World's Most Expensive Watches

Ariel Adams is the owner and editor of aBlogtoWatch.com - the world's largest and most popular wrist watch blog, and regularly contributes to other important media such as Forbes, Centurion, Tech Crunch, and more.

• Foreword 07Introduction 08Expensive Watches Explained:Complications & Mechanical Features 10Precious Materials & Artistic Technique 14Historical Importance & Provenance 18The World’s Most Expensive WatchesHYT – H2 In Platinum 20Kerbedanz – Maximus Tourbillon 24Breva – Genie 01 in Platinum 25Van Cleef & Arpels – Les Voyages Extraordinaires “From the Earth to the Moon” 26Badollet – Ivresse 27Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Aventador S 28Vianney Halter – Deep Space Tourbillon 30Arnold & Son – Double Tourbillon Escapement (DTE) 32Panerai – Luminor 1950 Equation of Time Tourbillon Titanio PAM00365 34Cartier – Rotonde De Cartier Astrotourbillon Carbon Crystal 35Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.2 36Porsche Design – P’6910 Indicator 38Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher 40URWERK – UR-203 44Panerai – L’Astronomo Luminor 1950 Tourbillon Moon Phases Equation of Time GMT 48MB&F – Horological Machine No. 4 Final Edition 52A. Lange & Söhne – Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar "Terraluna" 544N – 4N-MVT01/D01 58Hautlence – HL2.2 62Chopard – L.U.C Tourbillon Baguette 63Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.RS 64MB&F – HM3 JwlryMachine Watch 66H. Moser & Cie. – Heritage Perpetual Calendar 68Bernhard Lederer – The Gagarin Tourbillon 70Chopard – L.U.C Perpetual T – Spirit of the Chinese Zodiac 74Louis Vuitton – Tambour Mystérieuse 76Jaeger-LeCoultre – Duomètre Sphérotourbillon 77Cabestan – Winch Tourbillon Vertical 78Rudis Sylva – RS12 Grand Art Horloger Harmonious Oscillator 82Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane 86Corum – Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique 88Laurent Ferrier – Galet Secret Tourbillon Double Spiral Meissen 90Ateliers DeMonaco – Grand Tourbillon Minute Repeater 94HYT – H3 95Parmigiani Fleurier – Bugatti Type 390 96De Bethune – DB28ST 98Romain Jerome – Titanic DNA Day & Night Double Tourbillon 102Ulysse Nardin – Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon 104IWC – Grande Complication Platinum (ref. 9270-20) 108Hublot – MP-05 LaFerrari 110Roger W. Smith – Unique Tourbillon No. 4 114De Witt – Academia Tourbillon Force Constante 118URWERK – UR-CC1 King Cobra 122Graham – Tourbillon Orrery 126Omega – De Ville Central Tourbillon 128Speake-Marin – Renaissance Tourbillon Minute Repeater 130Franck Muller – Vanguard Tourbillon Minute Repeater Skeleton 134Antoine Preziuso – Mega Tourbillon 135Louis Vuitton – Tambour Minute Repeater 136Hublot – Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold Rainbow 138Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon 140Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Gyro-Tourbillon 2 141Fonderie 47 – Inversion Principle Tourbillon 142Grand Seiko – Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon 144Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage II 146Jacob & Co. – Quenttin 148Rebellion – WEAP-ONE 149Montblanc – Villeret 1858 Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique 150Bovet 1822 – Pininfarina Tourbillon Ottanta 154Grönefeld – GTM-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater 158Louis Moinet – Space Revolution 162De Bethune – DB16 Tourbillon Regulator 164Bovet – Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter Two 168MB&F – Horological Machine No. 6 Sapphire Vision 170Piaget – Polo Tourbillon Relatif New York 172Credor – Spring Drive Minute Repeater 173Jaeger-LeCoultre – Master Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Hybris Mechanica II 174Ulysse Nardin – Sparkling Blast 178Antoine Preziuso – Chronometer Tourbillon of Tourbillons 182de Grisogono – Meccanico DG 184Harry Winston – Opus 6 185Philippe Dufour – Grande Sonnerie 186Bulgari – Octo