Featured Who's Who of Horology information
The Who's Who of Horology features the most important modern watches made after 1990, the most important vintage watches made before 1990, and the most important pocket and form watches. Click on the red "view" tab to see thirteen modern watches, sixteen vintage watches, and sixteen pocket and form watches. You will also get to read a short description about each watch, find out where they're sold, and view the price in CHF and USD.
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The Most Important Modern Wristwatches (made after 1990)
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#1
"Tour de I’lle Antiquorum"
Vacheron Constantin, Genève, pièce unique, 2005, 18K rose gold wristwatch with 16 complications. Diam. 47mm. Sold at Antiquorum, Geneva, April 2005.
1,876,250 CHF
1,413,000 USD
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#2
"Pink Gold Sky Moon Tourbillon, Ref. 5002"
Sold on November 10th, 2003. Oversized, minute-repeating on cathedral gongs, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's double-dialed chronometer wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar with fly-back retrograde date, nocturnal sky chart of the Northern Hemisphere, moon phases and lunar orbit, time of the meridian passages of Sirius and moon, solar mean and sidereal time indications. Diam 44 mm. Sold at Antiquorum New York, June 2007.
1,542,696 CHF
1,240,400 USD
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#3
"Platinum Sky Moon Tourbillon, Ref. 5002"
An extraordinary and rare platinum double dialed wristwatch with twelve complications. Made circa 2003. Diam 42.8mm Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in April, 2008
11,751,500 HKD
1,503,839 USD
1,528,713 CHF
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#4
"Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, Ref. 3974 Platinum"
Made in 1999. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, minute repeating, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication and moon phases. Black Dial. Diam 36mm. Sold at Antiquorum New York, in December 2009.
1,503,839 USD
1,243,470 CHF
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#5
"Platinum, Ref. 3974"
Patek Philippe, Genève, platinum self-winding wristwatch with minute repeat, perpetual calendar leap year indication and moon phases. Diam.36mm., sold at Bonham’s, London in May 2006
872,000 CHF
699,000 USD
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#6
"Nautilus Titanium, Ref. 5712T"
Patek Philippe, Genève, Pièce Unique. Titanium wristwatch. Caliber 240 PS IRM C LU. Self-winding. Date. Moon phases and power-reserve indication. Seconds subdial. Sapphire-crystal case back. Water resistant to 60 m. Sold at Antiquorum’s “Only Watch” sale in Monaco, September 2007.
525,000 EUR
733,394 USD
867,179 CHF
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#7
"Platinum, Ref. 3979H"
Platinum, self-winding, minute repeating wristwatch. ref. 3979H, movement 1'904'051, case no. 2'947'058Diam 33 mm. Manufactured in 1994.Sold at Christie’s Geneva in May, 2007.
832,000 CHF
685,156 USD
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#8
"Platinum, Ref. 5033P-001, Gondolo"
Patek Philippe, Geneve.Made in a limited edition of 10 pieces with special dial, for the State of Qatar in 2002/2003. Tonneau-shaped, Art Deco-style, minute-repeating, self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with annual calendar. Dim. 38 x 51 mm. Sold at Antiquorum Geneva in May, 2007.
828,100 CHF
679,584 USD
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#9
"Patek Philippe Unique 2 Dial Platinum 5016"
Unique, rare and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum wristwatch with black dial custom-ordered, one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases, and a platinum Patek Philippe buckle. Diam 37mm. Sold at Antiquorum New York, in September 2009.
808,260 CHF
749,062 USD
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#10
"Platinum, Ref. 5016"
Patek Philippe, Geneve. Sold on November 23rd, 1994. Astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum gentleman’s wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar and moon phases. Diam. 37 mm. Sold at Antiquorum Geneva, May 2007.
772,100 CHF
633,627 USD
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#11
"Officier Répétitions Minutes, Ref. 5029 R."
Patek Philippe, Geneve. “Commemorative Self-Winding and Minute-Repeating Chronometer Wristwatch", "Officier Répétitions Minutes," Made in a limited edition of 10 examples in 1997 to commemorate the inauguration of the new Patek Philippe manufactory in Geneva. Minute-repeating, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's chronometer wristwatch. Diam. 35 mm. Sold at Antiquorum New York in March, 2007.
590,800 USD
717,952 CHF
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#12
"Grande Complication, Ref. 1735"
Blancpain, No. 27/30, 1990’s,platinum wristwatch with minute-repeat, one-minute tourbillon regulator, round button coaxial split-seconds chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, and moon phases. Diam. 42mm. Sold at Antiquorum, USA in June 2006.
712,908 CHF
579,600 USD
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#13
"Grande Complication, Ref. 1735"
Unique, minute-repeating platinum wristwatch with one- minute tourbillion regulator, Black dials. Diam 34 mm. Sold at Antiquorum, New York in September 2006.
712,908 CHF
579,600 USD
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#14
"Limited Edition, No. 1"
Audemars Piguet No.1,18K yellow gold wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon and minute repeat. Diam 43mm., sold at Sotheby’s, Hong Kong in October 2002.
687,976 CHF
461,568 USD
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#12
"Platinum, Ref. 5016"
Patek Philippe, Genève, 1990’s, platinum wristwatch with minute-repeat, oneminute tourbillon regulator and retrograde perpetual calendar, and moon phases. Diam. 37mm. Sold at Antiquorum, USA in December 2005.
662,205 CHF
505,500 USD
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#13
"Platinum, Ref. 5016"
Patek Philippe, Genève, platinum wristwatch with minuterepeat, one-minute tourbillon regulator, and retrograde perpetual calendar, and moon phases. Diam. 37mm. Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in May 2000.
661,528 CHF
428,398 USD
Please note that due to the great fluctuation of US$ exchange rates over the past 15 years, the Swiss Franc has been used as the base currency throughout these graphs and the US$ value indicated is based on the rate of exchange, Swiss Franc to US$, applicable on the day the piece was sold.