Geneva famous watchmaker, Patek Pilippe created the most expensive pocket watch, called Supercomplication worth $11 million!
This is also Patek Philippe’s most expensive watch!
What makes this watch so special?
Maybe the fact that this watch has an interesting story! Well, this yellow-gold pocket watch was
created in 1932 for New York banker Henry Graves.
The watch was
created for only one purpose - for a competition between New York banker
Mr. Graves and Ohio automobile engineer, Mr. James Ward Packard. Mr.
Henry Graves wanted to beat down his competitor, Mr. Packard who has, at
the time, the most complicated watch known.
For the competition, Patek Pilippe created the Supercomplication
watch with the most complications in the world. The watch has a super
complicated functions
and working mechanism, with the 24 separate complications.
The job was well done and New York banker, Henry Graves won the contest!
The
watch has been created with 24 carat yellow gold, has a 74 mm thick
diameter, 36 mm glass cover and 2 faces which display the 24
complications of the timepiece.