@furiogt1 If you have to ask, too much. Especially if you're the kind of person who leaves caps lock on all the time. Google it and you find it's around 3 to 4..... HUNDRED THOUSAND :O
its very simple: if you don't have the kinda money to buy such an impractical feature/instrument you're not in that category of people. Some buy exotic cars, some buy art, some buy wine. Don't be a hater and appreciate it for what it is.
@wongtim12 Well Put! I agree, there will always be people doing better than you. Better to enjoy what you have. I will never be able to afford a watch like this, but I can still appreciate seeing it here - and I am sure there are plenty of others who feel envious of what I have. Better not to compare - you will become either prideful or bitter.
pretty cool looking, like a gee-whiz gizmo of a day- long since gone the way of the passe. Amazing technical achievement, no question, but now it's a prestigue thing, as a selling point. Probably cost more to repair than a Lamborghini Countach. Or Magnum P.I's Ferrari. Excuse me, Robin Master's Ferrari. Thank you, Higgins.
@guitartec thing is that they are more than accurate for day to day use and time keeping, they might loose a second or two a day but not enough that you would notice in day to day use. They are basically art pieces though, nobody spending 50k on a gyrotourbillion chrono isn't going to switch to plain roles because it's a tenth of a second more accurate a week, the differences are so minute they dnt really come not play.
I totally get the "art" part of this style of movement, but does anyone know how come manufacturers don't typically tout their accuracy other than saying "that's what these movements are all about?
I know quartz atomic watches and cell phone clocks are a tough act to follow, but you'd think, for the money they get for one of these babies, at least one of these Swiss Watchmakers would want to get into accuracy comparisons and/or stats.
Its ART.... in one of it's most purest forms, Coming from the mind of a brilliant artist / watch maker.
It's not the necessity but the ability and the beauty of the end result that is achieved through higher thinking.processes to do something that has all ready been done But,in a whole new way! ART! I like it!......Edb Nelso z
@Kg277 not toy, gimmick yes, It is part of the watch that is part of the movement, was it necessary? no. but then does anyone really need to have an expensive anything from $200+? when a $25 Casio Quartz can cell time? it's in the eye of the beerholder. Some like to drive Mercedes and won't be cause dead driving a Honda (sister-in-law) some (me) would not want to buy a car that cost more than two cars...cause I'd just use the money to get a fleet of Civics
@Kg277 not toy, gimmick yes, It is part of the watch that is part of the movement, was it necessary? no. but then does anyone really need to have an expensive anything from $200+? when a $25 Casio Quartz can cell time? it's in the eye of the beerholder. Some like to drive Mercedes and won't be cause dead driving a Honda (sister-in-law) some (like me) would not want to buy a car that cost more than two cars...cause I'd just use the money to get a fleet of Civics. I'm ghetto like that =)
anyone know if you could make this to scale but 10 times the size? eg... could you make one the size of a basketball and it still work in say a grandfather clock?
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i would like to make this watches out of non-expensive materials, not gold and shit! its just that everyone must be able to feel their awesomeness and stop bitching about how rich they look.
@malvarez1991 watches are often made of solid metals, whether it is gold, platinum or steel. They use alloys, so the gold with usually be 18ct so that it is harder wearing. Top end watches are never plated.
@ThePumpus This is due to bph/vph and nothing to do with the craftsmanship. Don't forget you're looking at this magnified several times it;s normal size.
@ThePumpus The only watches that would go really smooth are either the seiko springdrives or some electrical wall clocks.
Usual watchs are driven by a wheel swing @ 21 or 28 (most of current usual watches) or 36k beats (seiko hi beats, some Zenith El Primero etc) per hour, that is roughly one move every 1/6 or 1/10th of a second.
That tourbillon is oe of the finest examples you will find, besides accelerated videos.
There is nothing wrong with being wealthy in as much as being poor is a sin. People need to relax. What the wealthy do with their money is up to the individual.
@MyBaldMom Well said!! People think I'm crazy for owning as many watches as I do, "Why do you need more than one watch?" they say. I have everything from fashion watches to a one of a kind Bulgari tourbillon, I love them all so much, they are a testament to mans creativity and ingenuity
@MyBaldMom That's a very odd thing to take as a given. It is certainly, to paraphrase, no great honor to be poor. But it takes a great deal of conviction to assume the powerlessness of the poor is illusory. In the year since you wrote that, the poor have begun to move in those few dimensions where the power of an individual cannot be inflated by money... and such as hold your view have lost their equanimity. Dance for us.
The point is to put it crudely there are some very wealthy people whose life is so comfortable that they could not give a damn about those who are suffering.
Last year i went to the Monaco Grand Prix and the wealth on display was eye opening.
The famous Swiss Watch manufacturers cater for the seriously wealthy with hand crafted watches.
A Blancpain Grand Complication retails for well in excess of £600,000 and there is a waiting list such is the demand for that model.
