List of superlative watches

This list contains the “superlative” watches in each category.

• 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

• 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

• Harwood (1923) - First automatic (bumper) wristwatch
• Rolex Oyster Perpetual 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)

• 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

• Rolex Oyster (1926) - First water-resistant watch
• Omega Marine (1932) - First waterproof “diver's” watch

• Omega Seamaster Cermet (1981)
• Rado Integral (1986) - First mass-produced ceramic watch

• See Also Ultra-thin

• 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)

• 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/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

• Watch movement Citizen G720 (2002) 30 mm² surface area, 73 mm³ volume (5.0 mm x 6.0 mm x 2.5 mm)

• Most complications in a watch Vacheron Constantin 57260 (2015) - 57 complications (pocket watch)
  • Patek Philippe 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 à Grande Sonnerie (2009) - 27 complications
  • IWC Il Destriero Scafusia (1993) - 21 complications
  • Blancpain 1735 Grande Complication (1991)

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

• 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

• 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 Ref. 5175R $2.5 million
• 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 Ref. 6002 $1.2 million
• Greubel Forsey Art Piece 1 $1.5 million
• Vacheron Constantin Tour de L'Ile $1.5 million