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A Patek Philippe pocket watch. This list of most expensive watches sold at auction documents the watches sold at auction worldwide for at least 1.5 million US dollars.The final price listed is the total price paid by the buyer converted to US dollars, according to the currency exchange rate at the time of auction.
Police is an Italian brand of fashion accessories. Launched in 1983 by the De Rigo brothers as the first brand of their company Charme Lunettes, which initially specialized in manufacturing sunglasses for third parties. Today, the Police brand is a business unit the De Rigo group of brands and companies [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Casio F-91W is a digital watch manufactured by Japanese electronics company Casio. Introduced in June 1989 [1] as a successor of the F-87W, [2] it is popular for its low price, long battery life and iconic design. [3] As of 2011, annual production of the watch is 3 million units, which makes it the most sold watch in the world. [4]
On 11 November 2014, the watch was sold in Geneva, Switzerland. The final price, bid by Aurel Bacs serving as proxy for an anonymous entity, reached 23,237,000 Swiss Francs, equivalent to US$24 million at the time. The sum established a new highest price for a timepiece, including both pocket watches and wristwatches. [18]
The term chronograph comes from the Greek χρονογράφος (khronográphos 'time recording'), from χρόνος (khrónos 'time') and γράφω (gráphō 'to write'). '). Early versions of the chronograph are the only ones that actually used any "writing": marking the dial with a small pen attached to the index so that the length of the pen mark would indicate how much time had
The hourglass is often used as a symbol representing the passage of time Clocks; a watch-maker seated at his workbench. Chronometry [a] or horology [b] (lit. ' the study of time ') is the science studying the measurement of time and timekeeping. [3]
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Inside a chronometer mechanism (c. 1904)A chronometer (Ancient Greek: χρονόμετρον, khronómetron, "time measurer") is an extraordinarily accurate mechanical timepiece, with an original focus on the needs of maritime navigation.