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The most expensive item sold on Mr Porter is worth US$480,000 - and there are only six pieces available

The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Tourbillon Sapphire timepiece
The Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Tourbillon Sapphire timepiece
Timepieces

Online retail website has teamed up with luxury French watch brand Bell & Ross to exclusively sell BR-X1 Skeleton Tourbillon Sapphire watch for US$480,000

Mr Porter, the online retail website, has teamed up with luxury French watch brand Bell & Ross to release an exclusive new, limited-edition BR-X1 Skeleton Tourbillon Sapphire timepiece worth US$480,000.

It is debuting at the leading international watch fair Baselworld 2018 in Switzerland today.  

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Manufactured in house by Bell & Ross, the full case of the timepiece is cut out of five blocks of sapphire, and has a hand-wound skeleton flying-tourbillon movement housed within it. 

When put together with the translucent rubber strap, it showcases a unique “floating” look on the wrist. 

This groundbreaking timepiece will be the most expensive item available to buy on the Mr Porter website in its seven-year history. 

Only six of the timepieces will be available to buy – all exclusively from Mr Porter.

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Aydee Tie
A Disney, Harry Potter, Marvel, Pokemon and altogether pop-culture geek, Aydee is the Social Media Editor on the Specialist Publications desk at SCMP. On the weekends you can find her holed up in board game cafes plotting to conquer the world... one Meeple at a time.