Finissimo Ultra 188Girard-Perregaux – Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon 189Blancpain – Carrousel Minute Repeater Flyback Chronograph 190Chopard – L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire 194Hublot – MP-07 Sapphire 40 Days Power Reserve 196Girard-Perregaux – Tourbillon Bi-Axial Tantalum & Sapphire 197Bell & Ross – BR-X1 Tourbillon Skeleton Sapphire Black 198Concord – C1 Quantum Gravity Tourbillon 200Cartier – Calibre de Cartier Grande Complication 204Julien Coudray 1518 – Competentia 1515 206De Bethune – Dream Watch 5 Meteorite 210Voutilainen – Minute Repeater GMT 214Thomas Prescher – Triple Axis Tourbillon 216Jean Dunand – Shabaka 218Jaquet Droz – The Charming Bird Automaton 220Bexei – Primus Triple-Axis Tourbillon 224Bovet – Récital 22 Grand Récital 228Audemars Piguet – Millenary No. 5 AP Escapement Perpetual Calendar 230A. Lange & Söhne – Tourbograph 234Christophe Claret – Soprano 236Van Cleef & Arpels – Poetic Wish Set 238Spero Lucem – La Clémence Tourbillon Minute Repeater 242Maîtres du Temps – Chapter One Round Transparence 246Hysek – Colosso 250Greubel Forsey – Double Tourbillon Technique 252Christophe Claret – DualTow NightEagle 254Albert Einstein’s Personal Longines 256Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie 258Cecil Purnell – Mirage 262George Daniels – Co-Axial Chronograph 264Bulgari – Magsonic Sonnerie Tourbillon 268Harry Winston – Histoire de Tourbillon 3 272Girard-Perregaux – Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon 274Breguet – 3282 275Chanel – J12 X-Ray Electro Calibre 3.1 276F.P. Journe – Sonnerie Souveraine 278Jaquet Droz – Tropical Bird Repeater 280Jacob & Co. – Astronomia Maestro 282Richard Mille – RM 27-01 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal 284Greubel Forsey – Double Balancier Sapphire 288Ulysse Nardin – Genghis Khan: Westminster Carillon Tourbillon Jaquemarts Minute Repeater 290Bulgari – Octo Grande Sonnerie Quantième Perpétuel 294Bovet 1822 – Amadeo Fleurier Notre Dame Minute Repeater Tourbillon 296Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Grande Complication 300Greubel Forsey – Invention Piece 2 301Breguet – Double Tourbillon 5349 302Dubey & Schaldenbrand – Coeur Blanc 304Louis Moinet – Magistralis 306Grieb & Benzinger – Blue Whirlwind 308IWC – Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia 310Parmigiani Fleurier – Tecnica Palme 314Richard Mille – RM 25-01 Tourbillon Adventure Sylvester Stallone 316Vacheron Constantin – Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 320Richard Mille – RM 40-01 Automatic Winding Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail 322Blancpain – 1735 Grande Complication 326Dominique Renaud – DR01 328Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Quatuor Silicon 330Richard Mille – RM 50-02 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph ACJ 334Ulysse Nardin – Royal Blue Tourbillon 338Rolex – Ref. 4113, Split Seconds Chronograph 342Manufacture Royale – Opera 344Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 “Quadriptyque” 348Vacheron Constantin – Tour de l’Ile 350Loiseau – 1f4 351Patek Philippe – Sky Moon Tourbillon 5002P 352Bulova – Chronograph 88510/01 worn by Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott on the Moon 354Richard Mille – RM 56-01 Sapphire 358Richard Mille – RM UP-01 Ferrari 362A. Lange & Söhne – Grande Complication 364Franck Muller – Aeternitas Mega 4 366Jaeger-LeCoultre – Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie 368Patek Philippe – Grandmaster Chime 5175 372Piaget – Emperador Temple 376Patek Philippe – Référence 2499/100P 378Patek Philippe – 5004T for Only Watch 2013 380Patek Philippe – J.B. Champion Platinum Observatory Chronometer 382Hublot – Big Bang $5 Million 386Patek Philippe – Nautilus Reference 5711/1A-018 “Tiffany & Co.” 388Rolex – Daytona Reference 6239 “Paul Newman” 392Jacob & Co. – Billionaire 396Photographic Credits 398Acknowledgements 399

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