Many watch brands have at least one skeleton watch in their collection, but only a few have actually introduced skull watches ? timepieces with skulls on their dials, some with a horological headbone actually incorporated into the movement itself. Here’s a heads-up on four recently released skull watches.
1. Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 052 Skull
Above and below: Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 052 Skull
Richard Mille‘s RM 052 Skull is a limited edition of 21 watches, introduced at SIHH 2012. The watch had a price of $500,000 when it was first announced. The watch’s main feature is the skull-shaped grade 5 titanium baseplate at the center.

The skull is also integrated into the movement: the upper and lower ?jaws? hold the ruby of the tourbillon cage, and the back of the skull is also the movement?s center bridge. The four bridges that connect the movement to the case also a form a skull-and-crossbones pattern. All details about the watch here. 2. HYT Skull Pocket
HYT Skull Pocket
HYT unveiled its first pocketwatch at SIHH 2017 – and the dial features a skull. (The brand already launched its first skull-themed timepiece in 2015.) The new Skull Pocket has no hands. Like all models from the unconventional brand, it shows the time with the help of two liquids, a clear and a colored one. Where the liquids meet, a visible line tells the wearer what time it is. But even for a HYT timepiece the Skull Pocket is special, because it’s not only the first HYT p...