Tuesday, March 11, 2014

"Top 10 World's most expensive Watches in the World"

Expensive watches have become an indispensable part of a serious person’s wardrobe. And a serious person needs a serious watch.There are some accessories which are now days considered integral part of one’s style and fashion. Females usually use the jewelry to good effect for their personality grooming but when it comes to men they don’t have much to choose for other than their dressing which can make their appearance prominent. The only thing which can replace jewelry for men is a beautiful stylish wrist watches therefore wrist watches are now used for more than a style statement as compared to its basic use of time checking. Wrist watches are now considered a real important part of fashion so now the demand for stylish and expensive wrist watches is growing day by day.

The World's most expensive watches are...

1.The Chopard 201-Carat Watch($25 Million)

Chopard has been around since the middle of the 19th century and they are also known for their jewelries, perfumes, and even eyewear. Sometime during the turn of the millennium, somebody bought this 201-carat watch in an auction for a whopping $25 million. Ridiculous, you might exclaim? But then again, this is actually more of a collection of expensive jewelry than a timepiece. It features 3 heart-shaped diamonds, 289 pear-shaped diamonds, 139 round diamonds and 443 yellow diamonds.It is a spectacular piece of jewellery first and a timepiece second. This watch is beautiful and simple time piece that looks like it is surrounded by flowers and is the most expensive watch in the world.

2.Patek Philippe Grand Complication Watch($11 Million)

Patek Philippe Super Complication is a watch that is made up of 18 carat gold and is wrapped within a glass cover of 36mm.It is a luxury timepiece that is also renowned as the most complicated timepiece of its time in the world till 1989, due to a number of complications it possess in the form of 24 mechanical functions that are further than time telling. This stunning watch took a time period of five years to be made and was completed in 1933, originally designed for an American banker named Harry Graves.He commissioned Patek Philippe to manufacture a one of a kind timepiece, paying an amount nearly five times as that allotted by Packard. The result is the Super Complication, which at that time featured the most advanced horological technique.  It was made of 18-karat solid gold, with a chronological function for each hour, a chiming repeater for the minutes, and a chart of the skyline of New York City.With a price tag of 11 million, it looks like the title of “Most Complicated Watch Owner” will be sticking with Henry for quite some time.

3.Patek Philippe Ref. 1527($5.6 Million)

Patek Philippe is a classic watch that was made during the period of the world wars and was sold in Geneva in 2010 at a Christie’s auction. It possesses the honor of being the one of the largest sized wristwatches of that time, which is of a medium size according to today’s standards. This expensive and classic watch is featured with a perpetual calendar, chronograph and moon phase display and its case is designed with 18 carats yellow gold whereas the other extraordinary luxury features of this watch are bi-metallic compensation balance, applied gold Arabic numerals, 23 instruments of gemstone, date indicator and designing like a rail track for minute markings with silvered matte dial which measures 37 millimeters and is bigger than many other watches of that time period.It is the third most expensive watch in the world.

4.Hublot Diamond watch ($5 million)

Hublot Diamond watch is one of the most expensive watches in the world. It is a beautiful watch that is designed and adorned with 1,200 diamonds that weigh 140 carats and it contains six stones each of them weigh at least three carats. It is a watch that requires a high time for creation as the company allots 17 employees that took fourteen months in its designing. It is an outstanding diamond watch that has 18 carat white gold dial of 4.4mm with 18 carat white gold lining and the bracelet also contains 18 carat white gold

5.Louis Moinet Meteoris Watch($4.6 Million)

It may look like a lot to pay for a watch, but considering the series comes in a set of four tourbillion watches, the price is not too shabby. Moinet decided to use pieces of meteorites to make each watch. He teamed up with Meteorite hunter Luc Labenne to collect pieces from the moon, a Mars meteorite, and an asteroid.

6.Patek Philippe Platinum World Time($4.03 Million) 

It is a stylish watch of its own kind having no comparison as not even a single model of this sort was ever made. This watch has the tendency to wind itself and you can find the time at any place in the world, it has an array of finishes to select from white, yellow and rose gold and the stunning platinum for discriminating buyers. This valuable watch was made in 1939, has 24 time zones and is crafted completely of platinum. This is the first watch that was worn on moon.

7.Patek Philippe 1928 Single Button Chronograph Watch ($3.6million)

This is a 34mm cushion-shaped, single-button chronograph made of 18k white gold. It features Breguet numerals and sold for $3.6 million in a 2011 auction. This luxury watch is simply stunning. It has a 34mm cushion shaped single button chronograph that comprises of 18 carat pure white gold. It is designed with a silvered matte dial and features 23 beautiful jewels, gold dauphine hands, windows for month and day and also moon phases with date. It was manufactured on the eve of the crash of the Stock Market in 1928 and is known as one of the most important patrons of Patek Philippe.

8.Piaget Emperador Temple($3.3 million)

This beautiful and appealing watch is also called as fully iced. This watch has two parts of the case the first part is designed with 207 baguette cut diamonds, 481 brilliant cut diamonds, and an emerald cut diamond that is located on the top of the case whereas the second part contain a watch that has a dial made up of Polynesian mother of pearl and is adorned with 173 diamonds in baguette and brilliant cuts

9.Patek Philippe 1953 Heures Universelles Model 2523($2.9 million)

This normal-looking watch was sold at an auction for $2.9 million. It immediately became the most expensive stainless-steel watch to be sold. If you ever inherit a Patek Philippe in stainless steel, then you’d better make sure it does not scratch or break. Patek Philippe watches in steel are more rare than their counterparts in gold and therefore fetch incredibly high prices when auctioned or pawned.

10.Cartier Secret Watch With Phoenix Decor($2.75 million)

This one of a kind watch is made of 18-carat, rhodium-plated white gold with small emerald embellishments. It is covered in 3,010 brilliant-cut diamonds and a portrait-cut diamond that weighs 3.53 carats. What makes this expensive watch stand out from the rest are its unique phoenix shape and small-sized dial.

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