It's amazing the effort, expense and equipment that went into making a watch which is almost as accurate as a solar powered, waterproof Casio for $100. (it receives signals from atomic clocks) Clocks and watches were invented to tell the time; today it costs $16 to have an accurate timepiece.
Whatever they say, a watch like this is a jewel first and a time piece second. It is more or less the men's version of a diamond necklace. The sheer beauty and craftsmanship going into a piece like this is without equal. And it might even be the most accurate time keeper, apart from atomic clock solutions. But if keeping time was so important, they could also buy a Casio. The owners could care less about time, they care about excellence.
The lesson of the video is, 1) Craft out something fine (is ok to be unnecessary, the most important thing is show the passionate and handcrafted) 2) Marketing, telling how expensive the product could be. Make it famous. If possible, telling how long the brand established, even the figure is nothing much related to the quality. People will just perceive that must be good anyhow. 3) Those social racer (who trying to tell people they just can afford expensive things) will just buy it. Win win strategy. You get the money, they get the fame.
My Patek may be a bit older and simpler, but I love it no less. It keeps better time than any watches I’ve ever bought - Rolexes, Omega, Cartier, Blancpain, etc.
Tbh, even all the prettiness, Grand Seiko have much better prices while providing the great movements they hand assemble (MOVEMENTS NOT WATCHES) and watches too, Check out a Grand Seiko, its relatively affordable. Don't forget they were founded just after AP and 2 decades before Rolex.
It is commendable that few historical firm are still investing in this art. And that the product is indeed is a luxury reserved to few is also understandable. But is also true that compared to new technologies is like wanting to travel on a highway with a Ford T model. Also fashionable but impractical.
My Patek is close to it's 70th birthday. It keeps better time than my; Rolex, Vacheron ,Baume Capeland Chrono, Cartier Pascha Chronograph, AND, just about ALL the wrist watches in my collection. The only timepiece that I own matches the accuracy of my Patek is even OLDER . It is a pocket watch w/39 jewels as a high grade railroad watch. It is a pain to keep winding that watch due to the fact the fact you need you need to open the back of the case to wind it. The design of the plates are consistent with a Waltham in the US . The marking on the plate is: PT0004. I've not be able to trace that.
Great video and incredibly insightful. Please in future consider less “facts” - it’s great, however quite infuriating considering that it actually detracts from the entertainment of the video.
yep, not "hand" made, but machined by million dollar machining tools..... i agree, a little lame, pure hand etched hand cut would really be crazy but prolly cost 10x more!!, check out some china watches with a open mind
Citizen Eco-Drive watches have been my favored watches since soon after they hit the market. Not as expensive as many other brands but just as attractive and precise. Bought a new one 2 months ago. Set its various functions and haven’t lost a second yet.
Forget the $500,000 dollar Patek Philippe that will have to be completely disassembled every five years for service at a cost of $5000 dollars to keep it functioning. My Grand Seiko Spring Dive cost $5,800 dollars and never needs to serviced ever and only gains one second per day, when the Patek loses are gains three seconds per day. Now what really the best timepiece in the world Grand Seiko!
But thats kinda a cheat because spring drive works with technology from Quartz watches. So its not a fair comparison. But i get what you're saying. However then you could also say that my 30€ Casio is the better watch.
@@tesmat1243 right. I don't have any experience but maybe the movement actually doesn't need servicing. But not because it doesn't wear out. It probably still does, but because the Quarz part of the watch regulates the speed of the watch, it can go against the changing speed that comes from worn out parts
Can you imagine being an engraver and showing up to work hungover and messing up a few of the gold case engravings?! That's too much pressure! I wonder how much they make?
Rather than listening to monotonous music watching this video, I think it would be a lot more informative. If there was someone explaining a little bit about the watch and how it’s made..
The only thing that you cannot purchase with $1M in a watch is good taste. I much prefer my 3 hand manual wind Patek to these vulgar monstrosities the size of a small clock.
Many will never understand the price or the amount of time and skill required to make that amazing watch. Just think of it like modern art and if you have to ask how much it's way above your pay grade.
