World's Most Expensive Watches

Ariel Adams is the owner and editor of aBlogtoWatch.com - the world's largest and most popular wrist watch blog, and regularly contributes to other important media such as Forbes, Centurion, Tech Crunch, and more.

Interview with Ariel Adams, founder of ablogtowatch.com and author of The World's Most Expensive Watches. - ANNONCETILLÆG

• Foreword 07Introduction 08Expensive Watches Explained:Complications & Mechanical Features 10Precious Materials & Artistic Technique 14Historical Importance & Provenance 18The World’s Most Expensive WatchesHYT – H2 In Platinum 20Kerbedanz – Maximus Tourbillon 24Breva – Genie 01 in Platinum 25Van Cleef & Arpels – Les Voyages Extraordinaires “From the Earth to the Moon” 26Badollet – Ivresse 27Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Aventador S 28Vianney Halter – Deep Space Tourbillon 30Arnold & Son – Double Tourbillon Escapement (DTE) 32Panerai – Luminor 1950 Equation of Time Tourbillon Titanio PAM00365 34Cartier – Rotonde De Cartier Astrotourbillon Carbon Crystal 35Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.2 36Porsche Design – P’6910 Indicator 38Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher 40URWERK – UR-203 44Panerai – L’Astronomo Luminor 1950 Tourbillon Moon Phases Equation of Time GMT 48MB&F – Horological Machine No. 4 Final Edition 52A. Lange & Söhne – Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar "Terraluna" 544N – 4N-MVT01/D01 58Hautlence – HL2.2 62Chopard – L.U.C Tourbillon Baguette 63Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.RS 64MB&F – HM3 JwlryMachine Watch 66H. Moser & Cie. – Heritage Perpetual Calendar 68Bernhard Lederer – The Gagarin Tourbillon 70Chopard – L.U.C Perpetual T – Spirit of the Chinese Zodiac 74Louis Vuitton – Tambour Mystérieuse 76Jaeger-LeCoultre – Duomètre Sphérotourbillon 77Cabestan – Winch Tourbillon Vertical 78Rudis Sylva – RS12 Grand Art Horloger Harmonious Oscillator 82Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane 86Corum – Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique 88Laurent Ferrier – Galet Secret Tourbillon Double Spiral Meissen 90Ateliers DeMonaco – Grand Tourbillon Minute Repeater 94HYT – H3 95Parmigiani Fleurier – Bugatti Type 390 96De Bethune – DB28ST 98Romain Jerome – Titanic DNA Day & Night Double Tourbillon 102Ulysse Nardin – Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon 104IWC – Grande Complication Platinum (ref. 9270-20) 108Hublot – MP-05 LaFerrari 110Roger W. Smith – Unique Tourbillon No. 4 114De Witt – Academia Tourbillon Force Constante 118URWERK – UR-CC1 King Cobra 122Graham – Tourbillon Orrery 126Omega – De Ville Central Tourbillon 128Speake-Marin – Renaissance Tourbillon Minute Repeater 130Franck Muller – Vanguard Tourbillon Minute Repeater Skeleton 134Antoine Preziuso – Mega Tourbillon 135Louis Vuitton – Tambour Minute Repeater 136Hublot – Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold Rainbow 138Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon 140Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Gyro-Tourbillon 2 141Fonderie 47 – Inversion Principle Tourbillon 142Grand Seiko – Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon 144Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage II 146Jacob & Co. – Quenttin 148Rebellion – WEAP-ONE 149Montblanc – Villeret 1858 Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique 150Bovet 1822 – Pininfarina Tourbillon Ottanta 154Grönefeld – GTM-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater 158Louis Moinet – Space Revolution 162De Bethune – DB16 Tourbillon Regulator 164Bovet – Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter Two 168MB&F – Horological Machine No. 6 Sapphire Vision 170Piaget – Polo Tourbillon Relatif New York 172Credor – Spring Drive Minute Repeater 173Jaeger-LeCoultre – Master Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Hybris Mechanica II 174Ulysse Nardin – Sparkling Blast 178Antoine Preziuso – Chronometer Tourbillon of Tourbillons 182de Grisogono – Meccanico