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Every year in Switzerland, watchmakers and jewelers from around the planet congregate in the city of Basel for a trade show where they can flaunt their wares to journalists, industry analysts and anyone else who can score a ticket.

Precious gems? Meh. We're all about the watches. And the geekier the better. What follows is an account of the coolest, tech-heavy timepieces, watches and chronometers we found at the show. Batteries may not always be included, but awesomeness always is.

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The craziest watch of the day: a tourbillion that rotates both vertically and horizontally, a power reserve that uses liquid expanding and contracting to indicate levels, and a suspension bridge linking all of it together.

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Oris' $2150 special-edition watch honoring rock icon Bob Dylan comes packaged with a Hohner Marine Band Harmonica. Godlike songwriting talent not included.

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This chronograph includes two second hands to measure intermediate split times at a price: $24,500. You know, about the same as the sticker tag on new car. Just not a Porsche.

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The latest version of the Madison includes a viewing window to see the ceramic bearings that parts of the movement revolve on.

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This version of the Series 800 features a strap crafted out of "XtremeResin," a Kevlar-reinforced material. It's available for an extreme price tag of $1,200.

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This limited-edition model celebrates the watchmaker's 125th year of operation. There will be 2,009 made in steel for $6,450; 125 red-gold versions will cost $29,340.

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A new model features a house-made mechanical movement. The Chronomat B01 will debut globally on May 28 with 16 versions ranging from $6,550 to $44,000.

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Tissot's diving watch senses when it's submerged under four feet of water and starts the diving timer. It also logs 150 dives and their lengths in its memory.

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Hello, Dave. This model is inspired by a prop watch the company created for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Instead of the standard pressers on the side, the Hamilton uses a turn of the bezel to start, stop and reset the chronometer.

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Forty years ago, NASA selected the Omega Speedmaster as the watch for the Apollo astronauts on lunar missions. To commemorate the event, the company has issued a special edition.

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The boutique maker, which produces only 2,500 pieces a year, bases many of its designs on historical pieces created by its namesake. Case in point: This old-timey piece looks like it might belong on the wrist of Sherlock Holmes.

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An integrated radio receiver captures the signal from the official time signals in the United States, Europe and Japan to set the time on this model.

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Alpinist Conrad Anker helped test Timex' new adventure watch, which displays time, temperature, a compass and altitude at the same time.

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This massive $755 leviathan lets those with obsessive chrono-disorder (we're pretty sure that's a real disease) track the time in five separate zones.

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The Pilot stood out from the crowd at Basel by bleeding all color from the watch, leaving the face, hands and case a pure black.

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Oakley's first automatic model will be released in November to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary in the watch business.

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Branded on the face as "Heuer" just like the original worn by the ultimate man, Steve McQueen, the anniversary edition is limited to 1,000 worldwide.

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A collaboration between the knife craftsmen and watchmakers at Victorinox, this little dandy features a toothpick and tweezers, as well as the familiar closing action of a Swiss Army knife. No nail file, though.

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