• Replica Of Pocket Watch From "For A Few Dollars More"

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    Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

    I don’t know watches, but I’m a big fan of Sergio Leone’s Italian cult western For A Few Dollars More (which stars Clint Eastwood) from 1965: a golden musical pocket watch appears multiple times through the movie (it belongs to one of the protagonists), and Swiss watchmaker Boegli has now created a cool replica of the device.

    The pocketwatch is gold-plated (ten microns), limited to just 99 units, and it plays Ennio Morricone’s “Final Duel” melody.

    Boegli is selling the watch for 1,560 Euros (US$2,320).

    Via L’Orologio [IT] / hat tip to Francesco Fondi from Hobby Media