The Rapide and DBS from Aston Martin can now boast of one most expensive car accessories. These cars can now be bought with a James Bond like watch the doubles up as the most expensive car key in the world.
The wrist watch is manufactured by Jaeger-LeCoultre’s engineers who have merged cutting edge technology and fashion to create this most expensive car key/watch.
The area between eight 8 O’clock and nine 9 O’clock unlocks the door and the area between three 3 O’clock and four 4 O’clock locks the door, allowing the user to lock or unlock the door of the Aston Martin by simply pressing the Crystal Sapphire surface of the Chronometer. Pressing both the areas together allows the headlamps to light up briefly to locate the Aston Martin, as well as impress the people around. The chronograph functionality can be obtained by pressing the glass at 12 or 6 O’clock and actually making it tilt. The half size of the transponder module has been used intelligently by the designers, and the metal antennae has been positioned inside the glass curving the face between four and eight O’Clock.
The price of this most expensive car key? A cool $34,000!