A symbol of luxury good upholding and status. In the modern materialistic world, watches are not only a gadget to tell time, they greatly showcase a person’s style and sophistication. With intricate style, designs, and even embellished with expensive stones, there are many highly priced watches owned by the elite class in the world. Luxury watched have become expensive artefacts like gold and master piece paintings, However they are of utmost interest to many people who even look over the inner workings of a watch. Lets scroll over a list of the amazing and most expensive watches in the world.
Rolex Daytona Watch
Rolex Daytona is a beautiful vintage Daytona that was owned by the famous American actor Paul Newman, priced at $18 million.
It was auctioned in Ney York at Philips with an initial price of 1 million euros and was sold at $17.7 million making it amongst the most expensive watches collection.
The Rolex as old as 1968 and was a gift from Newman’s wife to him. It has a vintage ancient look with its dial is of an art deco style.
Jacob & Co. Watch
A watch splendid with over 260 carat baguette cut diamonds making it a true master piece. beneath the diamonds, is a white gold encasing holding the watch. In addition the hour markers are also made of diamonds. The watch was created in 1980 by Jacob and Co and has a selling price of $18.8 million.
Graff Diamond’s Watch
A masterpiece of sparkles and bling, Graff Diamonds is splendid with 114 carats of rare colored diamonds, making it a true statement in itself. The diamonds are of various shaped, which includes the shape of a drop, emerald-cut, heart-cut, and marquise-cut diamonds. The watch has a removable dial and can also be used as a ring, whilst the removable part can be used as a bracelet. Thereby serving a three-in-one option.
Graff Diamonds is one of the most expensive watches in the world with a price of $55 million. The masterpiece had been an outcome of combined work of famous designers, gemologists, and craftsmen with thousands of hours of work.
Patek Philippe Super complication
Patek Philippe is another record breaker watch, created in 1943 with only four pieces. It is made of stainless steel and holds a Perpetua; chronograph calendar in moon phase. The rare feature that makes it worth 10 million euros.
As per its name, the watch is super complicated, and names after a bander Henry Graves who commissioned Philippe. The watch is made from 18-carat gold and has 24 different functions, making it the most complicated hands made watch. Its features include a perpetual calendar, sunrise and sunset times, Westminster chimes, and a celestial map of New York.
Chopard 201 Carat
The watch has similar features to Graff Diamond’s watch and as from its name, is made of 201-carat diamonds. It is a unique and beautiful watch embellished with heart-shaped coloured diamonds. The watch has many coloured stones and 874 diamonds of varying sizes and colors, making it price as high as $25 million.
The central piece has a 15.4 carat heart shaped pink diamond, a 12.8 carat blue diamond, and a 11.4 carat D-color diamond. It has a spring mechanism that makes it open up like a flower!
