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Quiz: 2024.03.08 Quiz (Unique Piece)

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BOVET 1822 RÉCITAL 20 ASTÉRIUM (2023)

BOVET 1822 RÉCITAL 20 ASTÉRIUM (2023). White Gold and Red Gold case, 46mm diameter, 18.3mm thickness, leather strap with pin buckle, water resistance up to 30 meters. Manual-winding mechanical movement with a 240-hour power reserve. Functions include hours, minutes, seconds, date, day, month, power reserve indicator, retrograde minutes, tourbillon, equation of time, and a special escapement. Annual calendar tracking summer and winter equinox. Reference: R20N005/1/PU. Launched in October 2022, part of the Dimier collection, limited to 1 piece. Priced at 532,432 CHF.  This watch is the winner of the Calendar & Astronomy prize at the 2023 GPHG

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Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1 (2019)

18k white gold case in 43.5mm. Manual winding tourbillon movement, completely handmade. The Hand Made 1 has been entirely created from scratch. The movement construction, traditional machining and hand-finishing specialists reflected at length on each of the 272 movement components and 36 case parts. In fact, this is an entirely handmade timepiece, from the movement to the case, to the leather strap, the dial and the hands -the only exceptions being the sapphire crystals, the case gaskets, the spring- bars, the jewels, and the mainspring. To achieve the 95% handmade level more than 6,000 hours of work for one single timepiece. To obtain the 308 components of the Hand Made 1 respecting Greubel Forsey criteria, over 800 individual parts had to be made. It took 35 times longer to make the complete tourbillon cage than for a standard high-end tourbillon. When just a dozen operations on an automatic lathe effortlessly yield some 500 screws, a single screw, as small as it may be, requires up to 12 individual operations taking up to 8 hours to make just one. To hand make one wheel of the Hand Made 1 takes 600 times longer than that of a high-end industrial wheel. Power reserve is at 60hrs Unique piece Price – Not available (likely around 800,000.00 CHF)

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H. Moser Heritage Concept Tourbillon Unique Piece (2018)

18k white gold case in 40.8mm. Automatic Tourbillon caliber HMC804 with the famous Moser double hairspring. Power reserve at 72 hours. Hand guilloche with enamel on case side. White enamel dial. Being automatic and having the double hairspring make this one of the most unique and technically advanced tourbillon on the market. Unique burgundy fume dial. Unique piece. Priced at 129,000.00CHF

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JACOB & CO Astronomia Art Green Dragon (2022)
  • 18k WG and sapphire case 50mm – thickness 25mm, hand painted 18k RG sculptured dragon.
  • Doubile Axis tourbillon, first axis is 60 seconds, second axis is 5 minutes.
  • Total of approx. 14.5 carats of diamonds
  • Power reserve is 60 hrs
  • Unique piece
  • Collection 2022
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Lang & Heyne [Friedrich III Remontoir](2021)

Created with Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo and Lavish Attic (2021). Stainless steel case in 39mm with a thickness of 10.7mm. Two part black enamel dial utilizing a new technology. Manual winding CAL.VI-I using titanium on the main plate, bridge, balance cock and levers. Watch is to be auctioned by Phillips in Hong Kong on May 27th lot number 933. Unique piece Estimate at US$59,000

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Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept Constellation Unique Piece (2022)
  • The winner of the GPHG Aiguille d’Or prize in 2020, the watch celebrates its creation and birth with this unique piece. The dial features the celestial settings on the moment the AUC is conceived – February 7th 2017 at La Côte-aux-Fées. This horology special moment was also inscripted at 2:30 position.  To make is even more special, the celestial sky is created throughout the dial of the watch using superluminova, so when the room is dark, you can see the exact skies on that day.  Of course, the case is still using the 41mm cobalt ally with dark slate blue PVD plate.
  • Unique Piece
  • Collection 2022
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Vacheron Constantin “La Musique du Temps” – Les Cabinotiers Minute repeater ultra-thin – The dance of gemstones (2020).

18k pink gold 41mm case. Eggshell white Grand Feu enamel 12 applied hours-markers in rubies totalling 0.42 carats. Mechanical winding cal. 1731 minute repeater. Hallmark of Geneva certified. Power reserve is 65hours. Unique piece Price on request

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Voutilainen Starry Night Vine (2019)

18k white gold case in 39mm. Manual wind movement with direct impulse escapement and two escape wheels; German silver and titanium base plate and bridges with decoration by Unryuan studio; gold wheels. Mr Tatsuo Kitamura lacquer artists created the dial lacquer works, another half of the landscape is created by Anita Porchet, one of the greatest enamel artist. Vineyard with rich colors is made with email cloisonne techniques. It shows vineyard on his full beauty, grapes fulfilled in enjoyable colors. Power reserve is at 65hrs This watch is the winner of the GPHG 2019 in the Artistic Crafts Watch Prize category Unique piece Priced at 248,000CHF

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Van Cleef & Arpels Fontaine Aux Oiseaus Automaton (2022)
  • Yellow, White, Pink gold case with Urushi Lacquer
  • Size is 411.3 x 441.5mm
  • Power reserve 192hrs
  • Unique piece
  • Priced at 5 to 10 million CHF
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Parmigiani Toric Capitole “Inspired by the Sandoz collection”(2018)

It is a wandering hours Minute Repeater. 45mm case in 18k WG. Manufacturer manual movement PF321, with 40hours power reserve. 10 meters water resistance. Snake shaped, blued, Cathedral gongs. Unique Piece. Priced at 390,000.00CHF

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