280:, grande and petite sonnerie, split seconds chronograph, registers for 60-minutes and 12-hours, perpetual calendar accurate to the year 2100, moon-phases, equation of time, dual power reserve for striking and going trains, mean and sidereal time, central alarm, indications for times of sunrise/sunset and a celestial chart for the nighttime sky of New York City at 40 degrees 41.0 minutes
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split-second timer, 60-min. register, alarm, dials showing conditions of motor springs, second hand. Other face (right) has hour, minute, second hand for sidereal (star) time, indicator giving differences between apparent solar and sidereal time, sunrise and sunset dials, celestial chart of visible
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Patek
Philippe produced its first grand complication pocket watch in 1898 (no. 97.912); it had previously been believed the firm's first grand complication had been produced in 1910, and the second was delivered to Packard in 1916. The rivalry between Packard and Graves, who both commissioned
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It took three years to design, and another five years to manufacture the watch, which was delivered to Henry Graves on
January 19, 1933. The Supercomplication was the world's most complicated mechanical timepiece for more than 50 years, with a total of 24 different functions. These included
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15,000) when he commissioned it in 1925. Adjusting for inflation, the sum is roughly equivalent to $ 219,000 in 2019. When he took delivery, he did not want to be known as the owner of "the world's most complicated watch", fearing the threat to his family based on the notoriety of the
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Its diameter is 74 millimetres (2.9 in); thickness of case with glass 36 millimetres (1.4 in); and weight 536 grams (18.9 oz). The case alone weighs 250 grams (8.8 oz) and was manufactured by Luc Rochat of L'Abbaye. Other credited watchmakers include:
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World's most complicated watch took Patek, Philippe's Geneva craftsmen 3 years to plan and 5 years to make for a private collector who paid $ 15,000 for it. Besides telling time, one face (at left) has a perpetual calendar (which takes care of leap year), moon phases,
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The timepiece contains 920 individual parts, with 430 screws, 110 wheels, 120 removable parts, and 70 jewels, all of them handcrafted on a tiny scale. The timepiece is a gold, double-dialled and double-openfaced, minute repeating clockwatch with
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serving as proxy for an anonymous entity, reached 23,237,000 Swiss Francs, equivalent to US$ 24 million at the time. The sum established a new highest price for a timepiece, including both pocket watches and wristwatches.
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announced that in
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died in 1953. His daughter
Gwendolen inherited the Supercomplication and in 1960 passed it to her son, Reginald 'Pete' Fullerton. In 1969, Fullerton sold the piece to
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Illustrated Directory of Watches: A Collectors Guide to Over 1000 Timepieces, from Classic Designs to Luxury Fashionware
760:"The Earliest Known Patek Philippe Grand Complication To Be Sold By Christie's Tomorrow In New York: Meet The Palmer Watch"
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1214:"BREAKING NEWS: Sotheby's To Sell The Henry Graves Patek Philippe Supercomplication This November"
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1132:"$ 24,000,000 Patek Philippe Supercomplication Pocket Watch Beats Its Own Record At Auction"
650:"$ 24,000,000 Patek Philippe Supercomplication Pocket Watch Beats Its Own Record At Auction"
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1047:"A ONE-OF-A-KIND WATCH AMONG ITS PEERS: THE HENRY GRAVES SUPERCOMPLICATION"
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Westminster chimes, a perpetual calendar, sunrise and sunset times, and a
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730:"The Henry Graves Supercomplication - the Mona Lisa of watch collecting"
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A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch
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The Henry Graves Jr. Patek Philippe Supercomplication (auction catalog)
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The Henry Graves Jr. Patek Philippe Supercomplication (auction catalog)
149:. The record was bested in 1989 when Patek Philippe released the
1183:"Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Thani: Sheikh who became Qatar's"
1022:"At $ 15.6 million, the world's most expensive watch is up for grabs"
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883:"The Fake Rivalry That Created the World's Most Expensive Timepiece"
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The Supercomplication features the following 24 functions.
