Anyone ever heard of this?

[yachtsales]

The "Grand Complication" I saw an add for it about 10 years ago in Robb Report. I think it cost like a quarter mil?

[yachtsales]

Oh, it was made by IWC

[yachtsales]

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[jac67]

Patek Philippe also has Grand Complications, starting at US$100k+


John.

[abigsecret]

Audemars Piguet has a Grand Complication Pocket watch that sells for around $725,000.00!

[EvEr34]

Originally Posted by abigsecret

Audemars Piguet has a Grand Complication Pocket watch that sells for around $725,000.00!

Had one of those. got bored with it and Gave it away.

[rolex5]

Originally Posted by EvEr34

Had one of those. got bored with it and Gave it away.

I thought you traded it in even for your blue sub.

[HoustonRider]

so how many complications does it have? I know Grand complication is 3 or more.... I thought someone made like a 50 or something crazy.

[abigsecret]

I don't remember exactly, but I know they have a watchmaker handpolish every single part, and regulate every wheel the exactly match the next... It takes 1 watchmaker about 9 months to complete the assembling of 1 of these watches! Pretty cool stuff!

[HoustonRider]

From another site:

The more complications, the more valuable the watch. In December, 1999, Sotheby's sold a watch with 24 complications for $11 million. The watch that holds the record for the most complications is a pocket watch Patek Philippe created in honor of their 150th anniversary in 1989. It has 33 complications including the date of Easter and a celestial chart with 2,800 stars.

[abigsecret]

http://www.forbes.com/2004/12/01/cx_ns_1201feat.html
Click on the watch picture to view a slide show of the most expensive watches. It's unreal!

[LouCan]

I have a "few Complications" and i will let you have them for free.

[bfh]

It's an incredible watch, and I like IWC, but what do you do with it? Even if I could afford it, I'd be too afraid wear it. Maybe put it in a bulletproof locked display case, hang it on the wall....

[EvEr34]

Originally Posted by bfh

It's an incredible watch, and I like IWC, but what do you do with it? Even if I could afford it, I'd be too afraid wear it. Maybe put it in a bulletproof locked display case, hang it on the wall....

I think it's all relative to how much money you have in the bank sorta say. I mean some people on that forbes list could fork over 750K or even 11 million and wear it without even a second thought. There is only a limited number of these watches and are probably pre-sold or dealers know exactly who to call.

[bfh]

You're right Mike, it's relative to a person's wealth. Still, I would like to think that even the superwealthy wouldn't strap a watch like that on without appreciating it - actually, I'm sure they'd appreciate it, just differently than the rest of us. I'd spend the day worrying my shirtcuff was damaging it!

Different world, they live in.

[EvEr34]

Originally Posted by bfh

You're right Mike, it's relative to a person's wealth. Still, I would like to think that even the superwealthy wouldn't strap a watch like that on without appreciating it - actually, I'm sure they'd appreciate it, just differently than the rest of us. I'd spend the day worrying my shirtcuff was damaging it!

Different world, they live in.

I'm sure they appreciate it....probably just like we appreciate our rollies. But like you said it's completely different world.