after this video, youtube suggested this ;) you'll find how some parts are made kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7hll9iL3MuVhnU.html

@@SorinNeagu Very cool! Thanks for the link!

Definitely

I was about to post the exact same thing. Also, I wonder how accurate these watches are.

Indeed. Its like they started filming at the end of the process.

Not entirely accurate. The brand has existed since 1735 but not the company.

I think vacheron constantin is the oldest, you dont get the nickname the watchmakers watch for nothing

@@summerrr1 And then the Debbie downer entered the chat..

@@Ummmmmkay88 I going to double down and bring another correction. The watchmakers watchmaker is not Vacheron Constantin, that would be Jaeger-Lecoultre. Vacheron Constantin is still the oldest continuously existing watchmaker.

Not the oldest watchmaker in history. The oldest surviving watchmaker in history.

I don't care if I had an unlimited amount of money I still would never buy a watch that expensive because For 1.) It's ridiculous to pay that much for a watch and 2.) all it does is make you at target for some jackass to shoot and rob.

@@thedude5472 if you have 150K just for a watch, I guess you can afford bodyguard as well

THE DUDE people who wear watches like that don’t walk home. They have Chauffeurs and body guards.

@donkey ass reviews and do's most expensive watches have saphire faces which is extremely tough and hard to scratch and break.

most do not understand that. $ 150,000 for the super-rich is $ 150 for a normal working man. For people from India or Africa we are normal earners ($ 20,000 a year) something like extremely rich.

A. Lange & Söhne Has enter the chat*

Side note: Swiss watch making came into being as a cheaper alternative to English watch making….we all know how that turned out.

Japan would like to have a word as well haha.

I have an invicta watch i got on a cruise and its really well built

r/watchescirclejerk

Me too 👍👍👍

The Urban Gentry youtube channel... watch

Should read how it's assembled not how it's made.

If this makes you feel bad about being an average person It's more than likely you need to get a grip on reality LOL

💙

@@thedude5472 he didn't say he felt bad about "being an average person"

Watchmaker in the Winter; Bricklayer in the Summer.

Suits you ...

Broke me up that did. Hahahaaaa.

Yeah but when you rich and alone there be noone to ask the time

Or you can buy a watch for $50 and it does the job of a million dollars watch.

LOL people dont buy em just to look at time. People wore that for status symbol, accessories.. Jeez...

Good one 👍 I tho the same

@1bigjohn11 Are you by any chance running short of oxygen?

@@felixcat9318 He's right though? I own watches like that. This is really nothing special.

That was not coming out of the watch casing. It was forming on the surfaces of the watch and chamber due to the varying pressures applied to simulate depth or altitude. Vapor pressure. Damn man, didn't you pay attention in your graduate school 600 level physics classes?

Nah, but he did pass the course on having internet and giving shit where it's not needed.......

That was on the face (likey from oil residue). What they're talking about, is if bubbles emerge from the watch to the surface. Good eye anyways..

you really are as stupid as you look ;)

@@homelesszombie why do you have to be so rude? Congratulations 🎉👏 you've won no awards.

from 3:35

Yup

Condoms XD

sorry to ruim the jokes,but it should be slippery hehe

All watchmakers wear "finger condoms" when assembling watches, even the cheapest ones. Otherwise sweat will be deposited on the movement parts, causing corrosion over time and ruining the watch.

I do think he exaggerates just a bit... Once he said "places it carefully" and shows a Woman using all her might to force the thing closed... Careful yeah.

@@thephoenixking1086 It is very careful. I know as someone who has built watches

Careful but mighty

it is, the back is also made of glass so you can look into the watch and show off

Hahahaha

I'm happy with my Vostoks ;-)

(...all three of them).

