April 19, 2007

The Slot Machine Watch!

We saw this on Boing Boing, and decided it was far too cool not to pass on!

Behold, the Girard Perregaux 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon. This beauty is a marvel of watch-making is being covered over at the Watchismo Times, and we want one!

Just introduced this week at the Geneva SIHH show, this hautegadget has an actual miniaturized mechanical slot machine just above the hands and tourbillon. Each roller has five symbols , hearts, diamonds, spades, horseshoes, and three liberty bells for jackpot. When the arm on the side is pulled, the spin also activates a striking mechanism of chiming gongs - for those vintage casino sounds.

Wow. We don't even want to KNOW what this vintage beauty would cost us, but it is really something special. We could sit anywhere and play slots all day! Only one question, where do the quarters come out from?