Luxury watches are a symbol of class, precision, and style. Meticulously crafted with high-quality materials, these timepieces are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. In this article, we will explore the world of luxurious watches, including their history, craftsmanship, and iconic brands.
6002R – GRAND COMPLICATIONS
PATEK PHILIPPE
Patek Philippe gives the Reference 6002 Sky Moon Tourbillon a new look by combining the warm glow of rose gold with a Grand Feu brown enamel decoration. The double-faced case, crowns, slide piece, hour/minute hands, and fold-over clasp are hand-engraved with volutes and arabesques. The front dial combines Grand Feu champlevé and cloisonné enameling. This exceptional timepiece, the second most complicated Patek Philippe wristwatch (12 complications), is delivered with matching cufflinks.
www.patek.com
MASTER GRANDE TRADITION CALIBRE 985
JAEGER-LECOULTRE
Inspired by the excellent 19th-century timepieces, the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel pink gold watch combines Jaeger-LeCoultre’s historical heritage with its ultra-contemporary watchmaking expertise—a model of exquisite refinement.
www.jaeger-lecoultre.com
FIFTYSIX TOURBILLON
VACHERON CONSTANTIN
A tribute to a model from 1956, this 18K pink gold watch is the first tourbillon from the Fiftysix collection. The Maltese cross – a Vacheron Constantin icon – is found on the tourbillon cage, the crown, and more subtly, on the horns. Its movement, fitted with a power reserve of over 3 days, is equipped with a 22K gold peripheral mass revealing the entire signal through the open-worked case.
www.vacheron-constantin.com
Breguet Classique Grandes Complications
BREGUET
Classique “Grande Complication” wristwatch in platinum, with twin rotating tourbillons. Two independent tourbillons affixed by a bridge to a centre plate completed a rotation in 12 hours. Balance springs with Breguet overcoil—manually engraved hand-wound movement.
www.breguet.com
COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA
ROLEX
This oyster perpetual Cosmograph Daytona in platinum with an ice-blue dial and an oyster bracelet features a chestnut brown cerachrom bezel with a tachymetric scale. This clock was designed as the ultimate timing tool for endurance racing drivers. More than 50 years after its creation, the Cosmograph Daytona remains in a class of its own among sports chronographs and continues to transcend time. The ice-blue dial is the discreet and exclusive signature of a Rolex platinum watch. Rolex uses platinum, the noblest of metals, for the finest watches.
www.rolex.com
FREAK S 45MM
ULYSSE NARDIN
A rocket on the wrist The new high-tech watchmaking masterpiece developed by Ulysse Nardin is taking off, driven by a powerful solar wind. Ulysse Nardin looked to the brightest stars of the cosmos for inspiration for this new interpretation of the Freak. At first glance, the brand’s pioneering new watch resembles a space vessel with twin reactors, which will find its finest expression on the wrists of those who never doubt. This creation combining all the superlatives came into being thanks to the expertise of an integrated Manufacture; it represents the expression of contemporary luxury masterfully manifested in an avantgarde watchmaking design.
www.ulysse-nardin.com
HUBLOT
CLASSIC FUSION AEROFUSION CHRONOGRAPH ALL BLACK SHEPARD FAIREY
The Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph All Black Shepard Fairey, featuring Shepard Fairey’s signature star mandala and Hublot’s All Black iconic design signature. Hublot and Shepard Fairey chose a watch from the Classic Fusion collection with the Mandala as the centerpiece again, anchoring the All Black design elements unique to Hublot that intricate layer upon each other to add unexpected depth to the monotonal creation.
www.hublot.com
PASHA DE CARTIER WATCH
CARTIER
The Pasha de Cartier is a high-end 41mm steel watch with a skeletonized mechanical movement and automatic winding caliber 9624 MC. It features blued-steel diamond-shaped hands and skeletonized bridges for Arabic numerals. The fluted crown cap and crown are set with sapphires, and the steel bracelet has a “SmartLink” adjustment system with an interchangeable deployment buckle. It also comes with a second strap made of dark gray alligator skin, and both sashes can be swapped easily using the “QuickSwitch” system.
www.cartier.com
MINUTE REPEATER TRI-AXIAL TOURBILLION
GIRARD-PERREGAUX
A true technological and aesthetic revolution, the Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon epitomizes the contemporary approach to horological complications adopted by the Manufacture Girard-Perregaux and is crafted in titanium so as to chime with greater intensity.
www.girard-perregaux.com
Altiplano Ultimate Concept Watch
PIAGET
The Altiplano Ultimate Concept created in a special cobalt alloy with the ultra-thin manual-winding 900P-UC caliber is a bold declaration of love for our heritage of Swiss High Watchmaking, the Altiplano Ultimate Concept is a magnificent ultra-thin watch created entirely in-house. The next step in the quest for the ultra-thin with the Altiplano Ultimate Concept watch, one of the thinnest manual-winding mechanical watches in the world.
www.piaget.com
Premier Automatic 31mm
HARRY WINSTON
The Premier Automatic 31mm is a sophisticated timepiece with a dainty 31mm gold case and a refined combination of diamonds and mother-of-pearl. Employing the classical decorative technique of engraving on its dial, this model is elegant and a highly accurate timekeeping companion.
www.harrywinston.com
Audemars Piguet
The clock’s stainless-steel case combines a dark green dial and bracelet, creating an elegant monochrome look. The Manufacture has created a contemporary double-curved sapphire crystal, whose tense, arched profile plays with depth, perspective, and light for a unique optic experience. While the watches internal surface is shaped like a dome, it is vertically curved from 6 to 12 o’clock. Green dial, green counters, rhodium-toned external zone, the green counter at 6, white gold hour-markers and hands with luminescent coating, green inner bezel.
www.audemarspiguet.com