Watch Facts
Quiz: 2025.05.02 Quiz (Wrist Game Strong)
- Case is in 18K white gold or pink gold in 41mm in diameter with a thickness of 8.2mm paired with a grey dial.
- Manually wound calibre L095.1, unlike other LANGE 1, it has one mainspring barrel instead of a double barrel with two stacked mainsprings.
- Power Reserve of 72 hours.
- Priced at 45,900€
- FUNCTIONS: hours, minutes, bicompax chronograph, peripheral date
- CALIBRE A-500 – TITANIUM EDITION
- DESCRIPTION
- A-500, automatic self-winding mechanism
- DIAMETER: 30 mm
- POWER RESERVE: 60h
- DECORATION: sandblasted and NAC treated
- CASE: 42.5 mm monobloc bezel, crown and case middle in titanium, sub-case and push-pieces in carbon composite
- DIAL: blue PVD, frosted centre, rhodium-plated applied details coated with white Super-LumiNova emitting a blue glow, black minute track, rhodium-plated applied logo
- LIMITED EDITION: 25pcs
- 2022 Collection
- PT950 Platinum Case in 38mm
- 8.75mm thickness
- Manual winding movement
- Power Reserve 82 hrs
- Limited to 50 pcs
- Priced CHF 125,000
- Functions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Power reserve indication between 9 and 10 o’clock, unidirectional rotating bezel, manual dial lighting
- Movement: DB2080
- Type: Mechanical hand-wound movement
- Case material: Black zirconium case middle with “Microlight” decoration, black brushed and polished harden stainless steel caseback and bezel
- Case diameter: 44 mm
- Case thickness: 12.8 mm
From Jean Claude Biver personal collection. 18k pink gold case in 35mm. The 1518 was the first perpetual calendar chronograph wrist watch ever produced in a series (1941). Only 281 pieces were made until 1954. This watch is up for auction at at Phillips on June 27/28 2020 in Geneva. Estimate 1,200,000 – 2,400,000CHF
Carbonium case in 42mm x 12.9mm. In-house, automatic movement. Superlatively hand-finished, skeletonised mainplate and bridges in natural titanium. 22k gold bidirectional micro-rotor. Double mainspring barrel in series. Power reserve is 80 hours. Priced at 155,000CHF
The case is in 2N 18k gold, the design uses subtle asymmetry; taking clues from Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon. In addition to the usual time display utilizing the star wheel system, are the spacetime indications on each side of the top dome. The first display at 9 o’clock marks the 555 km traveled along the equator during 20 minutes of the earth’s rotation, the second display at 3 o’clock indicates the distance – 35,740 kilometers – traveled by the earth as it orbits the around the sun over 20 minutes. Automatic UR12.01 movement. Dome sapphire crystal. Water resistance to 30m. Power reserve is at 48hrs. Limited to 25pcs Priced at 58,000CHF
- To reflect the love of ballet, Van Cleef & Arpels recreated the three- dimensional theater stage on the watch.
- A diamond-set upper dial, representing a sparkling chandelier and curtains; sculpted, engraved and hand-painted dial section of the draperies reveal ethereal ballerinas in miniature painting.
- The mechanical movement not only plays a melody, but also activates the automaton; the music box is made up of a 10-blade keyboard, plucked by pins located on the underside of the rotating disc that presents the visual animation.
- The four gongs of the carillon, struck by four hammers, offer additional notes.
- The two systems are carefully tuned to ensure perfect pitch for the 20- to 25-second melodies.
- 18k white gold case in 44.5mm set with diamonds and gems.
- The watch case amplifies the combo melody of the carillon and music box, transmitting it through a surface of paved diamonds.
- Three versions of the watch Émeraude Rubis and Diamant are available, each playing a different classical music theme: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80by Gabriel Fauré (1898), Capriccio for piano and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky (1929) and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 (1875). Each watch comes with a birchwood and walnut marquetry case, created in partnership with luthiers and acoustics experts, and enriched with an electronic amplifier.
- Manual winding movement with on demand musical animation, retrograde time display.
- Interchangable straps.
- Power reserve is 54 hours.
- Priced at 456000€
Microblasted titanium case in 44mm. Automatic El Primero 9004 movement; a mechanical marvel that was launched in 2017. This 1/100th of a second chronograph features a double chain construction; where a separate set of balance wheel, gear train and even barrel are present – one for time keeping and the separate one for 1/100th second chronograph. The separate balance wheel for the chronograph is smaller with a shorter hairspring is necessary in order to achieve 360,000 beat per hour for the chronograph. 293 components. Bi-directional winding. Power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock. Each Land Rover edition comes with an extra rubber strap. Power reserve is 50 hours Limited to 250pcs. Priced at USD13,400.00
