$150,000 WATCH | How It's Made
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- Ever wondered how some of the most expensive items in the world are made? Find the history and making of wristwatches here.
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Wish they did an episode on how all the tiny parts are actually manufactured (and maybe even designed). Assembly is fun to watch, but how they make these tiny things is what I’d like to see.
after this video, youtube suggested this ;) you'll find how some parts are made th-cam.com/video/YR5duZwe1VA/w-d-xo.html
@@SorinNeagu Very cool! Thanks for the link!
Definitely
I was about to post the exact same thing. Also, I wonder how accurate these watches are.
Indeed. Its like they started filming at the end of the process.
I’ve always admired the Swiss engineers and craftspeople for their attention to detail and precision. They really are works of art.
A. Lange & Söhne Has enter the chat*
Side note:
Swiss watch making came into being as a cheaper alternative to English watch making….we all know how that turned out.
Japan would like to have a word as well haha.
I have an invicta watch i got on a cruise and its really well built
Thats the Blancpain factory. They have been in business since 1735 making them the oldest watchmaker in history. The model they are making is a Toubillon 8 Jours.
Not entirely accurate. The brand has existed since 1735 but not the company.
I think vacheron constantin is the oldest, you dont get the nickname the watchmakers watch for nothing
@@summerrr1 And then the Debbie downer entered the chat..
@@Ummmmmkay88 I going to double down and bring another correction. The watchmakers watchmaker is not Vacheron Constantin, that would be Jaeger-Lecoultre. Vacheron Constantin is still the oldest continuously existing watchmaker.
Not the oldest watchmaker in history. The oldest surviving watchmaker in history.
The Tourbillon alone could be an entire episode of How It's Made. There is a bit more going on here then 5 min bit. A proper How It's Made for a watch of this calibre could and should fill a Netflix series. I would be glued to every episode.
r/watchescirclejerk
I wish that the makers of this video had also shown the process of watch making from the stage of manufacturing the components. At least some important ones. This video shows only the end stages of assembly of watch. To see how these tiny precision components are manufactured and handled would be interesting, for most of the viewers who are accustomed to factory manufactured watches and other products.
For those wondering how to better spend the $150k, ppl who can afford it probably has already owned all the other things you could buy with $150k. You just don't spend your first $150k on a watch.
I don't care if I had an unlimited amount of money I still would never buy a watch that expensive because For 1.) It's ridiculous to pay that much for a watch and 2.) all it does is make you at target for some jackass to shoot and rob.
@@thedude5472 if you have 150K just for a watch, I guess you can afford bodyguard as well
THE DUDE people who wear watches like that don’t walk home. They have Chauffeurs and body guards.
@donkey ass reviews and do's most expensive watches have saphire faces which is extremely tough and hard to scratch and break.
most do not understand that. $ 150,000 for the super-rich is $ 150 for a normal working man.
For people from India or Africa we are normal earners ($ 20,000 a year) something like extremely rich.
It’s beautiful, I’ve always loved how it’s made.
Me too 👍👍👍
The Urban Gentry youtube channel... watch
Should read how it's assembled not how it's made.
The watch looks so good. Whoever is reading this and going through very hard times, depression, loneliness and financial issues. You will raise up and win
If this makes you feel bad about being an average person It's more than likely you need to get a grip on reality LOL
💙
@@thedude5472 he didn't say he felt bad about "being an average person"
What a beautiful watch. Thank you for posting this video.
Thought this was "How it's Made", not "How it's Cased".
Good one 👍 I tho the same
Amazing piece of art
What a beautiful watch, truly a mechanical work of art built by craftsmen.
@1bigjohn11 Are you by any chance running short of oxygen?
@@felixcat9318 He's right though? I own watches like that. This is really nothing special.
*Watch making is simply fascinating*
3:57 somebody give that person some lotion
Watchmaker in the Winter; Bricklayer in the Summer.
And I just ask the guy next to me what time it is. Saves me $150,000
Suits you ...
Broke me up that did. Hahahaaaa.
Yeah but when you rich and alone there be noone to ask the time
Or you can buy a watch for $50 and it does the job of a million dollars watch.
LOL people dont buy em just to look at time. People wore that for status symbol, accessories.. Jeez...
2:52 Being secured with a special device- man pulls on a hand lever press 😃😃
I do think he exaggerates just a bit...
