A Luxury Timepiece Beyond Compare

There are many items out on the open market billed as luxury goods, from food to clothing to luxury watches. However, what could be luxury to one person could well be an everyday purchase for another. For those with barely enough money to get by then a slap up meal constitutes a luxury but for the rich and famous, it may take a luxury watch that costs tens of thousands of pounds before they feel as though they have truly been treated. When it comes to timepieces, a truly luxurious one has been designed by inventor, John Taylor. The Corpus Clock cost 1 pounds million and was unveiled recently by Professor Steven Hawking. It consists of a large gold disc that has sixty slits cut into the face, six degrees apart from each other. These slits light up as a way of showing the time. Seconds are counted off by a mechanical insect... [read full story]