1.0ACC Art Books UShttps://www.accartbooks.com/usLeahhttps://www.accartbooks.com/us/blog/author/lcollett/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="REVzZUzYUM"><a href="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-worlds-most-expensive-watches/">The World’s Most Expensive Watches</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.accartbooks.com/us/book/the-worlds-most-expensive-watches/embed/#?secret=REVzZUzYUM" width="600" height="338" title="“The World’s Most Expensive Watches” — ACC Art Books US" data-secret="REVzZUzYUM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.accartbooks.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.accartbooks.com/app/uploads/books/9781788840330-04-1.jpg11591400The second expanded and updated edition of a bestselling book that presents the world's most expensive watches.Foreword 07 Introduction 08 Expensive Watches Explained: Complications & Mechanical Features 10 Precious Materials & Artistic Technique 14 Historical Importance & Provenance 18 The World’s Most Expensive Watches HYT – H2 In Platinum 20 Kerbedanz – Maximus Tourbillon 24 Breva – Genie 01 in Platinum 25 Van Cleef & Arpels – Les Voyages Extraordinaires “From the Earth to the Moon” 26 Badollet – Ivresse 27 Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Aventador S 28 Vianney Halter – Deep Space Tourbillon 30 Arnold & Son – Double Tourbillon Escapement (DTE) 32 Panerai – Luminor 1950 Equation of Time Tourbillon Titanio PAM00365 34 Cartier – Rotonde De Cartier Astrotourbillon Carbon Crystal 35 Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.2 36 Porsche Design – P’6910 Indicator 38 Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher 40 URWERK – UR-203 44 Panerai – L’Astronomo Luminor 1950 Tourbillon Moon Phases Equation of Time GMT 48 MB&F – Horological Machine No. 4 Final Edition 52 A. Lange & Söhne – Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar "Terraluna" 54 4N – 4N-MVT01/D01 58 Hautlence – HL2.2 62 Chopard – L.U.C Tourbillon Baguette 63 Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.RS 64 MB&F – HM3 JwlryMachine Watch 66 H. Moser & Cie. – Heritage Perpetual Calendar 68 Bernhard Lederer – The Gagarin Tourbillon 70 Chopard – L.U.C Perpetual T – Spirit of the Chinese Zodiac 74 Louis Vuitton – Tambour Mystérieuse 76 Jaeger-LeCoultre – Duomètre Sphérotourbillon 77 Cabestan – Winch Tourbillon Vertical 78 Rudis Sylva – RS12 Grand Art Horloger Harmonious Oscillator 82 Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane 86 Corum – Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique 88 Laurent Ferrier – Galet Secret Tourbillon Double Spiral Meissen 90 Ateliers DeMonaco – Grand Tourbillon Minute Repeater 94 HYT – H3 95 Parmigiani Fleurier – Bugatti Type 390 96 De Bethune – DB28ST 98 Romain Jerome – Titanic DNA Day & Night Double Tourbillon 102 Ulysse Nardin – Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon 104 IWC – Grande Complication Platinum (ref. 9270-20) 108 Hublot – MP-05 LaFerrari 110 Roger W. Smith – Unique Tourbillon No. 4 114 De Witt – Academia Tourbillon Force Constante 118 URWERK – UR-CC1 King Cobra 122 Graham – Tourbillon Orrery 126 Omega – De Ville Central Tourbillon 128 Speake-Marin – Renaissance Tourbillon Minute Repeater 130 Franck Muller – Vanguard Tourbillon Minute Repeater Skeleton 134 Antoine Preziuso – Mega Tourbillon 135 Louis Vuitton – Tambour Minute Repeater 136 Hublot – Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold Rainbow 138 Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon 140 Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Gyro-Tourbillon 2 141 Fonderie 47 – Inversion Principle Tourbillon 142 Grand Seiko – Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon 144 Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage II 146 Jacob & Co. – Quenttin 148 Rebellion – WEAP-ONE 149 Montblanc – Villeret 1858 Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique 150 Bovet 1822 – Pininfarina Tourbillon Ottanta 154 Grönefeld – GTM-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater 158 Louis Moinet – Space Revolution 162 De Bethune – DB16 Tourbillon Regulator 164 Bovet – Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter Two 168 MB&F – Horological Machine No. 6 Sapphire Vision 170 Piaget – Polo Tourbillon Relatif New York 172 Credor – Spring Drive Minute