More things need to be named after them! Meteorite stones, while falling all over the world, are mostly found in the desert for some reason. These are actually Gibeon meteorites, not from Arizona. There is an extreme romance to the idea that an extraterrestrial stone is cut, and sliver is polished for the dial of your watch. It is luxurious, and really makes you wonder about where this piece of your watch has been. Both versions of the watch feature meteorite dials. The gold dial is planted in gold, while the black dial is a clean polished iron meteorite plate. The red luminova looks good on the black dial right?Price of these watches tops out at about $35,000. These are pretty high end luxury watches, and very rare as Bovet watches are hard to come by. There are also steel versions of the watch available for less...
The numerals are easy to read and art-deco themed, while the skeletonized hands are conspicuous without being distracting. Lume tips the hands and is applied in dots around the dial. You can tel that the rubber strap is modeled after the slithering seconds hand - though I could see it being a bit like tire tread a la the Chopard Mille Miglia Dunlop tread strap.Image via www.meteorite-reconn.comThe real star of the Bovet Sportster Saguaro Meteorite is the cacti the watch is named after! No, actually it is handsome meteorite dial. You can find both a Saguaro cactus a meteorite in a desert though. As for the cactus, the Saguaro species are the most famous of cacti with their iconic shape - being able to grow very high. Living in Arizona for a while I got spend lots of time admiring these plants.