DG 184Harry Winston – Opus 6 185Philippe Dufour – Grande Sonnerie 186Bulgari – Octo Finissimo Ultra 188Girard-Perregaux – Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon 189Blancpain – Carrousel Minute Repeater Flyback Chronograph 190Chopard – L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire 194Hublot – MP-07 Sapphire 40 Days Power Reserve 196Girard-Perregaux – Tourbillon Bi-Axial Tantalum & Sapphire 197Bell & Ross – BR-X1 Tourbillon Skeleton Sapphire Black 198Concord – C1 Quantum Gravity Tourbillon 200Cartier – Calibre de Cartier Grande Complication 204Julien Coudray 1518 – Competentia 1515 206De Bethune – Dream Watch 5 Meteorite 210Voutilainen – Minute Repeater GMT 214Thomas Prescher – Triple Axis Tourbillon 216Jean Dunand – Shabaka 218Jaquet Droz – The Charming Bird Automaton 220Bexei – Primus Triple-Axis Tourbillon 224Bovet – Récital 22 Grand Récital 228Audemars Piguet – Millenary No. 5 AP Escapement Perpetual Calendar 230A. Lange & Söhne – Tourbograph 234Christophe Claret – Soprano 236Van Cleef & Arpels – Poetic Wish Set 238Spero Lucem – La Clémence Tourbillon Minute Repeater 242Maîtres du Temps – Chapter One Round Transparence 246Hysek – Colosso 250Greubel Forsey – Double Tourbillon Technique 252Christophe Claret – DualTow NightEagle 254Albert Einstein’s Personal Longines 256Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie 258Cecil Purnell – Mirage 262George Daniels – Co-Axial Chronograph 264Bulgari – Magsonic Sonnerie Tourbillon 268Harry Winston – Histoire de Tourbillon 3 272Girard-Perregaux – Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon 274Breguet – 3282 275Chanel – J12 X-Ray Electro Calibre 3.1 276F.P. Journe – Sonnerie Souveraine 278Jaquet Droz – Tropical Bird Repeater 280Jacob & Co. – Astronomia Maestro 282Richard Mille – RM 27-01 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal 284Greubel Forsey – Double Balancier Sapphire 288Ulysse Nardin – Genghis Khan: Westminster Carillon Tourbillon Jaquemarts Minute Repeater 290Bulgari – Octo Grande Sonnerie Quantième Perpétuel 294Bovet 1822 – Amadeo Fleurier Notre Dame Minute Repeater Tourbillon 296Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Grande Complication 300Greubel Forsey – Invention Piece 2 301Breguet – Double Tourbillon 5349 302Dubey & Schaldenbrand – Coeur Blanc 304Louis Moinet – Magistralis 306Grieb & Benzinger – Blue Whirlwind 308IWC – Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia 310Parmigiani Fleurier – Tecnica Palme 314Richard Mille – RM 25-01 Tourbillon Adventure Sylvester Stallone 316Vacheron Constantin – Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 320Richard Mille – RM 40-01 Automatic Winding Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail 322Blancpain – 1735 Grande Complication 326Dominique Renaud – DR01 328Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Quatuor Silicon 330Richard Mille – RM 50-02 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph ACJ 334Ulysse Nardin – Royal Blue Tourbillon 338Rolex – Ref. 4113, Split Seconds Chronograph 342Manufacture Royale – Opera 344Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 “Quadriptyque” 348Vacheron Constantin – Tour de l’Ile 350Loiseau – 1f4 351Patek Philippe – Sky Moon Tourbillon 5002P 352Bulova – Chronograph 88510/01 worn by Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott on the Moon 354Richard Mille – RM 56-01 Sapphire 358Richard Mille – RM UP-01 Ferrari 362A. Lange & Söhne – Grande Complication 364Franck Muller – Aeternitas Mega 4 366Jaeger-LeCoultre – Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie 368Patek Philippe – Grandmaster Chime 5175 372Piaget – Emperador Temple 376Patek Philippe – Référence 2499/100P 378Patek Philippe – 5004T for Only Watch 2013 380Patek Philippe – J.B. Champion Platinum Observatory Chronometer 382Hublot – Big Bang $5 Million 386Patek Philippe – Nautilus Reference 5711/1A-018 “Tiffany & Co.” 388Rolex – Daytona Reference 6239 “Paul Newman” 392Jacob & Co. – Billionaire 396Photographic Credits 398Acknowledgements 399