by Nuffy
What are the most expensive watches in the world? How much do they cost and what made them expensive? Continue on reading to find out…
Twenty-five million dollars? Yes, The Chopard 201 carat watch is the most expensive watch in the world. Twenty-five with six zeros!
It’s made of a 15-carat pink diamond, a 12-carat blue diamond and an 11-carat
white diamond. It seems to be buried and hidden beneath the cluster of gems and
colorful stone pieces. They also use some white gold and some yellow gold
and of course, 163 carats of smaller diamonds, coming to a total of 201
carats. It is surrounded by three heart shaped diamonds all of different forms
and different colors.
2. Patek Philippe Supercomplication – Price: $11 million
As the name suggests, this Patek Philippe watch came to
be known for its super complicated functions and working mechanism, including the
24 separate complications. The watch was designed by Patek Philippe for New York banker, Henry
Graves. Graves was in competition with his
fellow watch collectors to own a watch which had the most complications in the
world. The watch has been created with 24 carat yellow gold, has a 74 mm thick
diameter, 36 mm glass cover and 2 faces which display the 24 complications of
the timepiece. It took Patek Philippe over five years to design and manufacture
the 900 parts that make up this watch.
3. Patek Philippe Calibre 89 – Price: $6 million
In 1989, Patek Philippe created the Calibre 89 Pocket Watch
to celebrate the company’s 150th anniversary. It wasn’t just a simple pocket
watch. Declared by Patek Philippe as “the most complicated watch in the world”,
it weighs 1.1 kg, exhibits 24 hands and has 1,728 components in total,
including a thermometer and a star chart. It took Patek Philippe five years of research and four years to
manufacture. The chassis was made with 18K yellow gold, and contained 332
screws, 129 rubies, 429 mechanical parts, 68 springs, 24 hands, 184 wheels,
apart from a secular calendar with phases of the moon being indicated
separately. Four watches were made: one in white gold, one in yellow gold, one
in rose gold and one in platinum.
4. Louis Moinet Meteoris – Price: $4.6 million
It may look like a lot, but considering the series comes in
a set of four tourbillion watches, the price isn’t that bad. The Louis Moinet
Meteoris watch is made with one of the most amazing and unique idea. Each of
the watches have dials made of out-of-this-world materials, such as meteorite
from Mars, the moon, an asteroid, and an ancient meteorite called “Rosetta
Stone.” He teamed up with meteorite hunter Luc Labenne to collect the pieces from
the moon, a Mars meteorite, and an asteroid. When you buy the set, you get a
complimentary planetarium that depicts the solar system. It is a very expensive
master piece indeed but still not a bad price to wear such a cool watch of the moon on
your wrist.
5. Piaget
Emperador Temple
– Price: $3.3 million
The Piaget
Emperador Temple
is, as we call it, fully iced. It is the most beautiful splendor of the modern
watch creation technology. Essentially two-watches-in-one, one face is
concealed in a case covered in 481 brilliant-cut diamonds, 207 baguette-cut
diamonds, and an emerald-cut diamond. And that’s just the first part of the
case. The second part of the case, containing another watch now with a
tourbillion, has a dial made of Polynesian mother-of-pearl and is set with 162
brilliant-cut diamonds and 11 baguette-cut diamonds. The bracelet itself holds
350 diamonds of its own. The watch was a one-of-a-kind and was gone as soon as
it was released.
6. Cartier Secret Watch with Phoenix Décor Watch – Price:
$2.75 million
Cartier Secret Watch with Phoenix Decor is another beautiful
watch with a lovely bracelet. This one-of-a-kind Cartier wristwatch shaped as a
phoenix is created from 18-carat rhodium-plated white gold and set with
emeralds, brilliant-cut diamonds and one pear-shaped diamond weighing 3.53
carats. More than 80 carats of diamond are used on this timepiece. Embedded with
more than 3,000 brilliant and beautiful diamonds it is the most beautiful yet a very expensive watch.
7. Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4 – Price: $2.7 million
For a mere $2.7 million, you can buy the Franck Muller
Aeternitas Mega 4 Grande Sonnerie Westminster Carillon. The Aeternitas mega 4
Watch is the best essence of watches ever created by Frank Muller brand. It’s a
mouthful, but consider this is the most complicated wristwatch in the world.
With so much of a complicated design and look of a time piece, it is also one
of the expensive watches around. It is said to be the most elaborate watch
ever made in the world. It features 36 complications and is made of no less
than 1,483 individual components. This complicated watch has now replaced the
Patek Philippe Caliber 89, which previously held the title of the world’s most
complicated watch. It is not only simply beautiful but it comes with almost 3
extra time zones. A 999-year calendar and amazing chime that rings after
every hour makes it the best watch ever.
8. Parmigiani Fleurier Fibonacci Pocket Watch – Price: $2.4
million
The Fibonacci Pocket Watch also consists of sparkly diamonds
with mother of pearl counters and is named after a great Italian mathematician,
Leonardo Pisano. This pocket watch is made by
Parmigiani Fleurier. It has a minute repeater with cathedral gongs (it chimes
to tell the time) and a perpetual calendar. With a bit of feminine
taste rather than the other normal watches, the Fibonacci Watch features a beautiful
lotus flower at the front with a gold dial and cathedral chimes which makes it cool.
This pocket watch takes two years to manufacture.
9. Patek Philippe reference 2499 First Series – Price: $2.3
million
Again, a Patek Philippe. But this one is made in rose gold
rather than stainless steel. Introduced in 1950 the Patek Philippe reference
2499 has a well-deserved reputation as one of the greatest watches ever
created. So this proves it’s also smart to hang on to rose-gold watches you
inherit. It might just be a rare one like this reference 2499 limited edition
of which only five pieces were manufactured. It replaced the celebrated reference 1518, the world’s
first perpetual calendar chronograph made in series. This Patek Philippe watch
has a 18-karat yellow gold and 23 jewels.
10. Patek Philippe Model 1591 – Price: $2.25 million
It’s the most expensive stainless steel wristwatch, and is
one of two that reportedly still exist. This one was made in 1944, but wasn’t
widely-known about until 1996 where this normal-looking watch
was sold at an auction for well over $2 million. If you ever inherit a Patek
Philippe in stainless steel, then you’d better take care of it. Patek Philippe
watches in steel are rarer than their siblings in gold and therefore fetch
incredibly high prices at auctions.
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