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TimeTechTalk.com > Time Tech Talk > Time Talk > Watch News and Reviews > Vacheron Constantin Ref.57260. A new record. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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Vacheron-Constantin unveils the most complicated portable watch ever made. Ref: 57260 8 years of development to achieve 1 collector´s dream.             Youtube videos: https://youtu.be/InYrmk3Ezb8 https://youtu.be/ubHre0yMH_c All fifty-seven complications by function 6 time measurement functions 1. Hours, minutes, seconds, average solar time (regulator) 2. Three-shaft tourbillon 3. Tourbillon regulator with spherical balance spring 4. 12-hour time zone, second hours and minutes time zone 5. 24-city display for each time zone 6. Day/night indication for 12-hour time zone 7 perpetual calendar functions 7. Gregorian perpetual calendar 8. Gregorian day name 9. Gregorian month name 10. Gregorian retrograde date 11. Leap year and four-year cycle display 12. Number of the day of the week (ISO 8601 calendar) 13. Week to view (ISO 8601 calendar) 8 Hebrew calendar functions 14. Hebrew perpetual calendar and 19-year cycle 15. Hebrew day number 16. Hebrew month name 17. Hebrew date 18. Hebrew secular calendar 19. Hebrew century, decade and year 20. Age of Hebrew year (12 or 13 months) 21. Golden number (19 years) 9 astronomical calendar functions 22. Seasons, equinoxes, solstices and signs of the Zodiac indicated by the hand on the sun 23. Star chart (for the owner's city) 24. Sidereal time hours 25. Sidereal time minutes 26. Equation of time 27. Sunrise times (for the owner's city) 28. Sunset times (for the owner's city) 29. Length of day (for the owner's city) 30. Length of night (for the owner's city) 1 lunar calendar function 31. Moon phases and age (one correction every 1,027 years) 1 religious calendar function 32. Date of Yom Kippur 4 3 column wheel chronograph functions 33. Retrograde seconds chronograph (one column wheel) 34. Retrograde split-seconds chronograph (one column wheel) 35. Hours counter (one column wheel) 36. Minutes counter 7 alarm functions 37. Alarm with its own gong and gradual striking 38. Alarm strike / silence indicator 39. Choice of normal alarm or carillon striking alarm indicator 40. Alarm mechanism coupled to the carillon striking mechanism 41. Alarm striking with choice of Grande or Petite Sonnerie 42. Alarm power-reserve indication 43. System to disengage the striking mechanism when alarm barrel fully unwound 8 Westminster carillon striking functions 44. Westminster carillon chiming with 5 gongs and 5 hammers 45. Grande Sonnerie passing strike 46. Petite Sonnerie passing strike 47. Minute repeating 48. Night silence feature (10 p.m. to 8 a.m.) 49. System to disengage the striking barrel when fully wound 50. Indication for Grande or Petite Sonnerie modes 51. Indication for silence / striking / night modes 6 other functions 52. Movement power reserve indicator 53. Power-reserve indication for the striking train 54. Winding crown position indicator 55. Dual barrel winding system 56. Time setting in two positions and two directions 57. Secret mechanism (opening of the button for alarm arbor) VC link: http://reference57260.vacheron-constantin.com/en/the-worlds-most-complicated-watch Review: http://www.ablogtowatch.com/vacheron-constantin-reference-57260-pocket-watch/ |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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WHEW!!! That must be worth 2 fortunes, not just one. Thanks for sharing amigo. The pics are all first class, too. Last edited on Fri Sep 18th, 2015 09:53 am by bigrustypig |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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bigrustypig wrote:WHEW!!! That must be worth 2 fortunes, not just one. Thanks for sharing amigo. The pics are all first class, too. Thanks Jeff! Been shamelessly stealing those over the net as usual... You bet! But the guy certainly bade in $$$$$ so I guess it´s not a big deal for him. Such a watch is definitively a good investment: They generally go up in value within years. |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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quite impressive...and only Measuring 98mm in diameter, 131.7 mm tall and 50.55 mm thick!  |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Well, it has to be "big" somehow. I bet that it will travel in a suitcase or a belt-pouch but not in the pocket... Or the guy would look like he´s got a big ball.  |
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Paladin 3T WIS 
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Hammerfjord wrote: Well, it has to be "big" somehow. You were correct Will! I found this picture of the proud owner sporting his new timepiece  |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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Hondinkees review with actual pics... http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/live-photos-of-vacheron-57260 |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Paladin wrote:Hammerfjord wrote:Well, it has to be "big" somehow. Israeli kangaroo?  8 Hebrew calendar functions 14. Hebrew perpetual calendar and 19-year cycle 15. Hebrew day number 16. Hebrew month name 17. Hebrew date 18. Hebrew secular calendar 19. Hebrew century, decade and year 20. Age of Hebrew year (12 or 13 months) 21. Golden number (19 years) |
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