Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon Black 42 mm by Hublot

Watchmakers' strip down dials and movements to their bare essentials. Here's our edit of skeletonised wristwatches with faces that expose their complicated inner workings.

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Photo 1 of 18 Quasar Light by Girard-Perregaux
Photo 2 of 18 Tambour Curve Flying Tourbillon Poinçon de Genève by Louis Vuitton
Photo 3 of 18 Luminor Tourbillon GMT “Lo Scienziato” PAM00768 by Panerai
Photo 4 of 18 Rotonde de Cartier Grande Complication Skeleton by Cartier
Photo 5 of 18 Tourbillon Openworked Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet
Photo 6 of 18 Vanguard Master Banker Skeleton by Franck Muller
Photo 7 of 18 Altiplano Automatic Skeleton by Piaget
Photo 8 of 18 Classique Tourbillon Extra-plat Squelette 5395 by Breguet
Photo 9 of 18 Carrera Carbon by Tag Heuer
Photo 10 of 18 Speedmaster Moonwatch "Dark Side Of The Moon" Apollo 8 by Omega
Photo 11 of 18 RM33-02 by Richard Mille
Photo 12 of 18 Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-thin Skeleton by Vacheron Constantin
Photo 13 of 18 Arceau Squelette by Hermès
Photo 14 of 18 Big Bang Tourbillon Carbon Black 42 mm by Hublot
Photo 15 of 18 Master Grande Tradition Grande Complication by Jaeger-LeCoultre
Photo 16 of 18 Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One by Bovet 1822
Photo 17 of 18 Skeleton X Magma by Ulysse Nardin
Photo 18 of 18 Excalibur Diabolus in Machina by Roger Dubuis