Hammacher Schlemmer has a product that looks just like Star Trek’s Deep Space Nine and it only costs $31,000! The The 24th Century Time Machine is not an officially licensed Star Trek item but the resemblance is clear (as is the name). So why didn’t the manufacturer’s foot the bill and go ahead and get the license for it? I am sure the licensing fees would not have increased the price to terribly much. (Not that any Trekkie I know can afford one of these suckers.)
Here is the product description: This is the machine that coalesces visions of interstellar travel and the universality of time into an exquisite expression of horological artistry. It is expertly crafted in Delémont, Switzerland by L’Epee, the country’s last remaining specialized maker of high-end timepieces. With a robust history of watchmaking that spans 175 years, L’Epee’s renowned clocks have been given by French officials as gifts to elite guests and have kept time for those travelling aboard the Concorde. Suggesting a remote station set amid the void of space, this manually wound machine masterfully depicts the time on a central dome with separate hands that sweep its contours to mark the hours and minutes. Twin “laser cannons” deploy every 20 seconds beneath the main dome, serving as a double retrograde seconds complication while another dome indicates remaining power of its 40-day capacity with decreasing bars, flanked by a radar dish that rotates 270°. Five main-spring barrels and escapement platform—horizontally oriented in this application—provide impeccable timekeeping. Stainless steel and palladium-treated brass construction. 8 1/4″ H x 11 1/2″ Diam. (12 lbs.)
via: Hammacher Schlemmer