Before Fidel Castro drove through Havana and scattered the Cuervo family all over the globe, Don Armando F. Rio y Cuervo and his nephews (or sobrinos, in Spanish), founded Cuervo y Sobrinos on the belief that "time moves slowly." For years, they had Patek Philippe handle the actual manufacturing, before deciding to take things back in-house -- with results just as impressive.

The company's Torpedo watch, which comes in a handsome cedar-lined humidor with gold-plated hinges, does a stylish job of tracking the passage of time. Available in stainless steel (rimmed with 136 tiny diamonds or sapphires, should you wish), pink gold (also with the 136-diamond or -sapphire option), or white gold (with sapphires or diamonds), the automatic-movement timepiece, ranging from $5,800 to $11,900, is but one of the company's watches named after a cigar size; Espléndido and Robusto are the other two.

With each case carved from a single block of metal, an artisan-created watch face, and a hand-sewn crocodile-skin strap, it's suitable for pairing with only your finer cigars.
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