@@nickacelvn if one can afford this thing then this is most likely a round off error in their earnings. Btw...rich folks try not to own anything...this would be owned by their company and somehow be made into a depreciating asset that gets written off.
You can't question the potential of ownership of a Patek. I've made a bit of money purchasing their smaller ladies movements that were made in the 1920's & 1930's. I've found that some of these older watches need no more than a cleaning.
Hold on, 50.000 watches per year and it is takes 12 monts for the craftsman to build one of them. Is that means Patek have 50.000 craftsmas? This is bloody big factory. Almost like in China.
OK, I can imagine if you even have a hint of a cold you can't come to work or you shouldn't. Imagine one wrong sneeze. Expensive stuff be flying into the nether world!
I am surprised that the watchmaker is not wearing finger cots around 10:30. I am surprised also that loupes (and contorted positions) are used instead of microscopes. Possibly - hopefully for their eye and back health - this is just staged for the video.
1:40 Oh the irony! Rolex is actually known not for "flashy" timepieces at all but for extremely robust accurate and durable ones. More so than Patek Philippe I think. Designed by Computer Aided Design CAD and created by a milling machine. Pffft The people who made the Antikythera mechanism scoff at you and your CAD milling machine. Ps: I hope those craftsmen you employ earn enough to buy one of those watches you sell. If not best you give them one as gratitude.
I think you need to get your numbers corrected. PP MIGHT make 4000 to 5000 annually, but 50,000 is clearly not correct. These are finely manufactured watches not auto mufflers.
Amazing engineering and craftsmanship . But the watch is just to dam big. You would look like some tasteless rapper with that alarm clock on your wrist.
I wonder if those round hole marks or swirls are going to make a wave of air pockets to destabilize the movements inside the watch i know they are sealed units, but still anything which has like a golf ball holes in the coated metal ,will make any movements near it change due to the difference in the wavelength of the sound created as part of the moving part on top of those golf ball like swirl holes? Just saying thats all i am sure the engineers would have looked at that and what it might do to any of the movement of parts near those swirl golf ball holes etc. 🦘🦘👌👌✌✌👍👍
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Beautiful but it looks more like a clock with a belt attached than a wristwatch.
If I were doing this kinda precise job, I would make two watches from one and have a few spare parts 😂😂
This precision is just insane.
I'm 110% positive they did.
Amazing that they can do that precision work while someone is banging on the piano!
Music does not match the video!
This video makes me appreciate A. Lange & Söhne even more .
why?
I know Lange is good but why?
@@user-rx9ny4yo2e , their innovation for one , also their hand finishing and .ingenuity .
It's amazing the effort, expense and equipment that went into making a watch which is almost as accurate as a solar powered, waterproof Casio for $100. (it receives signals from atomic clocks)
Clocks and watches were invented to tell the time; today it costs $16 to have an accurate timepiece.
Kim Siewers you deserve a Casio, I deserve a Patek XD
Ludmilla, what have you accomplished in your life such that you deserve anything?
We can just look at our smartphone to get time accurate time, calendar and even more😁
Whatever they say, a watch like this is a jewel first and a time piece second. It is more or less the men's version of a diamond necklace. The sheer beauty and craftsmanship going into a piece like this is without equal. And it might even be the most accurate time keeper, apart from atomic clock solutions. But if keeping time was so important, they could also buy a Casio. The owners could care less about time, they care about excellence.
@@Untgrade
It's all about status. I like watches and even if I was a Billionaire I would spend that amount on a watch.
It,s like mini universe. Amazing.
한경호 nice description 👍🏻
Amazing perfect work and hand made design of case.
This makes the engineers heart beat a bit faster😀
Beautiful video!
Arcydzieło. Dziękuję. POZDRAWIAM ❤
The lesson of the video is,
1) Craft out something fine (is ok to be unnecessary, the most important thing is show the passionate and handcrafted)
2) Marketing, telling how expensive the product could be. Make it famous. If possible, telling how long the brand established, even the figure is nothing much related to the quality. People will just perceive that must be good anyhow.
3) Those social racer (who trying to tell people they just can afford expensive things) will just buy it.
Win win strategy. You get the money, they get the fame.
Ass holes a.
