Sentence examples for grande complication from inspiring English sources

A marriage of artistry and technology, a grande complication provided more than just a timekeeper: it represented a masterpiece of mechanical engineering". Packard's numerous electrical and automotive patents, many of them stimulated by his obsession with timekeeping, were implemented across many industries.

That effort appears to have started about 10 days ago, after a blogger who writes as pravdorub-rus reported that a photograph of Mr. Volkov holding the leopard that day, reproduced in a large poster greeting visitors to the Izhevsk zoo, showed him wearing what looks very like a Breguet Classique Grande Complication, worth about $120,000.

Audemars Piguet Grande Complication Pocket Watch in 18-karat yellow gold.

Breguet Classique Grande Complication Pocket Watch in 18-karat yellow gold.

Described in the beautiful book A Grand Complication, their friendly rivalry resulted in the apex of the watchmakers art when, in 1927, Packard announced delivery of his Vacheron Constantin grande complication (or supercomplication), a watch with 24 features or "complications" including a star chart of the night sky over his home in Ohio.

In the Grande Sonnerie complication, each quarter is sounded by the appropriate number of chimes, followed by a repeat of the hour.

But does Audemars Piguet's £500,000 Jules Audemars Grande Complication tell the time any better than a £20 Casio from Asda? No. It's not that the people who buy these watches simply can't bear a skipped microsecond.

Breguet, meanwhile, is offering its 1808 Tourbillon Grande Complication Classique in 18-karat rose gold, with its tourbillon concealed beneath a cover lid set with 706 diamonds.

Marketed by Swiss manufacturer World Première Watchmaking as "one of the five most complicated wrist watches in the world," the Grande Complication is certainly one of the most expensive, with a limited edition of six--three in 18K rose gold, two in 18K white gold, one in platinum--ranging $700,000 to $800,000 per.

Complications arose when both Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul had problems with their condensers, a matter which was made much worse by the hot, tropical climate in which the ships were serving.

Made in 1900 by English manufacturer J.W. Benson, the pocket watch has a number of complications that include a perpetual calendar, moon phase, and grande and petite sonnerie (translation: a big and little chime).