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Photo by Alex, The Purists

It is the Tour de l’Ile, the world’s most complicated wristwatch by Vacheron et Constantin. It has:

hours and minutes
seconds at 6 o’clock
repetition of the quarters and minutes on request
“Tourbillon” device
power reserve
second time zone
phases of the moon
age of the moon
torque of the striking mechanism
perpetual calendar
- day
- date
- month
- leap years
perpetual equation of time
sunrise
sunset
sky chart

Click here for a Purists introduction on this watch

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2 Responses to “Eat your heart out Sky Moon Tourbillon”
  1. I’m blown away by that thing, a true work of art.

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    834 parts – Over 10,000 hours of R&D
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    Chris
    http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/

  2. Gerard says:

    RJ, please stop that!

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