Watches made from what must be one of the rarest materials on Earth - metal from the hull of the Titanic - are going on sale. Salvaged by divers from the wreck of the liner - which lies 12,500ft under the North Atlantic - the metal has been blended with modern shipbuilding steel to make the casing of the timepieces. Coal which was to have been burned in the Titanic's furnaces has been mixed with ceramics to create black dials for the watches. They will be marketed under the name Titanic-DNA in a limited run of 2,012 - a reference to the 100th anniversary of the disaster in five years' time. Some of the models have been given a unique rusted appearance using oxidisation techniques at a laboratory in Switzerland. Available to you if you have a spare £75 000. William Millards form an orderly queue!Monday, 8 October 2007
Don't mention Elevenses!
A more interesting blog for my bored readers?
Watches made from what must be one of the rarest materials on Earth - metal from the hull of the Titanic - are going on sale. Salvaged by divers from the wreck of the liner - which lies 12,500ft under the North Atlantic - the metal has been blended with modern shipbuilding steel to make the casing of the timepieces. Coal which was to have been burned in the Titanic's furnaces has been mixed with ceramics to create black dials for the watches. They will be marketed under the name Titanic-DNA in a limited run of 2,012 - a reference to the 100th anniversary of the disaster in five years' time. Some of the models have been given a unique rusted appearance using oxidisation techniques at a laboratory in Switzerland. Available to you if you have a spare £75 000. William Millards form an orderly queue!
Watches made from what must be one of the rarest materials on Earth - metal from the hull of the Titanic - are going on sale. Salvaged by divers from the wreck of the liner - which lies 12,500ft under the North Atlantic - the metal has been blended with modern shipbuilding steel to make the casing of the timepieces. Coal which was to have been burned in the Titanic's furnaces has been mixed with ceramics to create black dials for the watches. They will be marketed under the name Titanic-DNA in a limited run of 2,012 - a reference to the 100th anniversary of the disaster in five years' time. Some of the models have been given a unique rusted appearance using oxidisation techniques at a laboratory in Switzerland. Available to you if you have a spare £75 000. William Millards form an orderly queue!
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At last something worth reading! I don't think I would buy one of those even if I had the money lying around, I am not really interested. Tell us more about your holiday and post some more pictures.
I thought that my life was boring!
You men are so fickle!
m
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