000
Hand embossed with a portrayal of a solar system, the Breguet Double Tourbillion comes equipped with a 95% pure platinum case. Priced at $329,000, the two tourbillons are sovereign from one another yet joined by means of discrepancy mechanism and accumulated on a revolving center plate completing a complete upheaval in 12-hours.

4) Versace $227,000 Jewelry Watch
Baselworld 2008 was a gala event that offered a variety of watches but the highlight of the watch fair remained the Versace “not like a watch” watch. The dial of the watch comes coated with around 122 white diamonds. It is being told that three models of this pricey Destiny watch are being sold signifying the worth of brand.
5) $300,000 Timeless Watch Tells Day & Night
If Versace offering wasn’t sufficed to calm your curiosities’ then keep your fingers upon Baselworld 2008 second offering. Depicting day and night time for you, the unique timepiece by Romain Jerome makes use of an obscure Tourbillon association, exposed to surmount earth’s magnitude that used to have a crash on the exactness of watches. Successful in inviting the attention of watch aficionados, it can only be yours if you have spare $300,000.

6) Chapter One Timepiece from Maîtres du Temps Costs $400k
The elegant appeal of ‘The Chapter One watch’ from Maîtres du Temps is a reflection of a worthy alliance between stylish watch manufacturers (designers) Christophe Claret, Peter Speake-Marin and Roger Dubuis. It features a Tourbillon, display GMT and date pointer, mono-pusher chronograph with a 60-minute rotation. Retailed at $400,000, the cost is set minus Swarovski Crystals (crushed glass).

7) Patek Philippe Wristwatch for £1.1million
The antique valuable wristwatch belonging to an Italian magnate, Count Carlo Felice Trossi fetched him £1.1million at a Sotheby’s auction house in Geneva. Called the “Trossi Leggenda”, the model was the highlight amongst other 200 timepieces.

Maurice Lacroix Unveils Starside Watches
Maurice Lacroix’s latest offering of Starside series of watches was exhibited at the Basel show. With its starry appeal, the three limited-edition timepieces sports a 38mm stainless steel container layered with sapphire crystals. Other highlighting specks include the hours, minutes and seconds signal via hands, date indication with central hand and many others.
The pliable dial comes adorned with 32 diamonds and is available in various shades viz. pink, black or beige.

9) Bejeweled Concord C1 Chronograph
Baselworld 2008 was no less than a gateway to the world of designer watches. After Versace designer watch and $300,000 Timeless Watch, here is another model that would offer a necessary update to your wardrobe. The C1 chronograph comes surrounded with a layer of gold and diamonds and features features complex 44mm cases expertise from 18K white gold fitted in 53 individual elements along with 184 diamonds.

10) Piaget love letter limelight watch
The romantic watch collection from Piaget pursues an envelope-concept that camouflages a love letter as their chief formulate model. Christened as love letter limelight watches, these reduced envelopes unfold to expose a black or mother-of-pearl dial set noticeable with diamond. Perfect for a valentine mood!

11) Chopard Unveils $25 mn Watch; World’s Most Expensive One
If the list of aforementioned 10 timepieces is not of your types then here is something that would surely enter your ears, break through your eyes and would surely do a deep hole ion your pocket. Touted as the world’s most expensive watch, the Chopard’s offering of a $25, 000,000 watch has already broken few heads. Justifying its cost, the watch comes festooned with three heart-shaped diamonds weighing 38 carats. So by inking this neat deal, you would be taking home 200-carats diamonds.

Stay tune for our upcoming compilation of next top 11. Free feel to drop us tips about the prospective category niche that you would like us to capture during next weekend!

John Brownlee from BoingBoing Gadgets had digged out ‘The Chapter One watch’ from Maîtres du Temps. Its intricate design and elegant appeal is the result of an association between fashionable watch makers/designers Christophe Claret, Peter Speake-Marin and Roger Dubuis. It sports a Tourbillon, retrospective GMT and date pointer, progressing display that reflect the day and moon time along with a mono-pusher chronograph with a 60-minute rotation. Demanding a whooping $400,000, the cost of the timepiece doesn’t include a layer of Swarovski Crystals (crushed glass). It is an opportunity to categorize yourself amongst elite class.