My Patek may be a bit older and simpler, but I love it no less. It keeps better time than any watches I’ve ever bought - Rolexes, Omega, Cartier, Blancpain, etc.
Amazing how many gears are involved. Very nice piece of art.
Thank you :-).
A view from the UK. I just love the way this video keeps referring to Rolex for comparison. Could Rolex be their main competitor?.....NO!
I know! Rolex are decent, tough, middle tier watches; but there’s nothing in any of their models that’s a fair comparison with an even simple Patek.
The picture is wonderful.
However, the orange tag is in the way.
Pretty cool what did they do before cnc?
right, in this video they pretend that there is handicraft, needlework, but actually, is all done by CNC robots
that went away...this is just machining making machines...lost the handicraft
Too bad the music is louder then anything otherwise a great video.
It's a work of art. It's beautiful! But still it's overpriced. Materialism at it's finest.
hand made it's overpriced....
Tbh, even all the prettiness, Grand Seiko have much better prices while providing the great movements they hand assemble (MOVEMENTS NOT WATCHES) and watches too, Check out a Grand Seiko, its relatively affordable. Don't forget they were founded just after AP and 2 decades before Rolex.
BUT seiko 5 are also good for around 100-250 usd
I can smell the lower middle class income in this thread
wohoo wohoo it’s not overpriced if someone pays for it
Can you give us this video without the text overlays blocking the amazing view?
It is not fully hand made,they r using 75%modern machine ,but they r pricing more.
95%
Your childrens childrens grandchildren will be wearing your watch they are seriously amazing and beautiful!
It is commendable that few historical firm are still investing in this art. And that the product is indeed is a luxury reserved to few is also understandable. But is also true that compared to new technologies is like wanting to travel on a highway with a Ford T model. Also fashionable but impractical.
This would be impressive on a large scale let alone the scale they are working on.
PP, the world's best watchmaker? That statement is highly debatable.
It's a fact. Afterwords there's a. lange & söhne and vacheron constantin and seiko and rolex
F.P. Journe and Jaeger LeCoultre belong in there, above Vacheron Constantin at this point
it's me PP may hold its top spot, but F.P. Journe, Breguet, and Jaeger LeCoultre belong in there, above Vacheron Constantin at this point.
My Patek is close to it's 70th birthday. It keeps better time than my; Rolex, Vacheron ,Baume Capeland Chrono, Cartier Pascha Chronograph, AND, just about ALL the wrist watches in my collection. The only timepiece that I own matches the accuracy of my Patek is even OLDER . It is a pocket watch w/39 jewels as a high grade railroad watch. It is a pain to keep winding that watch due to the fact the fact you need you need to open the back of the case to wind it. The design of the plates are consistent with a Waltham in the US . The marking on the plate is: PT0004. I've not be able to trace that.
cookingprof do you recommend any female watches that goes up in value?
Art at its purest!!!
A ce niveau de maîtrise du geste , nous quittons l'horlogerie pour entrer dans l'art animant la production de tels chef d'œuvres
Good video patex Philippe vacheron constantin best watch wold swiss watch best wold
At 4:55 Does anyone know the name of that machine that polishes little cercles ?
Great video and incredibly insightful. Please in future consider less “facts” - it’s great, however quite infuriating considering that it actually detracts from the entertainment of the video.
Skilled workers 💥
That's not what you call them ma'am!!
4:25 Excellent place or plate in this case for some artistic measure like a lion, a dragon, or you name it. Absolutely exquisite timepiece kudos!
Whilst this is beautifull, I would like to see it made by hand for 2 mill. Then It would be a work of art.
People with two million to splurge on a watch are paying for the label not for the craftsmanship. Watch the movie "Branded".
yep, not "hand" made, but machined by million dollar machining tools..... i agree, a little lame, pure hand etched hand cut would really be crazy but prolly cost 10x more!!, check out some china watches with a open mind
Love the split date ring, you could do that with hour and minute and never use another hand.
beautiful watch ever made!!!
Thanks to this upload now some china can easy make a copy of this watch...
They can copy the watch, but the watch will remain what it is - a copy.
Citizen Eco-Drive watches have been my favored watches since soon after they hit the market. Not as expensive as many other brands but just as attractive and precise.
