Vacheron Constantin Tour de l’Ile : The world’s most complicated double-face watch, produced in a limited edition of 7.

Tour de l’Ile is the most complicated watch ever made, with a totally original combination of horological complications and astronomical indications composing a list of sixteen different points including a minute repeater, sunset time, perpetual calendar, second time zone, a tourbillon device, the equation of time and the representation of the night sky… This exceptional calibre composed of 834 parts called for over 10,000 hours of research and development lavished on it by the designers, engineers and watchmakers of Vacheron Constantin.

Its name refers to one of the historical sites of the venerable company, located next to the current Maison Vacheron Constantin on the Quai de l’Ile. Limited edition of 7.

Valued at around $1.5m

Shayne Heffernan www.livetradingnews.com

Posted by Shayne Heffernan on Sep 5th, 2010and filed underArt & Collectibles, Connoisseur's Club, Watches.You can follow any responses to this entry through theRSS 2.0You can leave a response by filling following comment form or trackback to this entry from your site