Blancpain Tourbillion Mechanical Watch - Assembly & Testing

[roccotool]

Why wear a watch that 10 million other people have? And why waste money on batteries and new watches over a number of years? Find a good vintage one with jewels and you will be unique. Wear it for decades.

[THE16THPHANTOM]

$150.000 are you insane... i can buy a house with that kind of money.

[Nebraskahusker23]

@THE16THPHANTOM That's actually pretty inexpensive as far as tourbillons go.

[Desmonddd2002]

@THE16THPHANTOM that watch is probably more well-built than any US houses as well as able to hold its value better.

cheers.

[Kg277]

9:41 - 9:42 There is one bubble! Look closely on the right side of the screen, more or less.

[Kg277]

7:45 porn stars don't need to worry about winding their watches!

[Kg277]

@Kg277 sounds like porn music..

[Kg277]

All these parts are made on CNC machines which are built in China anyways. Parts aren't hand-made like in the 18th and 19th centuries.

[Kg277]

why do they store parts in a liquid solution??

[Kg277]

0:01 "FFFFTTTTTHHHHHHroughout the 19th century..."

Over-enthusiastic narrator. 

[Kg277]

worthless-shit-fer-brainz watches with moving parts break and are not accurate like electronic timepieces..!

[Kg277]

What a waste of resources. All this trouble for an inferior watch that has bad accuracy. Quartz accuracy can't be beat by mechanical movements.. My cheap $12.95 Casio has more functions, is more durable, and far more accurate than anything the swiss industry can produce with mechanics.

[hifisapi]

@Kg277 you miss the point of owning fine mechanical watches completely

[screamosux]

@Kg277 Actually, the average quartz movement will not last more than 5-10 years. Buying 5-10 watches which will use at least double that in batteries which you will then throw away is much more of a waste of resources than buying a mechanical watch that will last for centuries (given it's regularly serviced).

[Kg277]

@screamosux No, the cost of regular servicing and cleaning will still cost much more than the yearly 1.99 battery change. I have a $25 casio I still have, and this was made in the late 70's early 80's. So far that's about 30 years. I don't see why I won't get another 30 years from it. But we shall see!

[screamosux]

@Kg277 The older quartz watches were better made, actually. But my point was that more material is used in the long run on a quartz watch than on a maintained mechanical (especially older ones).

I don't quite understand your reasoning for saying mechanicals are 'inferior' and have 'bad accuracy'. The American railroad-approved watches from 100+ years ago had to be accurate to <±30 seconds a week, and they run just as accurately over a century later. I know this because I service them.

[pitskunk]

@Kg277 What a waste of intelligence. All this brain for an inferior comment that has bad analysis. My stupid 12 years old redneck cousin has more relevancy than anything you can produce.

[strychninecologne]

@Kg277 this is basically comparable to saying you would rather buy a mass-produced paper poster of a supermodel than a "shitty quality" 1800s painting of some old guy, aka pretty much missing the point like hifisapi said

[joey7253]

@Kg277 You are seriously retarded. Should probably go to see a doctor.

[Vot63]

@Kg277 In life the journey is far more important than the arrival. It's not so much what you do that's important as how you do it. A mechanical watch tells the time with 99% accuracy using mechanical advantage, constructed with supreme ingenuity and powered by a mere twist of the thumb and forefinger. If you don't think that that's the stuff of wonder and amazement you have no appreciation of life.

[finaldestinyx]

@Kg277 i agree with hifisapi you completely miss the point. and also, whats the point of painting or drawing then? isn't it just easier to take a picture? Next time, think before you say something

[Kg277]

What a waste of resources. All this trouble for an inferior watch that has bad accuracy. Quartz accuracy can't be beat by mechanical movements..

[pistofoglu]

Nice video.

[Scalibutali503]

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[Scalibutali503]

thats cool

[MarcusW1234]

9:40 ..... if bubbles appeared it would signify a leak xD

[MarcusW1234]

0.0 these people are ridiculously skilled, i would have destroyed it after about a second,,,

[zhangvict1]

it is so fucking beautiful

[picaticatara]

id buy them if they had no precious metals, jewels of quartz, shitty stainless steel gears. why dont they make really cheap watches this why?

[1D0N]

Now I know where "Time Is Money" originated from...

[i0nPuNk182]

i have been mindfucked

[supernoodleful]

i want to learn how to do this. And then I want to make my own watches.

[pspmastergame]

Good WatchMaker, Real gold, and hand-crafted equals the money to buy a good house ._.

[foxysham]

Yawn, but would it work on the moon ?

[faetkd]

@foxysham Actually some watches can and every astronaut wears a watch.

[zcar300]

@foxysham Look up the omega speedmaster.

[starfaery]

Aren't the mechaical watch, safer to wear during thunderstorms? and what about the automatic and sun driven (ecodriven) ones?

[zcar300]

@starfaery The watch you're wearing has no effect on your safety in a thunderstorm. The watch in this video is an automatic in that it winds it's self with the movement of the rotor. Solar (ecodrive and others) watches are electronic and mass produced. Little effort goes into their production.

[Maxshard]

I'm glad it's so expensive, it's worth it after all that individual attention from watchmakers with the skill of brain surgeons.

[TestrisMan]

my god i was expecting the price to be around 15,000-40,000 but 150,000 is rediculous

[killmeh2]

@TestrisMan rediculous — that's why you can't afford 150,000 watch, retard!

[quang1963]

Good tool , good watchmaker . But too EXPENSIVE .

[Hamilton940]

Great Video

[richfilmswales]

amazing video.