I very sorry to inform you that some factories in China ARE making tourbillon for Switzerland. Some says that are even more accurate. Because Switzerland externalized the fabrication of many parts. Since the chinese realized that they were able to make good parts, they decided to buy watches, break them to see what's in there and began to copy them. You can have ETA, Valjoux movements. The result is so close to the original (1/10 th less expensive) that you cannot really call these watch fake.
your wrong you can get a fake from CHINA ,and yes they may have well made their own as it could then sell for upwards of £500,000.00 still only copying, no inorvating in China
By any statistical reckoning there'd have to be more bright people in China than, say, in Australia where I come from. And Australians have done some remarkable clever work. Why would anybody want to insult the Chinese in particular?
@patrickcorliss There are plenty of reasons to insult the chinese. Massproducing low quality stuff is one, rampant censoring another. And yes, they probably have lots of clever people but it would be misleading at best to say that the country was full of them.
If one has money to buy a tourbillon what would he buy. There are like thousands of these out there, each with its own charactersitics. If I had to buy one it would took me more than a year to decide which one to buy. :D
why do watches like this cost so much, I really dont see this watch costing that much to make, they are just little pieces of metal, this is 2010 no? you can buy yourself a plane with that much which is much more sophisticated and complex, this truely cost more to make than a airplane?
The toubillion is a mechanical novelty! What are you talking about? I'm with you on the not impoving time keeping but hardly a novelty. Read up! Also no other movement is as beautiful!
Yeah, I have been repairing expensive watches for thirty years and even a rich guy doesn't want to spend several thousand to fix his watch! I know this from experience!
Just because it can be done .....doesn't mean it should be done! The toubillion is a mechanical novelty! It doesn't improve time keeping enough to off set the intial cost to buy it and the inevitable subsequent cost to servise it!
I will gladly accept the positional errors of a few seconds a day in a conventional Patek!
@ithicaplasma That was originally the idea which lead Breguet to develop the tourbillion. Breguet made the assumption that it would make the watch more accurate based on the science available at that time (obviously, dated), and he himself stated that it did not meed his expectations. Aside from introducing more parts to fail in a watch, it really does not make a watch more accurate. It is only used as a selling point and eye-candy these days. If you want accuracy, get a marine chronometer.
The first watchmaker to actually come up with the Tourbillon notion was Breguet in the 19th century. Since then, they've been making up to quadruple Tourbillons (which I think is insanely complex) !
I imagine we could just motorize a bunch of irrelevant parts to spin around in a gyro...and they would just have nothing to do with the actual function of the watch.
But it would definitely take out the majesty of this device.
Accuracy on these can be as good as half a sec./week but usually it's about 1sec/3-4 Days in the 1000-10000€ price range. But on the other hand, you don't buy this watches for accuracy...
if they replicate this it won't be our typical decent priced rep. It'll be released to like 4 dealers hidden deep. And like 5k each. It's a TOUGH movement to follow.
@tuchitochi: well, it is a watch, but it's mostly a work of art (that's why the turbillon is visible)... the people who buy stuff like that don't care at all if their watch will lose a third of a sec in 5 days. unfortunately this is mostly a status symbol and a "van goghs portrait to wear". if i could, i would not wait a sec to buy one... even if it's inaccurate ;)
Ohh if you're not in a country which has a watchmaker-school in it it's quite dificult..Sry mate..I love this tourbillon.I've seen it live 2 weeks ago...(By Jaeger le coultre in val des Joux, Switzerland) It don't matters how accurate these Mouvements are..If you wanna own an accurate one go get an atomical watch. ( In 10 000 she has a deviance of only one sec)
It's called the market and unless you produce an alternative with more credibility than Engel's and his cohort did then I'll thank you to remain quiet!... but I know you won't ;-) no hard feelings.
Screw the starving people, this movement is fantastic! Soulless, excessive, debaucherous consumerism is where it's at!! Oh yes, and the comment about it being a marvelous feat of engineering acheivement and ingenuity holds plenty of water. Should the Sydney Opera House, Notre Dame, or Angor Wot never have been built because money could have been diverted elsewhere. Human acheviement is dependent on investment, money, and incentive.
"What good is this when theres starving people in the world?" Well, put down your $6 soy latte and get the heads of these crooken African governments out of office, and there wont be any starving people there.
This is a watch video, what the hell are you idiots doing here anyways? Go kiss animals on the mouth and pray to your obama, he will get rid of all the wealth in the world (except his)
For all those asking what is the point of a spherical tourbillon when there are starving people in the world- the point is a feat of engineering, design, and craftsmanship. This is a mechanism to mount an escapement assembly to maximize the art and beauty of the timepiece. It's the difference between a white popcorn treatment and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Does this feed humanity- yes! This is food for the spirit not the stomach. You don't have to own one to benefit.
People should do as they wish with their money HOWEVER.
Improving impoverished peoples Is more spiritual gain than you could ever get from a ludicrously expensive watch with arguably effective technology.
Your "benifit" is shallow that is a watch, fellow humans suffer and all you can think about is justifying NOT feeding them and improving their situation.
