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Quiz: 2024.12.25 Quiz (Christmas Complications)

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Baume et Mercier Riviera Baumatic Tideograph (2024)

Stainless steel case in 43mm with a thickness of 12.34mm, sapphire crystal with display case back, water resistance to 100m. Blue sunray dial, tide indication at 6. Automatic calibre BM14-1975AC3 in house movement. Power reserve is 120 hours

Limited to 500pcs

Priced at €5,400

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Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication (2017)

This project took 5 years to develop from scratch, the movement has 514 components at JUST 8.7mm! More impressive is that it has a 3 weeks power reserve (6 barrels). Perpetual calendar, age of moon, sun rise sun set, running equation of time, tide level, sun earth moon conjunction, celestial chart, Tourbillon just to name a few. This is a jaw dropping piece and I was totally impressed by its size 45mm in 18k white gold. Unique Piece. Besides all that advanced technical achievements, this watch has won the GPHG2017 Mechanical Exception Watch Prize.

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Panerai L’Astronomo Luminor 1950 Tourbillon Moon Phases Equation Of Time GMT – PAM920 (2018)

The watch is a tourbillon; a GMT; a moonphase and a equation of time, all encased in a 50mm titanium case. P.2005GLS manual winding movement that gives a 4 days of power reserve thru 3 barrels. This is a made to order piece. Price begins at US$230,000.00 depending on final configuration.

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Breguet Marine Équation Marchante 5887 (2017)

Three complications in this piece : equation of time, perpetual calendar and tourbillon. In house automatic Cal. 581DPE, 80 hours power reserve. 18K rose gold case at 43.9mm. Priced at USD 215,000.00

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Chopard L.U.C. All in One (2018)

One of the very few watches on the market that is certified by both Geneva Seal and COSC. This new version of All in One has two dials and 14 indications. Top dial has central time indication, date indication at 12 o’clock, under the L.U. Chopard logo; month and leap year at 3 o’clock, classic tourbillon with small seconds hand at 6 o’clock; and the perpetual calendar’s day-of-the-week display with a 24-hour display, at 9 o’clock; while on the back dial side; an equation-of-time calculator; an indicator for the watch’s 7 days power reserve; a day-night indication; and displays for the sunrise and sunset, surrounding the orbital moon-phase. The watch also has 14 patents pending. All these indications are housed in a 18k rose gold case at 46mm. The movement is the manual wind L.U.C 05.01-L, composed of 516 parts, 42 jewels and four mainspring barrels. Only 10pcs will be made in rose gold (10 pcs will be made in Platinum; total of 20pcs). Priced at US$407,000.00 (18K RG), US$423,000.00 (PT)

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Jaeger LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica Master Gyro Tourbillon 1 (2018)

Platinum 950PT case at 45mm, setting the platinum case and dial with Baguette cut diamonds. Manual winding movement Caliber 177 with multi-axial tourbillon, perpetual calendar, complete with running Equation of time on the dial side, while the back shows the power reserve. Four retrograde hands display. Total of 679 components. 50m water resistance. Power reserve is at 192hrs Limited to 5 Pcs Priced at 1,100,000.00 USD

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DeBethune Time Traveler GMT (2016)

Watch was launched in 2016, with a limited edition to only 12 pcs, genius design in time setting, priced at 150,000 CHF

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Parmingiani Fleurier Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante (2022)
  • Stainless steel case in 40mm with a 10.7mm thickness, 950PT Platinum bezel, crown with integrated rose gold pusher to activate rattrapante home hand.
  • Milano blue dial with grain d’orge guilloche pattern.
  • A new concept in the GMT category, using two superimposed hour hand to indicate home and travel time.
  • The pusher at 8 o’clock gives a one-hour increment adjustments.
  • When the trip is completed, the pusher in the crown brings the GMT hand back home.
  • This “rattrapante” – catch up – is the first time implemented on the GMT functions, and as I understood,
  • PF is applying patent for this feature. Automatic winding PF051 movement with a 22k rose gold micro rotor, visible thru the display caseback.
  • Power reserve is 48hrs.
  • Priced at 26,000CHF
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URWERK UR-100V (2022)
  • Movement: Self-winding UR 12.02, power reserve of 48 hours
  • Functions: Satellite hours and minutes, rotational distance at the equator in 20 minutes, orbital distance in 20 minutes
  • Case: 41.0mm x 49.7mm x 14.0 mm; violet DLC on sanded shot-blasted titanium; sapphire crystal; water resistant to 30m
  • Strap: Textured rubber with titanium pin buckle
  • Price: CHF 55,000
  • UR-100V also displays the number of kilometres the wearer has travelled on earth and through space, just by keeping still: a good 555 kilometres every 20 minutes, courtesy of the Earth’s rate of spin, measured at the equator; and a dizzying 35,740 kilometres in the same time period as the earth zips around the sun on rails invisible to the eye
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A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon Honey Gold Lumen (2024)

41.5mm in diameter and 14.6mm thick, featuring a sapphire crystal with a display case back and water resistance to 30m. The manual winding manufacture calibre L952.4 consists of 684 parts and is assembled twice for perfection. It includes a classic column-wheel chronograph, a perpetual calendar, and a tourbillon. It features an instantaneously jumping perpetual calendar, a precise minute counter for the chronograph, and a tourbillon with a stop-seconds mechanism for precise setting. The arrangement forms an equilateral triangle with the Lange outsize date at 12 o’clock, creating a harmonious and balanced display. Limited to 50 pcs.

Power reserve is at 50 hours.

Priced at €620,000

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