Top 5 Most Expensive Watches in the World
What is the most expensive watch in the world? Our top 5, which compiles the 5 most expensive timepieces on the planet, will tell you! Let's dive straight into the world of fine watchmaking by discovering these exceptional watches that sell for a fortune.
Summary
- Graff Diamonds Hallucination: The world's most expensive watch
- Graff Diamonds The Fascination
- Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime
- Breguet Grande Complication No. 1160 “Marie Antoinette”
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 Cuff
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Please note that there may be slight price differences depending on the daily USD/EUR exchange rate, as these luxury watches are priced in US dollars.
| Place | Brand | Watch | Price |
| 1 | Graff | Hallucination | 50 million |
| 2 | Graff | The Fascination | 36 million |
| 3 | Patek Philippe | Grandmaster Chime | 33 million |
| 4 | Breguet | Grand Complication No. 1160 | 30 million |
| 5 | Jaeger-LeCoultre | Jewelry 101 Cuff | 23.5 million |
1. Graff Diamonds Hallucination: the most expensive watch in the world
- Selling price : 50 million euros
- Key Feature : Set with 110 carats of colored diamonds
- Watch type : quartz
A Graff watch necessarily features diamonds . But for the Graff Diamonds Hallucination , the house has particularly distinguished itself! The watch is entirely covered in diamonds of all colors. In total, there are more than 110 carats ! This exceptional piece designed by Laurence Graff himself therefore has an incredible price. It was presented in 2014 , at the famous BaselWorld watch fair.
Its price is all the more surprising given that it is ultimately a quartz watch . The Graff Diamonds Hallucination is the archetypal jewelry watch. Setting all those colored diamonds on a platinum structure was no small feat. And while the Graff Diamonds Hallucination may not be exactly discreet and practical, the world's most expensive watch is certainly a sight to behold.
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2. Graff Diamonds The Fascination
- Selling price : 36 million euros
- Key feature : watch set with 153 carats of diamonds
- Watch type : quartz
After the 2014 Hallucination, Graff did it again the following year with its Graff Diamonds The Fascination watch. This one takes a bit of the concept of the world's most expensive watch, but this time all the diamonds are white . It is also a transformable piece of jewelry . The luxury watch can be transformed into a bracelet, while the central pear-cut diamond of over 38 carats can be attached to a luxury ring.
In terms of diamond content, the Graff Fascination beats the world's most expensive watch: it boasts 152.96 carats of stones. But the price tag is "only" €36 million, which puts it in second place in the ranking of the world's most expensive luxury watches .
3. Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime
- Selling price : 33 million euros
- Key feature : 20-complication watch with 6 patents
- Watch type : complicated
With the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime, we return to the realm of more down-to-earth luxury watches. The similarities with the world's most expensive watch are the year of release (2014) and a prohibitive price. At around 33 million euros, the Grandmaster Chime is a unique piece . It found a buyer in 2019 for this tidy sum. This steel watch has unique features, such as an audible alert for a certain day of the year. If the buyer is the type to forget birthdays, they can count on their Grandmaster Chime to avoid the indignity of forgetting! Incidentally, this Patek Philippe watch is equipped with a reversible case . The watch required no less than 100,000 hours of work. Which were therefore billed at more than €300 per hour.
4. Breguet Grande Complication No. 1160 “Marie Antoinette”
- Selling price: 30 million euros
- Key Feature: Pocket Watch
- Watch type : Breguet “perpetual” automatic winding
To justify its 30 million euro price tag, the Breguet No. 1160 calls on technology and history. This model is a reissue of the legendary No. 160 watch, known as the Marie-Antoinette . It was commissioned in 1783 by a mysterious admirer of the queen. The budget is unlimited, as is the delivery date. Breguet will need 44 years to complete this exceptional watch, in which gold was to replace other metals as much as possible and which was to multiply the horological complications . The self-winding movement of the Marie-Antoinette has no fewer than 823 parts. This marvel of watchmaking is therefore aimed at connoisseurs.
5. Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 Cuff
- Selling price : 23.5 million euros
- Key feature : houses the world's smallest movement, the 101; 576 diamonds
- Watch type : mechanical
Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of the oldest watchmakers in the world. It is to this Swiss house that we owe the legendary Reverso . The 101 Collection was launched in 1929 to showcase the technical mastery of Jaeger-LeCoultre's artisans. The 101 is the smallest mechanical caliber on the planet. It has equipped many exceptional luxury watches, including the one worn by Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1953.
The Joaillerie 101 Manchette watch now holds a special place in the history of Jaeger-LeCoultre watches. It was created for the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's reign . It features no fewer than 576 brilliant-cut diamonds scattered across a massive cuff bracelet. You'll have to look hard to find the tiny caliber 101 on this jewel watch, which is worth over €23 million.
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Vintage Rolex watches can also fetch dizzying prices. Paul Newman's Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, the world's most expensive Rolex watch, sold for just over €16 million. While the price may have risen due to its illustrious owner, this model was an excellent investment for those who acquired it in the 1960s.
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