Patek Philippe Calibre 89
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The Patek Philippe Calibre 89 is a gold commemorative watch created in 1989, to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary. Declared by Patek Philippe as "the most complicated watch in the world", it weighs 1.1 kg, exhibits 24 hands and has 1,728 components in total, including a thermometer and a star chart. Made from 18 carat (75%) gold, it has an estimated value of $6 million, and took 5 years of research and development, and 4 years to manufacture.
[edit] Complications
- Day of the month
- 12-hour recorder
- Day of the week
- Hour of second time-zone
- Moon phase display
- Winding crown position indicator
- Century decade and year displays
- Leap Year Indicator
- Power reserve
- Month
- Thermometer
- Date of Easter
- Time of sunrise
- Equation of time
- Star chart
- Sun hand
- Time of sunset
- Split second hand
[edit] Specifications
- Total diameter 89 mm
- Total thickness 41 mm
- Total weight 1100 grams
