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Ten expensive watches combine real watchmaking and jewelry art. Thanks to the skill of famous watchmakers, unique models are created, presented in single or minimal copies.
1 place
Joaillene Manchette bracelet watch.
Released under the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand, owned by a Swiss company. In fact, this is the latest model from the popular Joaillerie 101 series.
However, the most expensive watch has not found its owner, as it has not yet been sold.
They topped the TOP 10 most expensive watches, as their cost amounted to a fabulous sum of $26,000,000.
Exclusive walkers are made from exceptional purity white gold in the form of an original bracelet. For the instructions, 11 onyx stones were used, as well as 576 diamonds. And the miniature dial is made of silver, its coating is made of complex glass made of transparent sapphire.
2nd place
Chopard 201-carat watch
Manufactured and introduced in 2008 by Chopard.
According to jewelers and watchmakers, this image of art has no price. But all of it is valued at $25,000,000.
The main decoration of the product is three huge diamonds. They have red, white and blue shades, and look like unusual hearts and are located around an almost invisible dial. The combined weight of these three stones was 38 carats. In total, 874 diamonds of 200 carats were used for decoration.
3rd place
Steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518.
This unique creation of Patek Phillips was released back in 1941.
According to the RBC portal, the steel sample was sold on November 12, 2016 at auction for $11,200,000.
According to Forbes, this auction featured 177 models from Rolex and, of course, Patek Philippe. These were vintage pieces from 1940-1960. The total proceeds of the share amounted to 27,513,625 francs.
There are only four similar steel models left in the world. The rest of the 281 examples are made of gold, both rose and yellow. The steel model sold at auction has a chronograph and perpetual calendar and has not been put up for sale for ten years.
4th place
Henry Graves Supercomplication Pocket Model.
An exclusive model was produced in 1932 by the Patek Philippe corporation. It was an order from a New York banker. Gentleman Henry Graves wished to have a complex multi-function mechanism.
Sold at Sotheby’s in 1999 for a fabulous sum of $11,002,500.
The owner became anonymous, who donated the sample to the Swiss Museum in Geneva.
To perform special The company spent 5 years ordering. The watch uses 900 parts, due to which it is capable of performing 24 functions. The case is made of gold, and the dial has a picture of the starry sky as it looked from the customer’s window.
5th place
Watch Calatrava ref. 5016.
The watches were produced in a single copy by the Swiss manufactory Patek Philippe.
Sold at auction by Only Watch on November 7, 2015 for the incredible sum of CHF 7,300,000.
According to the Lenta portal. Ru the final cost exceeded the initial estimate by more than 10 times. The original price of the lot was 700,000 francs.
The watch has a classic steel case. The value of the model is determined not by its external gloss, but by the uniqueness of the in-house RTO 27 PS QR movement, equipped with manual winding and the functions of the “classic troika”: tourbillon, minute repeater and perpetual calendar. In addition, they were released in a single copy.
6th place
Wristwatch Reference 1527
Released in 1943 by Patek Philippe.
The walkers were sold in May 2010 at Christie’s auction for $5,630,000.
This gold model belonged directly to the Stern family before the auction. It is this family that owns the famous brand itself.
The case is gold and set with 23 precious stones. The walkers show the phases of the moon and are also equipped with a calendar.
7th place
Pocket walkers Caliber 89.
Released in 1989 by Patek Philippe in only 4 copies.
Estimated today at $5,000,000.
All models purchased were originally by the Royal Family. But later the collection was scattered. The rose gold sample was purchased by an Italian collector. The platinum ones were purchased by the Royal Family from the Middle East. A watch made of white precious metal was sold at auction in 2004. And a watch made of yellow gold was sold in 2009 at the Antiquorum auction.
This is no longer just a walker, but a minicomputer, since no model has been able to surpass Caliber 89 in terms of complexity. 33 functions are impressive, as well as 126 stones. The 1,728 parts of the mechanism and the weight of 1.1 kg will say a lot.
8th place
Paris Precision Stopwatch by Breguet &
The chronometer was made in 1814 by the Breguet watch workshop in London.
Sold at auction for 5 thousand francs in 2012 for $4,682,165.
Initially, the walkers were purchased by Mr. Garcia for only 5 thousand francs.
A distinctive feature is two dials with Roman and Arabic numerals.
Time is money. The centuries-old history of watchmaking has turned this proverb into a literal statement. The most expensive watches in the world cost millions. They are made to order or produced in just a couple of copies, sold at auctions or inherited. They are a monument to human ingenuity and at the same time embody the idea of time.
