The Most Complicated Watch In The World, The Vacheron Constantin Berkley Grand Complication

About a month before Watches & Wonders, a Vacheron Constantin team member told me something big would come from the Maison just ahead of the trade show. They also told me they thought I would be uniquely suited to cover the news, which to me meant only one thing: there was a pocket watch coming from Vacheron. For all the jokes from friends and colleagues, my passion for horology started with pocket watches, and I will forever be curious when a modern brand taps into that old style of watchmaking to do something interesting. But when I found out what Vacheron had in store, it wasn't just interesting, it was historic. As it turns out, the watch was called the Berkley Grand Complication, the most complicated watch in the world, and I knew that had to see it for myself.
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[@HRM.H]

Incredible piece. Would love to be the employee tasked with winding that every couple days

[@Time4aWatch]

Proof positive that sometimes you should build something just because you can.

[@jamesstanley7263]

lol he called it a pocketwatch 😂

[@jacc88888]

The billionaire who commissioned it has very ‘deep pockets’!

[@dannymurzea]

Duffle bag watch

[@StephenDavidson5359]

I mean, any timepiece can be a pocket watch if your pockets are big enough 😅

[@dustingaddis2423]

*cargo pocket watch

[@Reladan187]

Fits in the hoodie front pocket 😉

[@Jeff-if4id]

You'd need a big pocket for that bad boy! Impressive though!

[@johnd-xd9sn]

This is why VC belongs to the Holy Trinity...extraordinary in every regard.

[@gigo2252]

Amazing to see this master piece and hear your emotions about the experience:-) Thank you for sharing!

[@saphna2095]

awesome you covered this in depth! this masterpiece got a bit lost among the boatload of new releases during W&W

[@markdance574]

As Del boy would say - that’s a fantastic Victorian egg timer - on a serious note that’s not just a watch that’s a Rembrandt Vacheron are on top of the world right now

[@JoeyJiggles]

Cristian is the coolest guy in the watch industry. One of the bigger reasons I go VC over PP

[@MarketingGuy]

Love the vibe of this video. But I would have also loved to hear the grand sonnerie of this watch.

[@tonyl7000]

I would be terrified to touch that watch... 1 drop and it's all over...

[@edjack1993]

It’s amazing, but surely more of a clock than a pocket watch??

[@StephenDavidson5359]

Can someone that knows much much more about watches than I give me the name of that crazy pulsating spring inside the tourbillion?

[@shuycg]

OMG, there's a long scratch on the bezel at 9. Imagine having to polish this piece for stretches like that. Surely they'll have to do that before handing it to the guy that ordered it. It must have picked up a few while being paraded for months.

[@jasperdiscovers]

This is absolutely insane craftmanship. Lemme sell 900 kidneys to be able to buy it 🤣🤣

[@markdance574]

Here’s a thought / challenge - Einstein had a theory that TIME was relative ,Vacheron are the kings of time and so I challenge VC to make me a watch that makes my time the most pleasant and inspiring that it can be - design and build a time piece for me that makes this theory become reality .

[@BulletBeena]

At what point does a watch become a clock?

[@carlb86]

When you wall or desk mount it.

[@maxxmaxx88]

Took them long enough to make a complicated wach to rival the grandmaster chime

[@jakobmorningstar]

By this definition my favorite pocket watch is Big Ben… to me this “watch” is as ridiculous an idea as the a 7/11 Big Gulp.

[@user-xi3ze8gj3t]

How big my pocket should be, to wear that "pocket watch"?)

[@Patekcollector5205]

Great Wat😮

[@Qitipput]

"Pocket" watch lol

[@Patekcollector5205]

I love VC

[@fire_watch7735]

You mean grandfather clock right?😂

[@Ataur835]

wow..

[@endautrestermes]

Beautiful effort and utterly ridiculous object at the same time.