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world's most complicated watch sells for 13.4m GBP


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"though the watch hasn't been serviced since 1969 (seriously), it operates flawlessly, as do the chiming and alarm mechanisms." according to Hodinkee: http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/henry-graves-supercomplication

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPWxvFjl4xQ&feature=player_embedded&list=UUelkSnSbxvIfjjD01uPHHbg

 

 

 

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Came across this in my news feed today...............last wound in 1969   :notworthy: absolutely stunning piece, now that didn't come from one of our TD's now did it   :partytime:

I think that must have been a typo in their article, there's no way that it has a 45 year power reserve haha.

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He didn't say it was still running, he said it had not been serviced since 1969. I find that interesting, because the oil they used then, would over time jell,and be varnish like and would need to be cleaned off and re oiled. However, these guys know more than anyone on the planet about watches. So, in conclusion  AMAZING!!!

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It's definitely still running, the auction house video showed it running, stopwatch and chimes.

 

Servicing anything with that many parts in it must be a *very* logical procedure.

 

Get lots of part trays with 1200 (or however many parts it has) individual compartments, all numbered, and take 1200 photos as every part comes off, all annotated with where the smeg the part came from.

 

Work in a totally sealed oxygen tent to make it easy to find the "ping-fu$kit" parts.

 

Have a very good friend with all the tools to reproduce any part that breaks.

 

And charge about $150,000 for the service! Probably take a good few months to do it properly.

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