Vacheron Constantine Tour de I"lle
8th place. Expensive Swiss wristwatch Tour de I"lle. This watch was released for the 250th anniversary of the Swiss company Vacheron Constantin in seven copies. The design turned out to be so complex and elegant that the buyer estimated the work of the watch at $ 1,876,250, which is exactly the amount they left the anniversary edition for auction in 2005. The masters faced not the most simple task make a wristwatch with 16 complications convenient enough for Everyday life. It took four years to realize this idea. The result was a watch with two dials, a perpetual calendar, a minute repeater and a tourbillon, and this is far from full list. The calling card of this model is the atlas of the night sky, as seen from the northern hemisphere. Is it necessary to add that the case is made of gold, if its price is many times greater than the complexity of the mechanism itself?
Vacheron Constantine Tour de I"lle. Front dial. The tourbillon cage is made in the shape of a Maltese cross
Richard Mille Tourbillon Sapphire
7th place. Expensive Tourbillon Sapphire wristwatch. Sounds quite capacious for the most expensive watch for 2 million dollars. In fact, they cost even more, since the exact price of works of art is not usually given. There are ten copies in total, and their owners are certainly extremely wealthy people. The main feature of this model is the case, which is almost entirely machined from sapphire, a material that is extremely difficult to process, as it is one of the hardest in the world. It took more than 1000 hours and special tools to complete the entire work cycle. In addition, some parts of the mechanism are made of sapphire, for example, the tourbillon. In 2016, the watch was spotted at the Oscars, where actor Pharrell Williams appeared with it.
Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 56-02 Sapphire. The sapphire-cased movement resembles a racing car engine
A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication
6th place. Expensive Swiss wristwatch Söhne Grand Complication. Released in 2013 in six pieces, it is considered a legendary watch. German houses, as a rule, do not make their own sound complications, preferring to borrow ready-made solutions from Swiss companies. A. Lange & Söhne decided to create a unique chime model based on their own experience. The result of their work was the A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication watch worth approximately $2.5 million; this model is on the list of the most expensive wristwatches. This work of horology not only marked new era for the company, but also became a truly legendary achievement. In addition to the striking system and minute repeater, the caliber also has a built-in perpetual calendar with indicator lunar phases and a split-seconds chronograph, which further complicates the mechanics.
A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication. The pride of A. Lange & Söhne. The blue second hand is a split-seconds chronograph hand
Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4
5th place. Expensive wristwatch Aeternitas Mega 4. Aeternitas translated from Latin language means "eternity", and a watch with this name cannot cost less than 2.7 million dollars, since it was designed to measure time over thousands of years. Today it is the most complex wristwatch caliber, which consists of 1,483 parts and includes an incredible number of complications from a perpetual calendar to a Westminster chime repeater. There is a tourbillon, a self-winding mechanism, and a split-seconds chronograph. In general, this is a truly grandiose work, made out of love for an engineering genius. Needless to say, this watch has as many as 18 hands? And the craftsmen probably wanted to add even more, but the caliber of the wristwatch did not allow it. It seems even eternity has its limits.
Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4. One for an engineering genius from Franck Muller
Louis Moinet Meteoris
4th place. Expensive wristwatch Moinet Meteoris. Watch for 4.7 million dollars. There's actually a little trick here. Since this is a watch, plural, and not a single product. A set of four models is united by a cross-cutting idea - to connect man and space. This set received its price thanks to rare components of extraterrestrial origin. The watch dials are made of meteorite stones, each of which was once part of the Moon, Mars, an asteroid, or fell to earth several billion years ago. Of course, you will have to pay a truly astronomical sum for a set of such watches, but it will certainly be worth it.
Louis Moinet Meteoris Tourbillon Mars. Meteorite stone dial. Bezel set with diamonds
Rolex reference 6062
3rd place. Expensive wristwatch Reference 6062. To date, this is the most expensive Rolex. It's about not about the watch model itself, although it is quite remarkable in itself, but about a specific watch that was bought in 1954 by the last emperor of Vietnam, Bao Dai De. During the Geneva Conference, at which the fate of his country was decided, the emperor decided to buy a watch and for this he went to the store opposite his hotel, but did not find anything suitable in it and went out of town, where he purchased a very rare copy, namely a gold Rolex ref . 6062 with a black dial set with even-numbered diamonds. The fate of the emperor was such that he lost power with no hope of ever regaining it, and spent the rest of his life swimming in luxury on the shores of the Bay of Cannes, and his love was auctioned for 5 million dollars.