Once he said "places it carefully" and shows a Woman using all her might to force the thing closed... Careful yeah.
@@thephoenixking1086 It is very careful. I know as someone who has built watches
Careful but mighty
What a great piece of art.
Thank you :-).
I'm happy with my Vostoks ;-)
(...all three of them).
@@BaddaBigBoom Vostoks are design masterpieces to be fair. They are amazing value that was built to compete with the original Rolex Submariners and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
Nice watch, nice watch mastering skills!
That is one beautiful piece
That's it! Tomorrow I'll tear apart my Seiko 5 and start engraving every single piece of it.
Watches without battery?! I’m sold
Very Nice Watch
This watch can prophet what's comes in a future.
Pls more watch related content
Back when I stopped most of my watch collecting, I sold most of them. The only watch I still regret selling was a Blancpain Villeret. They fly under the radar of most people, but that was the finest and most accurate one I’ve ever regretted selling.
Beautiful
A beautiful craft.I am proud i did my jewellery apprenticeship in Johannesburg,South Africa.
You know it's a good watch when it's waterproof to 90 m without the case back installed.
it is, the back is also made of glass so you can look into the watch and show off
Hahahaha
Great and beautiful dress watch.
must be cool to make this watch knowing it could be in use for generations to come
You know it's expensive when they wearing finger condoms
from 3:35
Yup
Condoms XD
sorry to ruim the jokes,but it should be slippery hehe
All watchmakers wear "finger condoms" when assembling watches, even the cheapest ones. Otherwise sweat will be deposited on the movement parts, causing corrosion over time and ruining the watch.
The machine turning on the bridges also serve the purpose of collecting particles and holding them preserving the more delicate parts
Yes, they don't highlight the _Cote de Geneve_ is there to keep the dirt out, not to "add visual interest"
Very nice video 👌
That music is some classical/sludge/808 magic.
Fascinating
*Bubbles appeared in the water test
Narrator: this one passes the test
That was not coming out of the watch casing. It was forming on the surfaces of the watch and chamber due to the varying pressures applied to simulate depth or altitude. Vapor pressure. Damn man, didn't you pay attention in your graduate school 600 level physics classes?
Nah, but he did pass the course on having internet and giving shit where it's not needed.......
That was on the face (likey from oil residue). What they're talking about, is if bubbles emerge from the watch to the surface. Good eye anyways..
you really are as stupid as you look ;)
@@homelesszombie why do you have to be so rude? Congratulations 🎉👏 you've won no awards.
Hi Uk,❤☝
Highly Professional wrist watch expert and quality conscience.
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And you are an idiot that does not know what he is talking about!
For some reason i like this commentator the best lol
Sensational
Great watch, huge price
If I can spend thank you from work, I could buy one of these.
Quel beau métier l'horlogerie ... 👍👍👍
Wow, they went into more detail on the crayon episode O_o
This is why a watch made like this is worth every penny as it is a work of art in itself.
Uh, no. I can get a watch for $80 that looks almost exactly the same. Art is not priceless, this is not a breathtaking gadget to look at. It's a watch. Using technology we all know about.
@@dangerousish7837 lmao how dumb can you be?
losa05
And you talk out of your backside!
@@dangerousish7837 How stupid can one be?
@@dangerousish7837 you completely missed the point. Well, it's not like you can afford a watch more expensive than a gshock anyway
Thank - you .
BRASIL CONGRATULATIONs WATCH MAKERs
i like it!
BP is one of the BEST watch brands in the world.. they make ultra fine and exquisite time-pieces.
that Tourbillon is breathtaking. great video thanks for sharing.
British Petroleum doesn't make watches at all bro...
@@spicydiarrhea5662 LOL. good one :0)))
That's some amazing craftsmanship!! Sorry boys, I can't afford one though.....
What a beauty! But it will be awesome to have it made with pure gold/platinum.
Great
This is how its assembled lol you guys left out all the good sauce
I like this watch
I like this video
AMAZING WATCH👍❤️
Gave this video a Like.
It shows how utterly ridiculous the upper luxury watch segment actually is, and how such time-pieces aren't even worth 1% of their asking price.
By the way, this is coming from a knowledgeable watch enthusiast.
