A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Wristwatch Piercing

A la the pierced eyeglasses, here’s a pierced watch that Spinknas had done with 14ga surface piercings by Peter and Brad at Central Body Art in chilly Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Comments

210 responses to “Wristwatch Piercing”

  1. Ashley Avatar

    Totally awesome, wish it could be viable.

  2. Ashley Avatar

    Totally awesome, wish it could be viable.

  3. JevonMastrangelo Avatar
    JevonMastrangelo

    I love the fact that I can ALWAYS find something that I’ve never seen before on BME… and this is such a beautiful example of where body modification is going. Extreme stuff is very cool, but simple things like this can be just as amazing. Infact I was thinking of tattooing a watch on my wrist with the hands at 4:20….

  4. JevonMastrangelo Avatar
    JevonMastrangelo

    I love the fact that I can ALWAYS find something that I’ve never seen before on BME… and this is such a beautiful example of where body modification is going. Extreme stuff is very cool, but simple things like this can be just as amazing. Infact I was thinking of tattooing a watch on my wrist with the hands at 4:20….

  5. alex Avatar

    i like that idea a lot.

  6. alex Avatar

    i like that idea a lot.

  7. cheshirekat Avatar
    cheshirekat

    This is the coolest thing i’ve seen in a long time. Very ingenius. Although, i would imagine, the watch face wouldn’t be able to be worn for extended periods of time. Unless this person didn’t want to keep the piercing for long.

  8. cheshirekat Avatar
    cheshirekat

    This is the coolest thing i’ve seen in a long time. Very ingenius. Although, i would imagine, the watch face wouldn’t be able to be worn for extended periods of time. Unless this person didn’t want to keep the piercing for long.

  9. Lydia Avatar

    That is going to get caught on everything, but it looks awesome as a temp piercing.

  10. Lydia Avatar

    That is going to get caught on everything, but it looks awesome as a temp piercing.

  11. broken_wings Avatar
    broken_wings

    what happens when the batteries need to be changed?

  12. broken_wings Avatar
    broken_wings

    what happens when the batteries need to be changed?

  13. goomy Avatar

    pretty choice for the watch, too.
    and I would also be secretly hoping people would ask me the time hahah

  14. goomy Avatar

    pretty choice for the watch, too.
    and I would also be secretly hoping people would ask me the time hahah

  15. electrolarynx Avatar
    electrolarynx

    This piercing, though it looks pretty cool to the uncaring eye, exemplifies poor judgement on the part of the piercer and recipient. Uhh, did they autoclave the watch before screwing it down next to open wounds? I am decidedly NOT a fan of temporary, impractical piercings simply for the sake of a few photo ops and publicity for what might be a crappy shop.

  16. electrolarynx Avatar
    electrolarynx

    This piercing, though it looks pretty cool to the uncaring eye, exemplifies poor judgement on the part of the piercer and recipient. Uhh, did they autoclave the watch before screwing it down next to open wounds? I am decidedly NOT a fan of temporary, impractical piercings simply for the sake of a few photo ops and publicity for what might be a crappy shop.

  17. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    To me it looks fake..

  18. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    To me it looks fake..

  19. Ghobian Avatar

    Is there any verification that this is actually pierced? It looks kind of like a prototype sitting on flesh…not in flesh.

  20. Ghobian Avatar

    Is there any verification that this is actually pierced? It looks kind of like a prototype sitting on flesh…not in flesh.

  21. Ghobian Avatar

    Might I add that the watch looks like it says “Claire’s”…

  22. Ghobian Avatar

    Might I add that the watch looks like it says “Claire’s”…

  23. Kelley Avatar
    Kelley

    lol broken_wings.

  24. Kelley Avatar
    Kelley

    lol broken_wings.

  25. av3ry Avatar
    av3ry

    What will they think of next?

  26. av3ry Avatar
    av3ry

    What will they think of next?

  27. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    thats a realy funky idea 😛 would be nice if it were to last…

  28. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    thats a realy funky idea 😛 would be nice if it were to last…

  29. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    shut down for health violations? thats really scary……

  30. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    shut down for health violations? thats really scary……

  31. Kustom Chris Avatar

    looks fake to me too, anyone can take a watch and glue a few barbells to the ends and stick it on there wrist to make it look like a piercing.

  32. Kustom Chris Avatar

    looks fake to me too, anyone can take a watch and glue a few barbells to the ends and stick it on there wrist to make it look like a piercing.

  33. Spinknas Avatar
    Spinknas

    The piercing is NOT fake. I have other pictures but they are from a bad camera [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/spinknas/f5.jpg[/IMG]
    [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/spinknas/f4.jpg[/IMG]

    The watch was also soaked in viroxx to clean it before it was pierced. The shop is in no way a “crappy” shop as electrolarynx stated. It didn’t reject and the watch was mounted with the original piercing.

