Christophe Claret Aveticum
At its peak, the Roman empire spread far across Europe, even well into Switzerland, where relics from a town called Aventicum (now a Swiss city called Avenches) included a gold bust of Marcus Aurelius found perfectly preserved inside a pipe. That discovery was the inspiration for Christophe Claret’s Aveticum, which features a clever hologram in the middle of its face surrounded by Roman numerals and hands that run around its outer edge. The watch features a Mirascope—a set of convex mirrors placed atop each other—which makes a three millimeter bust of Aurelius appear to float above the watch’s face when viewed from certain angles. It’s a neat trick, and one that will set you back around $50,000.