Very true. Luxury items such as this are only worth whatever anyone is willing to pay for it. Although I appreciate the craftsmanship, I personally don't find this watch that attractive. I prefer the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms although £14k is still the stuff of dreams (I'll stick with my Hamilton for the time being!).
You do realize that watches that cost 1% of this are nowhere fucking near as good right? Yeah its just metal but theh spend hours and hours and hours finishing by hand and that’s not even considering designing. The lange 1815 tourbillon is rhe only tourbillon in the world with hacking and has a zero reset built in, and every facet is hand polished to a black polish. That’s what you’re paying for.
You can buy tourbillons for 1500$. They are garbage.
It is EXTREMELY costly to produce a watch.
@@melody3741
Please... don't give me that justification. Granted a pot-metal Timex Weekender isn't going to be on the same level as a watch costing a few hundreds of dollars. But with my background in watches, I learned long ago that the ones costing as much as a decent-sized house, you're paying nearly everything for the name on the dial. Sorry, by a few expertly done swirl marks on the inside; and lines cut evenly into a rotor don't even remotely justify the price-tag. You're paying for the name. Paying to flex. Paying to show off a status symbol.
I used to think like you. But when I travel to Manhattan and I see a "nice" watch on a guy's wrist, I see someone who just looks silly. Even if they have the money to throw away, it shows a lack of good sense. Money that could have been invested FAR more wisely.
I can understand the price tag of some watches, some of them for the amount of complications, or materials, or hours spent. If I had the money, I would go for an achievable grail like a nice Omega or a Rolex. No nonsense like those crazy rubber band 500K Richard Mille.
10 to 15k max.
Richard Mille also isnt timeless
come on, go for a AP, PP or VC. If you like to explore then go for a grand Seiko. spend I little more. Those are on a different level of watch making.
@@kevinji7285 exactly! RM is overrated and reminds me of something you get with a happy meal.
@@kevinji7285 those are nice. But check out the specs on the Omega Chrono Moonphase. That is a high level watch. But if I had unlimited funds it would be a Lange & Sonh
@@kevinji7285 let's say an Aquanaut or even better a Nautilus from PP... I would choose anyday, one of those, but my wallet says Omega Seamaster 300.
"If bubbles appear, it would indicate a leak. This one, passes the test." ... as a bubble bloops upward
Kai this watch it’s a very nice
You know its expensive when only 3 people are okay at their job.
Yesss,
Was that called a factory!!
Blancpain, great brand.
You think JB Blancpain's prices are ridiculous? Patek Philippe has made some of the most expensive watches ever sold such as the Henry Graves Supercomplication, which was sold back in 1999 for $11 million and then again in 2014 for $24 million.
Look at the Jacob & co astronomia collection they are amazing watches for a bargain of under 1 million.
Patex philippe.y Vacheron Constantin the best watch the wold more better the rolex
I think a more important question than how a $150k watch is made is _why_ it's made.
Sounds so much better when Mike Rowe does it.
This guy with his glass coverin watch so not any dust in mechanics gives me vibes of this guy yellin lab is contamined like walt in breaking bad
I´ll take two, please!
I would love a watch. However whenever I buy one I forget I have it and it sits on my dresser til the battery dies 😆
him: "This watch will set you back $150,000"
me: "no, it won't"
If someone pays me 150,000$ I'll be happy to tell him time for lifetime whenever he want🤣🤣
If you're a watch guy you'll know 150k is not that bad at all for a minute repeater with a tourbillion. Some watches sell for more with far less mechanical engineering
i'll better buy apple watch
#*coughs in rolex*#
Patek minute repeaters cost over a mil
@@andrewwilliams3524 noone asked fella
@@ommokashi why are you mentioning Rolex? they only make pretty basic movements and they don't have any watch that retails at $150k
SO many 'how its made' watch videos show watch ASSEMBLY (such as this one), but the real secrets of watchmaking is how the individual parts are made. Just watching it all assembled is nowhere near as interesting as seeing the ultra precision machining that goes into each bit.
Q hermoso
A lot of thieves are realizing how much easier it is to point a gun and say “give me your watch” than it is to steal a car
If they had made an episode about fashion watches, it would’ve been 5 seconds long, with the narrator saying “they bought it from china and sell at a ridiculous price.”
4:14
"if bubbles appear, it would indicates a leak"
then there is bubble.