  34. Spinknas Avatar
    Spinknas

    The piercing is NOT fake. I have other pictures but they are from a bad camera [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/spinknas/f5.jpg[/IMG]
    [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/spinknas/f4.jpg[/IMG]

    The watch was also soaked in viroxx to clean it before it was pierced. The shop is in no way a “crappy” shop as electrolarynx stated. It didn’t reject and the watch was mounted with the original piercing.

  35. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    it may look fake – but there have been others out of central that have been real. speaking as someone who is from thunder bay who has SEEN this type of piercing, from central, in real life – they have no reason to send in a fake photo.

  36. Toser Avatar
    Toser

    it may look fake – but there have been others out of central that have been real. speaking as someone who is from thunder bay who has SEEN this type of piercing, from central, in real life – they have no reason to send in a fake photo.

  37. Trevor Avatar
    Trevor

    I swear I’ve seen this done afew times before, looks cool regardless though.
    I’ve wanted to do something like that since I was about 8, until I found out more about piercing and learned it probably wouldn’t last.

  38. Trevor Avatar
    Trevor

    I swear I’ve seen this done afew times before, looks cool regardless though.
    I’ve wanted to do something like that since I was about 8, until I found out more about piercing and learned it probably wouldn’t last.

  39. Lauren Avatar

    Oooh! How clever. 😀

  40. Lauren Avatar

    Oooh! How clever. 😀

  41. girl-23 Avatar
    girl-23

    Hahaha to Katt. I wasn’t going to be the one to say it…

    I miss Matt and Creation…

  42. girl-23 Avatar
    girl-23

    Hahaha to Katt. I wasn’t going to be the one to say it…

    I miss Matt and Creation…

  43. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    i still think this is just sitting on the surface, till i see some better pictures of it anyway.

  44. Ryan Avatar
    Ryan

    i still think this is just sitting on the surface, till i see some better pictures of it anyway.

  45. chexbox Avatar

    Katt : I agree that Central isn’t the best place to get pierced now. But I was there for the first year and a half that they were open and durring that time it was NEVER closed for health board violations. In fact the health board used to use my facilities to train their inspectors on how to recognize a CLEAN shop.

    I know Matt at Creations personally, we have been friends for close to a decade, he is an great piercer, but his shop seems to be doing like so many and slipping into the “rockstar” attitude.

    Some of the watches were left in a chemical soak, whereas some were dismantled and the rear cover autoclaved.
    http://iampix.bmezine.com/4/m/jf8got/9knhxf8e.jpg
    there is another picture of a watch piercing.

    And for those of you that think these were done just for kicks, most of them lasted several MONTHS some almost a year before being removed. If you have any questions as to the procedures and practices used feel free to IM me on iam and I can answer any questions you have.

  46. chexbox Avatar

    Katt : I agree that Central isn’t the best place to get pierced now. But I was there for the first year and a half that they were open and durring that time it was NEVER closed for health board violations. In fact the health board used to use my facilities to train their inspectors on how to recognize a CLEAN shop.

    I know Matt at Creations personally, we have been friends for close to a decade, he is an great piercer, but his shop seems to be doing like so many and slipping into the “rockstar” attitude.

    Some of the watches were left in a chemical soak, whereas some were dismantled and the rear cover autoclaved.
    http://iampix.bmezine.com/4/m/jf8got/9knhxf8e.jpg
    there is another picture of a watch piercing.

    And for those of you that think these were done just for kicks, most of them lasted several MONTHS some almost a year before being removed. If you have any questions as to the procedures and practices used feel free to IM me on iam and I can answer any questions you have.

  47. choice Avatar
    choice

    very cute concept. i could see that lasting a year if the person was in a coma, maybe..

  48. choice Avatar
    choice

    very cute concept. i could see that lasting a year if the person was in a coma, maybe..

  49. Spinknas Avatar
    Spinknas

    I love how some people, “Katt” for instance, are completely ignorant to anything/ everything. Im sure she has never even set foot in Central or she would know that it is MUCH cleaner than Creations. We have never said one bad thing about them, ever. Why start shit if you don’t know anything? You don’t even belong in the Mod industry, obviously should not be posting either. Get your facts straight before talking bullshit. If your just some stupid bitch at Creations your in for a talking tomorrow. You guys are all very fucking sad. Get something better to do than create false rumours about people who take more precautions to protect customers than you ever would. Get a fucking life.

  50. Spinknas Avatar
    Spinknas

    I love how some people, “Katt” for instance, are completely ignorant to anything/ everything. Im sure she has never even set foot in Central or she would know that it is MUCH cleaner than Creations. We have never said one bad thing about them, ever. Why start shit if you don’t know anything? You don’t even belong in the Mod industry, obviously should not be posting either. Get your facts straight before talking bullshit. If your just some stupid bitch at Creations your in for a talking tomorrow. You guys are all very fucking sad. Get something better to do than create false rumours about people who take more precautions to protect customers than you ever would. Get a fucking life.

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