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well after dinner tonight I was shopping at a gourmet super market uptown Manhattan. So I was walking and noticed an awesome watch on this guys wrist standing next to me. So of course I asked him what he was wearing and he told me. Have to say the watch was beautiful. I was wearing my panerai and he said he has a few of those...lol...So when i got home I had to google his watch...man...this guy is wearing a house on his wrist......crazy...
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Item number: IW927016 Brand: IWC Style Number: IW927016 Series: Grande Complication Style: Mens Case: Platinum Dial Color: Silver Watch Bracelet / Strap: Platinum Watch Clasp: Push Button Foldover Movement: Swiss Automatic Engine: IWC Calibre 79091 (28 800vph, 75 Jewels) Functions: Hour, Minutes, Chronograph, Minute repeater, Perpetual calendar, Four-digit year display, Perpetual moon phase display, Crown-activated rapid calendar advance Crystal: Anti reflective Sapphire Case Diameter: 42.2 mm Case Thickness: 16.3 mm Caseback: Solid Bezel Material: Platinum Bezel Function: Fixed Mass: 390.0g WaterResistance: NOT WATER RESISTANT Crown: Platinum, Fluted Calendar: Day, Date, Month, Year, Power Reserve: 44-hour power reserve Additional Info: A total of 659 mechanical parts, 71 of them jewels, twelve patents and 21 functions and displays, including a perpetual calendar for the next 500 years, together with a perpetual moon phase display made of polished goldstone representing a star-studded night sky. Working inside the case are a chronograph and a highly complex minute repeater with an all-or-nothing piece slide. This wonderful invention chimes the time out the time in crystal-clear tones which are activated by the slide on the left-hand side on the case. Two tiny, precision-made hammers are released and chime the time in hours, quarters and minutes on two gongs. Developing the striking mechanism was a technical tour de force. Initially, the chimes were inaudible outside the solid platinum case, so the glass was freely suspended on a platinum membrane to enable it to amplify the vibrations produced by the gongs via the sound transmission pin. The case, too, finished in solid platinum with a fineness of 95 percent is first class. Despite the complex design of the case, the Grande Complication is unaffected by superficial water splashes.
well after dinner tonight I was shopping at a gourmet super market uptown Manhattan. So I was walking and noticed an awesome watch on this guys wrist standing next to me. So of course I asked him what he was wearing and he told me. Have to say the watch was beautiful. I was wearing my panerai and he said he has a few of those...lol...So when i got home I had to google his watch...man...this guy is wearing a house on his wrist......crazy...
Item number: IW927016 Brand: IWC Style Number: IW927016 Series: Grande Complication Style: Mens Case: Platinum Dial Color: Silver Watch Bracelet / Strap: Platinum Watch Clasp: Push Button Foldover Movement: Swiss Automatic Engine: IWC Calibre 79091 (28 800vph, 75 Jewels) Functions: Hour, Minutes, Chronograph, Minute repeater, Perpetual calendar, Four-digit year display, Perpetual moon phase display, Crown-activated rapid calendar advance Crystal: Anti reflective Sapphire Case Diameter: 42.2 mm Case Thickness: 16.3 mm Caseback: Solid Bezel Material: Platinum Bezel Function: Fixed Mass: 390.0g WaterResistance: NOT WATER RESISTANT Crown: Platinum, Fluted Calendar: Day, Date, Month, Year, Power Reserve: 44-hour power reserve Additional Info: A total of 659 mechanical parts, 71 of them jewels, twelve patents and 21 functions and displays, including a perpetual calendar for the next 500 years, together with a perpetual moon phase display made of polished goldstone representing a star-studded night sky. Working inside the case are a chronograph and a highly complex minute repeater with an all-or-nothing piece slide. This wonderful invention chimes the time out the time in crystal-clear tones which are activated by the slide on the left-hand side on the case. Two tiny, precision-made hammers are released and chime the time in hours, quarters and minutes on two gongs. Developing the striking mechanism was a technical tour de force. Initially, the chimes were inaudible outside the solid platinum case, so the glass was freely suspended on a platinum membrane to enable it to amplify the vibrations produced by the gongs via the sound transmission pin. The case, too, finished in solid platinum with a fineness of 95 percent is first class. Despite the complex design of the case, the Grande Complication is unaffected by superficial water splashes.