@VeloceManiac Why spend time on Youtube? How are you "feeding people" by sitting in front of your arguably effective computer sniping at people who like art? You may think you demonstrate some moral highground here but you are just a Youtube troll and a hypocrite who is not feeding anybody and not advancing humankind through art or technology or even through simple good manners on the internet. If you want to make the world better, work on yourself first.
Your accusations of youtube troll are Basic defensive behaviour and
Activisim on any level of media exposure is important you know that i know that, i feed the hungry in the streets every week, that does not make me better than anyone else but you made a bold statment that is not true and opinoins like that poision minds and keep stomachs empty. Accuse me of being a troll and sniper then telling me my maners are not in order. I pity you
@VeloceManiac@VeloceManiac I don't pity you a bit. I just think you're another anonymous internet troll who equates activism with engaging in your own comfy little hobbies (ie bothering people who comment on watches) as opposed to risking something for what you purport to believe in. Risk your life, get arrested a few times- then maybe you can call yourself an activist. Trolling Youtube doesn't even count as active, never mind activism.
@VeloceManiac I think your missing the point entirely with regards to missaliassobriquets statement, Which is basically that it is the wealthy that drives invention, that creates the demand for new and innovative ideas, these ideas will eventualy filter down to the poor who can benefit greatly from it. everything from the drinking well to the passenger airplane was initially designed for the super rich and now poor people everywhere are benefiting from that. whats your problem with that?
@MissAliasSobriquet Yep, many of the great historical works of art were commisioned for the rich. The average trash is trashed and forgotten. I'm glad we humans aren't totally rational and empithetical. Would make for a dull range of art and technology.
@MissAliasSobriquet Art and beauty? The point of tourbillon mechanism is to maximize the accuracy of the clock mechanism. The mechanism rotating in 3 dimensions, instead of 2 probably adds more to it.
It neutralizes the effect of gravity. The bottom line is that it's completely unnecessary for timekeeping itself, and the whole purpose is to produce something complicated and expensive.
you're absolutly right, Tourbillons are completly pointless on a wrist watch, they were designed for pocket watches. Now with automatic movement on wristwatch, you can get high precision watches ( around +- 4 seconds a day) without a tourbillon. However, if your watch is always in the vertical position for some reason (like pocket watch) then a tourbillon helps correcting the effect of gravity.
Maybe if the astronaut lives with his mom and dad and spent a "mortgage" on a watch which is impossible. No bank is going to give somebody a personal loan of over a quarter million dollars. Besides...credit is fucking retarded...that is the best way to make you broke. You will always be working for the stuff you havent payed for yet, instead of working for yourself. Use cash buddy. Except for a house.... if you cant pay cash for it, you dont need it.
Listen friends , forget the CO2 crap and look at mechanical watches as works of brilliant engineering. It takes hundreds of months for a caliber engineer to come up with a new mechanical caliber. These are the most amazing ways to account for the non linear time. It is pure brilliance and art. Too bad is only for a very few amount of luck individuals. Quartz watches are ok for the rest of the not so lucky rest. If I had the money I would not hesitate.
perhaps the finest of craft by the hand of man
nachocousin 2 days ago
Thanks!
viptimekeeper 3 days ago
That's incredible. Thanks!
BobTascione 6 days ago
i enjoyed this vid
bribribri56 1 week ago
whaat does it do.......
chrisharcoan 1 month ago
This is the definition of perfection.
aburguete 1 month ago
Thank god I can't afford one of these, I would start staring and never go to work againg
metalcuba 1 month ago
Magnifique
ganimed1976 2 months ago
WHAT IS THE PRICE???
furiogt1 3 months ago
@furiogt1 If you have to ask, too much. Especially if you're the kind of person who leaves caps lock on all the time. Google it and you find it's around 3 to 4..... HUNDRED THOUSAND :O
ebouwman034 2 months ago
Looks like the wormhole machine in Contact the movie. I'd take the watch over Jodie Foster and use it to lure alien pooni.
Tobybensimon 3 months ago
Hermoso y maravilloso...yo quiero uno de esos
dpassapera01 3 months ago
That is fantastic. What a piece of art...
ElizaAcheron 4 months ago
its very simple: if you don't have the kinda money to buy such an impractical feature/instrument you're not in that category of people. Some buy exotic cars, some buy art, some buy wine. Don't be a hater and appreciate it for what it is.
wongtim12 5 months ago 2
@wongtim12 Well Put! I agree, there will always be people doing better than you. Better to enjoy what you have. I will never be able to afford a watch like this, but I can still appreciate seeing it here - and I am sure there are plenty of others who feel envious of what I have. Better not to compare - you will become either prideful or bitter.
