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And the clock on the pocket
Back in 1925 the banker Henry Graves Jr. (Henry Graves Jr.), who is considered the greatest watch collectors of the twentieth century, wanted to become an owner of a unique pocket watches, which ordered the company Patek Philippe.
After as many as eight years, he still won the most complicated pocket watch ever made by human hands. Among the 24 complex functions chronometer were such: perpetual calendar, moon phase meter, large power reserve and the night sky in New York. In 1999, the watch was sold at Sotheby's for $ 11 million, breaking the record and thus becoming the most expensive in the history of pocket watches. The next month is scheduled auction, which exhibited these hours. Their pre-sale cost is $ 17 million. So we can expect a completely new record.
After as many as eight years, he still won the most complicated pocket watch ever made by human hands. Among the 24 complex functions chronometer were such: perpetual calendar, moon phase meter, large power reserve and the night sky in New York. In 1999, the watch was sold at Sotheby's for $ 11 million, breaking the record and thus becoming the most expensive in the history of pocket watches. The next month is scheduled auction, which exhibited these hours. Their pre-sale cost is $ 17 million. So we can expect a completely new record.
