list_of_superlative_watches
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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 Cal. 620 (1931) - First full-rotor automatic wristwatch
- Piaget 12P (1959) - First micro-rotor automatic
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
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
- Central rotor automatic movement JLC 920 (Audemars Piguet 2120/Patek Philippe 28-255/Vacheron Constantin 1120) - 2.45 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 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
Highest Auction Price
- 2017 Paul Newman's Rolex Cosmograph Daytona $17.8 million
- 2014 Henry Graves Supercomplication $24 million
- 2015 Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 $11.1 million
- Patek Philippe Ref. 1527 (1943) $5.7 million
- 2013 Patek Philippe Ref. 5004T $3.9 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
Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 4
© Franck Muller
- 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
list_of_superlative_watches.txt · Last modified: 04.07.2022 10:00 by gerdlothar