Watches can be traced back to the 1500s with the invention of pocket watches. Thesefirst timepieces were expensive, heavy, needed continuous winding and were of by as much as several hours per day. There main function was that of a status symbol.

Over time watches became smaller, more accurate and cheaper to produce and in 1880 Constant Girard developed the concept of wristwatches and they weremade for German naval officers, ordered by Emperor Guillaume I of Germany, of which 2,000 were produces.

Now we jump to the present and it seems we have come full circle with the world’s most expensive watch.

The Chopard 201-carat watch easily takes that title but you can clearly see that the emphasis is not on it being a practical timepiece, but rather a status symbol. Sould you happen to dish out the $25 million one of these watches will set you back, here is what you’ll get:

• 1 Fancy Pink heart-shaped diamond (15.37 ct)
• 1 Fancy Blue heart-shaped diamond (12.79 ct)
• 1 D color heart-shaped diamond, D color (11.36 ct)
• 29 Fancy Intense Yellow pear-shaped diamonds (25.52 ct total)
• 48 Fancy Yellow round diamonds (8.81 ct total)
• 260 D color pear-shaped diamonds(60.94 ct total)
• 91 D color round diamonds (10.29 ct total)
• 443 Fancy Intense Yellow FC diamonds(4.95 ct total)

Now if you’re looking for a pocket watch or if $25 million is a bit too much for you then you can opt for the world’s second most expensive watch, Patek Philippe’s supercomplication, and it can be yours for a timely $11 million USD.

If you’re like me $20 – $40 on a pair of jeans is more than enough, heck I’d be happy in a $10 pair of shorts.

I can even understand a pair of Levi’s 501 jeans manufactured in the 1880s being purchased by a Japanese collector in 2005 for $60,000.

What I will never understand is the world’s most expensive jeans, so instead of writing some witty comments I’ll let the company’s press release speak for them, useful or useless, you decide:

and Head Designer, Jason Dussault, is pleased to announce the Company has

collaborated with Bloodline(TM) Design’s Malcolm Norman to design 2 pairs of denim

adorned with 18K gold, colored diamond, and ruby wallet chains, giving the jeans a total

value of $250,000 each.

There are two pairs of jeans. The first pair is a one-of-a-kind with a Marquis Rose Gold

wallet chain which is designed with 1080 grams of 18K gold, set with 16, 1 carat rubies

and 8, .05 carat color diamonds in the skull eyes and 26, .05 carat rubies on the daggers

and cross. The second pair is a one-of-a-kind with a White Gold Wallet Chain which has

1120 grams of 18K gold, set with 16, 1 carat color diamonds in the skull eyes and 41, .05

carat color diamonds set throughout the details of crosses and skull eyes.

Prototypes of the denim, worth $10,000 each, will be shown in two looks at Phoenix

Fashion week, and then displayed at retailer Kustom in New York and at the

Dussault(TM) flagship store, The Dussault Motel in Los Angeles. Each pair of jeans, and

corresponding wallet chain, will be recreated with semi precious stones. A bronze

prototype will be showcased as a recreation of the marquis rose gold version, and a silver

prototype will be featured in place of the white gold version.

Jason Dussault, Dussault Apparel(TM) Founder and Head Designer, has experience with

standout fashion pieces, often creating stage pants for many rock stars and famous

performers. His latest designs are featured in Nickelback’s European tour and on Criss

Angel for his Believe(TM) show in Las Vegas.

Aurora is an Italian company and  is one of the world leaders in the manufacture of luxury pens, they have been doing so since 1919.

Their finest luxury pen is the Aurora Diamante which contains over 30 carats of De Beers diamonds on a solid platinum barrel and is topped off with a two-tone, rhodium-treated, 18KT solid gold nib that c an can be personalized with a coat of arms, signature or portrait.

If you would like to be signing your signature in luxury with the world’s most expensive pen then get out your checkbook and ink in an inky €1 million or $1.3 million USD.

If you have to go to the bathroom and just any old toilet paper won’t do, then Renova has you covered, they make the world’s most expensive toilet paper.

The three-ply toilet paper is made from 100% virgin pulp for maximum softness that will make your bottom feel tops.

If on the other hand, you don’t care how it feels and just want to be fashionable Renova still has you covered as the toilet paper comes in a vast array of colors that will match an décor.

Want to get your bottom on some? The price is not too bad at a silky smooth $3.00/roll.

Back in 2007 the United Arab Emirates held a  license plate auction and there were some really expensive license plates sold.

For reference: United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) = $.27 USD.

Plate #55555 sold for 2 million dirhams.

Plate #12 sold for 8.9 million dirhams.

Plate #5 sold for 25.2 million dirhams or $6.8 million (the most expensive license plate at the time).

In 2008 the United Arab Emirates held another  license plate auction, this time plate #1 was up for grabs.

The license plate was purchased by Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri for a sandy $14.3 million USD.