A Watch That Sounds Like Big Ben,

the melody played by the Big Ben clocktower at London’s Westminster Palace is repeated in this watch,

photographs Jaeger-LeCoultre, but whilst playing the same famous tune rather than having just two hammers like a traditional minute repeater this watch has four hammers to strike its gongs,

 the case alone of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 184 is constructed from 80 separate components,

running at a frequency of 28,800vph with a power reserve of 50 hours, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 184 is an extremely complex creation that is equipped with the brand’s signature bi-axial Gyrotourbillon, and it also features a perpetual calendar, a dead-beat minute hand, a one-minute constant force mechanism, and a Westminster Chimes minute repeater, 

each watch is made by a single watchmaker and takes 5 months to complete, 

both the pink gold (ref. Q5253470) and white gold (ref. Q5252470) models will be produced as limited editions of just five examples, so you had better be quick to get your name down for one, 

with Christmas drawing closer by the day if only they did a his and hers, but there it is they do not, so cheque books out if you want one, just write $995,000 or at today’s rate £748,135.53 and one cold be yours! the full article about the watch is here.