Rolex reference 6062. There are only three similar examples in the world and only one of them is set with diamonds
Patek Philippe Ref. 1527
2nd place. Expensive wristwatch Ref. 1527. One of the main hits of auctions of the last decade. Created at the height of World War II, the iconic wristwatch is not only of historical value, but also embodies an aesthetic ethos that has inspired Patek Philippe's most famous works for 70 years. The elegant design of the case, the canonical design of the dial and reliable mechanics have made the watch famous among collectors who are willing to shell out huge amounts of money just to own this work of art. Every year, this caliber or its modifications break sales records at auctions, where the price for it can vary from 6 to 10 million dollars.
Patek Philippe Ref. 1527. The main hit of auction trading of the last decade. Patec Philippe keeps the mark
Graff Diamonds Hallucination
1 place. Expensive Diamonds Hallucination wristwatch. At the end of the rating you need to put the most expensive wristwatch ever created by man, and the price here will be absolutely exorbitant. While the most expensive mechanical pieces cost less than $10 million, the most expensive quartz pieces cost as much as $55 million. And there is no contradiction here, since in jewelry watches are just an excuse, while precious stones, of which there can be an unrealistically large number, come to the fore. It is this idea that Graff Diamonds Hallucination reflects - something that goes far beyond common sense. This is literally a bunch of rare diamonds scattered across platinum, in which a quartz watch is buried, and nothing more, but it’s hard to imagine anything more than that.
Graff Diamonds Hallucination. An unreal scattering of diamonds
So, as a small summary, it can be repeated that expensive watches always represent something beyond the ordinary. They may be distinguished by the genius of their engineering design and be the pinnacle of watchmaking, or they may simply be an extremely expensive and unusual toy, but in any case it is always something unusual, or a monument to human ingenuity or his ambition.
There is a world separate category people for whom incredibly beautiful and no less expensive watches are created. There are many brands available in the market that offer luxury watches with tremendous quality, uniqueness, extreme elegance and class. These brands are considered the most luxurious and expensive in the world.
What makes these accessories incredibly expensive? Just three factors: expensive materials such as diamonds, gold, platinum, meteorite or dinosaur bones; the amount of time it takes to make a product and its level of detail, as well as the factor of how unique it is.
We bring to your attention the top best watches, which are the most expensive in the world.
10. Louis Moinet Meteoris. Price $4,600,000
Meteoris is a set of four watches from Louis Moinet, each of which contains pieces of meteorites from Mars, the Moon, an asteroid and an ancient meteorite called Rosetta Stone. When purchasing a watch, its owner receives a free planetarium depicting solar system.
9. Hublot – Big Bang. Price $5,000,000
While previous watches stood out for the rarity of their components, this model focuses on one thing – diamonds. Hublot included 1,280 diamonds, each weighing at least 3 carats. It took about a year to find and bring diamonds to the headquarters from all corners of the Earth. Each stone was set by a renowned New York City jeweler with over 40 years of experience.
8. Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260. Price $8,000,000
At one time, the younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei paid $5.2 million for ten wristwatches covered with precious stones. If you are impressed by this generosity, know that the Sultan's brother is not so wasteful. There are watches in the world, one copy of which costs several times more than what a Middle Eastern aristocrat paid. We present to your attention 10 watches, to which the expression “worth its weight in gold” does not even apply - because we are talking about platinum and diamonds.
No. 1. JOAILLENE MANCHETTE, $26 MILLION.
The most expensive watch in the world has not yet been sold, which is not surprising - just look at the price. Released under the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand, which is part of the Joaillene Manchette. The main material is the purest white gold, set with 11 onyx stones and an impressive group of 576 diamonds. The dial is modest in size - silver, and it is covered with sapphire glass.
No. 2. 201-CARAT CHOPARD, $25 MILLION.
Another bracelet watch is a real work of art and a riot of imagination of the authors. Imagine a small dial literally covered with precious stones. The three most important stones are heart-shaped diamonds of white, blue and red colors, their total weight is 38 carats. Still, the magnificence of the stones on this watch amounts to 200 carats.
No. 3. PATEK PHILIPRE'S SUPERCOMPLICATION, $11 MILLION.