@@BaddaBigBoom Vostoks are design masterpieces to be fair. They are amazing value that was built to compete with the original Rolex Submariners and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

Yes, they don't highlight the _Cote de Geneve_ is there to keep the dirt out, not to "add visual interest"

Uh, no. I can get a watch for $80 that looks almost exactly the same. Art is not priceless, this is not a breathtaking gadget to look at. It's a watch. Using technology we all know about.

@@dangerousish7837 lmao how dumb can you be?

losa05 And you talk out of your backside!

@@dangerousish7837 How stupid can one be?

@@dangerousish7837 you completely missed the point. Well, it's not like you can afford a watch more expensive than a gshock anyway

Very true. Luxury items such as this are only worth whatever anyone is willing to pay for it. Although I appreciate the craftsmanship, I personally don't find this watch that attractive. I prefer the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms although £14k is still the stuff of dreams (I'll stick with my Hamilton for the time being!).

You do realize that watches that cost 1% of this are nowhere fucking near as good right? Yeah its just metal but theh spend hours and hours and hours finishing by hand and that’s not even considering designing. The lange 1815 tourbillon is rhe only tourbillon in the world with hacking and has a zero reset built in, and every facet is hand polished to a black polish. That’s what you’re paying for.

You can buy tourbillons for 1500$. They are garbage.

It is EXTREMELY costly to produce a watch.

@@melody3741 Please... don't give me that justification. Granted a pot-metal Timex Weekender isn't going to be on the same level as a watch costing a few hundreds of dollars. But with my background in watches, I learned long ago that the ones costing as much as a decent-sized house, you're paying nearly everything for the name on the dial. Sorry, by a few expertly done swirl marks on the inside; and lines cut evenly into a rotor don't even remotely justify the price-tag. You're paying for the name. Paying to flex. Paying to show off a status symbol. I used to think like you. But when I travel to Manhattan and I see a "nice" watch on a guy's wrist, I see someone who just looks silly. Even if they have the money to throw away, it shows a lack of good sense. Money that could have been invested FAR more wisely.

Richard Mille also isnt timeless

come on, go for a AP, PP or VC. If you like to explore then go for a grand Seiko. spend I little more. Those are on a different level of watch making.

@@kevinji7285 exactly! RM is overrated and reminds me of something you get with a happy meal.

@@kevinji7285 those are nice. But check out the specs on the Omega Chrono Moonphase. That is a high level watch. But if I had unlimited funds it would be a Lange & Sonh

@@kevinji7285 let's say an Aquanaut or even better a Nautilus from PP... I would choose anyday, one of those, but my wallet says Omega Seamaster 300.

British Petroleum doesn't make watches at all bro...

@@spicydiarrhea5662 LOL. good one :0)))

Yesss, Was that called a factory!!

yasir shaikh And you are an idiot that does not know what he is talking about!

Look at the Jacob & co astronomia collection they are amazing watches for a bargain of under 1 million.

Patex philippe.y Vacheron Constantin the best watch the wold more better the rolex

i'll better buy apple watch

#*coughs in rolex*#

Patek minute repeaters cost over a mil

@@andrewwilliams3524 noone asked fella

@@ommokashi why are you mentioning Rolex? they only make pretty basic movements and they don't have any watch that retails at $150k

Won't lie, I was disappointed with the video. I was hoping for more

They've been around for more than 300 years. If it looks complex to build one with nowadays tools, just imagine how hard it was back then 🤯

@@stage8790 I've had a mechanical watch once ..it was with that tight spring that made the watch worked .. which of the two works better ? the one with coiled spring or with the quartz alone?

@@stage8790 I remember back then I had to shake the watch so that the spring would coil smaller for the watch to continue running .. will it be the same quartz powered? need to be shaken off to provide the watch its life?