RebelKnightCSA 2 months ago
pretty cool looking, like a gee-whiz gizmo of a day- long since gone the way of the passe. Amazing technical achievement, no question, but now it's a prestigue thing, as a selling point. Probably cost more to repair than a Lamborghini Countach. Or Magnum P.I's Ferrari. Excuse me, Robin Master's Ferrari. Thank you, Higgins.
imayberight8 5 months ago
I came.
thelastlaughful 5 months ago
Plain roles rather
phrenzy1 6 months ago
@guitartec thing is that they are more than accurate for day to day use and time keeping, they might loose a second or two a day but not enough that you would notice in day to day use. They are basically art pieces though, nobody spending 50k on a gyrotourbillion chrono isn't going to switch to plain roles because it's a tenth of a second more accurate a week, the differences are so minute they dnt really come not play.
phrenzy1 6 months ago
I totally get the "art" part of this style of movement, but does anyone know how come manufacturers don't typically tout their accuracy other than saying "that's what these movements are all about?
I know quartz atomic watches and cell phone clocks are a tough act to follow, but you'd think, for the money they get for one of these babies, at least one of these Swiss Watchmakers would want to get into accuracy comparisons and/or stats.
guitartec 6 months ago
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this is not bad:
triple axis tourbillon(without bearings). Hungarian made, Áron Becsei.
Its Amazing!
youtube.com/watch?v=R4Hpda8rv7E
kelemencsaba 6 months ago
someone should make this in lego
OzPricey 7 months ago
Its ART.... in one of it's most purest forms, Coming from the mind of a brilliant artist / watch maker.
It's not the necessity but the ability and the beauty of the end result that is achieved through higher thinking.processes to do something that has all ready been done But,in a whole new way! ART! I like it!......Edb Nelso z
eddWeed 7 months ago
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stupid toy gimmicks
Kg277 8 months ago
@Kg277 not toy, gimmick yes, It is part of the watch that is part of the movement, was it necessary? no. but then does anyone really need to have an expensive anything from $200+? when a $25 Casio Quartz can cell time? it's in the eye of the beerholder. Some like to drive Mercedes and won't be cause dead driving a Honda (sister-in-law) some (me) would not want to buy a car that cost more than two cars...cause I'd just use the money to get a fleet of Civics
Mikenopolis 8 months ago
@Kg277 not toy, gimmick yes, It is part of the watch that is part of the movement, was it necessary? no. but then does anyone really need to have an expensive anything from $200+? when a $25 Casio Quartz can cell time? it's in the eye of the beerholder. Some like to drive Mercedes and won't be cause dead driving a Honda (sister-in-law) some (like me) would not want to buy a car that cost more than two cars...cause I'd just use the money to get a fleet of Civics. I'm ghetto like that =)
Mikenopolis 8 months ago
Thank goodness the video was short! I could have stared at that beautiful thing all damn day.
utnacmit 8 months ago 28
@utnacmit I wont give you the link to the JLC website, they have it going non stop at different angles!
dustytretch 5 months ago
@dustytretch I'm looking for it as you read this.
utnacmit 5 months ago
Way to go Harry sk tan you took a video you dooshebag
fishfrizbee 9 months ago
What happened to good old ticking?
sclogse1 9 months ago
@sclogse1 It never existed in mechanical wristwatches anyway.
dziltener 7 months ago
anyone know if you could make this to scale but 10 times the size? eg... could you make one the size of a basketball and it still work in say a grandfather clock?
goemp 9 months ago
@goemp Absolutely. It would take time and be very costly, but it can absolutely be done.
screamosux 7 months ago
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212fannieFindlay33 9 months ago
Just genius!
jfdomega 10 months ago
I want one NOW
(just to show off at the plant ! …)
vincent7520 10 months ago
Very Pretty.
MumblinBerk 10 months ago
god!!!! i really want one of those precious master pieces o god im so jealous!
TheDusk44 11 months ago
@DaReggaeMAN77 150,000?!!! where?!! thats like 1/4 of the price of this masterpiece... they sell for at least 400,000
cfwhu 1 year ago
Made in china! Lol nice watch
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vid009 1 year ago
i might sell my moms house and buy it
talltomp 1 year ago
Is there any info out there on how this works?
JustWonderingHowToDo 1 year ago
it probably wont be too long before 3D printers could make one of those fully assembled.
illustriouschin 1 year ago
Good value for $350,000.
I want one.
alpal2002 1 year ago
i would like to make this watches out of non-expensive materials, not gold and shit! its just that everyone must be able to feel their awesomeness and stop bitching about how rich they look.
rikisaltacorp 1 year ago
@rikisaltacorp
timepieces are never made of solid gold. they're just plated.
and even then a stainless steel time tourbillon with know jewels would still cost a small fortune just because of the complexity of making one.
malvarez1991 1 year ago
@malvarez1991 watches are often made of solid metals, whether it is gold, platinum or steel. They use alloys, so the gold with usually be 18ct so that it is harder wearing. Top end watches are never plated.
bob22bob 1 year ago
no mames wey k chido esta tu wacho!!
walfredstw 1 year ago
Tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic
jatigre1 1 year ago
World's most expensive watches
youtube.com/watch?v=TD-iaMpqOZY
Vezunchik87 1 year ago
brilliant !!!
nirvana613 1 year ago
That is steampunk :) nice nice
grimmer2005 1 year ago
@grimmer2005 its not even close to steampunk wtf
Cptheadstomp420 5 months ago
A true tourbillion moves fluidly in a smooth manner. This one's craftsmanship is a disgrace as it jitters along.
