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Further to the thread of watches we own, how about those that we don't?

If I had a few hundred million weighing down my pants, these are some of the ones I'd buy for fun.

I'll start with my favourite, the Harry Winston Opus V:

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Vacheron Constantin Tour de I’lle

One of the most prestigious and oldest Swiss brands, Vacheron Constantin, introduced on the occasion of its 250th anniversary the most complex wristwatches - Tour de L’lLe. The watch is a totally original combination of horological complications and astronomical indications composing a list of sixteen different points including a minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillon device, the equation of time and the representation of the night sky . A total of 834 parts inside this luxury watch required 10,000 hours of research and development by the designers, engineers and watchmakers of Vacheron Constantin to come up with the final version. Limited edition of seven timepieces with price of $ 1.5 million.

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RSW Outland

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Probably my favourite movement (IWC Da Vinci Perpetual) in a more contemporary case than the original 80's model:





The moonphase shows an error of only one day (behind) every 122 years. (The IWC's moon cycle is geared to 29.53125 days compared to the absolutely correct 29.53059 days. More accuracy would have required excessively fine gearing on the moonphase gear train).

The calendar will function properly until the year 2499, though it will require an internal adjustment on March 1, 2100 (in which year the normally expected leap year will be skipped). Those watches with century display will also require a special service on January 1, 2200 to replace the century slide with one numbered 22, 23, and 24. Interestingly, those watches with the century display create one of the most extreme ratios in the history of watchmaking: for each movement of the century slide, the escape wheel has completed about 6.3 billion rotations and the balance has completed approximately 94.5 billion half-swings.

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DeWitt WX-1

[Tom S.]

Most of my life has involved working with my hands in some form of mechanical work. As such, I long ago gave up thinking about the timepiece on my wrist in terms of protecting it, and have killed more than a few, and scarred many more. Putting one of these on me would be exposing it to mortal danger. I feel bad when I kill a $10 watch. Imagine how I would feel doing that to one of these!

[Docrwm]

I really like the VC Tour de Force model

[MRRiley]

DeWitt WX-1

Ok, so this thing is pretty cool and the tech is interesting, but who the heck would actually wear it? Sorry, but looks more like a nightmare to me.

Mike

[pingflood]

Ok, so this thing is pretty cool and the tech is interesting, but who the heck would actually wear it? Sorry, but looks more like a nightmare to me.

Mike

They are intended for wearing as much as the ultra limited special edition Leicas are for taking pictures. It is a 600K USD collector's item, not that there is anything wrong with that.

[Tom S.]

They are intended for wearing as much as the ultra limited special edition Leicas are for taking pictures. It is a 600K USD collector's item, not that there is anything wrong with that.

It's only $572,000 here, with free shipping!

[Docrwm]

Here's my dream watch.






Seiko provided to the Emperor and his household exclusively.

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Here's my dream watch.






Seiko provided to the Emperor and his household exclusively.

Nice.

Seiko make some great watches. I love the SARB line and the Grand Seikos.

Here's my favourite dive Seiko:

[Digitalis]

I'm a very practical person, most of these watches are simply contrivances merely for the sake of appearances.Like special edition Leica cameras, they are really nice to look at, can be functional - but carry such a high price that using it everyday would be stupidity of the highest order. When it comes to design i'm a huge fan of the KISS* principle:



Bell and Ross BR01-92 - can sell for $5,000US special editions of course cost extra. The face on this watch is a bit on the large side at 46mm, I'm more comfortable with the 39mm version.

Though strill sticking with a minimalist approach the Bell and Ross minuteur tourbillon which I have to admit looks awesome:


Case Dimensions: 44X50mm - typical price: a spirit crushing, jaw dropping $200,000US - If I sold very camera and lens that I owned I could probably buy two of these.


*Keep It Simple Stupid