This masterpiece of watchmaking is 85 years old. This watch was created in 1932 by order of the American collector and banker Henry Graves. This gentleman wanted to add the most technically advanced watches to his collection. Patek Philippe worked on this order for five long years. The result of the work is a design consisting of 900 parts. The case is made of 18-karat gold, the dial is plated with silver, and the background for the hands and divisions in the dial is a picture of the night sky - exactly from the same angle as if you were looking at the sky from the window of the Graves house in New York. Intricate, isn't it? It would be hard to call such a men's wristwatch a watch - this is a real art object.
No. 4. PATEK PHILIPPE CALIBER 89, $5 MILLION.
In 1989, the glorious Swiss brand celebrated its 150th anniversary. On this occasion, the company's craftsmen decided to set a record - to create the most technically complex watch, entirely made of precious metals. They succeeded. The work began well before the anniversary, and the Caliber 89 model took its authors no less than nine years. Four pieces were made - in yellow gold, rose gold, white gold and platinum.
No. 5. PATEK PHILIPPE PLATINUM WORLD TIME, $4 MILLION.
15 years ago, this model was sold at auction for a then-record price of $4 million. Moreover, outwardly, “Platinum World” does not look “expensive and rich” - well, platinum, come to think of it. At least the model is not studded with diamonds, which means it looks more modest than the real price. But the rotary panel makes it possible to know the time in 41 cities around the world. Not the most seemingly important option, especially for that kind of money, but, on the other hand, it’s still platinum. And Patek Philippe, whatever one may say, is Patek Philippe, a brand whose products have thoroughly staked out a place in the top 10 most expensive watches in the world.
No. 6. LOUIS MOINET "METEORIS", $4.6 MILLION.
Meteoris is a conceptual fun of Louis Moinet, a kind of sub-brand, in the line of which there are only four pieces. Inside each is a piece of a meteorite. Tourbillon Mars is home to Jiddat al Harasis 479, a fragment of a rock fragment from Mars that fell to Earth. Tourbillon Rosetta Stone is the oldest meteorite in the solar system, Sahara 99555, sealed in gold. Tourbillon Asteroid is built on the basis of a piece of the asteroid Itqiy, and Tourbillon Moon represents the lunar meteorite Dhofar 459.
No. 7. PIAGET EMPERADOR TEMPLE, $3.3 MILLION.
In fact, the Swiss from Piaget became famous not only as watchmakers, but also as jewelers. Not surprisingly, the 2010 model can easily be mistaken for a bracelet. And there are so many precious stones there that the watch really is more of a decoration. The watch case is covered with 688 diamonds, and the strap has 350 baguettes. The surface of the dial is decorated with 173 stones - to completely amaze with luxury. Having tried their best with this model, Piaget did not get carried away and released only two copies of their creation.
No. 8. FRANCK MULLER AETERNITAS MEGA 4, $2.4 MILLION.
In the fall of 2009, American collector Michael Gould received a wonderful gift - not in the sense that it was free, but in the sense that it was long-awaited. Franck Muller representatives presented him with a strangely shaped watch. This was Aeternitas Mega 4, a clockwork unit unrivaled in complexity. It took six years to create. The result is 18 hands, five discs, a three-axis tourbillon, a platinum micromotor, and a perpetual calendar that will never lag behind or run ahead.
No. 9. PARMIGIANI FLEURIER FIBONACCI, $2.4 MILLION.
The work to create this model takes almost two years. But it's worth it. Parmigiani Fleurier Fibonacci are made of white gold, inlaid with a lotus flower, depicting the Fibonacci golden ratio principle (yes, it's all that intricate). The flower, of course, is also not simple - it is covered with precious stones, the total weight of which is almost 50 carats. What else does this watch have? Perpetual calendar, minute repeater and moon phase indicator.
No. 10. RICHARD MILLE TOURBILLON RM 56-02 SAPPHIRE, $2 MILLION.
To be precise, this model costs two million twenty thousand dollars. Why so much money and why the price is so uneven, you ask. We don’t know about the price, but the reason for this high cost is in the design and materials. The watch case is made of sapphire glass, as are some parts. The water resistance is amazing, up to thirty meters, and indicates the highest quality of construction - not a single gap, part to part.
There is a separate category of people in the world for whom incredibly beautiful and no less expensive watches are created. There are many brands available in the market that offer luxury watches with tremendous quality, uniqueness, extreme elegance and class. These brands are considered the most luxurious and expensive in the world.
What makes these accessories incredibly expensive? Just three factors: expensive materials such as diamonds, gold, platinum, meteorite or dinosaur bones; the amount of time it takes to make a product and its level of detail, as well as the factor of how unique it is.
