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Old 31-03-2006, 11:06 PM   #1
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Following the excitement that heralded the Star Caliber 2000, one of the most complicated pocket watches ever created, Patek Philippe presents the Sky Moon Tourbillon, a Grand Complication that embodies the horological innovation of its sister timepiece in a wristwatch.

In an unprecedented orchestration, 12 of the most fascinating complications have been miniaturized in one movement, elevating the status of this COSC-qualified timepiece to most complicated wristwatch in regular production by Patek Philippe and the company’s first ever double-dialed wristwatch.




The dial side indicates mean solar time and harmoniously unites a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date display, the displays of the day of the week, the month, the leap-year cycle, the moon age, a minute repeater and a tourbillon. The back indicates the nocturnal sky, the phases and orbit of the moon, and sidereal time.

The Sky Moon Tourbillon´s biggest design challenges were brought about by the arrangement of the intricate mechanisms implemented within the small case of the wristwatch. The painstaking craftsmanship that this horological masterpiece necessitates limits its production output to a few pieces per year
Price $750kUS


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Old 31-03-2006, 11:08 PM   #2
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ridiculous!
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Old 31-03-2006, 11:10 PM   #3
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Thats over AU$1 million.

Friggen mental, its a bloody watch.
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Old 31-03-2006, 11:16 PM   #4
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My FPR watch is nicer then that, and it was free, well i had to buy the car to get it :p
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Old 31-03-2006, 11:19 PM   #5
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They only make 2 a year and a very complicated. check out www.patek.com/microsites.
You would be the only one to wear one. But would you wear it???
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Old 31-03-2006, 11:26 PM   #6
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They only make 2 a year and a very complicated. check out www.patek.com/microsites.
You would be the only one to wear one. But would you wear it???
Yes but i could make my own watch out of twigs and blades of grass, then draw some hands on with a poska pen, and i'd be the only one to wear that too, total cost = 10c
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Following the excitement that heralded the Star Caliber 2000, one of the most complicated pocket watches ever created, Patek Philippe presents the Sky Moon Tourbillon, a Grand Complication that embodies the horological innovation of its sister timepiece in a wristwatch.

In an unprecedented orchestration, 12 of the most fascinating complications have been miniaturized in one movement, elevating the status of this COSC-qualified timepiece to most complicated wristwatch in regular production by Patek Philippe and the company’s first ever double-dialed wristwatch.




The dial side indicates mean solar time and harmoniously unites a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date display, the displays of the day of the week, the month, the leap-year cycle, the moon age, a minute repeater and a tourbillon. The back indicates the nocturnal sky, the phases and orbit of the moon, and sidereal time.

The Sky Moon Tourbillon´s biggest design challenges were brought about by the arrangement of the intricate mechanisms implemented within the small case of the wristwatch. The painstaking craftsmanship that this horological masterpiece necessitates limits its production output to a few pieces per year
Price $750kUS
And the point of this is???
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Old 01-04-2006, 12:15 AM   #8
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Croikey! And I thought the platinum piece worn by our head implementation consultant @ $85k was a bit lavish...!
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Old 01-04-2006, 12:19 AM   #9
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Looks like it has so many options on it, that you would have trouble seeing what the actual time was!
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Old 01-04-2006, 12:42 AM   #10
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And it doesn't even have a calculator.
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