Limited Edition Boba Fett-Inspired Tourbillon Wristwatch
P erfectly timed for the Star Wars celebrations that happen every year on May the 4th, Kross Studio announced a limited edition Boba Fett-inspired tourbillon wristwatch set today. Limited to 10 editions, each set includes a numbered Boba Fett-inspired Tourbillon watch and a Boba Fett starship-inspired watch display. The Boba Fett Tourbillon case is crafted from grade 5 titanium – with a brown-colored PVD coating – and measures 45 mm x 15 mm.
In collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd., and an unnamed manufacturing partner, Kross Studio atelier in Glad, Switzerland designed and assembled this timepiece. Additionally, a detailed display case, made by a company called EFX that looks like Boba Fett’s Firespray starship, is included with each of the limited edition collector’s sets.
A military version of the same ship is set on top of the tourbillon cage in the center of the dial. Each of these mini starships is composed of eight pieces and produced at Kross Studio using CNC machines. From there each piece has been engraved and hand-painted to mimic the weather appearance of the ship as seen on the Boba Fett television show on Disney. It reportedly took 90 hours to make each of the ten pieces that are based on the starship and each one is a unique piece.
As the tourbillon rotates in the center of the movement, the hour hand, which is made to look like Fett’s jetpack indicates the hours, and a hand made to look li...
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