Girard Perregaux Constant Force Escapement REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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Girard Perregaux Constant Force Escapement - A marvel of true art of watchmaking !
I purchased one of the very first of these when they launched it, I was fortunate to be invited to the launch & after listening to Wei Koh speak about the watch from Revolution Magazine I knew I had to have one, so I pulled the trigger. Now I have all three models, no ones really understands what it is, they all assume its a PIMPED UP SWATCH.
Just recently found your channel/podcast, and I cannot thank you enough for the insight and showcase of truly spectacularly complicated pieces in a simple easy format. I bumped into a DB28 owner not too long ago and thanks to you I can now fully appreciate it, please never stop
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The entire piece - including the case, the wheels and the bridges - is eerily reminiscent of the Logical One. I wouldn't be surprised if Gauthier had a hand in this. He has his own CMC machines and has made calibres for Chanel and others. Good call Steve!
Nice explanation of the engineering behind the CFE.
Girrard Perregaux was 1770s. He based his design on leonardo Da Vinci's engineering painting of the blueprints for a constant force automobile motor
I get kinda jealous of you every time i watch one of your videos. It must be so nice to get to have hands on time with all these amazing watches :D
Beautiful and brilliant movement!
Beautiful mechanism
Great video, simple explanation. You are truly amazing. Thank you.
I think the thin silicone spring provides a constant impulse force to the pallet fork.
Is there some compelling reason why you don’t include a price or even a ballpark figure for the watches you review? Presumably a potential buyer would consider that to be pretty fundamental information.
Prices are on my website when the watches are available. The main reason is that these videos live forever, but prices change
A very innovative escapement design - constant force! Fantastic time piece! I wonder what is a chance of that thin horizontal escapement wire breaking?
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That was the entire obstacle to the concept becoming reality, one which material science overcame.
Amazing watch and review, I am interested in buying this watch, however the 46mm (new version size) is a bit worrying for me, I saw this video and the watch on your wrist is at the upper limit that it can wear without looking ridiculous, the 46mm should look better, but I would like to know your wrist size please, to have a better idea how it would like on mine. Thanks
About 7". I have pretty small wrists and it still wears quite well. If you are interested in it, please email me
So, is there some dispute as to who possesses the valid claim to the innovation of the revolutionary one-piece, silicone escapement? Because this is the second one of said devices Ive come across, and based upon the claims of historical significance and uniqueness of design achievement each one is making, neither seems to be aware of the other.
Great overview! This one is a bit of a missed opportunity in my opinion. It's known well enough amongst horology nerds and collectors, but did nothing for GPs global interest. They probably could have fixed this by going all-in on the design. By adding a dial I feel they played it too conservative. They could have looked at Richard Mille's success and opened it up more. Why would they hide the beautiful bridges and and design of the top half of that movement? Its stunning! They could have spent a little more time developing a solid outer ring with thin spokes connected through the middle to connect it all. Or even just flipped the dial to the back for structure, with the movement showing as the dial. Something like the Arnold & Son Tourbillon Chronometer No. 36 1ETAS.B01A.C113S. It looks alright as is, but could have been epic! Another watch to me that tried to hard to blend old dial design with modern engineering and style is the Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot. I understand the old guys enjoy complications with a simplistic look, but there is plenty of base tourbillons for that. New money wants the flair! Be brave!
How much? Love it...
Beautiful watch
Great vid, thank you for the explanations! Very interesting :)
Amazing lock and run pricipal
Man you have some pretty epic watches on this channel
I think a Christophe claret would fit in well with your unique taste, go for one of those next
I have done two Clarets...
+TickTocking I apologies, new subscriber. Great reviews though will definitely keep watching.
Hey Steve did you hear back from Roman about his potenial involvement?
This sort of stuff is always under NDA, so at best I'd get a sly answer that I could not repeat
Amazing
u should tell us the price at the end of yur vids
I have been wearing a Chinese 30$ watch for the past year :-)
Good engineering but their styling team ruined it with that horrid text and choice of tones.
It's a distinct style and I love it.
Your review is childish