In 2017, a gold Lemania chronograph surfaced and sold for 162,500 GBP by, again, Sotheby's. The Lemania was gifted watch iron annie to Churchill by the Canton de Vaud while on vacation in Switzerland in 1946. And earlier this year, a Sir John Bennett minute repeater pocket watch gifted by Herbert Henry Asquith for Christmas in 1905 sold for 76,000 GBP at Dawsons.

Caliber: Tough Solar-Powered QuartzFunctions: World-time for 27 cities (39 time-zones on/off), stopwatch, link countdown, alarm, mobile-link functions, day, date, one-time, and auto-calendarFrequency: 60 kHz

However, the gold-tone link indices and handsets of all three models are more elements linking these Boutique Editions. Not only is it a nice way to connect them, but the chosen combination of colors looks super stylish.

Skeletonizing a movement isn't as simple as just removing the dial and calling it a day. Looking at photographs of the movement, blown up to multiple times its real size, the bridges seem so strong in form and architecture that it belies how link incredibly difficult of a tightrope the designers and watchmakers have had to walk to show off the beauty of the movement while maintaining structural integrity.