The 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.

Foreword 07
Introduction 08
Expensive Watches Explained:
Complications & Mechanical Features 10
Precious Materials & Artistic Technique 14
Historical Importance & Provenance 18
The World’s Most Expensive Watches
HYT – H2 In Platinum 20
Kerbedanz – Maximus Tourbillon 24
Breva – Genie 01 in Platinum 25
Van Cleef & Arpels – Les Voyages Extraordinaires “From the Earth to the Moon” 26
Badollet – Ivresse 27
Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Aventador S 28
Vianney Halter – Deep Space Tourbillon 30
Arnold & Son – Double Tourbillon Escapement (DTE) 32
Panerai – Luminor 1950 Equation of Time Tourbillon Titanio PAM00365 34
Cartier – Rotonde De Cartier Astrotourbillon Carbon Crystal 35
Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.2 36
Porsche Design – P’6910 Indicator 38
Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher 40
URWERK – UR-203 44
Panerai – L’Astronomo Luminor 1950 Tourbillon Moon Phases Equation of Time GMT 48
MB&F – Horological Machine No. 4 Final Edition 52
A. Lange & Söhne – Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar "Terraluna" 54
4N – 4N-MVT01/D01 58
Hautlence – HL2.2 62
Chopard – L.U.C Tourbillon Baguette 63
Ferdinand Berthoud – Chronomètre FB 1.RS 64
MB&F – HM3 JwlryMachine Watch 66
H. Moser & Cie. – Heritage Perpetual Calendar 68
Bernhard Lederer – The Gagarin Tourbillon 70
Chopard – L.U.C Perpetual T – Spirit of the Chinese Zodiac 74
Louis Vuitton – Tambour Mystérieuse 76
Jaeger-LeCoultre – Duomètre Sphérotourbillon 77
Cabestan – Winch Tourbillon Vertical 78
Rudis Sylva – RS12 Grand Art Horloger Harmonious Oscillator 82
Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane 86
Corum – Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique 88
Laurent Ferrier – Galet Secret Tourbillon Double Spiral Meissen 90
Ateliers DeMonaco – Grand Tourbillon Minute Repeater 94
HYT – H3 95
Parmigiani Fleurier – Bugatti Type 390 96
De Bethune – DB28ST 98
Romain Jerome – Titanic DNA Day & Night Double Tourbillon 102
Ulysse Nardin – Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon 104
IWC – Grande Complication Platinum (ref. 9270-20) 108
Hublot – MP-05 LaFerrari 110
Roger W. Smith – Unique Tourbillon No. 4 114
De Witt – Academia Tourbillon Force Constante 118
URWERK – UR-CC1 King Cobra 122
Graham – Tourbillon Orrery 126
Omega – De Ville Central Tourbillon 128
Speake-Marin – Renaissance Tourbillon Minute Repeater 130
Franck Muller – Vanguard Tourbillon Minute Repeater Skeleton 134
Antoine Preziuso – Mega Tourbillon 135
Louis Vuitton – Tambour Minute Repeater 136
Hublot – Big Bang Unico Full Baguette King Gold Rainbow 138
Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon 140
Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Gyro-Tourbillon 2 141
Fonderie 47 – Inversion Principle Tourbillon 142
Grand Seiko – Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon 144
Zenith – Academy Christophe Colomb Hurricane Grand Voyage II 146
Jacob & Co. – Quenttin 148
Rebellion – WEAP-ONE 149
Montblanc – Villeret 1858 Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique 150
Bovet 1822 – Pininfarina Tourbillon Ottanta 154
Grönefeld – GTM-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater 158
Louis Moinet – Space Revolution 162
De Bethune – DB16 Tourbillon Regulator 164
Bovet – Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter Two 168
MB&F – Horological Machine No. 6 Sapphire Vision 170
Piaget – Polo Tourbillon Relatif New York 172
Credor – Spring Drive Minute Repeater 173
Jaeger-LeCoultre – Master Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Hybris Mechanica II 174
Ulysse Nardin – Sparkling Blast 178
Antoine Preziuso – Chronometer Tourbillon of Tourbillons 182
de Grisogono – Meccanico DG 184
Harry Winston – Opus 6 185
Philippe Dufour – Grande Sonnerie 186
Bulgari – Octo Finissimo Ultra 188
Girard-Perregaux – Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon 189
