Swiss watchmaker Vacherin Constantin marked its 250th anniversary in 2005 by creating some 7 pieces of the Most Complicated Watch In The World - Tour de l’Ile, which costs around U$1.5 million. It took around 10,000 hours of research to create the watch with features like double face, minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillon device, the equation of time and a representation of the night sky.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Vacherin Constantin
Swiss watchmaker Vacherin Constantin marked its 250th anniversary in 2005 by creating some 7 pieces of the Most Complicated Watch In The World - Tour de l’Ile, which costs around U$1.5 million. It took around 10,000 hours of research to create the watch with features like double face, minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillon device, the equation of time and a representation of the night sky.
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