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Worlds most complicated watch ?
Am i right in saying this is the worlds most complicated wristwatch ? 'FRANCK MULLER Aeternitas Mega 4'
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Worlds most complicated watch ?
Am i right in saying this is the worlds most complicated wristwatch ? 'FRANCK MULLER Aeternitas Mega 4'
probably
It's massive size makes one still want to mention Lord Arran's Piguet/Muller/Gerber masterpiece however. _john
It seems that it is the Jaeger Lecoultre Hybris Mechanica à Grande Sonnerie.
I wrote something about it, compared to the other Grandes Complications, including the Frank Muller Aeternitas Mega 4. It is here: jlc.watchprosite.com Best, Nicolas. This message has been edited by amanico on 2011-01-11 21:39:08
there's always room for debate on these things...
But I think it's a huge stretch to place that one top of watches that have split seconds chronographs, you know? _john
If I remember
JLC counts all sorts of additions to complications as additional things, so there's one increment for Grand Sonnerie, another for petite, another for the gongs, another for the ability to turn it on and off, etc... I don't remember a exhaustive count like...
I always liked the fact that they counted ....
... "silence" as a complication. It has a very Buddhist feel about it. ;-) A
I wonder....
However, it should be one that has proven itself over time too..... Cheers
I would be interested to know ...
... how you, personally, would define "most complicated". Does it involve the number of parts at all? How do you go about defining a "complication"? It is said that A.L. Breguet included every known horological complication in the Marie Antoinette pocket ...