"this one passes the test"
Could they make a good sounding piano too? 🙂
A Tourbillon does not power a watch, it regulates it.
The hands do not attach to a axel, but to an arbor.
The "computer" is actually a vibrograph. Its not simulating arm movement; its checking for positional error.
But, hey, you are right. It is a watch...
A tourbillon is utterly useless in a wristwatch, it’s just a way for watchmakers to show off how skilled they are( nothing wrong with that) it’s pretty much the ultimate watch complication.
It’s nice watching something I can’t never afford being made.😭
It would have been nice to see how they are made as opposed to just seeing them assembled.
For a lot of luxury watches, the assembly process for the actual watch mechanism is a company secret. Sure, you could break a watch open to find out how it fits together, but that won't tell you exactly *how* it works, unless you're already a high-level watch maker.
@@spareumbrella8477thats beside the point.
The title is 'how its made' and they merely showed the assembly process which, by the by, you say is secret!?
@@johnnyseagull29 They didn't show you the actual watch mechanism being put together, just the finishing touches, by the looks of things.
Presumably the stuff they did show you is fairly common knowledge in the watch industry, but they didn't show you how that particular watch ticks or how the cogs work. That's the stuff I would surmise is a company secret.
The entire movement was already built and assembled, which is like 90% of building the watch.
Won't lie, I was disappointed with the video. I was hoping for more
Better watch out. Hefty price!
4:18 Right as he said this one passes the test i saw a bubble come out
most likely the water itself has air, with how expensive these are I doubt they would fail at all.
Love how the bit the makes the watch £150k (tourbillon) is one of the things they don’t show being made 🤣
TIMEX : HOLD MY BEER.
TOP
'To make this watch, first we start with a watch, then just assemble it'
How it's assembled. Oh well never mind lol.
Really expensive, but when Hamilton was still in business Swiss was what you bought if you couldn't afford one of those. (And no, the current Hamilton has about as much to do with the original company as Abercrombie and Fitch has with safari outfitting.)
Back in the day, the americans were very protectionistic when it came to watches. There were swiss watches on par with great american brands like Hamilton. Elgin, Waltham etc, but due to very high taxes they were not competitive in America. The only swiss watches sold were very cheap watches and very expensive ones like Patek Philippe, Breguet and Vacheron Constantin.
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Ok thanks for your business in the most
I won't spend that kind money, even tomorrow I'm billionaire. However, it is beautiful and a piece of art.
The soundtrack is weirdly discordant for showing a watch being made
One of my wish to have a custom made handcrafted watch. Am tired of my Disney Watch lol
Still better than my Dora the explorer watch 😝
Nice but, the machine turning on the plates would not have passed my old apprentice masters standard.
Exactly! It makes you wonder about the rest of the quality.
It's worth the price.
I am always fascinated with mechanical watches ..how they are able to function and run even without the need of a battery 🤔 I wonder.
They've been around for more than 300 years. If it looks complex to build one with nowadays tools, just imagine how hard it was back then 🤯
@@stage8790 I've had a mechanical watch once ..it was with that tight spring that made the watch worked .. which of the two works better ? the one with coiled spring or with the quartz alone?
@@stage8790 I remember back then I had to shake the watch so that the spring would coil smaller for the watch to continue running .. will it be the same quartz powered? need to be shaken off to provide the watch its life?
@@mckdgz4994 If you want a watch that is accurate and will need almost no maintenance, a quartz piece works best. If you value mechanical mechanisms with centuries of heritage and a smooth sweeping second hand then a mechanical watch is for you. In my opinion I think the mechanical watch is one with a lot of soul. Watches that beat at high frequency especially have a seconds hand that glides as if to show the smooth passage of time. You also don't need to fiddle with a battery every few years. However, they both have their distinct advantages and disadvantages. Mechanical watches are considered fragile compared to their quartz counterparts which are more robust by their nature. No need to worry about knocking gears and wearing out springs in a quartz. Unless you use a high frequency quartz movement, then you're stuck with the tick tock of a seconds hand that you hope will line up with the seconds line.
@@stage8790 a quartz watch isn’t a mechanical watch and requires a battery.
That is my
Dream watch
👍
Ah… Blancpain. Not many know that they’re owned by swatch group… which owns a handful of companies like omega too. Richemont would be another that owns companies like JLC and Vacheron Constantin…
Does it have a screw down crown?