ThePumpus 1 year ago
@ThePumpus This is due to bph/vph and nothing to do with the craftsmanship. Don't forget you're looking at this magnified several times it;s normal size.
AVintageWatch 1 year ago
@ThePumpus The only watches that would go really smooth are either the seiko springdrives or some electrical wall clocks.
Usual watchs are driven by a wheel swing @ 21 or 28 (most of current usual watches) or 36k beats (seiko hi beats, some Zenith El Primero etc) per hour, that is roughly one move every 1/6 or 1/10th of a second.
That tourbillon is oe of the finest examples you will find, besides accelerated videos.
houna67 1 year ago
amazing beauty.....
deranagoyajin 1 year ago
If i owned one of these I would not get any work done, i'd just sit staring at all day......it's beautiful, a mechanical geeks wet dream?
Oh well guess I'll have to make do with my oris classic's sellita 200w movement. Cheap but cheerful.
aberdeendeltaforce 1 year ago
insanely brilliant
nirvana613 1 year ago
There is nothing wrong with being wealthy in as much as being poor is a sin. People need to relax. What the wealthy do with their money is up to the individual.
MyBaldMom 1 year ago 9
@MyBaldMom Well said!! People think I'm crazy for owning as many watches as I do, "Why do you need more than one watch?" they say. I have everything from fashion watches to a one of a kind Bulgari tourbillon, I love them all so much, they are a testament to mans creativity and ingenuity
EpiphoneArchtopLover 2 weeks ago
@MyBaldMom That's a very odd thing to take as a given. It is certainly, to paraphrase, no great honor to be poor. But it takes a great deal of conviction to assume the powerlessness of the poor is illusory. In the year since you wrote that, the poor have begun to move in those few dimensions where the power of an individual cannot be inflated by money... and such as hold your view have lost their equanimity. Dance for us.
metamaterial 2 weeks ago
The point is to put it crudely there are some very wealthy people whose life is so comfortable that they could not give a damn about those who are suffering.
Last year i went to the Monaco Grand Prix and the wealth on display was eye opening.
The famous Swiss Watch manufacturers cater for the seriously wealthy with hand crafted watches.
A Blancpain Grand Complication retails for well in excess of £600,000 and there is a waiting list such is the demand for that model.
llandudnoboy 1 year ago 2
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Great piece of work...
Hoodeene 1 year ago
Amazing ROLLS-ROYCE Watches with 2 Gyrotourbillons
youtube.com/watch?v=TD-iaMpqOZY
Vezunchik87 1 year ago
What is the price of one of these?
doormagic 1 year ago
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Go on eBay and type:
270581434281
in the search field.
There's one for sale at 319k !!!!
ve2zzz 1 year ago
King of Tourbis.
11purplemoon 1 year ago
I very sorry to inform you that some factories in China ARE making tourbillon for Switzerland. Some says that are even more accurate. Because Switzerland externalized the fabrication of many parts. Since the chinese realized that they were able to make good parts, they decided to buy watches, break them to see what's in there and began to copy them. You can have ETA, Valjoux movements. The result is so close to the original (1/10 th less expensive) that you cannot really call these watch fake.
sibanak8888 1 year ago
your wrong you can get a fake from CHINA ,and yes they may have well made their own as it could then sell for upwards of £500,000.00 still only copying, no inorvating in China
tephedlukewarm 1 year ago
@tephedlukewarm China's Innovateion, is there ability to copy and market there sub-par quality crap in the world market
soloassault 1 year ago
@tephedlukewarm Sorry, but if you think there's no innovation in a nation of more than a billion very clever people you are deluded.
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss If you believe that there are a BILLION bright people in china you are the deluded one.
qwasdninja 1 year ago
@qwasdninja
By any statistical reckoning there'd have to be more bright people in China than, say, in Australia where I come from. And Australians have done some remarkable clever work. Why would anybody want to insult the Chinese in particular?
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss There are plenty of reasons to insult the chinese. Massproducing low quality stuff is one, rampant censoring another. And yes, they probably have lots of clever people but it would be misleading at best to say that the country was full of them.
qwasdninja 1 year ago
@qwasdninja
And just as misleading to say there was no innovation . . .
which is where I came in.
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
@patrickcorliss
Lack of respect for the enviroment and international law.
Severe lack of humanitarian rights.
ZERO quality control that regularly translates to DEATHS.
Over zealous use of the death penalty
Lack of general freedoms as mentioned.
VeloceManiac 1 year ago
If you believe in the theory of evolution slap yourself.
Or admit that there is a possible that this watch could have produced itself, then slap yourself again.
