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Quiz: 2025.08.24 Quiz (Rare Complications)

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Alchemists Mechanical Healing CU29 (2019)

Case is 44mm made in Cuprum 479 alloy, it’s a world premiere because it preserves the positive qualities of copper and its ancestral benefits without any oxidation throughout time. Manual winding caliber with cylindrical spiral. Lapis dial. Power reserve is at 72hrs Priced at 214,107CHF

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Christophe Claret Blackjack 21 (2011)

This watch has 3 games, all using mechanical means. Case is in 18K gold with Titanium at 45mm. On the case back, the automatic winding rotor also functions as the roulette wheel, at 4 o’clock, there are two 1.5mm dice for the game of craps. On the dial side, the lower part of the dial at between 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock there is the player’s four cards appear in the aperture. Two are visible, two are hidden by shutters. On the top part of the dial are 3 additional windows for the dealer’s cards, one of which is visible, the other two hidden by shutters. A pusher at 9 o’clock activates a spring that triggers the seven discs on which the cards are printed. The combination of various discs made it possible to have 216 different card combinations; the player with 4096 combo; a total of884,736 ways to win or lose. Automatic winding movement Calibre BLJ08 that is COSC (with more than 501 components). Two barrels providing a 72 hours power reserve. Limited to 21 pcs. Priced at USD200,000.00

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CHRISTOPHER WARD LONDON C1 BEL CANTO (2023)

CHRISTOPHER WARD LONDON C1 BEL CANTO (2023). 41mm titanium case, 13mm thickness, leather strap, and pin buckle. Powered by a self-winding mechanical movement with a 38-hour power reserve, ticking at 28,800 variations per hour, and equipped with a skeleton movement. Functions include hours, minutes, and a striking watch. Reference: C01-41APT1-T00B0-VB. Part of the Bel Canto collection, limited to 300 pieces. Launched in November 2022, priced at 3,350 CHF.

This timepiece embodies Christopher Ward’s mission to democratize haute horlogerie, showcasing a passing chime complication, achieved through the innovative FS01 chiming module, with 50 new components. Designer Will Brackfield ensured visual balance by concealing minor elements behind the platine, highlighting the sunray finish applied through positive coating. Esteemed suppliers like Armin Strom (platine), Chronode (bridges, hammer, and gong), and “Viquodeco” (special wheels) contributed to the watch’s exceptional finish. The limited edition Azzuro Blue version, launched in November 2022, made history by selling out within hours of release.
This watch is the winner of the Petite Aiguille prize at the 2023 GPHG

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AUDEMARS PIGUET CODE 11.59 BY AUDEMARS PIGUET ULTRA-COMPLICATION UNIVERSELLE RD#4 (2023)

Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Universelle RD4 (2023). 18k white gold case in 42mm with a thickness of 15.5mm, ultra-complication with 23 complications, 40 functions. Openworked dial, sapphire crystal with display caseback, water resistance to 20m. Automatic in house calibre 1000, 90 jewels, 1140 components, calibre size 34.3mm x 8.8mm. Its is a minute repeater, grand / petite sonnerie, flying tourbillon, chronograph flyback and split-seconds, perpetual calendar. Power reserve is 64 hours Priced at CHF 1,600,000  This watch is the Grand Prix winner of the 2023 GPHG

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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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Czapek Quai des Bergues (2017)

Case is in 38.5mm either in PG or SS. Manual winding movement calibre SXH1, two barrel with 7 days power reserve. Limited productions – (annual 200pcs or less). Priced at : 18K PG – 23800CHF Stainless Steel – 14,800CHF enamel dial (11,500 with reg dial)

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Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance Fire (2017)

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. The Armin Strom Mirrored Force takes advantage of this physics phenomenon and made two resonating balances to offer better stability of rate and higher precision, because two oscillators will tend to reinforce each other. This is an ingenious design. 43.5mm in 18k rose gold. Manual winding movement; caliber ARF15 with 48-hour power reserve. Limited to 50pcs. Priced at 67,000.00 US$

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A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds (2016)

The A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds (2016): Case, 39.9 mm x 10.6 mm; platinum with solid silver dial and rhodium-plated gold hands. Movement, Lange caliber L094.1, regulator with jumping seconds; remontoire d’egalite on the fourth wheel; power reserve; reset-to-zero mechanism for the seconds hand. Power reserve, 42 hours. In platinum, this will be a limited edition of 100 pieces world-wide. Pricing at launch, €78,000

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Ulysse Nardin Marine Regatta (2017)

it is a chronograph that features a countdown function. The countdown can be set to maximum ten minute, once the countdown is completed, the chronograph will immediate (without any interruption) run in the normal fashion. The case is made of stainless steel in 44mm. Automatic chronograph movement using the US-155, it has 650 components and has a power reserve of 3 days. Column wheel, 28,800BPH and a silicon escapement along with silicon hairspring. Priced at 15,900.00CHF

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Angelus Chronographe Médical (2023)
•Stainless steel case in 39mm with a thickness of 9.22mm.
•Manual winding monopusher chronograph A5000 movement.  Power reserve is 42 hours.
•Limited to 99pcs
•Priced at USD19,900
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