The Tour de I'lle is a complicated wristwatch manufactured by the Swiss manufacturer Vacheron Constantin. It was released in 2005 in a limited edition of 7 pieces to commemorate the manufacturer's 250th anniversary. [1] [2]
The Tour de I'lle wristwatch took over 10,000 hours of research and development. [2] [3] The watch contains 16 complications and 834 individual parts, and is one of the most complicated wristwatches in the world. [2]
In 2005, Vacheron Constantin created the wristwatch "Tour de I'lle" to mark the anniversary of 250 years of Vacheron Constantin. [3] It took 10,000 hours of research and development of the watch movement. [2] [3]
The watch has two dials and is made from pure 18K gold with a non-reflective glass of blue sapphire. [3] It includes 834 parts and 16 horological complications, including tourbillon, minute repeater, moon phase, moon age and perpetual calendar, sky chart, sunrise, sunset and the equation of time. [4]
The Tour de l'lle wristwatch is one of the most complicated wristwatches in the world. In total, only seven pieces were manufactured, each of which had a price of more than US$1 million. On April 3, 2005, a Tour de I'lle wristwatch was auctioned by Antiquorum, reaching a final price of 1.56 million US dollars (1,876,250 CHF). [2] [5] The auction piece has a unique black watch dial.