Vacheron Constantin has released the godfather of all watches with the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication-La Première—the most complicated wristwatch ever produced. You might need an instruction manual to understand it, but we’ll boil it down to some of the highlights that make this watch exciting beyond its overarching badge of honor. It follows the Vacheron Constantin Ref. 57260 pocket watch released by the brand last year that held the previous record as the most complicated watch ever produced and it surpasses previous records for the most complicated wristwatches ever produced, the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 and the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600. What is extraordinary is not just the fact that Vacheron Constantin was able to do 41 complications, but rather that it was able to pack the 1,521 components required to make them into a caliber measuring 36 mm by 10.96 mm and a case of 45 by 14.99 mm...
