Top Technology
For the individual who enjoys standing out in a crowd, these watches from independent watchmakers feature high-tech movements and cases—toys of ultimate distinction.

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Richard Mille Automatic RM029 ($70,000): Made of titanium with a titanium rotor, base plate, bridges and balance cock, and an oversize date. The skeletonization process of the caliber took more than 10 months to finalize.  richardmille.com

Hautlence HLTi 1 ($44,300): A 43.5mm titanium-case watch with a honeycomb skeleton dial. It houses a handwound manufacture caliber with jumping hours and retrograde minutes via an extraordinary patented system. Limited edition of just 28 pieces. hautlence.com

Devon Tread 1 ($17,500): Crafted in stainless steel and featuring a patent-pending system of interwoven time belts that displays the hours, minutes and seconds. Four compact microstep motors drive the four belts via a lubricant-free pulley system. Tourneau, Copley Place, 617-267-8463; tourneau.com

MB&F Horological Machine 2 ($80,000): Crafted in 18k white gold, it is the first instantaneous jumping-hour watch with concentric retrograde minutes (right dial), retrograde date, bi-hemisphere moon phase (left dial) and automatic winding. The movement consists of 349 components, including 44 jewels. mbandf.com