@@mckdgz4994 If you want a watch that is accurate and will need almost no maintenance, a quartz piece works best. If you value mechanical mechanisms with centuries of heritage and a smooth sweeping second hand then a mechanical watch is for you. In my opinion I think the mechanical watch is one with a lot of soul. Watches that beat at high frequency especially have a seconds hand that glides as if to show the smooth passage of time. You also don't need to fiddle with a battery every few years. However, they both have their distinct advantages and disadvantages. Mechanical watches are considered fragile compared to their quartz counterparts which are more robust by their nature. No need to worry about knocking gears and wearing out springs in a quartz. Unless you use a high frequency quartz movement, then you're stuck with the tick tock of a seconds hand that you hope will line up with the seconds line.

@@stage8790 a quartz watch isn’t a mechanical watch and requires a battery.

For a lot of luxury watches, the assembly process for the actual watch mechanism is a company secret. Sure, you could break a watch open to find out how it fits together, but that won't tell you exactly *how* it works, unless you're already a high-level watch maker.

@@spareumbrella8477thats beside the point. The title is 'how its made' and they merely showed the assembly process which, by the by, you say is secret!?

@@johnnyseagull29 They didn't show you the actual watch mechanism being put together, just the finishing touches, by the looks of things. Presumably the stuff they did show you is fairly common knowledge in the watch industry, but they didn't show you how that particular watch ticks or how the cogs work. That's the stuff I would surmise is a company secret.

Exactly! It makes you wonder about the rest of the quality.

most likely the water itself has air, with how expensive these are I doubt they would fail at all.

Its been two months, but, the main spring delivers the power to the watch. The rotor and the winding of the crown winds the main spring. The Tourbillion is a rotating balance escapement, that is rotating a full turn every minute, thus couteracting (on average) the influence of wrist movement, shocks and most importantly, gravity on the acurracy of the movement.

The rotor on the movement powers the watch. The tourbillon was developed to counter the effects of gravity on watches when they spend long periods of time in one position. They were used in clocks and pocket watches. They are pretty much useless in wristwatches that move all the time and are basically used to show off how skilled a watch maker is because they are very complicated to make.

@@Jabber-ig3iw unless you have an old Patek where it only says tourbillon at the dial without it even being visible🤣 thats when you know a brand is legendary

Back in the day, the americans were very protectionistic when it came to watches. There were swiss watches on par with great american brands like Hamilton. Elgin, Waltham etc, but due to very high taxes they were not competitive in America. The only swiss watches sold were very cheap watches and very expensive ones like Patek Philippe, Breguet and Vacheron Constantin.

Still better than my Dora the explorer watch 😝

A tourbillon is utterly useless in a wristwatch, it’s just a way for watchmakers to show off how skilled they are( nothing wrong with that) it’s pretty much the ultimate watch complication.

Not Jason Statham

@@ichabodon ‘Twas sarcasm my friend.

Northern accent, Jasons is South......

@@jamesblonde2271 Sarcasm must only be a functional comedy where I’m from. Many seem to have taken me seriously on this comment.

@@AlexanderBoothe I realissed it was a joke , just didn't get it, all gd

Likely bubbles from behind the watch that rose up as it was like 1 singular bubble

@@tommyq374 I dunno man if you watch it the bubbles look like there coming out of the encasement and it's more than 1 bubble.

@@Dabsfordays3 nah the bubbles only start when he spins it its only bubbles trapped beneath it escaping, would be more bubbles if it was a leak in the case, it was just sealed highly doubt it would be leaking already and highly doubt if it was that they would use the footage of a faulty watch

@@tommyq374 that's very true I stand corrected.

Someone told me the cost to make those watches was twenty dollars so he would never spend more than that for one.

I repair 120 + years old watches regularly, and they are still working fine.

Normally you service it every 2-3 years. But they should last longer than you.

@@tonyjohnson3717 depends, of you don't want to fuck every screw in ur watch up probb 5-7 years would be better

Tyler Williams BUM DUM TSSSSSS

Its mechanical, they probably put it in a bag of rice and then sell it again

@@pierreuntel1970 "since it's been water damage we can take off 17 bucks"

It is obvious that you know nothing about water test a watch. They don't use water for the test.

@@decalco1373 say that again?