Repeater 173 Jaeger-LeCoultre – Master Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Hybris Mechanica II 174 Ulysse Nardin – Sparkling Blast 178 Antoine Preziuso – Chronometer Tourbillon of Tourbillons 182 de Grisogono – Meccanico DG 184 Harry Winston – Opus 6 185 Philippe Dufour – Grande Sonnerie 186 Bulgari – Octo Finissimo Ultra 188 Girard-Perregaux – Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon 189 Blancpain – Carrousel Minute Repeater Flyback Chronograph 190 Chopard – L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire 194 Hublot – MP-07 Sapphire 40 Days Power Reserve 196 Girard-Perregaux – Tourbillon Bi-Axial Tantalum & Sapphire 197 Bell & Ross – BR-X1 Tourbillon Skeleton Sapphire Black 198 Concord – C1 Quantum Gravity Tourbillon 200 Cartier – Calibre de Cartier Grande Complication 204 Julien Coudray 1518 – Competentia 1515 206 De Bethune – Dream Watch 5 Meteorite 210 Voutilainen – Minute Repeater GMT 214 Thomas Prescher – Triple Axis Tourbillon 216 Jean Dunand – Shabaka 218 Jaquet Droz – The Charming Bird Automaton 220 Bexei – Primus Triple-Axis Tourbillon 224 Bovet – Récital 22 Grand Récital 228 Audemars Piguet – Millenary No. 5 AP Escapement Perpetual Calendar 230 A. Lange & Söhne – Tourbograph 234 Christophe Claret – Soprano 236 Van Cleef & Arpels – Poetic Wish Set 238 Spero Lucem – La Clémence Tourbillon Minute Repeater 242 Maîtres du Temps – Chapter One Round Transparence 246 Hysek – Colosso 250 Greubel Forsey – Double Tourbillon Technique 252 Christophe Claret – DualTow NightEagle 254 Albert Einstein’s Personal Longines 256 Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie 258 Cecil Purnell – Mirage 262 George Daniels – Co-Axial Chronograph 264 Bulgari – Magsonic Sonnerie Tourbillon 268 Harry Winston – Histoire de Tourbillon 3 272 Girard-Perregaux – Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon 274 Breguet – 3282 275 Chanel – J12 X-Ray Electro Calibre 3.1 276 F.P. Journe – Sonnerie Souveraine 278 Jaquet Droz – Tropical Bird Repeater 280 Jacob & Co. – Astronomia Maestro 282 Richard Mille – RM 27-01 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal 284 Greubel Forsey – Double Balancier Sapphire 288 Ulysse Nardin – Genghis Khan: Westminster Carillon Tourbillon Jaquemarts Minute Repeater 290 Bulgari – Octo Grande Sonnerie Quantième Perpétuel 294 Bovet 1822 – Amadeo Fleurier Notre Dame Minute Repeater Tourbillon 296 Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Grande Complication 300 Greubel Forsey – Invention Piece 2 301 Breguet – Double Tourbillon 5349 302 Dubey & Schaldenbrand – Coeur Blanc 304 Louis Moinet – Magistralis 306 Grieb & Benzinger – Blue Whirlwind 308 IWC – Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia 310 Parmigiani Fleurier – Tecnica Palme 314 Richard Mille – RM 25-01 Tourbillon Adventure Sylvester Stallone 316 Vacheron Constantin – Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 320 Richard Mille – RM 40-01 Automatic Winding Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail 322 Blancpain – 1735 Grande Complication 326 Dominique Renaud – DR01 328 Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Quatuor Silicon 330 Richard Mille – RM 50-02 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph ACJ 334 Ulysse Nardin – Royal Blue Tourbillon 338 Rolex – Ref. 4113, Split Seconds Chronograph 342 Manufacture Royale – Opera 344 Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 “Quadriptyque” 348 Vacheron Constantin – Tour de l’Ile 350 Loiseau – 1f4 351 Patek Philippe – Sky Moon Tourbillon 5002P 352 Bulova – Chronograph 88510/01 worn by Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott on the Moon 354 Richard Mille – RM 56-01 Sapphire 358 Richard Mille – RM UP-01 Ferrari 362 A. Lange & Söhne – Grande Complication 364 Franck Muller – Aeternitas Mega 4 366 Jaeger-LeCoultre – Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie 368 Patek Philippe – Grandmaster Chime 5175 372 Piaget – Emperador Temple 376 Patek Philippe – Référence 2499/100P 378 Patek Philippe – 5004T for Only Watch 2013 380 Patek Philippe – J.B. Champion Platinum Observatory Chronometer 382 Hublot – Big Bang $5 Million 386 Patek Philippe – Nautilus Reference 5711/1A-018 “Tiffany & Co.” 388 Rolex – Daytona Reference 6239 “Paul Newman” 392 Jacob & Co. – Billionaire 396 Photographic Credits 398 Acknowledgements 399