The most expensive watches in the world are worth millions. They are made to order or released 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.
1. Roger Dubuis Excalibur Quatuor
Made almost entirely of silicon, which, according to the designers, was the first such case in the history of watchmaking. The material is four times stronger than titanium with half the weight. For the Roger Dubuis brand, this is the most expensive model, with an estimated cost of $ 1,125,000. Apiece, not a wagon! The balance-spiral module provides stroke adjustment.
2. Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie
The manufacturer puts this watch at a price of $ 1,474,070. Collected from 1300 parts. They have a round case made of white 18 carat gold. Sapphire crystal is installed on the front side of the watch case (with anti-reflective coating) and on its screw-down case back. The model is equipped with a manufactory Swiss movement with manual winding.
3. Vacheron Constantine Tour de I'lle
Further Swiss watches - were released on the 250th anniversary of the Swiss company Vacheron Constantin in seven copies. The design turned out to be so complicated and elegant that the buyer appreciated the work of the watch at $ 1,876,250, it was for this amount that they left the anniversary auction in 2005. The masters had a difficult task - to make a wristwatch with 16 complications convenient enough for everyday life.
4. Richard Mille Tourbillon Sapphire
It sounds capacious enough for an expensive watch for $ 2 million. In fact, they are even more expensive, since the exact price of works of art is not customary to name. There are ten copies in all, and of course their owners are extremely wealthy people. The main feature of this model is the case, which is almost entirely carved from sapphire, a material extremely difficult to process, as it is one of the hardest in the world.
5. A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication
Released in 2013 in six copies, are considered legendary watches. German houses, as a rule, do not make their own sound complications, preferring to borrow ready-made solutions from Swiss companies. Lange and Siochne decided to create a unique model with a chime based on their own experience. The result of their work was a watch worth approximately $ 2.5 million.
6. Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4
Translated from the Latin language means “eternity”, and a watch with this name cannot cost less than $ 2.7 million, as it was designed with the expectation of measuring time over millennia. Today it is the most complicated wristwatch caliber, which consists of 1,483 parts and includes an incredible amount of complications from the perpetual calendar to the repeater with the Westminster battle.
7. Louis Moinet Meteoris
Watch for 4.7 million dollars. In fact, there is a little trick. Since this is a watch, in the plural, and not a single product. A set of four models is united by a cross-cutting idea - to connect man and space. This kit got its price due 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 the ground several billion years ago.
8. Rolex reference 6062
Today it is the most expensive Rolex. This is not about the watch model itself, although it is quite remarkable in itself, but about the specific watches that the last emperor of Vietnam, Bao Dai De, bought in 1954. During the Geneva conference, at which the fate of his country was decided, the emperor decided to buy a watch and went to the store opposite his hotel for this, but found nothing suitable in it and went out of town, where he acquired a very rare copy, namely, gold Rolex ref . 6062 with a black dial decorated with even-numbered diamonds.
9. Patek Philippe Ref. 1527
One of the main hits of the auction of the last decade. The legendary wristwatch, created at the height of World War II, is not only of historical value, but also contains an aesthetic ideal that has served as an inspiration for the most famous works of Patek Philippe for 70 years.
10. Graff Diamonds Hallucination
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 sky-high. If the most expensive mechanical copies cost less than 10 million dollars, then the most expensive quartz copies cost as much as 55 million dollars. And there is no contradiction, since in jewelry jewelry watches are just an excuse, while precious stones come to the fore, of which there can be an unrealistic amount.