Complicated Watches

Watchmaking is a profession which is inherently complex, and the desire for innovation has through the centuries resulted in wondrous mechanisms to chart the passage of time in innovative ways. Comprised of hundreds of interrelated, miniscule parts, these select timepieces represent the wonder in human genius that complicated watches have always evoked.

The Excalibur is a double tourbillon masterpiece showcased in rose gold housing a most exquisite mother of pearl dial and the rarest of movements. Featuring jump hours and retrograde minutes, this timepiece features two tourbillons which rotate in opposite directions providing constant movement force and 62 hours of power reserve. The Excalibur represents Roger Dubuis’ most signi? cant contribution to haute horologerie.

Lovers of perpetual calendars will delight in this spectacular watch which joins the classic complication to an easy to use world time display. Driven by an exquisite manufacture movement, the “ww.tc. Perpetual Calendar” by Girard-Perregaux is the perfect timepiece for the globetrotter who insists on combining classical watchmaking complications with the practicality of a world-timer.

The “Tourbillon Semainier” from Blancpain demonstrates the mastery of the ancient watchmaking house in creating high complications. With a ?ying tourbillon as the centerpiece of the dial, the watch also indicates day and date, calendar week, and the status of the exceptional 8-day power reserve. Strictly limited to 88 pieces in platinum, and 188 in rose gold.

The “Equation of Time” from Audemars Piguet combines several brilliant specialities. This watch shows the time of sunrise and sunset in a selected hemisphere, which is chosen by the owner. The equation of time complication indicates the difference between mean and true solar time, while the perpetual calendar keeps track of the passage of years. Animated by the legendary C. 2120 movement, this masterpiece is available in 18K gold or platinum.