A Rolex Daytona formerly owned by Paul Newman broke a record when it sold at auction for 17.7 million dollars in 2017. But certain other records cannot

be measured in money. Here are some spectacular examples from the wristwatch world.
Piaget Altiplano 910P

Thinnest Automatic Wristwatch ? from $26,000
Piaget Altiplano 910
Piaget?s new Altiplano Ultimate Automatic collection ? which contains two 41-mm timepieces in 18k white gold and 18k rose gold ? is the current record holder for the world?s thinnest automatic watch, coming in at only 4.3 mm thick. Over 200 components make up the 910P movement. The peripheral winding system cancels out the need for a conventional rotor; instead, we have an extra-thin rotor that runs along the edge of the dial instead of adding an extra layer to the watch. The ?rotor? is 22k gold and coated in black PVD so it has enough inertia to wind the watch. Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater

Slimmest Minute Repeater ? $155,000
Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater
Both 3.12-mm-slim hand-wound Caliber BVL 362 and the 6.85-mm-thin case of Bulgari?s Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater are record setters. The movement and the case each hold a world record in the discipline of the slimmest minute repeater. Thanks to its low density, titanium is especially well suited to be the case?s material. But Bulgari doesn?t stop here. The dial is not only made of titanium, but also serves as an additional resonating body with stamped-out indexes and seconds circle...