Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 - A Watch Industry Controversy | Watchfinder & Co. 

Or sell water to a well

I agree. The finishing of the movement is on par with ALS. The sapphire crystal is superb. The case is fantastic. However, the watch face is plain boring and generic. And most people mostly only see the dial.

How is the movement top notch, ap is notorious for poor reliability

Date is at 4 o'clock, for god's sake

Case is ugly. Too tall.

@@tryura One thing I'll never understand is why watch brands, especially high end brands, have the date like that. It looks like shit, either have it at 6 or 3 or just don't have it at all.

Aquanaut looks like shit still everyone buys it.

Vini Van Gogh because it looks a tiny bit like the Nautilus and it says Patek on the dial

@@jose7777777777777777 100%

@@vincent5 but it looks iconic. You can tell it's aquanat as it has Nautilus dial with rubber straps

@@rajanarasimhan i wouldnt call it iconic... You See its an Aquanaut because its ugly, copied by Nautilus and made by Patek

Pedro Castro well in that case i‘d rather have a A.Lange.

Ekay Ekay No you don’t - this has barely been out for a year. Wait for time to pass and moderate your perspective.

I don’t care what anyone is saying. This watch is gorgeous and bad a$$ all the way. I love it.

@@billdathrill5795 but you won't spend your hard earn money to pay for it...

that makes no sense...

Me too, it's gorgeous!

Dont jinx it

Next video will now be about the best investment pieces 🤣 Jk lol but u know what I mean.

So there's hope for a video about Armitron? 😀

You are the one who is bringing them here...

Imagine hating on Patek

There even is a Speedmaster with the subdial hand, but no subdials printed on. It does look indeed very bare.

Abhinay Raikar LMAO 💀💀

OK, Boomer

@@vincent5 ok boomer

Lame...

What do you have against Vincero?? Even David Pakman wears one and markets it during his shows with something like "I never knew you could get a Swiss quality and precision watchmaking in the form of this Vincero for just a couple of hundreds of bucks".. And I'm like.. "Stick to political commentating and continue your journey towards the center of Bernie Sanders' rectum. Save the watch comments for somebody who actually knows what the hell he's talking about"...LOL...

What a load of unmitigated nonsense.

not really

I was thinking the same thing. Isn't that a dive watch thing? I don't quite hate or love this watch, it just confuses me.

Royal Oak is perhaps the best looking sports watch in the world baring the PP Nautilus what planet are you from that 1159 is butt ugly

@@thomasrusso1411 yeah wow Thomas it's almost as if different people like different things or something

I definitely prefer the 11.50 over the royal oak IMHO

Alexander Marquardt haha naw just a typo. Meant 11.59. So what would have made it special for you? What would you have loved to see AP do or do you think they should have just never even bothered with this ? I like. My only issue is it seems like it can’t make up its mind if it’s a casual watch or a dress watch and for me that means I wear it to work.

By that logic, trust me the basic calatrava looks no different.

@@haseebashraf2359 *Ding Ding Ding*

@@haseebashraf2359 absolutely!

Haseeb Ashraf not really, since the calatrava is a 1932 design, the cheap ass watches took it from it, then they decided to design the 11:59, by trying to get over the Royal Oak design, and in the end they made something absolutely retarded.

I doubt AP care what you think of their watches 😂

Still looks like every Kickstarter watch

@@marcd7332 from the top down for sure, which is the angle most watches will be viewed from when worn throughout the day. I appreciate the curved crystal, the Octagonal nod to the royal oak in the middle of the case, the skeletonsized lugs, etc...however, you bring up a valid argument, that it all gets lost in the simplistic appearance of its primary viewing angle. Perhaps this is meant for a specific audience that really just want to lose themselves in the details of what they wear as opposed to projecting a very obvious statement on their wrist? Whatever the case may be, I believe there will be buyers here. This video definitely highlights this watch in ways AP themselves did not in their own unveiling.

Hate the Swatch shaped case on that. Its a bad blend of old and new imo, that makes it look cheap. Shame because its a very good watch.

Brad Le An example?

Agreed.

@@centrallyintelligentagency Four come to mind: Frank Mueller Crazy Hour. Kinda started popular, but nobody wants it now. Panerai 318 "London Bridge" was hated once people saw the movement early on. Patek Phillippe Neptune. Tried to be based off the Nautilus cause it's made of steel but came out pretty ugly. Graff Hallucination. Trust me its best not to see the watch itself. You'll understand.

I kinda disagree.. these high end brands have done it before. The Royal Oak is one, but nautilus was unpopular when it launched. So was the aquanaut. Best example might be the Rolex Daytona. They were given away for free when you bought a Rolex once and look at them now. Unpopular pieces make rare once...

Brad Le Brad Le I see the point about the Neptune - sure. The moonphase version of it is very pretty, however. The Franck Muller started popular as you conceded - so that point is relatively moot. The Hallucination may not be visually appealing, but I doubt that that was the problem. It’s sitting at $55,000,000 which I would be inclined to call prohibitive. An 11.59 is not. Also, it’s the Panerai Brooklyn Bridge - and it was set to be a scandal. Priced lower than a 005 and with a terrible movement, of course it was bound to fail - not a great example. This 11.59 is disregarded for no compelling reason I have yet to hear - it is technically a marvel, and it insanely elegant in the minute repeater & perpetual calendar guise, but my favourite is the standard time-only in black and rose gold. A final counter to any opposition - until you have genuinely handled the piece and can appropriately speak to that experience, you have no business in judging the watch as bad, trash, or bound to be a flop. You haven’t formed an evidence based argument for why the watch is bad. Personally, I thought I would despise the Nautilus, since it was steel (for that price) and I thought it was garbage prior to handling it. Completely contrary to my ignorant opinion, it felt immensely qualitative and had a beautiful shine to its components and a very pleasant heft - not to mention the movement. Case closed.

Taz Khaliq I’d get a GS SBGJ231 Mt.Iwate instead.

@@Carefreeblues Great choice. The ref you mention has been updated to SBGJ235, only difference is slightly updated case back.

Was going to write the same thing

Probably because he doesn't like it. He is reviewing, not selling.

@@josephm.6453 most likely will end up selling one, so every review is an attempt to sell

Not for lack of trying though

Not for lack of trying though

I hope they send one to Harry, formerly known as Prince :D

OK Boomer

@@vincent5 have you figured out this alone or with an assistant ?...

@@thegougy ?

@@vincent5 ok boomer

nah ur right its true. This looks like a watch from the local department store.

I don't know. I tried out the 11.59 and it's stunning. And I like that it's controversial, which means that it will take some years, but I believe in the next decade people are going to realise what they've missed.

This watch lume radiom hv or not night time reading time eazy or not eazy

104thDIVTimberwolf my freshly shaven balls are ‘nice’ too.

@@BobbyDazzler888 at least you have that to be proud of.

treznorify Part of it might be that Govberg got their AP AD license taken away, as AP is boutique only now.

My unpleasant experience with Govberg does not bear repeating, but this news brings a smile.

grand seiko are the same not good design. not much differences.

It would've been so much better without a date window or just placing it at 3.

Yeah, seems looks like a €10 Invicta. 🤙🏻

EJ1234 It's time for a new phone

@@idontknow9862 I'm watching on a MacBook. Every other video sounds fine. It seems there is a problem with the video and not my hardware as others have reported problems too.

...and a better hands!

Here's a quick sketch of IMO would be a great improvement to the 1159: imgur.com/NBEDb6S

Tian Xia Huh? Not even close

@@protostar5351 it's a joke, boomer

Abhinay Raikar That‘s racist! Snowflake.