Romain Jerome’s Space Invaders Swank Coin-op Wrist Luxury
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They’re heeeerrre…. just a few months ago Romain Jerome announced a licensing deal with TAITO Corporation authorizing the manufacture of a Space Invaders-themed timepieces–and now they have arrived!
The two cosmically cool 78-piece limited edition watches featuring the iconic Space Invaders characters on the dial hand-drawn pixelated strokes in a 3D format, one for night time use and the other for daytime. Each one will feature a steel case “coalesced with fragments from the Apollo 11 capsule.” So these invaders have actually been in space to a certain extent.
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As for the cost…it’s speculated to be in the $10,000 to $20,000 range, unfortunately it doesn’t play the game.
“Hey! – What sort of watch is that?”
It’s my Romain Jerome – Space Invaders watch
“Neat! – pretty geeky though…”
Ha! – yeah…
“Next time I’m at Costco, I’ll pick one up”
Oh, well… you see its limited to 78 pieces, custom built and cost about $22,000!
“So it plays the game, right?”
No.
“WTF, dude. Are you insane? Wanna buy a $12,000 dollar toaster that doesn’t toast?”
Only if it has some Apollo 11 scrap in it.
[Cheers hypebeast.com]
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This Romain Jerome Space Invaders watch is designed to bring back nostalgic memories of the alien blasting goodness that was the classic Space Invaders. Apparently the licensing process from Taito to obtain the Space Invaders name was difficult but fortunately everything went through.