Simply stunning Patek Philippe watch repair- Part 1of2
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- Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024
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Is Patek Philippe truely the top in watchmaking?
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First watchmaking video ive seen. Just heard of these patek watches this is such an amazing thing to be able to see these timepieces up close. Blown away
astounding collection work, time, and craftsmanship
Beautiful timepiece and great video. No espresso before working on this beauty. You are an inspiration to the art.
I have one exactly like this. Bought in 1948. Just serviced by PP. I love that I can see what's inside without opening the watch.
The use of a bi-metal rim is absolute craftsmanship 🤯
Truly amazing isn't it?! starting in the 18th century with John Harrison! You must check "Longitude (2000)" on youtube.
I like how he points out the beauty in the movement like how long he talked about the balance wheel
You sir deliver commentary on a different level. I wish I could take your classes . Thankyou
I always wondered why they put a gap in the balance wheel. That's fantastic!
Thank you for another great video
Simply beautiful.
Chris
stunning craftmanship
Thank you so much Andrew!
Wow 😮😯😲🤯 absolutely incredible. Patek is the real 👑
J.
Amazing! My favorit watch brand, eventhough they wont allow for certain choices anymore...
looks like some of my pocket watch inners Use can get such beauty for a few hundred on ebay and restore yourself, which is the fun of it.
These are indeed the most extraordinary of movement. An anecdote: a gorgeous _Tiffany & Co._ pocket watch with an insanely beautiful Patek movement with "wolf's teeth" ratchet and crown wheels just sold on eBay for around $1300. The crown and ratchet wheels looked like saw blades. It was an incredible specimen and worth what it went for.
I always understood that the decoration i.e. perlage served the purpose of retaining any debris floating around the movement
I have a juvenia pocket watch from before the war. Not working. I saw the balance wheel split and believed that it was broken. But now I see it is a feature of these old watches. Maybe the repair is not as hard as I believed.
The Best watch patex Philips vacheron constantin ademart pigue good video
This might sound crazy/dumb but because the crystal is convex could that spot on the dial be damage from the crystal magnifying the sun?
That the kind of watch I like and I want produce...
I can imagine Claire-Lee, can't wait to see the result!
extreme beauty😍
Friction fit dials where normal especially on thinner movements.
cant wait for part 2 :)
Hope you like it Rodrigo.
Agreed about having to open up the back to admire the beauty. Does anybody make transparent back cover replacements?
Amazing.
Looks fairly similar to a 1880 to 1920's American railroad grade pocket watch. A lot of those are highly decorated on the bridges and plates.
You are absolutely right Chuck, those railroad waches were extremely high quality as well.
One of my current personal projects is an Illinois 18s 21j Bunn Special made in 1912. It was given to me as a bag of parts. After assembling all the parts, all that seems missing is a roller jewel. I've never replaced a roller jewel, but I have all the tools needed, and it seems like a fairly simple job to do after watching a few videos, and reading articles.
Look at American railroad grade pocket watches around 1900. You will enjoy what you see.
Dear Kalle, tell me, please, how do they fix the rubies in the pallet fork? Do they use glue?
They use shellack for that. Very low melting point.
I can only imagine what it must have been like to service a watch during a war era. Sharping your tools must not have been always an option. I'm pretty sure this watch has never seen a battlefield but I'm sure skilled craftsmen were few and far.
If I had an obsession for mechanical watches, like some kind of asperger obsession, I'd love PP. But it's missing a certain aura that I love on Rolex watches.
@6:50 you mentioned the construction of the balance wheel and the fusing of brass and steel . . . that would be a silver solder application?
Interesting thought Daniel!
I think the term you want is pivot bearing (at 9:30).
Thnx Frank!
Can you fix mine which keeps stopping
Hello,how to replace a battery on a double face watch
It is so...so...so much of chronology, story, nostalgic, drama and movie in there😢😢😢😢😢 . Want make me cry alone . Want to sleep . good night . See u soon..😢😢😴😴😴
How else do you record a service history of a watch ? You scribe it on the inside of the back cover of course. You should know this.
I have a degree in jewelry design. I have mostly worked in a mechanical museum restoring antique music boxes. Compare a PP movement to a Rolex movement. Say no more
Hahahahahaha You must have seen some beautiful art!
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Beautiful isn't it?
40 000$ watch and you are surprised by the geneva strips.Have you seen 400$ american RR pocket watch ?
I have Ceco. Good to hear from you.
They don’t make movements like this anylonger.. Sadly.. For some ridicolous reason the hype of inhouse movements really has killed the extra attention to details. That’s not to say that PP, AP, and VC don’t deliver the same level of finish like they used to cause they do. There’s just less of it.. One painstakingly difficult and time consuming detail that has dramatically decreased since around the 60-70ies is inner corners when applying anglage. Think of a mitersaw. If you have a detailed moulding, and cut it in 45° then you will be able to match those two pieces to a perfect 90° angle, where every detail match up perfectly. If you where to route a 90° inner corner you cannot acheive the same result. The router bit will always rotate thus leave a 1/4 arc of material in the corner section. Obviously you can’t cut the bridge in a mitersaw😂, but still you will see black mirror finish in a perfect 90° inner corner. It is not possible to remove the 1/4 arc of unwanted material by the aid of any machine. It is done by hand, and polished by hand. And to make it even more difficult the anglage is bevelled. If You f.. up and remove just a tiny bit to much material you have to throw the bridge in the bin.. Back in the hay days especially the pw movements would have up to several inner corners on one bridge. And they are there for a reason. It was considered top watch making to reveal and highlight the train work. You don’t see that in a Lange movement btw. Notice how the shape of the steel cap jewel in the the escape wheel bridge perfectly matches up with the escape wheel. Pure class!!
But in todays movement the bridge layout is simplified with less bridges, with almost no inner corners on the few bridges remaining. You pay what you pay for a PP, AP, or VC movement, and since they produce so few movements the development costs take their tows in each and every movement. When AP and VC got their Ebauches from JLC there was more money to spend on the finish. Now it gets eaten up by development costs.. Sad development in my book.. THX for nothing Rolex😤 Yeah the 1570 caliber spit out in millions don’t even bear nickle in development costs and hasn’t for decades..
Great to read your passionate reply Jonathan!
Can you fix mine
People didnt know their names in 1939, and making this
Let the dog walk himself, it’s freezing
Whoemever worked on this before is an oger