It's a remontoire complication, it was originally used to make the torque supplied by the mainspring as constant as possible, in this watch it was adapted to make the second hand tick once a second
At that point why not just get a Microbrand Swiss quartz watch with a Ronda 763. Perfect really, far more accurate and no real servicing costs if you just do it yourself.
Explaining this to anyone who does not care anout watches will be a horrible conversation starter, but man if they do, what a conversation you will have 😂
I’m a huge JLC fan but I simply don’t see the point of this watch. Its saving grace is that it’s not an expensive feature, unlike the ridiculously expensive and totally useless Tourbillion feature.
This makes the use of energy the same whatever the reserve of the watch. So, it actually improves the precision of the watch. And quartz are just cheaper because we can make lots of them. On the other hand, having a perpetual calendar is possible even with a quartz (no digital) watch for a hundredth of the price. I have a Tissot quartz perpetual calendar that does the job for 250 CHF. The calibre of an IWC or Patek cost less than 2000 CHF all model included so they could greatly improve their price point and produce more. There is no real poetry in selling so high.
@@orthoh2224I think they take issue with this movement because on the dial side you don’t get to see the signature mechanical sweeping of the seconds hand (yes I’m aware some quartz watches have a sweeping seconds hand) but a singular tick per second, like most quartz movements. Sure it’s cool from an engineering standpoint, but who cares when you look at the dial, and it looks cheap.
@@orthoh2224 Interesting point about the use of mechanical energy. Perhaps a better way to do that would be a clutch mechanism on the mainspring that provides a truly constant force until the wind is exhausted. Such mechanisms exist, but perhaps not in watches. Quartz watches are cheaper because they don't have the really delicate, precision parts of a mechanical watch. That also allows for mass production, yielding further cost savings. The prices on IWC or Patek are luxury surcharges --- the price is far greater than the cost of production. Fake IWC and Patek can be made for a small fraction of the cost of the real thing, and are almost indistinguishable.
@skorpoolr their issue is that one tic per second make it look like a quartz watch. They probably don't know how quartz watch saved the industry, especially in Switzerland. They also don't know that a mechanical watch tuned at 3600 bph with have only one tic second.
@antonystark9240 Yes, that was part of my point. The mechanism of almost any watch costs at most a few hundreds. All the rest is just marketing. For the mechanical use of energy afaik this is the way all true second mechanical watches work with slight variations on how the energy is transfered. I prefer mechanical watches for the beauty of "engineering" it has, that you can know a tremendous amount of time knowledge and even more in such a small space on your wrist, also that it does not use battery. But at the end of the day, if you don't wear it at some point, you lose track of time, and you rely solely on digital clocks to put them back on time 😅
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Nobody's going to start a conversation with you about your second hand 😂😂
I thought the exact same thing. These people are not living in reality
Someone did with my spring drive tho. lol
The only watch anyone has ever commented on is my cheapest, the F91. There's only two watches that people know, and the other is the Submariner.
Sure they will at work where it’s other watch guys. But I work with 5,000 other engineers so maybe that’s different lol
I would
The only conversations you will have is convincing people that it’s not fake battery quartz watch.
*Casio quartz guy here. I’m very impressed by this watch and this watch company.*
Springdrive being smooth quartz 🤝 this thing being mechanical and the opposite
It's a remontoire complication, it was originally used to make the torque supplied by the mainspring as constant as possible, in this watch it was adapted to make the second hand tick once a second
Habring2 watches have a similar movement and there are beautiful.
Awful watch owners in the comments. If you're not enjoying the engineering that goes into making a watch tick, then you shouldn't own one.
At least a tourbillion is interesting to look at. This is a Swiss Miss.
@tiebei2548 Cry
No need to discuss wine vintages with people pouring wines from boxes.
@@KC-bv9kf The emperor has no clothes
This is really for those in the know, not for kindergarden collectors.Fantastic piece.
At that point why not just get a Microbrand Swiss quartz watch with a Ronda 763. Perfect really, far more accurate and no real servicing costs if you just do it yourself.
Cool thing the seconds hand wants to jump and can barely stay put haha
Many people will assume the JLC is quartz -- and think it's a fake!
Which makes it special! Take my fictitious €200k!
This is a common feature of modern day Timex watches .😁
Explaining this to anyone who does not care anout watches will be a horrible conversation starter, but man if they do, what a conversation you will have 😂
Very cool 😊
Only conversation I’m having with this one is convincing that it’s not a fake watch.
I want the same with an eternal calendar and a gyrotourbillon please
I love this watch
one of my dream watches, dead seconds is my favourite watch complication
Just get a $15 quartz watch, it’s the same😅
Same as Ferdinand watches
Why does is say 200,000 GBP?
Newbies said thats fake watch 😂😂
I’m a huge JLC fan but I simply don’t see the point of this watch. Its saving grace is that it’s not an expensive feature, unlike the ridiculously expensive and totally useless Tourbillion feature.
Relax, you're not their target customer.
@@kresimirpleic who is their target customer?
That's bs.. Why should I buy an automatic watch with a quartz 2nd hand? 🤔😂
Mechanical movement (for a nice smooth sweeping seconds hand) .... made to look like a cheaper quartz 😢 .... I'm out !
This makes the use of energy the same whatever the reserve of the watch. So, it actually improves the precision of the watch.
And quartz are just cheaper because we can make lots of them. On the other hand, having a perpetual calendar is possible even with a quartz (no digital) watch for a hundredth of the price. I have a Tissot quartz perpetual calendar that does the job for 250 CHF. The calibre of an IWC or Patek cost less than 2000 CHF all model included so they could greatly improve their price point and produce more. There is no real poetry in selling so high.
@@orthoh2224I think they take issue with this movement because on the dial side you don’t get to see the signature mechanical sweeping of the seconds hand (yes I’m aware some quartz watches have a sweeping seconds hand) but a singular tick per second, like most quartz movements. Sure it’s cool from an engineering standpoint, but who cares when you look at the dial, and it looks cheap.
@@orthoh2224 Interesting point about the use of mechanical energy. Perhaps a better way to do that would be a clutch mechanism on the mainspring that provides a truly constant force until the wind is exhausted. Such mechanisms exist, but perhaps not in watches. Quartz watches are cheaper because they don't have the really delicate, precision parts of a mechanical watch. That also allows for mass production, yielding further cost savings. The prices on IWC or Patek are luxury surcharges --- the price is far greater than the cost of production. Fake IWC and Patek can be made for a small fraction of the cost of the real thing, and are almost indistinguishable.
@skorpoolr their issue is that one tic per second make it look like a quartz watch. They probably don't know how quartz watch saved the industry, especially in Switzerland.
They also don't know that a mechanical watch tuned at 3600 bph with have only one tic second.
@antonystark9240 Yes, that was part of my point. The mechanism of almost any watch costs at most a few hundreds. All the rest is just marketing.
For the mechanical use of energy afaik this is the way all true second mechanical watches work with slight variations on how the energy is transfered.
I prefer mechanical watches for the beauty of "engineering" it has, that you can know a tremendous amount of time knowledge and even more in such a small space on your wrist, also that it does not use battery. But at the end of the day, if you don't wear it at some point, you lose track of time, and you rely solely on digital clocks to put them back on time 😅
Cool but unnecessary. Just put in a quartz movement.