This doesn't exactly relate to replica watches, as for many of us our holy grails are simply impossible to replicate. For me, this is undoubtedly true.
For many, the concept of a Holy Grail evokes images of an object of such beauty, power, elegance and exclusivity that simply to gaze upon it risks setting one off on a face-melting, wallet-burning, reason-abandoning quest to procure it. But while that Holy Grail may be The Singular Object for each of us, what is perhaps more interesting is that most of us will have a completely different concept of what makes a Holy Grail. Of course, since this is a purely subjective thought experiment, there are no wrong answers (as long as your answer doesn't include the word "Invicta"), and answers to this question will be many and varied.
What is your holy grail? Why?
Does your taste in Grails trend to the more traditional?
If so, the perhaps yours is the Patek Phillippe Skymoon Tourbillon?
or the A. Lange and Sohne Lange 1 Tourbillon?
Or are you more of an avant-garde style?
If so, perhaps something from Urwerk like this Red Gold Urwerk 110?
Or this Richard Mille RM 57 Dragon Tourbillon in Red Gold?
These few examples are just a tiny percentage of the fantastic examples inhabiting the upper echelons of haute horologie.
So I put the question to you - What is your holy grail? And why? And, if so inclined, include your thoughts on what makes a Holy Grail.
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For me, no manufacturer captures my interest like Jaeger leCoultre. They make incredibly complicated watches which are simultaneously gorgeous and technical marvels. As my modest collection shows, I have a predeliction towards the sports watch, and I feel that, to my eye, there is simply no better example of magnificently engineered beauty than the Jaeger leCoultre Master Compressor Extreme Lab 2:
While this watch's movement does not have a tourbillon or grande complication, with 569 parts, 70 jewels, and several unique functions, it is one of the most complicated movements JLC has ever made.
From the 2014 Catalog:
"Several innovations make this watch an instrument dedicated to explorers of the extreme: a crown-integrated function selector, a digital counter indicating the chronograph jumping minutes, a manual stop-seconds device, a circular power-reserve indication, as well as an at-a-glance GMT function display."
Many of the pictures you see below are borrowed from Hodinkee, and JLC.
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So again, I ask - what is your Holy Grail? Show us pictures, provide some information and explain why!
I am really looking forward to seeing all of your responses!
For many, the concept of a Holy Grail evokes images of an object of such beauty, power, elegance and exclusivity that simply to gaze upon it risks setting one off on a face-melting, wallet-burning, reason-abandoning quest to procure it. But while that Holy Grail may be The Singular Object for each of us, what is perhaps more interesting is that most of us will have a completely different concept of what makes a Holy Grail. Of course, since this is a purely subjective thought experiment, there are no wrong answers (as long as your answer doesn't include the word "Invicta"), and answers to this question will be many and varied.
What is your holy grail? Why?
Does your taste in Grails trend to the more traditional?
If so, the perhaps yours is the Patek Phillippe Skymoon Tourbillon?
or the A. Lange and Sohne Lange 1 Tourbillon?
Or are you more of an avant-garde style?
If so, perhaps something from Urwerk like this Red Gold Urwerk 110?
Or this Richard Mille RM 57 Dragon Tourbillon in Red Gold?
These few examples are just a tiny percentage of the fantastic examples inhabiting the upper echelons of haute horologie.
So I put the question to you - What is your holy grail? And why? And, if so inclined, include your thoughts on what makes a Holy Grail.
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For me, no manufacturer captures my interest like Jaeger leCoultre. They make incredibly complicated watches which are simultaneously gorgeous and technical marvels. As my modest collection shows, I have a predeliction towards the sports watch, and I feel that, to my eye, there is simply no better example of magnificently engineered beauty than the Jaeger leCoultre Master Compressor Extreme Lab 2:
While this watch's movement does not have a tourbillon or grande complication, with 569 parts, 70 jewels, and several unique functions, it is one of the most complicated movements JLC has ever made.
From the 2014 Catalog:
"Several innovations make this watch an instrument dedicated to explorers of the extreme: a crown-integrated function selector, a digital counter indicating the chronograph jumping minutes, a manual stop-seconds device, a circular power-reserve indication, as well as an at-a-glance GMT function display."
Many of the pictures you see below are borrowed from Hodinkee, and JLC.
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So again, I ask - what is your Holy Grail? Show us pictures, provide some information and explain why!
I am really looking forward to seeing all of your responses!
