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Artya Halloween Spider Watch

Aiming to shock and be provacative, artful Swiss watch maker of (only) unique timepieces has made a few watches for Halloween. A few of them contain actual spiders in the dials. Not living spiders, but eerie enough. The typical look of Artya's "tortured" watch cases add to the fearfulness of these watches. Artya prefers "defacing" its cases with electro shocks. You can see the large spider body on the dial. The brand chose thin hands for the dial that are reminiscent of arachnid legs. The decomposing organic look of the watch adds to the holiday creepiness factor. Plus, the strap is made from toad skin. Case is steel (about 45mm wide I think), and inside is a Swiss automatic movement.

In addition to this Halloween Spider watch, the brand also has a few other piece uniques for the Halloween holiday includes some with dials featuring scary skulls, and screaming faces. Priced at 3,900 Swiss Francs.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Jessica Kagan Cushman Scrimshaw Cuffs

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Spider Scrimshaw Cuff Jessica Kagan Cushman

Jessica Kagan Cushman is famous for her bracelet and accessory designs and this Scrimshaw Spider Cuff really caught my eye. Made of fossilized mammoth ivory and featuring a very large (and sort of realistic looking) spider front and center this is certainly not a piece to be purchased or worn on a whim. Hand-inked and hand-finished, no two of these cuffs come out the same. A unique and rare blend of earthy and contemporary.

I like this spider the best but there's also a lion version and a fly. $2,650

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The Ferrari F430 Spider Bio Fuel

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Fast high-end sports cars are generally not considered to be eco-friendly, with their gas guzzling turbo engines and energy-sucking luxury features. But that's not to say they aren't trying -- Ferrari for example, revealed their F430 Spider Bio Fuel model earlier this week in Detroit. It burns a mix of 85% natural ethanol and 15% gasoline, which results in +10hp (meaning its got a solid 500hp to work with) and a 5% increase in gas mileage over its gas-only counterpart. As for now the F430 Spider Bio Fuel is only a concept, but Ferrari says they'd like to put it into production as part of their efforts to cut emissions by 40% by the year 2012. Like the looks of it? See more photos here.

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Iridesse Spider Web Brooch

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If you are not into dressing up for Halloween, but still want show your Halloween spirit, why not try the Iridesse Spider Web Brooch as an alternative. Made of 18kt gold and elegantly accented with cultured freshwaer pearl and a single diamond, celebrate Halloween in style. Who knew a spider web could look so good? It's even sophisticated enough to wear throughout the year. Price: $925.

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