RespectMyHate 1 year ago
Beauty!
hotohori529 1 year ago
Beauty!
hotohori529 1 year ago
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Bas and Lokes Straps makes exquisite custom straps for these watches.
BasAndLokes 1 year ago
that takes amazing skill to make. awesome!
DonFrankos 1 year ago
If one has money to buy a tourbillon what would he buy. There are like thousands of these out there, each with its own charactersitics. If I had to buy one it would took me more than a year to decide which one to buy. :D
2076273 1 year ago
I bought one of these gyros. Its cool
Merk0 1 year ago
Featuring that this particular watch costs about $350-400,000 I kind of doubt it.
rolexgmtfan 1 year ago
why do watches like this cost so much, I really dont see this watch costing that much to make, they are just little pieces of metal, this is 2010 no? you can buy yourself a plane with that much which is much more sophisticated and complex, this truely cost more to make than a airplane?
thehotsixer 1 year ago
can any one tell me the names of top class watch manufacturers. THE BEST ones!!!
2076273 1 year ago
Audemars Piguet, Patek Phillipe, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet
dracoandredi 1 year ago
@2076273 Patek Phillipe, look no further.
SetOfAllReals 1 year ago
The toubillion is a mechanical novelty! What are you talking about? I'm with you on the not impoving time keeping but hardly a novelty. Read up! Also no other movement is as beautiful!
Gambit58 2 years ago
Yeah, I have been repairing expensive watches for thirty years and even a rich guy doesn't want to spend several thousand to fix his watch! I know this from experience!
Just because it can be done .....doesn't mean it should be done! The toubillion is a mechanical novelty! It doesn't improve time keeping enough to off set the intial cost to buy it and the inevitable subsequent cost to servise it!
I will gladly accept the positional errors of a few seconds a day in a conventional Patek!
EFISHANT 2 years ago
How easy do ya think that can break when the watch suffers an impact - and what do ya think it costs to fix when it inevitably does break!
That's a lot of technology for a miniscule improvement in time keeping!
Not very practical!
EFISHANT 2 years ago
I totally agree... If it were for a static clock, I would see the point, but then again a static clock doesn't need a tourbillon...
darthmamdouh 2 years ago
If you want practical things, buy 15$ electronic watches, don't even look at mechanical movements.
darkcg79 2 years ago
how the hell did someone come up with that, and figure out how to to make it!!!!
scotfreak 2 years ago
Perfect
kallemtrash 2 years ago
Great
tourbillonwatches 2 years ago
God !!
beaugosseblack 2 years ago
Does this balance wheel assembly regulate movement?
Or worthless gimmick?
robertgift 2 years ago
It balances out the effects of having the watch in different positions, making it more accurate. no gimmick
ithicaplasma 2 years ago 9
@ithicaplasma That was originally the idea which lead Breguet to develop the tourbillion. Breguet made the assumption that it would make the watch more accurate based on the science available at that time (obviously, dated), and he himself stated that it did not meed his expectations. Aside from introducing more parts to fail in a watch, it really does not make a watch more accurate. It is only used as a selling point and eye-candy these days. If you want accuracy, get a marine chronometer.
screamosux 7 months ago
The guy who engineered this can make a heart that small...accurate enough to beat like the real deal...
Eckx24 2 years ago 2
The first watchmaker to actually come up with the Tourbillon notion was Breguet in the 19th century. Since then, they've been making up to quadruple Tourbillons (which I think is insanely complex) !
darthmamdouh 2 years ago
I don't think it's possible to fake a tourbillon. If you're capable of faking one, you may as well make and sell it yourself.
wenjilu 2 years ago 66
absolutely true!
SH1974 2 years ago
I imagine we could just motorize a bunch of irrelevant parts to spin around in a gyro...and they would just have nothing to do with the actual function of the watch.
But it would definitely take out the majesty of this device.
elenchus 2 years ago
Chinese can make anything fake, haha.
romanosalvatore 2 years ago
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halnwheels 2 years ago
@wenjilu it's been done :/
xiaopengyou13 1 year ago
@wenjilu Yeah, thats a fair comment. It's not like photocopying a face.
I guess the question would be how lone it would last for.
GenkiStreet 1 year ago
So in a relatively cheap automatic watch, you can expect accuracy of about +/- 5 sec/day (after break-in). How much does this improve it?
vladimir2277 2 years ago
Accuracy on these can be as good as half a sec./week but usually it's about 1sec/3-4 Days in the 1000-10000€ price range. But on the other hand, you don't buy this watches for accuracy...
akimlaszek 2 years ago
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fake
kt8911 2 years ago
hahaha why should it be fake...ive saw this model before its not a fake its just amazing..
musiclover9494 2 years ago
the heck are you talking about????? Why do you say this is fake
frankensteinmoneymac 2 years ago
He said it simply to get the reaction you just gave, nothing more than yet another youtube attention whore.