We bring to your attention the top best watches, which are the most expensive in the world.
10. Louis Moinet Meteoris. Price $4,600,000
Meteoris is a set of four watches from Louis Moinet, each of which contains pieces of meteorites from Mars, the Moon, an asteroid and an ancient meteorite called Rosetta Stone. When purchasing a watch, its owner receives a free planetarium depicting the solar system.
9. Hublot - Big Bang. Price $5,000,000
While previous watches stood out for the rarity of their components, this model focuses on one thing - diamonds. Hublot included 1,280 diamonds, each weighing at least 3 carats. It took about a year to find and bring diamonds to the headquarters from all corners of the Earth. Each stone was set by a renowned New York City jeweler with over 40 years of experience.
8. Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260. Price $8,000,000
Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin created the most complex pocket watch, the Reference 57260, with 2,800 components and a record 57 complications (the previous record holder had 33). It took 8 years to assemble this watch.
The case of the accessory is made of 18k white gold, inside there is a running mechanism with 242 precious stones of caliber 3750, which is 36 mm thick and operates at a frequency of 2.5 Hz with a power reserve of 60 hours.
7. Patek Philippe - Ref.1518. Price $11,136,642
The auction house Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, held 4 sales at The Geneva Watch Auction, among which the Patek Philippe wristwatch - Ref.1518 was the top auction on November 12 and 13, 2016. The watch set a new world record for the “Most Expensive Wristwatch Ever Sold at Auction” category. The price was reached after 13 minutes of trading and was more than three times the original price.
The reason for such a high amount is rather strange: Patek Philippe's case is made of stainless steel, while almost all luxury watches from this brand are made of yellow or rose gold. The Patek Philippe line consists of 4 models. On the back of the accessory you can see the number 1, which means that this product is the first of four.
6. Jacob & Co Billionaire Watch. Price $18,268,000
This product looks more like a crown than a watch. The Jacob & Co Billionaire Watch is set with 260 carats of emerald-cut baguette diamonds and has a movement of 167 components and 19 jewels. The watch was created for the famous Italian businessman Flavio Briatore and bears the logo with his last name.
5. Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication. Price $24,000,000
Named after banker Henry Graves and created for him, the 18-karat gold watch was in the works for 8 years: three years spent in development and another five years in production. They were made back in 1933 at the desire of Henry Graves to outshine his rival, the automobile manufacturer James Ward Packard, in luxury. As a result, the banker became the owner of the most expensive and complex watch in the world.
In 2014, the Patek Philippe Henry Graves became the owner of an unknown buyer who purchased them at auction. The watch broke its own record: in 1999, it was sold for $11 million to Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Thani of the Qatari royal family.
4. Chopard 201-Carat Watch. Price $25,000,000
With 874,201 carats of rare diamonds, Chopard watches have taken the place of the most expensive watches in the world and are still among the most expensive. jewelry On the market. The watch has a very small display and such a wide variety of diamonds that even upon closer inspection you may not be able to see some of them. Sold in 2000, Chopard became the front page of every luxury publication of the time.
3. Breguet Grande Complication Marie-Antoinette. Price $30,000,000
This is a pocket watch allegedly ordered by an admirer of the French Queen Marie Antoinette. Work on the clock began in 1782 by Abraham-Louis Breguet and was completed in 1827 by his son, 4 years after his death. The result was an amazing piece of design, class and technology containing every feature that was possible at the time.
The Breguet is encased in gold, showcasing a complex control mechanism that uses sapphire to reduce friction within the piece.
The watch was stolen in the late 1900s and found only in 2007. The accessory is currently protected at the L. A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem.
2. Graff Diamonds The Fascination. Price $40,000,000
Graff is the greatest name of them all when it comes to diamonds. The watch is studded with 152.96 carats of white diamonds and a unique transformed precious stone, which is a D Flawless pear-shaped diamond with a diameter of 38.13 carats. The centerpiece is a pear-shaped masterpiece that is conceptually meant to be worn as a watch dial in an architectural diamond bracelet, or detached and placed on a finger as a ring.
1. Graff Hallucination. Price $55,000,000
Graff Hallucination is the most expensive watch in the world for 2017. The incredible value of the watch lies in the 110 carats of truly rare and large colored diamonds set in a platinum bracelet.
The colored diamonds used for these watches qualify as "Fancy", meaning they go beyond the normal scale as being incredibly rare and valuable.
