Companies Economy International Corrections Pre-market Trading After-hours Trading Winners/Losers/Actives Bonds Currencies Commodities World Markets Money Magazine Real Estate Mutual Funds Taxes Ask the Expert Money 101 Autos Loan Center Best Places to Live Ask the Expert Millionaires in the Making Ultimate Guide to Retirement Retirement Calculators Best Funds Ask the Mole Best Places to Retire Personal Tech Big Tech Blog Techland Blog Sectors and Stocks Fortune 500 Techs Tech Talk 100 Best Places to Launch Ultimate Resource Guide Small Biz Makeovers FSB 100 Ask & Answer Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Main Create Portfolio Edit Portfolio Create Alerts Edit Alerts

5 luxe limited editions

These days carrying a Gucci bag doesn't mean you're unique -- or even special. As luxury has gone mass market, retailers are getting creative and ginning up one-of-a-kind items that recapture exclusivity.

By Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney.com staff writer

1 of 5

Chanel J12 with blue sapphires

$195,000

Chanel's ceramic J12 watch, easily identified by a $3,950 flash of white, has appeared on the wrists of countless celebrities since the popular timepiece launched in 2000.

Now the company is winding it up a notch with a jaw-dropping one-of-a-kind version that's blanketed in blue-sapphires. This unique watch was made specifically to celebrate the reopening of Chanel's Beverly Hills Boutique, and is only available at the California store. Even though there's only one watch, there are 46 sapphires - totaling 5.4 carats - and 18 karat white gold details.

www.chanel.com

More luxury

6 chic summer essentials

From the Côte d'Azur to the coast of Capri, here's everything you need to hit the beach. (more)

Rich, online, and nowhere to buy

Online retailers are the wave of the future, so why are the world's trendsetting luxury brands so far behind? (more)

Cartier CEO's style secrets

Frédéric de Narp is overseeing the renovation of Cartier's boutiques for a brighter, sleeker look. We persuaded the dashing exec to share his biggest style influences. (more)

Special Offer:

Live Quotes automatically refresh, but individual equities are delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET.
* : Time reflects local markets trading time. † - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Disclaimer

Copyright © 2009 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Intraday data is at least 20-minutes delayed. All times are ET.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Morningstar, Inc..
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.