Pocket watch belongs to the past, and wrist watch falls into the present and the future. This is a accurate description for the current situation. Wearing an awesome wrist watch to show leading fashion and personal style, you may get a vintage pocket watch as a family heirloom, from your grandfather, who received this family heirloom from his own father or grandfather…
To me, the question is how to carry it (just in my pocket?) or when am I ever going to use such a watch? Perhaps, if it can product sound for hours or the past time, I think, I will put it in a delicate glass container and use it as a clock in my living room.
However, there may be a market for them. To prove it, Glashütte Original has recently introduced their Pocket Watch No. 1, a limitied edition of only 25 pieces worldwide. You heard right. This timelessly elegant pocket watch by Glashütte Original, with quarter-hour repetition, just comes in 25 pieces – super-limited.
This new watch features a quarter-hour repetition that will tell you time by first letting you hear the number of hours that passed, and additionally (in another tone) the quarters since that last hour. For example, if it dings 6 times and dings another 3 times ( in a different tone), it is a quarter to seven in the morning. You can simply use the slide located on the lower side of the case as a controlswitch to the repetition complication. What impressives me the most is the large movement easy to access. From the picture above, we may be amazed at the elaborate technics for the movenment, especially the engraving on the balance cock.
In my memory, the most impressive pocket watch is the famous Patek Philippe Calibre 89, which is the most complicated and highly coveted timepiece in the world with a total of 33 complications. Only four unique models of the Calibre 89 were ever produced; one each in yellow, pink and white gold and one in platinum. Wolrd’s top identity comes along with a fabulous price at $4,420,000 to $5,400,000, and the famous Patek Philippe Calibre 89 will highlights the Antiquorum’s 35th Anniversary Sale in November.
Well, even compared to the unreachable Patek Philippe Calibre 89, to own a Glashütte Original Pocket Watch No. 1 is also not simple. Only 25 pieces available, Glashütte Original Pocket Watch No. 1 needs not only a great expense of money, but also a lightning speed.
