"Mark Zuckerberg is a fan of showing off prototypes - and apparently buying them too. The Meta CEO has an extensive collection of watches, ranging from a flashy yellow-gold Rolex to a simple $120 Casio. Zuckerberg also has at least two timepieces from Swiss watchmaker Greubel Forsey, one of which is a prototype containing the watchmaker's new complication. Speaking with Drip, Zuckerberg flashed his Nano Foudroyante, a watch with a reported retail price of 465,000 francs - roughly $585,000 in today's dollars."
"The Nano Foudroyante is Greubel Forsey's 10th "Fundamental Invention," and was limited to only 22 timepieces in its release. In watchmaking, a 'foudroyante' denotes a subdial that measures fractions of a second. For Greubel Forsey, this means that one hand completes one revolution per second, dividing the second into six distinct beats. You can see the complication up close in the video below. The company also says the watch is more energy efficient."
""They said that if I wanted, I could get one of the early ones that they made," Zuckerberg said. "I'm more of a work-in-progress, builder type of person, so I actually just asked them if I could get the prototype." "I don't know if they normally do that, but they figured out how to do that for me," he added."
Mark Zuckerberg owns an extensive watch collection that ranges from a yellow-gold Rolex to a $120 Casio and includes multiple Greubel Forsey pieces. He obtained the prototype Nano Foudroyante after asking for an early example because he considers himself a 'work-in-progress, builder type of person.' The Nano Foudroyante retails for about 465,000 Swiss francs (roughly $585,000) and was limited to 22 pieces. The foudroyante complication uses a subdial measuring fractions of a second, with one hand completing a revolution per second divided into six beats. Greubel Forsey says the Nano Foudroyante is far more energy efficient than traditional foudroyantes.
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