Funny bones

A dark time-piece from Bell & Ross laughs in the face of death

A watch both bold and macabre, the Bell & Ross BR 01 Laughing Skull might just remind you to live your life to the fullest and laugh in the face of death.

Made from micro-blasted steel, the skull-shaped dial rests in a 46 mm guilloche case decorated with a Clous de Paris finish.

But there's a surprise (spoiler alert)-it's the first in the watchmaker's line of death's head timepieces to feature an automaton.

As you wind the timepiece, the skull's mandible moves up and down-real horror show.

It may sound disquieting, but those of a fearless nature will know the skull and bones emblem has been used for centuries by warriors to remind them of their mortality. This one just does it with a chuckle.

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