Just recently in Hong Kong, the world’s largest watch and clock trading event known as the ‘Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair’ opened which happens to be a one-of-its-kind event. The event has started and will go on for a few more days and shall have 700 exhibitors from 12 countries taking part in it. One of the main highlights of it so far has been the Kallista collection of watches by Vacheron Constantin, created by designer Raymond Moretti.
‘Kallista’ as a word translates into ‘The most beautiful’ in Greek, and was first started as a collection of regal timepieces by Vacheron Constantin in 1979. The main highlights of the event so far were a couple of masterpieces from the Swiss watchmaker which included the 118 emerald cut diamond watch, which weighed 130 carats in weight and is estimated to be over $9 million in value. The basic skeleton of the watch has been made with yellow gold on which the emerald cut diamonds have been placed. The current owner is an Arab Sheikh whose name and details are under wraps, just as most of the features of the watch. Also, it is said that the value is known to rise by $4,000 a day, and it isn’t a man’s watch either.
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