On top of the list of the most expensive watch in the world is the Sky Moon Tourbillon by Patek Philippe. The Sky Moon Tourbillon was sold for $1.49 million USD in Hong Kong on April 10, 2008. It is consider as one of the most complex watch ever manufactured by any company around the world. Its movement includes 686 parts, some of which are microscopically small. The Petek Philippe & Co, a Swiss luxury watch manufacture located in Geneva, produces two watches each year- one is made of platinum and the other comes in red rose gold. The gold case is 43mm in diameter and 16.2mm thick. The watch also holds thirty-three hidden features that include a thermometer, time of sunrise, equation of time, the date of Easter, sidereal time.
Second on the list of most expensive watch in the world is the Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile priced at $1.4 million. Tour de l’Ile is produced by Vacheron Constantin, a Swiss manufacturer of prestige watches and a brand of the Richemont group, which was founded by Jean-Marc Vacheron in 1755. Researchers spent over 10,000 hours to study and design the 2nd most expensive watch in the world. The watch includes eight hundred thirty-four parts and sixteen horological complications
Third on the list of most expensive watch in the world is the Hublot Black Caviar Bang Watch ($1 million) Hublot is a Switzerland-based company creating luxury watches. Hublot was founded by Carlo Crocco in 1980. The 3rd most expensive watch in the world is the only one that is made of white gold and black caviar and diamond. Researchers and designers have spent over two thousand hours to bring this masterpiece on the scene. An estimated five hundred forty plus pieces of rarer black diamonds are used with the eighteen carat white gold.
The fourth most expensive watch in the world is the Louis Moinet Magistralis priced at $868,000. Louis Moinet is the world’s first and only brand to produce a watch featuring a genuine piece of the moon. The Magistralis beats at eighteen thousand vibrations an hour and includes a double-bladed self-compensating balance and a unique flame-blued Breguet balance spring. The perpetual calendar function displays the day, the date and month over four years. One of the unique features is its small size, as the perpetual date mechanisms of the period are usually much larger.
The fifth most expensive watch in the world is the Blancpain 1735, a Grande Complication Watch worth $800,000. This Grande Complication watch was made by Blancpain, a Switzerland-based luxury watch manufacturing company founded by Jehan-Jaques in 1735. The fifth most expensive watch in the world in true Grande Complication fashion also displays the day of the week, the date, the month, and leap year. Also, Blancpain 1735 includes a Tourbillon, a minute repeater, a perpetual calendar, and a split chrono display. With seven hundred forty individual hand finished components, the Blancpain 1735 remains the world’s most complicated automatic wristwatch produced in a series. the This complicated mechanical watch is a limited edition watch, with only 30 pieces available and a production of just one piece per year.
This article was written by Alexis.
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