Kanye West And His $180K "Kanye Face" Watch

By Karl Klockars in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 14, 2011 7:00PM

Yo, Kanye! We heard you like Kanye in your watches, so we put a Kanye in your watch so Kanye can watch Kanye while Kanye watches his watch!

Now that we've gotten that out our system, let us reaffirm your beliefs in the unwavering egotism of one Mr. Kanye West. Putting out one of the best records of 2010 and just being Kanye West is just not enough for Kanye - so he commissioned New York watchmaker Tiret to create a ridiculously expensive watch encrusted with his own face.

We'll let TopWatches.com get into the details for you:

The watch dial features two Swiss quartz chronograph movements. The real allure is in all the jewel work. Tiret claims it took them over five months to create the dial. The dial itself is in goldtoned mother-of-pearl, with a combo of white, yellow, brown, and black diamonds. The bezel is lined with very large diamonds as well. The watch is said to have a total of about 8 carats of stones. Kanye’s face has been immortalized on the dial - complete with sunglasses. Retail price for this is said to be about $180,000, and is custom made specially for each client.

This isn't the first watch Tiret has created like this - Usher has a similar testimony to his ego as well, but the box the watch was delivered in "doubles as a humidor for 78 cigars and also has a motif of Usher's face on it." So, like, take that, Kanye.

The countdown to Kanye covering his entire body in platinum starts now.