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14 MOST EXPENSIVE WATCH BRANDS IN THE WORLD IN 2024
5. A. LANGE & SÖHNE Price Range: $11,000 – $2,600,000 Notable Models: Lange 1, Lange 1815, Zeitwerk, Grand Complication In 2013, the company unveiled a new model Grand Complication, which is one of the most complex wristwatches of the new era. It features a chiming mechanism with a small and grand strike, a minute repeater, a split-second chronograph with flying seconds, and a perpetual calendar. Its retail price was $2.6 million, and only six pieces have been manufactured. 6. JAEGER-LECOULTRE Price Range: $7,000 – $2,500,000 Notable Models: Reverso, Joaillerie 101, Duoplan, Atmos One of its most complicated wristwatches, Hybris Mechanica a Grande Sonnerie, features 26 complications, including a perpetual calendar and a special chime function that mimics the chimes of Westminster. With only 30 of these manufactured, the timepiece will cost you $2.5 million. 7. OMEGA Price Range: $5,000 – $1,800,000 Notable Models: Lange 1, Lange 1815, Zeitwerk, Grand Complication The most expensive Omega watch ever sold at auction was wristwatch Ref. H6582/D96043. Manufactured in 1960 and owned by Elvis Presley, the watch fetched $1.812 million in the 2018 Geneva auction. Another wristwatch, Omega Stainless Steel Tourbillion 201, was sold for $1.43 million at the 2017 Geneva auction.
11. ULYSSE NARDIN Price Range: $6,000 – $460,000 Notable Models: Freak Out, Skeleton X, Diver X Between 1846 and 1975, the company won several awards and honors for its marine chronometers, including 18 gold medals and 2411 special prizes at International Exhibitions. 12. BLANCPAIN Price Range: $10,000 – $400,000 Notable Models: Fifty Fathoms, Villeret, Métiers d’Art Blancpain’s most classic collection, Villeret, personifies customers’ roots and embodies their initial aesthetic choices. The clarity of dials, sleek lines, and the finesse of double-stepped cases of each model express the essential with timeless elegance. Tourbillon Bi-Axis, was introduced in 2017. It represents the fusion between spectacular designs and revolutionary movements. The titanium version of this watch is limited to 50 pieces, while the King Gold version only has 20 pieces. Their price starts at $200,000. 13. HUBLOT Price Range: $4,000 – $300,000 Notable Models: Big Bang Sang Bleu II, Big Bang Unico GMT, Big Bang Meca-10 One of its unique models, MP-09 14. TAG HEUER Price Range: $2,000 – $30,000 Notable Models: Heuer Heritage, Carrera, Connected, and Autavia The company has won the 2007 iF product design award in the Leisure/ Lifestyle category for its wristwatch Monaco Calibre 360 LS Concept Chronograph. The watch was chosen among over 2,200 pieces presented by manufacturers from 35 countries. A year before, TAG Heuer received the same award for its Professional Golf Watch.
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8. CHOPARD Price Range: $10,000 – $1,600,000 Notable Models: Imperiale, Mille Miglia, Alpine Eagle, Happy Diamonds In 2015, the Chopard Happy Diamond wristwatch was sold in an auction for $1.67 million. This watch features a quartz movement and has a blue marquise- cut diamond (weighing 1.48 carats) and a pink marquise-cut diamond (weighing 2.62 carats).
9. AUDEMARS PIGUET Price Range: $11,000 – $869,000 Notable Models: Royal Oak, Jules Audemars, Haute Joaillerie. Audemars Piguet is best known for producing the Royal Oak wristwatch in 1972, which helped the company rise to prominence in the watch- manufacturing industry. It has manufactured some of the world’s thinnest watches, including the ultra-thin automatic tourbillon (1986) wristwatch.
10. INTERNATIONAL WATCH COMPANY Price Range: $6,000 – $750,000 Notable Models: Siderale Scafusia, Grande Complication Platinum, Portuguese Tourbillon Mystere The company’s most expensive model, Siderale Scafusia, costs over $750,000. It is one of the most complicated wristwatches ever manufactured by IWC. It features a tourbillon with an integrated constant-force mechanism, a customized celestial chart, and sapphire glass and anti-reflective coating on both sides.
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