Tourbillons, perpetual calendars, equation of time, minute repeaters... Summoning art and science, watches with complications bear witness to exclusive expertise. Rare are the watchmakers who can lay claim to it. Let’s start the autumn on a note of excellence by exploring the mysteries of “Haute Horlogerie”.
The solar system on your wrist ! Comprised of a 1.5-carat citrine with 288 facets, the sun naturally occupies the centre of the dial, while the Earth and seven other planets - made of semi-precious stones - revolve around the most fiery body. The “Astronomia Solar” also boasts a flying tourbillon. About 500.000 €
In a limited edition of only eight pieces, the “Grande Complication Colossal” boasts 1,000 components ! It unites three-dimensional phases of the moon, jumping hours and a jumping perpetual calendar. About 700.000 €
The “Grande Seconde Moon” incorporates an astronomic moonphase display which only needs adjusting once every 122 years and 46 days. From 15.600 €.
Unique in the world of watchmaking, HYT designs timepieces containing a tube filled with two liquids separate at molecular level, through the force of repulsion, and turn by turn, activated by a piston. Their meeting-point indicates the hours. About 35.000 €.
Equipped with a handwound movement, the “1815 Quantième Annuel” displays the date, the day, the week of the month and the phases of the moon. About 38.000 €.
Designed to offset the effect of gravity and thus enhance the precision of the mechanism, the tourbillon offers a fascinating spectacle. The one on the “Octo Tourbillon Sapphire” is a flying tourbillon : like a hand, it makes a full rotation of the dial every 60 seconds. 65.000 €.
The openwork dial of this “Gravity Skeleton” allows us to admire its spectacular mechanism : an elliptical tourbillon cage, reproducing the movement of a propeller. About 100.000 €.
