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Quiz: 2024.11.24 Quiz (Unique Piece)

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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
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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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Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Astronomical striking grand complication Ode to Music (2020)
  • 1731 M820 calibre. 19 complications for this unique double-sided minute repeater model displaying solar, sidereal and civil time complete with a perpetual calendar.
  • An ultra-thin calibre less than 8 millimetres thick.
  • “La Musique du Temps®”: a range of one-of-a-kind timepieces created within the Les Cabinotiers department in tribute to the art of music.
  • As partners of the Maison, Abbey Road Studios have recorded an original sound print delivered as a oneoff certificate for each of the pieces in the range dedicated to “La Musique du Temps®”.
  • This is a jaw dropping piece and I was totally impressed by its ability to fit all these complications into just the size 45mm case.
  • Unique Piece.
  • Priced at 17,300,000RMB
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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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H. Moser & Cie Nature watch (2019)
  • The watch is 100% Swiss Made and the plants you see are all native to Switzerland, grown in the gardens of their Schaffhausen-based Manufacture.
  • Including succulents, moss, mini Echeveria, cress, spiderwort and onion sets, with a dial in natural mineral stone and lichen from the Swiss Alps, and a strap made from grass.
  • But the watch is just a way to raise everyone awareness and to sound the alarm; because global warming is real. H. Moser is committed to the following causes:
    1. to fullfil the certification conditions of the Responsible Jewellery Council during 2019 —the process has already begun;
    2. to use Fair Trade materials as often as possible —from 2019, their new collections in gold will be created using Fair Trade gold;
    3. to guarantee a zero carbon footprint in manufacturing of their timepieces by using more efficient methods and procedures, and by offsetting the residual footprint by buying carbon credits.
  • Case in Stainless Steel, manual winding movement.
  • Unique piece (Yes, you need to water it twice a day)
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Armin Strom Pure Resonance (2018)

In physics, resonance is a phenomenon in which a vibrating system or external force drives another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at specific frequencies. This watch takes advantage of this physics phenomenon and made two resonating balances to offer better stability of rate and higher precision; connected by the patented clutch spring. This unique piece places the emphasis on the watch’s most remarkable feature: the visible dual balances oscillating in resonance. The yellow gold plating and the special matt decoration finish are highlighting the vintage style of this timepiece. The dial offers two “Email Main Grand Feu” subdials for time displays: Roman numerals dominate the off-center subdial displaying hours and minutes in black with steel hands, while a classic railroad track marks the exact minutes. The smaller subdial at 7 o’clock displays seconds using only a baton-shaped hand and a simple track. The Armin Strom Mirrored Force was released in 2016, this year the Pure Resonance takes on a more simple approach by reducing a seconds counter. 42mm in Stainless steel. Manual winding movement; caliber ARF16 with 48-hour power reserve. Limited to 1pc. Priced at 62,000.00CHF

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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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GUCCI Baguette Secret Watch (2022)
  • 18k white gold case set with diamonds, on the watch head, 178 diamonds at 20.39cts, on the bracelet 180 dialmonds at 21.12cts. paired with turquoise dial.
  • Unique Piece
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Hautlence HL2.3 Punk (2019)

Titanium PVD case in 50 x 42 x 17.8 mm with 84 studs of 14 different sizes to symbolically represent the Punk ethos. Hand wound mechanical movement calibre HL2.0, which combines the jumping hour, which is half-trailing, the retrograde minute. Power reserve is at 45 hours. Unique piece

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