Gallery: This $1.5 Million Watch Has a Microscopic Sculpture Inside

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    Greubel Forsey
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    Greubel Forsey's Art Piece 1 is a beautiful watch with a hidden secret.
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    Greubel Forsey
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    Inside the watch is a microscopic sculpture made by Willard Wigan.
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    Greubel Forsey
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    Building a mechanical watch is difficult in its own right. The Unique Pieces team builds just two of this particular watch every year.
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    Willard Wigan
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    Wigan holds the world record for creating the smallest sculpture, a golden motorcycle that measures the size of a blood cell.
  • This gold mask was the first sculpture he created for Greubel Forsey. It sits on a platform and is illuminated by...
    Greubel Forsey
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    This gold mask was the first sculpture he created for Greubel Forsey. It sits on a platform and is illuminated by natural light through a rounded lens.
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    Willard Wigan
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    Wigan's teeny tiny motorcycle, inside the eye of a needle.
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    Willard Wigan
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    Wigan uses handmade tools to construct the sculptures; things like paintbrushes made from the hair of a fly and tweezers from flattened acupuncture needles.