Baselworld Watch and Jewellery show got covered with the dust of elegance,richness and utmost luxury.And with the costliest entrant coming in to be the show stealer we could as well start the discussion on the subject also on a high class note.Swiss Watch Maker Hublot needs all the credit to make us all understand what it means to rest in the lap of riches.
Hublot unveiled a watch which was inlaid with more than 1,200 diamonds including six stones that weighed more than 3 carats each and posed with vanity showing off a price tag worth $5 million.Anyway are wrists also might have yearned to be covered with the priceless piece around it if we were to watch the show.The buzz is that the proud takers of the expensive watch are the Hour Glass Singapore.So in a way Switzerland's creation becomes Singapore's wonder guest too.
Hublot which is owned by French Luxury giant LVMH admitted that it could get tough for challengers to make a more costlier watch than theirs because the surface of the watch is limited to add any more precious gems.It took 17 people 14 months to set the more than 140 carats of diamonds on the watch's white gold bracelet.
And this expensive watch not only stealt everyone's heart with the whopping price tag and the make but also won over the previous record for most expensive watch.Yes the Hublot watch which contains more than 140 carats of diamond superseded the earlier known Super Ice Cube which was set by Chopard ,Switzerland .The super Ice Cube retailed at $1,130,620 and had just 66.16 carats of diamond.It also had 288 trapeze cut diamonds, 16 centre stones and 1,897 brilliant cut diamonds.
The Hublot watch has a total of 1282 diamonds and more than 100 carats of baguette diamonds, a dazzling expression of the work of the best craftsmen in their field.
This has been the most expensive creation from the Hublot stable along with its long standing partner Atelier Bunter in Geneva.
The diamonds selected by Hublot are all of the highest quality, graded A VVS in clarity and Top Wesselton in colour.The World's Most Expensive Watch will be showcased first in the Hublot boutique in Marina Bay Sands, and then in the Hublot corners at The Hour Glass boutiques.
Other vital stats that can just give you a better idea on all that you would want to know about this time telling sensation
6 square emerald cut stones, each weighing more than 3 carats
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Case: 44 mm in diameter - 18K white gold set with 302 baguette diamonds, totalling 27 carats
Crystal: Sapphire with interior and exterior anti-reflective coating, plus metallised Hublot logo
Case-back: Enclosed, made from 18K white gold with engraved Hublot seal
Crown: 18K white gold set with 12 baguette diamonds totalling 0.67 carats, and a rose-cut diamond of 1.06 carats
Dial: 18K white gold, 150 Palladium, set with 179 baguette diamonds totalling 8.75 carats
Hands: Faceted and diamond-polished rhodium-plated skeleton hands
Movement: HUB 1100 Self-winding mechanical movement - Frequency: 28,800 Vib/h (4 Hz)
Diameter: 11 1/2 ''' (Ø 25.60 mm)
Thickness: 3.60 mm
Components: 63 (Jewels: 25)
Power reserve: Approximately 42 hours
Bracelet: 18 K white gold set with 782 baguette diamonds, totalling 45 carats
6 square emerald cut diamonds, each over 3 carats, totalling more than 18 carats Clasp 18K white gold deployant buckle.
The most expensive watch was set by Hublot at Basel,Switzerland on March 14,2012.
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