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Complicated mechanical pocket watch
The Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 Manufacturer
Vacheron Constantin Also called 57260 Type Pocket watch Display Analogue (2 dials) Introduced 2015 Movement Mechanical
The
Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 is a single highly complicated mechanical
pocket watch displaying the
Gregorian ,
Judaic , and
lunar calendars featuring 57
complications .
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[3] The watch was assembled by
Vacheron Constantin and introduced in 2015. The company claims that it is the most complicated mechanical pocket watch ever created, followed up by
Patek Philippe Calibre 89 assembled in 1989 and featuring 33 complications.
[4] The Reference 57260 took eight years to assemble.
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[7] The watch has 2,826 parts and 31 hands, weighs 957 grams and spans 98 mm.
The Reference 57260 is one of Vacheron Constantin's tailor-made pocket watches with grand complications.
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[9] Members of the lineage include
James W. Packard 's
minute repeating pocket watch (1918), which was auctioned for US$1.763 million by
Christie's in
New York on 15 June 2011, and
King Fuad I 's pocket watch No. 402833 (1929), which ranks as one of the
most expensive watches ever sold at auction , fetching US$2.77 million (3,306,250
CHF ) in
Geneva on April 3, 2005.
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[11] In addition, in 1946 Vacheron Constantin made a customized pocket watch for
King Farouk of Egypt , the successor of King Fuad I, and in 1948 the company tailored another pocket watch for Count Guy de Boisrouvray of France.
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The price agreed between the company and the client is confidential and has not been officially disclosed; however, various sources estimate the price to be in excess of $US10 million. It was built for a single customer, whose details are kept confidential and is only described as "A major watch collector".
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Reference: 57260/000G-B046
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Material: White gold
Diameter: 98 mm
Thickness: 50.55 mm
Caliber: 3750
Diameter: 72 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Number of components: Over 2,800
Number of jewels: 242
Frequency: 2.5 Hz / 18,000 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: 60 hours
Number of complications: 57
Fifty-seven complications by function
Time measurement (6 functions)
Hours, minutes, seconds, average solar time (regulator)
Three-shaft
tourbillon
Tourbillon regulator with spherical balance spring
12-hour time zone, second hours and minutes time zone
24-city display for each time zone
Day/night indication for 12-hour time zone
Perpetual calendar (7 functions)
Gregorian perpetual calendar
Gregorian day name
Gregorian month name
Gregorian retrograde date
Leap year and four-year cycle display
Number of the day of the week (ISO 8601 calendar)
Week to view (ISO 8601 calendar)
Hebrew calendar (8 functions)
Hebrew perpetual calendar and 19-year cycle
Hebrew day number
Hebrew month name
Hebrew date
Hebrew secular calendar
Hebrew century, decade and year
Age of Hebrew year (12 or 13 months)
Golden number (19 years)
Astrological calendar (9 functions)
Seasons, equinoxes, solstices and signs of the Zodiac indicated by the hand on the sun
Star chart (for the owner's city)
Sidereal time hours
Sidereal time minutes
Equation of time
Sunrise times (for the owner's city)
Sunset times (for the owner's city)
Length of day (for the owner's city)
Length of night (for the owner's city)
Lunar calendar (1 function)
Moon phases and age (one correction every 1,027 years)
Religious calendar (1 function)
Date of
Yom Kippur
3-column wheel chronograph (4 functions)
Retrograde seconds chronograph (one column wheel)
Retrograde split-seconds chronograph (one column wheel)
Hours counter (one column wheel)
Minutes counter
Alarm with its own gong and gradual striking
Alarm strike / silence indicator
Choice of normal alarm or carillon striking alarm indicator
Alarm mechanism coupled to the carillon striking mechanism
Alarm striking with choice of Grande or Petite Sonnerie
Alarm power-reserve indication
System to disengage the striking mechanism when alarm barrel fully unwound
Westminster carillon striking (8 functions)
Westminster carillon chiming with 5 gongs and 5 hammers
Grande Sonnerie passing strike
Petite Sonnerie passing strike
Minute repeating
Night silence feature (10 p.m. to 8 a.m.)
System to disengage the striking barrel when fully wound
Indication for Grande or Petite Sonnerie modes
Indication for silence / striking / night modes
Movement power reserve indicator
Power-reserve indication for the striking train
Winding crown position indicator
Dual barrel winding system
Time setting in two positions and two directions
Secret mechanism (opening of the button for alarm arbor)
Other complicated watches
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