Macro shot of a flying tourbillon

Flying tourbillon under 10x magnification

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• chinese
• flying
• tourbillon
• skeleton
• magnified
• magnify
• macro
• watch
• wristwatch

[Eltsuman]

@CubanIceCube If that's the case, then I'm probably somewhere in the middle. I don't really care that much, yet I also do care. My previous response was merely to correct the first comment, because I expressed my feelings rather crudely, although the response in itself is also a bit exaggerated. Goddamn my need to answer to all responses on Youtube...

[CubanIceCube]

@Eltsuman Now now, you shouldn't be coming back on your words so easily, I don't give a fuck either. Most people are just pricks pretending to care about others, if they'd really show an interest they should be in africa educating children, not spout hypocritical nonsense on youtube.

[Eltsuman]

@216adam I actually do regret posting that comment, seeing it now. I ''may have'' been a bit tired while writing that. I do apologize if I offended you, I don't really think that way, at least not anymore.

[216adam]

@Eltsuman you are an idiot for making such a comment. You may as well be Hitler - not caring how much suffering there is in the world. Perhaps you could find a better way to express your desire to own a watch.

[Eltsuman]

And also, I personally don't care how much people are suffering throughout the world, if I have a chance of buying an expensive but beatiful clock, I will do so.

[Eltsuman]

It's awful when people say they know everything about clocks and use this to argue how one is better than the other. Mechanical and quartz watches both have their good and bad sides; even though quartz watches are more accurate than mechanical, they could never be as beautiful or skilled works of art as mechanical ones. And about tourbillons, they really do make a watch more accurate by reducing the effect of changing the clocks position. Not much, but still.

[gtq838]

@ethorii please totally ignore the comment...

never did I say a tourbillion was better than a normal watch, I just said it was accurate, and it is. even a quartz watch is dim in comparison to any GPSr. I also said that its jewlery more than it is a watch, which it is. I pointed out your racism.

What people do with their money is fine. I'm guessing you have things that are expensive (relative to income level) and not needed. worry about your own money why don't you.

[ethorii]

Or an antique detent pocket chronometer would be superior and far less expensive. And with all the suffering and desperate poverty in the world, buying such a shockingly expensive trinket is pretty awful.

[ethorii]

@gtq838 A tourbillon is known to add no accuracy to the mechanism. I have been a watch tech. for almost 20 years. Tourbillons were thought to be an improvement, but it's all about bragging and show. It was a beautiful experiment, totally unnecessary. A tourbillon CAN'T compete with a cheap quartz watch. A good quartz will hold to a few seconds a month. A fine mechanical wristwatch will keep at best a second every 3 or 4 days. If accuracy is the goal, an Omega co-axial.

[gtq838]

@ethorii thats right all rich people are white and republican and only they have nice watches. Its really not about accuracy although they are very accurate and can compete just fine with a quartz watch but more about the fact its running with no batteries and is beautifully hand made. its an engineering marvel. Its jewlery women have all kinds of it guys have mabe a wedding band, cuff links and a watch. thats it.