Well, here we are, it’s 2009 and we thought it would be a great idea for us, the watch enthusiasts, to try to give an answer to a simple question: Which are the world’s most expensive watches in 2009? But, for some people a watch is much more. The “Ref. 5002 P Sky Moon Tourbillon” wristwatch with a double dial is considered the most complicated wristwatch ever produced by the renowned Swiss watchmaker. 5002 is the most complicated wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe and also the workshop’s first double-face wristwatch. Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. It’s purpose is just to tell time. Since we are more fascinated with mechanical men’s watches than with the ladies’ watchesdripping with jewels, we decided to give the priority to the timepieces that represent unique masterpieces in the watchmaking industry. So, we decided to take all the luxury watchmakers’ catalogues that we have received and browse them in order to find the most expensive timepieces that you can buy today. In compiling the top 10 most expensive watches of 2009 list, our team had a pretty hard job. It symbolises one’s social and financial status. 1. Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. The watch, made in 2003, was bought by an Asian private buyer at the Sotheby’s auction. The Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. Its movement consists of 686 parts, some of which are microscopically small. Only two such watches are made every year, one in platinum and one in rose gold. Most of you agree that a watch is a watch. Most of these watches are more expensive than a car or even a house.

Necklaces Sterling Silver

This rare and exceptional timepiece features mechanical movement that must be manually wound, a minute repeater with tourbillon escapement, chime with two “cathedral” gongs activated by a slide piece in the case, perpetual calendar with retrograde date hand, hours and minutes of mean solar time, day, month, leap year by hands and moon age. Calling this a “Grande Complication” model is a dramatic understatement: it is, in fact, the world’s most complex watch ever made, with its original combination of 16 complications that can be read off on a double-face display. The case, in 18kt white gold, is covered with 322 black diamonds (25 carats). The white gold – backtoglamour.com – , one-piece construction of the case does not reveal one grain of gold, and the diamonds, cut in mysterious ways, seem to hold together as if by magic. Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’IleOf all the wristwatches imagined and produced by Vacheron Constantin to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the Tour de l’Ile is a study in superlatives. The only visible feature is the black and deep tones of the diamonds, shining in their harmonious alignment. It took the Vacheron Constantin design-engineers and the watchmakers over 10,000 hours of research and development to create this sheer masterpiece of horological technique, named in reference to one of the historical sites of the venerable firm, located next to the current Maison Vacheron Constantin on the Quai de l’Ile. Creating this exceptional watch demanded over 2000 hours of meticulous work, from design to final adjustment, without forgetting the research and development, programming of the machines, choice of tools, diamond cutting, optical checking of each part, and setting and casing. This unique piece, which houses a Tourbillon, symbolises the fusion between watchmaking and jewellery, tradition and technology, glittering and invisibility. Black Caviar BangSwiss manufacturer of luxury watches Hublot has recently introduced one million dollar watch Black Caviar Bang. The gold case with its hand-soldered lugs, which maintains beautiful and harmonious proportions despite its substantial content, is now distinguished by a symmetrical double protuberance on either side of the bezel. This watch’s setting is very complex. An additional statistic provides an instant glimpse of the density of this exceptional calibre: no less than 834 parts are housed within a case measuring 47 mm in diameter. Its design-engineers have developed a calibre smoothly integrating a series of grand horological complications and astronomical indications in order to make it a genuine wristwatch that is perfectly suited to and comfortable on the wrist. The vibration which emanates from it gives rise to an emotion tinged with fascination. The platinum case measures 42.8 mm. The difficulty resides in the unusual lines of the Big Bang case – round but with sharp angles.

The bezel, done in 18kt white gold, is covered with 179 black diamonds (6 carats).

The crystal is an AR-coated sapphire, as is the display back. Designed in the Vallee de Joux, it was made in Geneva and bears the Poinçon de Geneve quality hallmark. Louis Moinet MagistralisSwiss watchmaker Louis Moinet has recently presented a watch with real pieces of the Moon! Movement is the Hublot caliber HUB Solo T, a 1 minute Tourbillon Volant, manual-wind with special black finishing. These pieces are from a lunar meteorite that was ejected from the Moon 2,000 years ago. The movement of Magistralis was created a hundred years ago. The watch is manufactured in limited edition of just one piece. The bezel, done in 18kt white gold, is covered with 179 black diamonds (6 carats). The watch has 24 jewels, beats at 21,600 bph and has a power reserve of 120 hours. The meteorite has been authenticated by the University of California. The bracelet is rubber with an 18kt white gold closure covered with 30 black diamonds (3.5 carats). Moonstone is an extremely rare material that is even more expensive than gold and platinum combined.

Sterling Silver Mood Ring

It beats at 18,000 vibrations per hour and features a (double-bladed) self-compensating balance and a flame-blued Breguet balance spring. Blancpain Grande Complication 1735Blancpain’s expert watchmakers devised a daunting challenge: merging their six earlier masterpieces into a single construction. Magistralis is an extraordinary watch representing the expert craftsmanship of the time-honoured art of Haute Horlogerie. The 1735 is the fruit of a year of loving labor by a single watchmaker. It is one of a kind, unlike any other, and will never be repeated. For no other reason than the secret pleasure of outdoing themselves. Breguet 1907BA/12Breguet is one of the oldest and most respected names in the watchmaking industry, the company being around for more than 225 years and being credited for the invention of one of the most famous watch complication, the tourbillon. The perpetual calendar function displays the day, date and month over four years. The platinum case measures 42 mm, the strap is croco leather. In homage to the year of foundation of the House of Blancpain, they called the new watch 1735. Almost magical in its intricacy, its movement’s original design comprises an impressive 740 parts and components. Movement is the automatic Caliber 1735, with 950 platinum rotor and a power reserve of 80 hours. The case is made of 5N and 3N 18-carat rose gold. Its brand-signature design stands out especially for its crown guard (patent pending) and its chronograph button guard at 12 o’clock. A truly inspired achievement, the Blancpain 1735’s horological wizardry provides a rare and altogether convincing demonstration that, at least for the best watchmakers, impossibility is only relative. With its 740 individual hand-finished components, the 1735 remains the world’s most complicated automatic winding wristwatch produced in a series. After six years, against all odds, fulfillment was at finally hand. Despite countless doubts and dead ends, talent and preservance ultimately got them there. Although it’s now a part of the Swatch group of companies, the Swiss watchmaker keeps coming up with all sorts of extremely special timepieces, some of them instantly becoming a collector’s item, due both to their high (sometimes enormous) price tags, as well as their one-of-a-kind features.