Almightyrastus 2 years ago 7
Huh.....I thought he was saying just cause he was a freakin' dumbass....LOL!!!!
frankensteinmoneymac 2 years ago
You are a fake !
clo12clo 2 years ago
WOW!!! Now that is NICE!
robbieaoa 2 years ago
if they replicate this it won't be our typical decent priced rep. It'll be released to like 4 dealers hidden deep. And like 5k each. It's a TOUGH movement to follow.
hercules71185 2 years ago 2
have 3 of it
gfhnujt 2 years ago
rich ass stuff
Scyllllla 2 years ago
so many movement on the tourbillon..it;s beautiful watch but sorry to say a $10 battery watch from the markets would be more accurate than that.
you have to spend every 3-5 yrs for maintenance on these type of watches..basically because they lose accuracy that often.
how much is maintenance ? probably about 10-20% the cost of the watch.
tuchitochi 2 years ago
These types of watches are not bought for theire accuracy.
the buyers of these types of things know that.
do you even recognize the work put into these things?
lolcat23 2 years ago 19
most probably don't know...that's the problem
tuchitochi 2 years ago
@tuchitochi: well, it is a watch, but it's mostly a work of art (that's why the turbillon is visible)... the people who buy stuff like that don't care at all if their watch will lose a third of a sec in 5 days. unfortunately this is mostly a status symbol and a "van goghs portrait to wear". if i could, i would not wait a sec to buy one... even if it's inaccurate ;)
alesslak 2 years ago 4
@lolcat23 EXACTLY!!!!
salemcripple 10 months ago
I prefer a muller
KAOSKTRL 2 years ago
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sokobe555 2 years ago
this is fascinating.... watched this vid like 100 times.... and yet again we can see the 98% idiot rate of youtube while reading the comments ;D
windsormagistus 2 years ago
This movement has been done in Lego ages a ago.
Your so far behind
arado240dd 2 years ago
Your or You're?
0boardcertified0 2 years ago
@0boardcertified0 Wow, such economy!
pabdc99 1 year ago
Where can I learn about the mechanics of watches? I am interested in making my own watches one day.
bellaggio1770 2 years ago
Ohh if you're not in a country which has a watchmaker-school in it it's quite dificult..Sry mate..I love this tourbillon.I've seen it live 2 weeks ago...(By Jaeger le coultre in val des Joux, Switzerland) It don't matters how accurate these Mouvements are..If you wanna own an accurate one go get an atomical watch. ( In 10 000 she has a deviance of only one sec)
vollhorst17 2 years ago
It's called the market and unless you produce an alternative with more credibility than Engel's and his cohort did then I'll thank you to remain quiet!... but I know you won't ;-) no hard feelings.
n4292936 2 years ago
Screw the starving people, this movement is fantastic! Soulless, excessive, debaucherous consumerism is where it's at!! Oh yes, and the comment about it being a marvelous feat of engineering acheivement and ingenuity holds plenty of water. Should the Sydney Opera House, Notre Dame, or Angor Wot never have been built because money could have been diverted elsewhere. Human acheviement is dependent on investment, money, and incentive.
n4292936 2 years ago
Well said fellow corporate elitist :D!
YALE RULES!!!
jasonextreme 2 years ago
CalicoatMaker and marcopolodomina,you are right and nobody else can see it.
fullautoarmalite 2 years ago
"What good is this when theres starving people in the world?" Well, put down your $6 soy latte and get the heads of these crooken African governments out of office, and there wont be any starving people there.
This is a watch video, what the hell are you idiots doing here anyways? Go kiss animals on the mouth and pray to your obama, he will get rid of all the wealth in the world (except his)
CalicoatMaker 2 years ago
What good is this when theres starving people in the world?
it's not my ploblem....
marcopolodomina 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This video was almost exciting as watching sand flow through an hourglass.
g3user1usa 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
any quartz watch you can buy at your local supermarket is about 10times more accurate than the best mechanical watch.
this makes even to most complicated tourbouillons a ridiculous piece of engineering.
johnnythomasgubler 2 years ago
i think it's more about the beauty of the feat than the practicality. it's more enjoying to watch than a gray and black panel.
Coffeeeggsbacon 2 years ago 14
ahah you are so intelligent......
but you are gay
marcopolodomina 2 years ago
For all those asking what is the point of a spherical tourbillon when there are starving people in the world- the point is a feat of engineering, design, and craftsmanship. This is a mechanism to mount an escapement assembly to maximize the art and beauty of the timepiece. It's the difference between a white popcorn treatment and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Does this feed humanity- yes! This is food for the spirit not the stomach. You don't have to own one to benefit.
MissAliasSobriquet 2 years ago 60
very nicely said, totally agree.
kontraband11 2 years ago 2
@MissAliasSobriquet
You often do not get great words on youtube..
Salute to you for your comment..
S00rabh 1 year ago
@MissAliasSobriquet Agreed. An apology, for excellence in any field, should never be made.
jensonvaughan 1 year ago
@MissAliasSobriquet
People should do as they wish with their money HOWEVER.
