History of Watches

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• In 1504, the first portable (but not very
accurate) timepiece was invented in
Nuremberg, Germany by Peter Henlein
• The first reported person to actually wear a
watch on the wrist was the French
mathematician and philosopher, Blaise
Pascal(1623-1662). With a piece of string, he
attached his pocket watch to his wrist.

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A mechanical watch

1) Barrel/mainspring
providing the power
2) Gear train, transmitting the
power
3) Escapement, distributing
the impulses
4) Balance wheel &
hairspring, oscillating, making
the division of time
5a) Winding stem, for manual
winding and setting
5b) Oscillating Weight, for
automatic winding
6) Dial train, activating the
hours, minutes, seconds
hands

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Most Expensive Watches
10. Breguet pocket watch 1907BA/12:
$734,000

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• Breguet that Founded 225 years ago is one of
the oldest watch companies in history.
Breguet and is now become of the swatch
group company. Breguet Pocket Watch
1907BA/12 is a luxurious expensive watch
made of 18 carat gold materials. The
movement part is hand made and the watch
has two way rotating crown.

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9. Blancpain 1735, Grande Complication:
$800,000

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• The casing of Blancpain 1735 Grande
complication is made from platinum. Its skin is
made from crocodile skin and the engine parts
made of 740 pieces of handmade parts and
components. This watch is one of the most
complex wristwatches ever made in the world.

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8. Louis Moinet Magistralis: $860,000

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• Do you want to know the only watch that made
of 2000 years old moon meteorite? The answer
is Louis Moinet
Magistralis. It’s clear that this very rare meteorite
make this watch become that expensive ever
compared to gold.The outside part of the gold is
made from gold (18 carat). Scarcity of moon
meteorite is the reason this watch become
expensive and won’t be produced repeatedly.

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7. Hublot Black Caviar Bang: $1 million

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• The complexity is the reason of Hublot Black Caviar
Bang become expensive. It takes 2000 hours of
detailed and meticulous workmanship. The casing
of this watch is made of 18 carat of white gold
combined with 322 grains of black gems included
in the section of his belt buckle that makes the
total of 25 carat.It’s very reasonable to be sold for
$ 1 million because of the complexity and it’s just
made one in the world ever.

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6. The Chopard Super Ice Cube: $1.1 million

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• The name Chopard Super Ice Cube come from
the shape that similar to ice cubes. When you
see the picture of the watch you will be
guessing that this watch is a package of
gemstones. You’re right. This is a package of
66 carat gemstone that makes this watch
become expensive.

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5. Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon: $1.3
million

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• This complex watch is compiled from 688
parts including super small size (microscopic)
part. Patek Philippe Sky Moon watches
Turbillon is a very complex watch. In the other
hand, the casing is made of platinum. This
watch just produced two units each year, a
series of platinum and another one is rose
gold series.

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4. Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile: $1.5
million

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• This watch, Vacheron Constantin Tour de L’lle,
considered to be the most complex watch ever
made by human. It consist of 834 parts with 10000
hours of producing time (more than one year).
Maybe you will agree with the amount of time
needed when you see that the watch is actually has
two faces, where the back of this clock also shows
the same time as the front. With gold-plated
material. This expensive and complex clock is made
only seven units all over the world.
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3. Patek Philippe’s Platinum World Time: $4
million

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• In 2002 Patek Philippe’s Platinum World Time
became the most expensive wristwatch in the year
2002 when It’s purchased for $ 4 million in an
auction event. The special things about this watch is
It display 24 hour time zones in different countries.
The dispaly is easy to read. In addition, this watch
can distinguish between day and night in these 24
time zones.

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2. Patek Philippe’s Supercomplication: $11
million

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• Patek Philippe’s Supercomplication is 18 carat
gold pocket watch made in 1932. It took four
years for production process. This watch is
originally a watch booked by New York banker
Henry Graves, Jr. This watch set a record for a
pocket watch in the year 1999 when It’s sold in
an auction.

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1. 201-carat Chopard: $25 million

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• This is the most expensive watch in the world.
Unbelieveable? Indeed. But Yes, It’s true. 25 million
dollars! This amazing watch has three large diamond
heart-shaped fruit. They’re 15-carat pink diamond,
12 carat blue diamond, and 11-carat white diamond.
In addition there’s 163-carat diamond surrounded by
white and yellow, so that totals 201 carat that
become the name of the watch.

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