[Schweiz Technology] The Reason Why This Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Worth 2.6 Million Dollar 

i want to show you waht masterpiece is, full anti magnetic , unbreakable mainspring, and a mecha nism in a box, like a wall watch everything on my wrist with the precisio of 1 second a day and a geat power reserve, i like my immortal asiatic watch with porcelain super white dial, keep your shitty patek..

wow! your such a special snowflake.

fyf

Not for long though. Smartphones and social media will kill human creativity and intelligence.

yeah thank fuck persons are still able to assemble machine made parts phew !

*des montres pour les mafieux et les baskers!*

And thanks PATEK!!!!

usually you can see it from the back on mechanical/automatic watches, it's truly a beautiful sight

Through the glass

iMuhammad Siam its a double faced watch....ff to 9:40. You cant see through the back....because the back is a whole other watch!

For watches, the money is usually spent on the place we don't see

such a beauty, thats why i love skeleton watches

abdullah abdulaziz Haha speak for yourself

@@MegaLusvin oh yeah maybe you own one then

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They are not produced in large scale. Not only the brand defines the price, but also the exclusivity.

Yes, production is limited in order to keep exclusivity and the high value. But if they wanted to, they could just as easily make thousands which everyone could afford to buy. Although with a higher grade of manufacture, PP watches are just like like all other wrist watch brands. They are made using production machines which are designed to throw out finished parts in great quantities. The watches are hand assembled not hand made - except for the engraving, engine turning and some hand finishing.

Have fun making thousands of them.... It will not be the same ... Just 4 different people who have the skills to make this particular watch... Try finding some more people at this caliber you will find 10 needles in 20 piles of hay before you find one. Most people I know can't do a mundane thing properly. Making art out of watches, very few.

4 people? Do not believe anything Swiss watch manufacturers tell you. As you can see, these watch parts are not made by hand. Most parts not even finished by hand. Only assembled by hand.

To put things into perspective PP has over 2000 employees. They probably produce 1% the quantity of watches that Rolex produces which in itself is a very exclusive brand. The reason being is that every employee does just one step in a painfully long process, but they do it perfectly. It is this drive to the perfection of human craftsmanship that is what make these watches so valuable. Also PP doesn't only make 2.5 million dollar watches. They only made 7 of these i believe, so to make up for the 1000s of man hours in designing these watches the price has to be jacked up a little to compensate.

Its an apprenticeship

It is used in all mechanical watches, even those that cost under 100 bucks. It is basically a synthetic sapphire [Al2O3] made in laboratory and cut in to pieces using diamond coated saws. It is the same material that the scratch resistant sapphire crystal watches are made of (but this one is colorized). The reason you want to have it there is to reduce friction in the place where the moving and static parts contact. If there were steel-on-steel connections between these parts, they would get deformed over time.

@@--matthew-- oh, dial indicators use synthetic ruby instead of saphire, for thermal stability, looked like a red donut to me just like in a starrett indicator.

@@donzmilky5961 I'm not shure if we're talking about the same thing bud. I explained a purpose of jewel bearings inside a watch movement.

Actually the price is inline to Patek’s cost. They only made 6 of these. The amount of engineering, development, testing, after 5 years this is not off the mark. As the most complicated wrist watch to date, with the most complications, the effort was to sell this to only the best Patek customers of interest. This was done for stretching Patek’s reputation as the technical leader, and publicize this, while then putting in place something that will generate publicity when auctioned off 20 years from now at a new record price, which then is supply and demand in the most crazy manor as I expect one to sell for over $50 million dollars. Their similar watch from decades past sold close to $20 of $30 million at auction a couple of years ago. That is part of the hype Patek is planting a seed for, this publicity, and perhaps this is their biggest sin. If they don’t do this the others will continue to do it and Patek’s ego and reputation may diminish in the eyes of their market, which is the richest of watch buyers. If you compare a $50,000 Patek to a $500 Speedmaster, in your hands and carefully inspect these watches, there is no comparison. One is paying for technology and refining of the product with technology and fit and finish, plus a bit because it is Patek.

Trimon kiss my butt

Ivi Den depends, are you hot?

You are paying for their time and expertise. They rarely make watches like this and they allow their engineers and watchmakers to spend months on a single piece showing off their skills as a watchmaker

Believe me my friend, you don't have to accept anything here, you are not the targeted consumer of this watch and probably never will. So now get off your horse and accept that you and your ego are worthless to them.