We all have that dream item, that one thing you reward yourself with that reminds you of how far you've come, and where you intend to go. Time is the highest currency, more valuable than any unit of measure, because of its inevitable ending and unknowable plans. The watch is a powerful totem for our valuation of time, and a mechanical work of art that bridges from the liminal notion of time and the tactile, physical world in which we live.