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Message: <blockquote data-quote="araki" data-source="post: 17850753" data-attributes="member: 360239">The story of the 'most complicated' watch in the worldAt an auction in 1999 it sold for $11m (£9.6m).It was last wound in 1969. And it's still working.<img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78931000/jpg/_78931611_coposite.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The most complicated handmade watch, the Henry Graves Supercomplication, has been sold at auction for 20.6m Swiss francs (£13.4m), writes Luke Jones. <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78931000/jpg/_78931613_clock_labels_20141111_624.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A "complication" is a technical term referring to any feature on a watch which is in addition to simply telling the time - and Henry Graves Jr wanted more than anyone else. <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/78931000/jpg/_78931612_supercomplication_cut.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Shows the night sky as seen from Graves's flat by Central Park in New York CityMaps the correct spacing and magnitude of the starsThe map rotates with the skyTHE 24 COMPLICATIONSTimekeeping<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The hours, minutes and seconds of sidereal time (3)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The time of sunset and sunrise (2)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The equation of time</li> </ul>Calendar<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Perpetual calendar</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The days of the month</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The days of the week</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The months</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The stars chart</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The age and phases of the moon</li> </ul>Chronograph (stopwatch)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Chronograph</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Split seconds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 30-minute recorder</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 12-hour recorder</li> </ul>The Chime<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "Grande sonnerie" (Westminster chimes) with carillon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "Petite sonnerie" with carillon</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The minute-repeater</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The alarm</li> </ul>Other functions<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The going train up-down indication</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The striking train up/down indication</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The twin barrel differential winding</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The three-way setting system</li> </ul></blockquote>

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