968:"Patek Philippe gold watch sells for record $ 24.4M - CNN"
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943:"The story of the 'most complicated' watch in the world"
80:(no. 198.385) is one of the most complicated mechanical
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The new owner was later revealed to be a member of the
1244:"Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication" video
495:"Grande sonnerie" (Westminster chimes) with carillon
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908:"Watches: These are the best built in the world"
377:Perpetual calendar, equation and sunrise/sunset
612:Other supercomplicated pocket watches include:
16:Former most complicated mechanical pocket watch
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865:. Geneva: Sotheby's. 11 November 2014.
602:. Geneva: Sotheby's. 11 November 2014.
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1158:"World's Most Expensive Timepieces"
914:. December 23, 1940. pp. 31–34
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758:Clymer, Benjamin (June 10, 2013).
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519:Striking train up/down indication
522:Twin barrel differential winding
355:Movement and chronograph arbors
344:Grande Sonnerie and Westminster
1194:from the original on 2022-05-25
498:"Petite sonnerie" with carillon
305:Victorin Piguet and Jean Piguet
156:Henry Graves spent 60,000
1326:Henry Graves Supercomplication
1045:Humbert, Audrey (2014-11-03).
516:Going train up-down indication
425:Hours, minutes and seconds of
271:Construction and complications
217:Museum of Science and Industry
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393:David Nicole and Paul Piguet
92:. It was named after banker
1130:Adams, Ariel (2014-11-12).
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832:. Vol. 3, no. 10
734:paulfrasercollectibles.com
707:www.thejewelleryeditor.com
464:Age and phases of the moon
248:Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani
131:No. 160 "Marie Antoinette"
623:Patek Philippe Calibre 89
366:Split-second chronograph
151:Patek Philippe Calibre 89
578:Thompson, David (2008).
525:Three-way setting system
254:11 November 2014 auction
469:Chronograph (stopwatch)
223:2 December 1999 auction
580:The History of Watches
559:Wilson, James (2012).
536:Perman, Stacy (2013).
227:The watch was sold at
823:"Grand Commissioners"
237:Patek Philippe Museum
88:and was assembled by
38:The Supercomplication
189:Subsequent ownership
167:Lindbergh kidnapping
1106:on 12 December 2009
1100:www.timemuseum.com/
1051:www.watchonista.com
582:. Abbeville Press.
563:. Chartwell Books.
382:Henri-Daniel Piguet
360:Louis Rochat-Benoit
319:L'Abbaye and Geneva
244:Qatari Royal Family
185:in Geneva in 2019.
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1364:1933 in technology
1359:Individual watches
997:www.timemuseum.com
625:(33 complications)
619:(57 complications)
482:30-minute recorder
448:Perpetual calendar
371:Paul-Auguste Golay
278:Westminster chimes
213:Rockford, Illinois
200:, founder of the "
98:James Ward Packard
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25:Manufacturer
1110:12 November
475:Chronograph
461:Stars chart
420:Timekeeping
239:in Geneva.
206:US$ 200,000
202:Time Museum
111:foudroyante
35:Also called
1348:Categories
1332:Calibre 89
1220:. Hodinkee
1198:2019-01-25
1167:2015-04-20
1143:2015-04-20
1137:forbes.com
1081:2019-01-29
1056:2015-01-15
1031:2019-01-29
1007:2019-01-29
978:2018-11-23
953:2015-04-20
918:9 December
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807:2019-01-29
769:9 December
744:2015-04-20
712:2015-04-20
688:2018-11-23
659:2018-11-23
630:References
399:Finishing
396:Le Sentier
385:Le Sentier
374:Le Sentier
341:Le Brassus
316:Luc Rochat
308:Le Brassus
264:Aurel Bacs
183:Christie's
177:) sold in
119:Calibre 89
70:Mechanical
59:Introduced
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