Remember that wrist watch shaped like a mini turntable that DJ Qbert used to wear way back in the day?  Yeah I really wanted one too at the time, and since then there have certainly been several look-a-likes, the most recent of which, the Turntable Watch by Tokidoki, completely misses the mark, at least in terms of making something a real DJ would actually wear.

Although the vinyl piece does rotate, it does not indicate the time, as that function is left to what vaguely resembles a radio dial on the left side of the watch.  But even more atrocious than the design and the color scheme of the watch, is the asking price of $175.

Peep this old school scratch lesson from Wiz Kid and Jazzy Jay. Serato what?

These high-end turntables just keep coming out of nowhere…this time its the Acutus Reference Turntable. While this one certainly has a sleeker look than the Disc Master, its no easier on the pockets at $24,000. Even more baffling than the price, is the fact that the tonearm is sold seperately.

Oh and in case you were wondering what the box on the left is..its the power-supply.

Here’s another weird looking turntable I came across. It supposedly took the guy who made it several decades to finalize the design for this thing, which I find a bit surprising since it just looks like a deli meat slicer with a few extra knobs.

The Disc Master “uses an arrangement of opposing magnets to drive the platter, virtually eliminating any motor noise from the record/stylus interface” which in effect makes you “not hear the LP, an experience akin to riding in a car whose wheels do not touch the road”.

I’m all about superior sound quality, but at $17,000 this thing probably won’t make its way into my studio.

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The Montegiro Lusso is certainly the most visually intriguing turntable I have ever seen.

Here’s an excerp from the Montegiro site:

“the lusso is built upon alternate layers of aluminium and black acrylic, including the topsy-turvy cone for the aluminium platter fitted with an acrylic platter! The lusso is driven by a newly developed, extremely precise high-end synchronous motor suspended within one of the cones. The cones, connected to each other, embrace height-adjustable feet that serve for perfect set-up.”

Montegiro makes a few other more traditionally shaped, yet equally unique looking turntables all of which can be seen on their site. I’d love to find out what they sound like! More pics of the Lusso after the jump.

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