Improving impoverished peoples Is more spiritual gain than you could ever get from a ludicrously expensive watch with arguably effective technology.
Your "benifit" is shallow that is a watch, fellow humans suffer and all you can think about is justifying NOT feeding them and improving their situation.
AND 40 people agreed with you. Tis' A mad world
VeloceManiac 1 year ago
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MissAliasSobriquet 1 year ago
@VeloceManiac
@VeloceManiac Why spend time on Youtube? How are you "feeding people" by sitting in front of your arguably effective computer sniping at people who like art? You may think you demonstrate some moral highground here but you are just a Youtube troll and a hypocrite who is not feeding anybody and not advancing humankind through art or technology or even through simple good manners on the internet. If you want to make the world better, work on yourself first.
MissAliasSobriquet 1 year ago 2
@MissAliasSobriquet
Your accusations of youtube troll are Basic defensive behaviour and
Activisim on any level of media exposure is important you know that i know that, i feed the hungry in the streets every week, that does not make me better than anyone else but you made a bold statment that is not true and opinoins like that poision minds and keep stomachs empty. Accuse me of being a troll and sniper then telling me my maners are not in order. I pity you
VeloceManiac 1 year ago
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MissAliasSobriquet 1 year ago
@VeloceManiac @VeloceManiac I don't pity you a bit. I just think you're another anonymous internet troll who equates activism with engaging in your own comfy little hobbies (ie bothering people who comment on watches) as opposed to risking something for what you purport to believe in. Risk your life, get arrested a few times- then maybe you can call yourself an activist. Trolling Youtube doesn't even count as active, never mind activism.
MissAliasSobriquet 1 year ago
@VeloceManiac I think your missing the point entirely with regards to missaliassobriquets statement, Which is basically that it is the wealthy that drives invention, that creates the demand for new and innovative ideas, these ideas will eventualy filter down to the poor who can benefit greatly from it. everything from the drinking well to the passenger airplane was initially designed for the super rich and now poor people everywhere are benefiting from that. whats your problem with that?
aberdeendeltaforce 1 year ago
@MissAliasSobriquet Yep, many of the great historical works of art were commisioned for the rich. The average trash is trashed and forgotten. I'm glad we humans aren't totally rational and empithetical. Would make for a dull range of art and technology.
ethorii 1 year ago
@MissAliasSobriquet Art and beauty? The point of tourbillon mechanism is to maximize the accuracy of the clock mechanism. The mechanism rotating in 3 dimensions, instead of 2 probably adds more to it.
aperculum 1 year ago
@MissAliasSobriquet Beautifully said.
CetnikCCCCSrbin 1 year ago
breathtaking!
donmega4 2 years ago 3
But is it shockproof !
only kidding...
bunjeefreefall 2 years ago
Masterpiece movement.
huguesbc 3 years ago 5
wow awesome
Franziskaner26 3 years ago
amazing WOW
punkyswhips 3 years ago
It is just AWESOME!
Thank you for the video!
Pommes1983 3 years ago
What is the tourbillon benefit?
Wish i could buy those watches...
woodpecker26175 3 years ago
It neutralizes the effect of gravity. The bottom line is that it's completely unnecessary for timekeeping itself, and the whole purpose is to produce something complicated and expensive.
covertbabo 3 years ago
you're absolutly right, Tourbillons are completly pointless on a wrist watch, they were designed for pocket watches. Now with automatic movement on wristwatch, you can get high precision watches ( around +- 4 seconds a day) without a tourbillon. However, if your watch is always in the vertical position for some reason (like pocket watch) then a tourbillon helps correcting the effect of gravity.
maximusben1 3 years ago
But what if you are a wealthy astronaut desiring a really complex watch with some bling? :)
gavincurtis 3 years ago
Im not sure the exacty salary of an astronaut, but im thinking a $280,000 watch is out of his/her budget.
DMBVR4 3 years ago
credit????
123q456w789e 3 years ago
Maybe if the astronaut lives with his mom and dad and spent a "mortgage" on a watch which is impossible. No bank is going to give somebody a personal loan of over a quarter million dollars. Besides...credit is fucking retarded...that is the best way to make you broke. You will always be working for the stuff you havent payed for yet, instead of working for yourself. Use cash buddy. Except for a house.... if you cant pay cash for it, you dont need it.
DMBVR4 3 years ago 9
I'll take it as counsel. Thanks.
123q456w789e 3 years ago
Awesome!!!
vpoRU 3 years ago
Listen friends , forget the CO2 crap and look at mechanical watches as works of brilliant engineering. It takes hundreds of months for a caliber engineer to come up with a new mechanical caliber. These are the most amazing ways to account for the non linear time. It is pure brilliance and art. Too bad is only for a very few amount of luck individuals. Quartz watches are ok for the rest of the not so lucky rest. If I had the money I would not hesitate.
robson0172 3 years ago 2
I know for sure that Captian Kirk and Mr. Spock could have used one. lol
sentrarob 3 years ago