Bought a new one 2 months ago. Set its various functions and haven’t lost a second yet.
Set its various...
@@ulrichfriehe3459 Thank you for the correction.
Fantastic!
Sooooooooooooo Much love it
All that precision and they could not sync the audio & video???
Bruh u get some kind of platinum trophy in heaven for owning one of these sometime in your life
Forget the $500,000 dollar Patek Philippe that will have to be completely disassembled every five years for service at a cost of $5000 dollars to keep it functioning. My Grand Seiko Spring Dive cost $5,800 dollars and never needs to serviced ever and only gains one second per day, when the Patek loses are gains three seconds per day. Now what really the best timepiece in the world Grand Seiko!
My Invicta for $46 will run for years and never need a service. Looks great. It’s a watch. Tells time. Reality check.
But thats kinda a cheat because spring drive works with technology from Quartz watches. So its not a fair comparison.
But i get what you're saying. However then you could also say that my 30€ Casio is the better watch.
Thanks, I’ll stick to my $250 Garmin that syncs time with GPS satellites
Spring drive needs servicing man it's like 90% a mechanical watch
@@tesmat1243 right. I don't have any experience but maybe the movement actually doesn't need servicing. But not because it doesn't wear out. It probably still does, but because the Quarz part of the watch regulates the speed of the watch, it can go against the changing speed that comes from worn out parts
There is no occasion worthy of wearing such a watch.
sure there is, thats why its made
I love how they compare everything to Rolex when the Rolex’s cost a fraction of the price of a patek
Its called relating something to a brand everyone knows. Also, there are some Pateks in the same price range as Rolex. Just saying.
nobody compares anything to rolex..😂🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂wake up to the world of "fine" watchmaking, no the roly junk
Can you imagine being an engraver and showing up to work hungover and messing up a few of the gold case engravings?! That's too much pressure! I wonder how much they make?
The watch presented on the start of the video was made on a limited run of 6 watches. Its called grandmaster chime
they make alot even by eurodollars, however kost have been with the company doing their little part for 20 years!!
Perfection !!!
Ohh amazing 😄😍😍
Rather than listening to monotonous music watching this video, I think it would be a lot more informative. If there was someone explaining a little bit about the watch and how it’s made..
Maaaan ... when that thing flipped @11:15
What is this exact model called? Not just grand complication.
The only thing that you cannot purchase with $1M in a watch is good taste. I much prefer my 3 hand manual wind Patek to these vulgar monstrosities the size of a small clock.
Ah the world of fine timepieces!
The eyepiece/loupe the guy is wearing at 7:52. Very steampunk
I will Buy it for sure 💯💥
Where does the battery go?
What model is this?
AP,PP,VECHRON 🔥🔥
Many will never understand the price or the amount of time and skill required to make that amazing watch. Just think of it like modern art and if you have to ask how much it's way above your pay grade.
And way way above the level of narcissistic snobbery.
@@nickacelvn if one can afford this thing then this is most likely a round off error in their earnings. Btw...rich folks try not to own anything...this would be owned by their company and somehow be made into a depreciating asset that gets written off.
Little known fact: Most Patek Phillipe watchmakers go blind by 40. Another reason their timepiece s are so expensive!
i believe that was the old days, they now use binoculars and microscopes
Are his hands insured ?
Mistake in the word Philippe , 8:24
Doesn't matter, it's not like you could ever afford one ;)
There are spelling mistakes all over with his surname (three p’s)
You can't question the potential of ownership of a Patek. I've made a bit of money purchasing their smaller ladies movements that were made in the 1920's & 1930's. I've found that some of these older watches need no more than a cleaning.
This shows why you need to make a tool to make a tool to make a tool.
$500,00 is the emphasis of this video.
For me, it's ostentatious in the extreme... no doubting the craftsmanship and design, but geez, the price tag
Who knew Zedd and or Elley Duhé (Happy Now, starts at 4:30) worked at Patek Philippe?
This watch and the God himself wear !!!
God would not be so vulgar or ostentatious!
