 Hi everyone, it's MJ the fellow Actree and welcome to a new series on the finer things in life This is episode one where we're gonna be covering collectible watches. Now, why are we doing this? Well, maybe before telling a CEO that their pension fund is insolvent You might want to make a little bit of small talk because Actrees are infamous for being a bit socially awkward and It might assist you knowing a little bit about other things So maybe this topic will assist you with client interactions and building business Relationships it also gives you some ideas on how to waste your big actuarial salary But remember, we're just gonna be touching on this topic. There is so much more to it But that well, that's it Let's jump straight into it and let's hit straight for the big boy This is the Patek Philippe Henry Graves super complication This is a mechanical pocket watch 18 karat gold and it is the most complicated watch built without the assistance of a computer Now it was named after the banker who commissioned it and when we adjust for inflation. He spent $200,000. Now if you think that's crazy if you come to value this watch now It is worth $24 million and this is a little bit of a lesson if you're smart with your watches You can make a lot of money But besides from bankers who else has owned Patek Philippe watches and we can see quite a few politicians from Queen Victoria, Pope Pius Some scientists as well Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, JFK, Nelson Mandela And we also see some artists like Pablo Picasso, Leo Tolstoy And if you watch the Daily Show you'll see Trevor Noah actually has a lovely watch collection And the slogan for Patek Philippe is you never actually own one You merely look after it for the next generation So let's look at their lineup. The first one we've got here is the Nautilus It's a very well-known and it's designed in 1976 The second one is the 24 designed in 1999 and it has that timeless feminine elegance The third one the Aquanaut is the entry level, you know The affordable Patek Philippe and it costs only around $30,000 Now why do watches cost so much? A lot of the time it also depends on its mechanics And I mean this stuff gets sophisticated I mean just just listen to this about the Turbulent In a Turbulent linked the Excavations and balance wheel are mounted in a rotating cage in order to negate the effects of gravity when the timepiece is struck in a Certain position by continuously eroding the entire balance wheel assembly at a slow rate the Turbulent averages out positional errors Whoo, and that's the whole thing I mean you can go look at the patents and the evolution of watches and this stuff is fascinating Now Abraham Louis Berger I don't know. I hope I'm saying his name right maybe like as a rule of thumb like the harder It is to say a watch watch his name the more valuable it is but this is the guy who kind of patented quite a lot of Mechanics and let's look at some of the people who owned his watch. We've got King George the third Maria Antoinette Napoleon Bonaparte Bugatti which you guys should know is the super fast French car So Winston Churchill Vladimir Putin and author Rubenstein who was a musician And their slogan is that in every woman is a queen and of course It's a little bit controversial with Maria Antoinette and he even designed a special watch for her Which is highly collectible But let's look at their their lineup and I'll be totally honest with you guys I did not know about this brand before I made this video But apparently you've got the marina the marina dame and the classic so let's rather move on to a watch that I have heard of before and Hopefully I'm gonna pronounce this one correctly the Audemars Piget and this was well They created one of the first luxury sport watches and that's why when we look at some of their owners You should recognize quite a lot of these names. We've got Michael Schumacher, Sachin Tenduca, Serena Williams, Leo Messi Role McEnroy, LeBron James and then a whole bunch of celebrities Tom Cruise, Kim Kardashian, John Mayer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jay-Z, Harry Styles And I know you guys are all thinking who is Jay Hope? Well, if you don't know who Jay Hope is you need to go Google BTS watch their YouTube videos They are insane. Anyway coming back to to the watches Their main one is the Royal Oak and if you're thinking to yourself hold on that That looks very similar to the Nautilus that we that we discussed earlier and that is because both were designed by Gerald Genter And we're gonna see that this watch was inspired by the traditional diving helmets And that's where the kind of idea of the screws comes from now The Royal Oak comes in many different colors And this is one of the ways that that it was presented which if you're thinking hold on that looks familiar You might have seen the the Hublot Big Bang, which I absolutely adore. I love this watch Let's be serious. It is a replica of the AP and I mean This is it in 1988 years following the Royal Oaks introduction into the market Which like I said is based on the diving helmet the Hublot design is when the midst of creating a nautical inspired timepiece and Among the various influences considered they narrowed down on the port hole a small round window Mounted onto a ship's hulls to mid light and air and I mean the French word Hublot also means port hole So Hublot really wanted to insist that they didn't copy anyone and they were quick to point out the differences You know the Royal Oak was on Octogonal that's a big word and where the Hublot will be round The Royal Oak comes with a steel bracelet Hublot will come with the rubber one the Royal Oak was automatic The Hublot will be quartz powered gosh But we haven't even touched on the whole quartz crisis and that's a big topic in in watch watch theory But also the early Hublot's would have a cover attached to it mimicking the closing and opening of an actual portal Where the Royal Oak did not have one so Hublot was like we did not copy anyone But then Rolex brings out the rainbow Daytona and what does Hublot do? Oh, wow What what a coincidence? Okay, then Ricard mill brings up this magnificent beast and then who blows like oh, oh wow No, no, there's it's very different to our watch and and this is something about watches is a lot of them Do inspire each other? I mean Rolex has got some designs that have been copied by almost every other brand So it's crazy up there, but like I said this video. I just wanted to give a very broad summary I wanted to touch on some of the big brands I wanted to look at some of the famous owners who were the designers look at a little bit of the mechanics Play around with history and of course focus in on some of the drama That is all contributes to lovely conversation that you can have with clients So look out for what watch they're wearing and hopefully this video can inspire a little bit of small talk But coming up in the series I've got a whole bunch of topics that I want to discuss with you guys But if you've got any ideas of your own, please let me know in the comment section and also, yeah maybe let me know which watch was your favorite and Yeah, I'll see you guys in the next few videos. Keep well. Cheers