The History of Patek Philippe Self Winding Watches
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- John Reardon presents a selection of Patek Philippe self-winding watches that represent some of the most important calibers in the history of this exceptional watchmaking movement.
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Congratulations on the 3448 - what a magical piece, a grail watch by any standard
Great info as always!!
I enjoy each and every video you do, my eyes are opened and I have a new appreciation for Patek mainly because of you. Thank you, John!.
Thank you so much for your kind comment. So glad you enjoy the videos!
Please do a video on Patek Chronographs!
Great idea - we will for sure.
That 3448😍
Beautiful collection of watches . Thank You for sharing 🙏
Glad you like them!
I enjoyed your presentation, Always a pleasure to listen to your immense knowledge of this fantastic horological powerhouse!
Thank you so much for your kind comment. So glad you enjoy the videos!
That was enjoyable.
Thanks for this great lecture. I collect mostly early automatic watches from Omega (Ref2374 & 2375) from the 40s so it’s great to learn what Patek was doing on that front. The Ref. 3448 is a grail of mine. Well done!
Excellent presentation! I've researched Patek since I was a young teenager, but I never put any thought or attention into their automatic movements. Now I have something new to research. Thanks! On a side note, I think I'm the only person who dislikes the calligraphy font on the 5212a.
great video 🤩
Great line up of Patek self-winding calibers. My fav is the 27-460! And missing another great caliber is the 28-255.
I agree the 27-460 is one of the most impressive in the historical automatic stable. I wish I had one to show at the time this video was shot!
Those early rotors are stunning..3800 rotor looks like it was made by Vostok. Thanks John for another great video!
I look forward to opening my 3800 to see the movement - safe bet it is much more highly finished than what we see in that stock image!
@@johnreardon3158 How much is that 3800?
John, you're making me feel scared🙄I see from your website that you're asking $60,000 (about 46,700 GBP) for that reference 5212A. My family already thinks I'm pretty crazy to walk around every day in all winds and weathers wearing something worth the retail price I paid (just over 27K GBP) But if the market value is heading north I'm gonna have to put it in a bank deposit box or something...🤨
Thanks for watching Jay! Please... keep wearing your watch. These are meant to be worn and I don't want people to lock way these wearable works of art!
It's ok, the price will crash
@@ThePoushal Rolex prices will probably crash. They aren’t really all that special (certainly not compared to Patek) and there are many thousands of each reference produced each year. Patek prices? Maybe. But I understand they only make about 500 of ref 5212As per year. If it’s discontinued in the next few years there would be a certain supply shock within the niche of Patek collectors. But one doesn’t buy them with a vulgar intent to make money. That is what the commodities market is for!🤡
(It does concern me that it could be damaged or stolen though.)
@@j.burgess4459 I heard a rumour back in Belgravia that people with the Pateks buy a high end replica for going out in not to safe places and wear the original one in proper VIP venues. Whats your view on that?
@@ThePoushal Hm, I Kind of doubt whether _too_ many Patek owners would wear a "replica". And anyways, nobody really wants to be viciously attacked by a bunch of thugs - even if they were only stealing some worthless thing. But you're 100% right that security is a real concern in some areas. (I rarely go there, but you wouldn't ever find me wearing any watch on the streets of London, for example.)
i never understand the mind set of an average, modern watch collector of luxury watches. nobody can tell me why certain movement is better over another. perhaps nobody cares or understand. every single collector can memorize the model number, etc, or how it looks as a different bezel, etc. but nobody can tell me the underpinning movement is better from one brand vs. another, Rolex vs. Patek, etc. At least the sports car guys can tell me he loves his Ferrari because it is one second faster 0-60mph over another man's porsche. but all the watch guys seem to know very little about how watchmaking works. it's seems a bit shallow. only on the outside can he tell me why loves it, but not the underpinning of the watch. at least the diamond collectors can tell me this diamond is x carats and has this color. LOL. but watch dudes? "movement 123456 in gold, i love it!!" haha
i’m very new to all this myself but i assume they look at the accuracy and the attention to detail in those.
Thanks for watching George and I appreciate your comments. You are giving me an idea for a future video of what makes a Patek different and something quite special.. I am not a watchmaker but know enough to tell the difference between the mundane and greatness. We can literally take any component of a Patek and do an episode of what makes it special from escapements, bridges, wheels, dials, cases, etc... this gets especially interesting when looking at historical calibers. I'm on the job!
@@johnreardon3158 great. please do. i love to learn what makes you and others tick or tock!
George, if you go to the official Patek Philippe TH-cam channel you'll find some videos there explaining (in considerable depth!) the kind of micro-engineering and pursuit of sheer technical excellence that Patek's designers and watchmakers are involved in. I remember watching a video where Philip Barat, their head of development, talks about the development of the caliber 26-330 in my watch (5212A) Just one of the many improvements: they replaced one of the wheels with an "anti-backlash" wheel incorporating minute spring levers (which are almost invisible to the naked eye!) within _every cog-tooth_ of this wheel! This was just to improve the balance inertia from 4.7 to 5.5. The older generation of calibers were already superlative chronometers delivering an über-Rolex level of performance. Yet here they were, striving to make them ever better and better. (And yeah, it is without doubt the most accurate mechanical watch I have ever owned. Day after day, week after week, never deviating from its set position by more than about +/-1 second. I'm sure there are some compensating errors going on - gaining a tiny amount during the day, then losing a similar amount overnight while resting still on its side, so that it ends up about even. But still, the performance almost feels like witchcraft.)
@@j.burgess4459 good to know. i appreciate your detailed response.