Hold on, 50.000 watches per year and it is takes 12 monts for the craftsman to build one of them. Is that means Patek have 50.000 craftsmas? This is bloody big factory. Almost like in China.
Because of complexity they can no longer create a second watch with the same style😃😃😃..
Wiedząc ile taka praca kosztuje, sam bym robił :)
OK, I can imagine if you even have a hint of a cold you can't come to work or you shouldn't. Imagine one wrong sneeze. Expensive stuff be flying into the nether world!
nice
I am surprised that the watchmaker is not wearing finger cots around 10:30. I am surprised also that loupes (and contorted positions) are used instead of microscopes. Possibly - hopefully for their eye and back health - this is just staged for the video.
Got here because of mayweather, wealthy people aspire to at least own one, crazy that this boxer is the owner of at least 18 of these.
I never saw watch making like this amazing i want that watch
It is too cost patek philippe watches. Only crorepatis can buy.. Millioneres
The watch in the vídeo costs millions dude
Still, when it´s noon it´s that on a Seiko too!
Is a seiko mostly hand made
My Apple Watch too 🤣🤣🤣
@@glad5409 Grand Seiko or Credor yes, Seiko or Citizen no
if it takes a year to build, how are they producing 50,000 a year?
Admiro a los suizos, como le sacan el dinero a los ricos,parece que hacen una nave espacial y solo es un reloj.
Given a choice I'd take a Daniels over one of these but alas I can scarcely afford neither.
That's some annoying music !!!
And what is the expensive features?
Precision is everything it seems. I see at 7 minutes and 45 seconds Philippe has an extra "P" in the name caption lower left. Hmmm.
Priced for exclusivity, not value or a reflection of cost to produce.
A thousand pounds and this watch would be overpriced.
Compare this vdo with Watchfinders.............Fanta c/w Moet Chandon or better!
elle coute trop chere mais le ptobleme pas de precision c est sa le probleme
1:40 Oh the irony! Rolex is actually known not for "flashy" timepieces at all but for extremely robust accurate and durable ones. More so than Patek Philippe I think. Designed by Computer Aided Design CAD and created by a milling machine. Pffft The people who made the Antikythera mechanism scoff at you and your CAD milling machine.
Ps: I hope those craftsmen you employ earn enough to buy one of those watches you sell. If not best you give them one as gratitude.
Go back to your sundial, you Luddite ;)
I think you need to get your numbers corrected. PP MIGHT make 4000 to 5000 annually, but 50,000 is clearly not correct. These are finely manufactured watches not auto mufflers.
Beautiful watches but I'll stick with seiko and orient and my casio
It's a shame that the documentary is accompanied by terrible music ...
0:53 When I grow up I want to be a presentator
Amazing engineering and craftsmanship . But the watch is just to dam big. You would look like some tasteless rapper with that alarm clock on your wrist.
when you buy stuff like this, others peoples opinions are like dogshit🦮💩
💯💯💯💯❤🎉
i'll have 3 thanks!
Nice
Beautiful watch , i could make it my wife
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I wonder if those round hole marks or swirls are going to make a wave of air pockets to destabilize the movements inside the watch i know they are sealed units, but still anything which has like a golf ball holes in the coated metal ,will make any movements near it change due to the difference in the wavelength of the sound created as part of the moving part on top of those golf ball like swirl holes?
Just saying thats all i am sure the engineers would have looked at that and what it might do to any of the movement of parts near those swirl golf ball holes etc. 🦘🦘👌👌✌✌👍👍
Wow
Please review the output of 50,000 watches in a year. IMHO you SERIOUSLY need to adjust that number.
According to CNN, that figure isn't far off..They've also only made less than a million since the company was founded.
I can buy a Seiko Quartz for $600 and I don't have to wind it, the battery will last for years and it will be 100 times more accurate
My brother has allot of Patel, they all stay in the safe until sold.
Kinda sad.
LUDZIE nie ma czego tutaj chwalić !!!!!!!!!!!! obrabiarki CNC stosują Chińczycy w swoich zegarkach za 50 $ ... Gdyby wszystko było robione ręcznie to zrozumiałbym cenę zegarków za 500 000 $ Płaci się za legendę głównie , bo jakość jest prawie wszędzie .