====== List of superlative watches ======
This list contains the "superlative" watches in each category.

===== Firsts =====
==== First wristwatch ====
  * Unknown English watchmaker for Queen Elizabeth I (late 1500's) - Armlet watch
  * [[Breguet]] for Caroline Murat (1812)
  * [[Capt & Freundler à Genève]] (1813) - Bracelet
  * [[Patek Philippe]] for Countess Koscowicz of Hungary (1868) - Wristlet
  * [[Girard-Perregaux]] for the German Navy (1880) - Series production of 2,000
  * [[Cartier Santos-Dumont]] (1904)
  * [[Rolex]] (1914) - First [[chronometer]] certified wristwatch
  * [[Tissot Antimagnetique]] (1933) - First anti-magnetic wristwatch
  * [[IWC Mark XI]] (1948) - First wristwatch with soft iron anti-magnetic inner case
  * [[Rolex Milgauss]] (1954) - First 1000-Gauss anti-magnetic watch

==== Calendar Complications ====
  * [[Mudge]] pocket watch (1762) - First [[perpetual calendar]] watch
  * [[Patek Philippe]] pocket watch (1889) - First [[perpetual calendar]]
  * [[Patek Philippe]] wrist watch (1925) - First [[perpetual calendar]]
    * [[Breguet]] 4244 wrist watch (1936) - First [[perpetual calendar]]
    * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]] wrist watch (1937) - First [[perpetual calendar]]
  * [[Patek Philippe 1526]] (1941) - First [[perpetual calendar]] series watch
  * [[Rolex Day-Date]] (1956) - First [[day/date]] watch
  * [[Patek Philippe 5035]] (1996) - First [[annual calendar]]

==== Automatic watches ====
  * [[Harwood]] (1923) - First automatic (bumper) wristwatch
  * [[Rolex Oyster Perpetual]] [[Rolex 620|Cal. 620]] (1931) - First full-rotor automatic wristwatch
  * [[Piaget 12P]] (1959) - First [[micro-rotor]] automatic
  * [[Carl F. Bucherer]] [[CFB A1000]] (2008) - First [[peripheral rotor]] automatic (in series production 2009)

==== First chronograph ====
  * [[Longines]] calibre 13.33Z (1913) - First chronograph wristwatch
  * [[Breitling]] (1915) - First [[monopusher]] chronograph wristwatch
  * [[Breitling]] (1923) - First separate reset chronograph wristwatch
  * [[Universal Geneve]] (1936) - First chronograph wristwatch with hour counter
  * [[Longines]] calibre 13ZN (1936) - First flyback chronograph wristwatch
  * First automatic chronograph (1969) [[Chronomatic]], [[Seiko 6139]], and [[Zenith El Primero]]

==== Dive watches ====
  * [[Rolex Oyster]] (1926) - First water-resistant watch
  * [[Omega Marine]] (1932) - First waterproof "diver's" watch

==== First Ceramic Watch ====
  * [[Omega Seamaster Cermet]] (1981)
  * [[Rado Integral]] (1986) - First mass-produced ceramic watch

===== Thinnest =====
  *See Also [[Ultra-thin]]

==== Thinnest Watch ====
  * Watch [[Concord Delirium IV]] - 0.98 mm
  * Mechanical watch [[Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept]] (2017) - 2 mm
    * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Squelette]] (2015) - 3.60 mm
    * [[Piaget Altiplano 900P]] (2013) - 3.65 mm
  * [[Automatic]] watch [[Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic]] (2018) - 3.95 mm
    * [[Piaget 910P]] - 4.30 mm
  * [[Chronograph]] watch [[Piaget Altiplano Chronograph]] - 8.24 mm
  * [[Tourbillon]] watch [[Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic]] (2018) - 3.95 mm
  * [[Complicated]] watch [[Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater]], 6.85 mm (thinnest complicated watch, minute repeater, introduced 2016)
    * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica 11]], 7.9 mm (thinnest automatic repeater, introduced in 2014)
  * [[Chronograph]] watch [[Piaget Altiplano Chronograph Flyback]], 8.24 mm (thinnest chronograph, flyback)

