Have You Seen a Watch Worth 1.59 Hundred Million?

　　As luxury items, designer watches are well known to command exceptionally high prices. Today, wealthy collectors love horology, and whilst we have discussed various timepieces priced in the millions, have you ever heard of a watch worth 1.59 hundred million? If you would like to discover this timepiece, follow along with Xiaoya below.

　　The World's Most Expensive Watch

　　This timepiece is the Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication pocket watch. At Sotheby's watch auction in 2014, it sold for 23,237,000 Swiss francs (approximately 2400 million US dollars), breaking its own world auction record for a timepiece set fifteen years earlier (1100 million US dollars).

　　This double-sided pocket watch possesses 24 complications in total, including a gold double-dial minute repeater pocket watch with Westminster chimes, grande and petite sonnerie, split-seconds chronograph, moon phases, equation of time, dual power reserve for striking and going trains, mean solar time and sidereal time, alarm, sunrise and sunset displays, and even a chart of the night sky as viewed from Graves' residence on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

　　This pocket watch is the world's most famous entirely hand-crafted complication timepiece, containing over 900 components. From design to production, it took over five years to complete, with an estimated timekeeping accuracy lasting until 2100.

　　The origin of this pocket watch is equally fascinating. American banker and watch collector Mr Henry Graves entered into a friendly horological contest with an old friend to see who could commission the world's most complex timepiece. Consequently, Henry Graves ordered this timepiece from Patek Philippe. Custom-ordered in 1925, it took eight years in total to build—three years of design and five years of manufacture. In 1933, Henry Graves received the pocket watch and held it until his death.

　　Having looked at this Patek Philippe, the world's most expensive watch, we know that enjoying fine timepieces does not always require spending so much. The Patek Philippe replica watches recommended below by Xiaoya are equally impressive.

　　Patek Philippe 5711 collection 5711G mechanical watch

　　Series:Nautilus series

　　Movement: replica ETA2824 movement / Swiss ETA2824 movement

　　Strap: calfskin strap

　　Case: Stainless steel

　　Clasp: Folding clasp

　　Crystal: Sapphire crystal glass

　　Diameter: 40MM

　　Water resistance: 50 metres

　　Review:

　　◆ Distinctive and showcasing vitality and substance.

　　◆ Silver sweep seconds hand, with a square date window at the three o'clock position.

　　◆ Octagonal case, sapphire crystal, visually appealing and durable.

　　◆ Replica ETA2824 movement and Swiss ETA2824 movement available to choose from, ensuring accurate timekeeping.

　　Patek Philippe Calatrava collection automatic mechanical men's watch 5296G-001

　　One-to-one case, top-tier craftsmanship

　　Series:Calatrava collection

　　Strap: calfskin strap

　　Case: Stainless steel

　　Clasp: pin buckle

　　Bezel: Standard

　　Review:

　　Featuring railway track markers, a clean silver-grey dial with an exhibition case back, and a black alligator-pattern leather strap that is easy to wear.

　　The outer rim of the dial features a dark blue railway-style seconds track, while the inner ring displays dark blue hour and minute graduations.

　　Two-tone silver-grey dial with dark blue seconds hand and dark blue leaf-shaped hour and minute hands, complemented by a dark blue railway-style seconds track on the outer rim.

　　Soaring from an initial estimate of 1500 million US dollars to approximately 2400 million US dollars, this Patek Philippe pocket watch can truly be called the world's most expensive timepiece, firmly holding the crown as the ultimate watch.

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