Luxury Clocks
Author: MReed
When it comes to keeping time, shoppers are faced with a variety of choices from the get go: Wall, mantel, wrist, table, alarm, pendulum, cuckoo, swiss, grandfather? And that’s just the first round of decisions. From alarm clock to grandfather, apartment to mansion, there is something for everyone. To makers and collectors, clocks are art. Nothing complements a beautiful wooden fireplace mantel like a beautiful clock. Skeleton clocks are very popular and striking to look at; the mechanism is completely uncovered. Luxury clocks are crafted using marble, wood, precious metals, pearls, and jewels.
How Much You Can Expect to Pay
Whether you’re interested in contemporary or antique, there are many venues available. Are you concerned with keeping up with the Jones’s? Search for brand name items online, or if you have time to kill, stop by a jewelry store or high end department store and browse. An antique swiss grandfather clock can cost up to $75,000, and an antique cuckoo clock sells for anywhere between $300 and upward of $10,000. If you’re the frugal type, you might look at pawn shops, estate auctions, and eBay. A little repair can get you there: clock repair shops can be found in every town. Some sanding, stain or paint and you could have a handsome number in your home.
Wristwatches
You can score a nice luxury wristwatch on sale for $150 online or at a store, and if you have money to burn, you can choose anything up to about $39,000. If you’re into the status symbol Rolex, you can expect to part with a minimum of $2,000. For a customized number or one created with precious metals, it will run you $25,000. The most expensive wristwatch encountered was created in 1928 on the eve of the stock market crash: a one of a kind, white gold Patek Philippe single-button chronograph from 1928, which was sold in May 2011 for $3.2 million by Christie’s. Watch out though, there are a number of scams involving the sale of counterfeit wristwatches.
No matter what your budget, you can have luxury neon clocks you’ve always wanted – it’s time you treated yourself. Shop from your home computer or head to the big city. Check the Internet for sales, clock stores, or auctions near you.