==== Thinnest Movement ====
  *See Also [[Ultra-thin]] for a more complete list

  * Quartz movement [[Concord Delirium IV]] - 0.98 mm or [[Seiko 6720]] - 0.9 mm
  * Watch movement [[LeCoultre 145]] (1907) - 1.38 mm
  * [[Automatic]] movement [[Bulgari]] [[BVL 288]] (2018) - 1.95 mm, [[Bulgari]] [[BLV138]] (2017) - 2.23 mm, or [[Piaget 12P]] - 2.3 mm
  * [[Central rotor]] automatic movement [[JLC 920]] ([[Audemars Piguet 2120]]/[[PP 28-255|Patek Philippe 28-255]]/[[Vacheron Constantin 1120]]) - 2.45 mm
  * [[Tourbillon]] movement [[Bulgari]] [[BVL 266]] - 1.95 mm or [[Bulgari]] [[BVL 288]] (2018) - 1.95 mm

===== Smallest =====
  * Watch movement [[Citizen G720]] (2002) 30 mm² surface area, 73 mm³ volume (5.0 mm x 6.0 mm x 2.5 mm)

===== Complications =====
  * Most [[complications]] in a watch [[Vacheron Constantin 57260]] (2015) - 57 complications (pocket watch)
    * [[Patek Philippe]] [[Patek Philippe Calibre 89|Calibre 89]] (1989) - 33 complications
    * [[Patek Philippe]] [[Henry Graves Supercomplication]] (1933) - 24 complications
    * [[Patek Philippe Star Calibre 2000]] (2000) - 21 complications
  * Most complications in a wristwatch [[Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4]] (2009) - 36 complications (25 visible)
    * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica|Jaeger LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie]] (2009) - 27 complications
    * [[IWC Il Destriero Scafusia]] (1993) - 21 complications
    * [[Blancpain 1735|Blancpain 1735 Grande Complication]] (1991)

===== Highest Auction Price =====
  * [[2017]] Paul Newman's [[Rolex Cosmograph Daytona]] $17.8 million
  * [[2015]] [[Patek Philippe 5016|Patek Philippe Ref. 5016]] for [[Only Watch]] $7.6 million
  * [[2014]] [[Henry Graves Supercomplication]] $24 million
  * [[2015]] [[Patek Philippe 1518|Patek Philippe Ref. 1518]] $11.1 million
  * [[Patek Philippe 1527|Patek Philippe Ref. 1527]] ([[1943]]) $5.7 million
  * [[2002]] [[Patek Philippe World Time]] ([[1946]]) in [[platinum]] $4 million
  * [[2013]] [[Patek Philippe 5004|Patek Philippe Ref. 5004T]] $3.9 million
  * [[2011]] [[Patek Philippe Chronograph]] ([[1946]]) in [[platinum]] $2.2 million

===== Highest List Price =====
==== Jewelry Watches ====
  * [[Graff Diamonds Hallucination]] $55 million
  * [[Graff Diamonds The Fascination]] $40 million
  * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 Manchette]] $26 million
  * [[Chopard 201 Carat]] $25 million
  * [[Jacob & Co. Billionaire Watch]] $18 million
  * [[Hublot Big Bang Diamond]] $5 million
  * [[Richard Mille RM 56-02 Sapphire]] $2 million

==== Non-Jewelry Watches ====
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  * [[Breguet Marie-Antoinette Grande Complication]] pocket watch (completed in [[1827]] and never sold) $30 million
  * [[Louis Moinet Meteoris]] collection $4.6 million
  * [[A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication]] ([[2013]]) $2.5 million
  * [[Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4]] ([[2009]]) $2.4-2.7 million
  * [[Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 5175|Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175R]] $2.5 million
  * [[Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300|Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300G]] ([[2016]]) $2.2 million
  * [[Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie]] set with safe ([[2009]]) $1.5-2.5 million
  * [[Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon 6002|Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6002]] $1.2 million
  * [[Greubel Forsey Art Piece 1]] $1.5 million
  * [[Vacheron Constantin Tour de L'Ile]] $1.5 million


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