Get Your Freak On

Sept 09 2025 – Just when you thought Black Panther’s ‘Vibranium’ was peak unobtanium, Swiss watchmaker Ulysee Nardin casually drop the FREAK X CRYSTALIUM watch. Crystalium is (checks notes) a Ulysse Nardin exclusive material made from ruthenium (nope, we hadn’t heard of that either). Apparently rarer than platinum, the totally-not-made-up rare material is used to make both the dial and the hour hand of FREAK X CRYSTALIUM.

The watch wouldn’t look out of place on the arm of the Black Panther, especially with that sleek 43mm black titanium case. Powered by an automatic Calibre UN-230 movement, the FREK gets a black rubber strap (freaky). You’ll need to be quick if you want to drop the $42k required to buy one, they’re only making 50 of them.