$55 Million Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch

The most expensive watch in the world is the Hallucination Watch by Graff Diamonds. 

With a price tag of $55 million dollars.

Graff Diamonds is a luxury jeweler, and luxury watchmaker. They’re well known for creating stunning diamond masterpieces.

In this article we will explore:

Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch

Why Is the Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch So Expensive?

This timepiece is currently the most valuable timepiece on the planet.

The reason being, is that it’s made from 110 carats of extremely rare, fancy colored diamonds. 

Why Are Colored Diamonds So Expensive?

Diamonds are most often seen as colorless.

Yet, there is such a thing as colored diamonds. Except they are exceptionally rare jewels. 

The rarity of the diamond depends on its color and the vividness of it. The more vivid a rare color is, then the more valuable the diamond is. 

Fancy Colored Diamonds

Only 1 in 10,000 diamonds will have a color to them. And certain colored diamonds come from certain parts of the world.

So to make this diamond watch. Graff Diamonds needed to source their diamonds from every corner of the globe. Taking years to acquire such jewels.

The video below will help you understand why Graff Diamonds Hallucination watch comes with a price tag of $55 million.

GIA Colored Diamond Scale

GIA is the organization that grades all diamonds, including fancy colored diamonds.

For fancy colored diamond grading, GIA bases their grading around three main attributes:

1.HueWhat color is the diamond?Red
Orange
Violet
Blue
Green
Pink
Yellow
Brown
Grey
Black
2.ToneWhat tone is the diamond?• Light tone
• Dark tone
3.SaturationLevel of saturation• Faint
• Very light
• Light
• Fancy light
• Fancy
• Dark fancy
• Fancy intense
• Fancy deep
• Fancy vivid

Fancy Colored Diamond Hue Rarity Chart

Here is a simple chart laying out fancy colored diamonds in terms of their rarity.

Fancy Colored Diamond HueHow Rare Are They?
Red, Orange, VioletRarest
Blue, Green, PinkExtremely Rare
YellowVery Rare
Brown, Grey, BlackRare

Colors Of Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch

The colors of the diamonds included in the Hallucination timepiece are:

  • Fancy Orange
  • Fancy Intense Pink
  • Fancy Light Pink
  • Fancy Intense Blue
  • Fancy Light Grey Blue
  • Fancy Green
  • Fancy Vivid Yellow

Many of these fancy colored diamonds are large in size too. Making this watch astoundingly rare!

This really is a rainbow watch. So rare that it’s almost like a hallucination (get it?).

Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch
Graff Diamond Hallucination Watch

Cuts Of Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch

The timepiece’s diamonds are made up of numerous cuts. Including cuts of the following shapes:

  • Baguette
  • Round
  • Heart
  • Pear
  • Emerald
  • Marquis

This is unusual. As we more often see round and baguette cuts for diamond watches. Rarely do we see such a wide mix of diamond cuts on a timepiece.

Movement Of Hallucination Watch

The dial of the watch is tiny compared to the entire watch. It is just a very small quartz movement, covered and surrounded by rare diamonds.

You’re not going to buy this piece for the movement.

However, the quartz movement is accurate and reliable. The dial is neat and fits in with the whole watch.

Who Are Graff Diamonds?

Laurence Graff is the chairman of Graff Diamonds. He was the brain behind this pricey watch.

The flagship Graff Diamonds store is found on London’s Bond Street. They’re a firm favorite of diamond lovers. 

Graff Diamonds are world renowned for creating astounding watches and jewelry. And displaying their masterpieces each year at the Baselworld Watch & Jewelry Convention.

Where Can I Buy the Graff Diamonds Hallucination Watch?

The Hallucination timepiece is currently for sale on the luxury online marketplace; Hush Hush.

Make them an offer if you dare.

End Note

The Graff Diamond Hallucination watch truly is the Masterpiece of diamond timepieces.

If the most expensive watch in the world doesn’t tickle your fancy. Then check out the top 10 most expensive watches in the world.

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