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Have a look at the link I posted about the review of the Duometre à Grande Sonnerie. I counted the number of complications, sometimes it is laughable.
The Most Complicated Wristwatches of the 20th Century
James Schulz 13’511 (1930) Christie's This was the passion project of New York watchmaker and importer James Schulz. He ordered a triple complicated 11’’’ movement from Victorin Piguet. Schulz’s wristwatch was the first to combine multiple complications, ...
Can’t forget the Superbia Humanitatis watch created by Louis-Elysée Piguet, Franck Muller, and Paul Gerber (photo courtesy Dr. Magnus Bosse)
Piece unique once owned by a member of this forum! ...
PS, here is an article I wrote 15 years ago about that matter.
Please click here: www.watchprosite.com It is about the JLC Duometre à Grande Sonnerie, but I mentioned the contenders...
Your article is the reason mine stops before the 21st century!
You already covered all the ones after the GG GS
Yeah, not that one though
They all look the same, that one in the picture is the Aeternitas 5 which doesn't have strikes. The Aeternitas "4 Mega" is the one you're thinking of. That project was led by Pierre-Michel Golay, the same guy behind the Gerald Genta Grande Sonnerie.
🤣 The counting method alone could make you end
up with different numbers of complications on all these outstanding pieces.
Let’s hope so, but not so convinced as it looks
like a list of real innovations and the the most smallest tweaks.
… year indication with two or four figures
, moon on northern or southern hemisphere…🤷♂️🤦♂️
Great grand complications. The 1735 also added a split seconds
chronograph vs the presented AP model.
Il Destriero Scafusia from IWC came out around the date of the Blancpain
1735 but was manual winding.