Blancpain – Carrousel Minute Repeater Flyback Chronograph 190
Chopard – L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire 194
Hublot – MP-07 Sapphire 40 Days Power Reserve 196
Girard-Perregaux – Tourbillon Bi-Axial Tantalum & Sapphire 197
Bell & Ross – BR-X1 Tourbillon Skeleton Sapphire Black 198
Concord – C1 Quantum Gravity Tourbillon 200
Cartier – Calibre de Cartier Grande Complication 204
Julien Coudray 1518 – Competentia 1515 206
De Bethune – Dream Watch 5 Meteorite 210
Voutilainen – Minute Repeater GMT 214
Thomas Prescher – Triple Axis Tourbillon 216
Jean Dunand – Shabaka 218
Jaquet Droz – The Charming Bird Automaton 220
Bexei – Primus Triple-Axis Tourbillon 224
Bovet – Récital 22 Grand Récital 228
Audemars Piguet – Millenary No. 5 AP Escapement Perpetual Calendar 230
A. Lange & Söhne – Tourbograph 234
Christophe Claret – Soprano 236
Van Cleef & Arpels – Poetic Wish Set 238
Spero Lucem – La Clémence Tourbillon Minute Repeater 242
Maîtres du Temps – Chapter One Round Transparence 246
Hysek – Colosso 250
Greubel Forsey – Double Tourbillon Technique 252
Christophe Claret – DualTow NightEagle 254
Albert Einstein’s Personal Longines 256
Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie 258
Cecil Purnell – Mirage 262
George Daniels – Co-Axial Chronograph 264
Bulgari – Magsonic Sonnerie Tourbillon 268
Harry Winston – Histoire de Tourbillon 3 272
Girard-Perregaux – Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon 274
Breguet – 3282 275
Chanel – J12 X-Ray Electro Calibre 3.1 276
F.P. Journe – Sonnerie Souveraine 278
Jaquet Droz – Tropical Bird Repeater 280
Jacob & Co. – Astronomia Maestro 282
Richard Mille – RM 27-01 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal 284
Greubel Forsey – Double Balancier Sapphire 288
Ulysse Nardin – Genghis Khan: Westminster Carillon Tourbillon Jaquemarts Minute Repeater 290
Bulgari – Octo Grande Sonnerie Quantième Perpétuel 294
Bovet 1822 – Amadeo Fleurier Notre Dame Minute Repeater Tourbillon 296
Audemars Piguet – Royal Oak Grande Complication 300
Greubel Forsey – Invention Piece 2 301
Breguet – Double Tourbillon 5349 302
Dubey & Schaldenbrand – Coeur Blanc 304
Louis Moinet – Magistralis 306
Grieb & Benzinger – Blue Whirlwind 308
IWC – Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia 310
Parmigiani Fleurier – Tecnica Palme 314
Richard Mille – RM 25-01 Tourbillon Adventure Sylvester Stallone 316
Vacheron Constantin – Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 320
Richard Mille – RM 40-01 Automatic Winding Tourbillon McLaren Speedtail 322
Blancpain – 1735 Grande Complication 326
Dominique Renaud – DR01 328
Roger Dubuis – Excalibur Quatuor Silicon 330
Richard Mille – RM 50-02 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph ACJ 334
Ulysse Nardin – Royal Blue Tourbillon 338
Rolex – Ref. 4113, Split Seconds Chronograph 342
Manufacture Royale – Opera 344
Jaeger-LeCoultre – Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 “Quadriptyque” 348
Vacheron Constantin – Tour de l’Ile 350
Loiseau – 1f4 351
Patek Philippe – Sky Moon Tourbillon 5002P 352
Bulova – Chronograph 88510/01 worn by Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott on the Moon 354
Richard Mille – RM 56-01 Sapphire 358
Richard Mille – RM UP-01 Ferrari 362
A. Lange & Söhne – Grande Complication 364
Franck Muller – Aeternitas Mega 4 366
Jaeger-LeCoultre – Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie 368
Patek Philippe – Grandmaster Chime 5175 372
Piaget – Emperador Temple 376
Patek Philippe – Référence 2499/100P 378
Patek Philippe – 5004T for Only Watch 2013 380
Patek Philippe – J.B. Champion Platinum Observatory Chronometer 382
Hublot – Big Bang $5 Million 386
Patek Philippe – Nautilus Reference 5711/1A-018 “Tiffany & Co.” 388
Rolex – Daytona Reference 6239 “Paul Newman” 392
Jacob & Co. – Billionaire 396
Photographic Credits 398
Acknowledgements 399

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