Watches Just Changed Forever (I’m Not Sure How I Feel About It) 

Guess this is why the shock absorber spring is open at 5:35 😅

@@michaelmatsonashvili Was just about to point that out!

As was I. LoL

Yep spotted that too 😂

that unhooked spring really triggered my OCD

True. And titanium, even though a very light metal, is still 3 times heavier than resin.

Yes, and try to get that mechanical watch repaired or just lubricated. I've had a sad tale of downright evil watch-maintenance people screwing up my Oris watch, and although working again, it is disfigured because they tried to relume it. I'm never going back to mechanical watches, although I'm a sucker for RU-vid videos of them. Thank you Andrew for your quiet humour.

@@mauricegold9377 Superluminova on modern mechanical watches has an indefinite service life, it doesn't meaningfully age and will never need redoing. Sounds like you got a bad watchmaker that didn't communicate what would be done.

IKR

There is a version of a stock used on the SIG MPX carbine/submachine gun (and on some other guns) that’s very thin... Its colloquially known as the “Kate Moss” stock 🤣.... and no, it hasnt been around since 1996, it was designed about 10yrs ago

It was all impressive till I saw this loosing jewel...QC not yet there I guess...I think like in many fields sometime it is not how a machine start and run , or for that matter how shiny it is, but it is about how consistent is over time. Aside that, impressive result, even if curved caliber have been introduced decades ago from Gruen with the famous CURVEX...cheers to the future

Check the pinned comment! It looks like this is a much abused show piece.

@@yosefmarkov425 Yeah, I noticed Andrew's pinned comment shortly after. Still very important to put the shock spring back in place asap, wow, that's some sloppiness by a previous reviewer.

I too noticed this right off the bat, zooming in to verify. Nice catch!

Chinese politics and watchmaking could be mirrored with Russian politics and invading, or American /Israeli politics and removal of freedom of speech for university students. Love Andrew's videos and intelligence. Love this watch, preferred the colours on the limited edition carbon 11g. What's important, as was said, is that this is now the tip of the iceberg. China no longer copies. In 5 years it's become the biggest producer of electric cars bar none. The quality is 5-10% behind German standards, the price 20-50% lower. Five years ago the cars were copies, much lower quality, Land Rover successfully sued Land Wind stopping production of their Evoque copy- in China. Nowadays Chinese car manufacturers have their own identity and are the better for it. They're also the tech leaders in electric cars. Because they're extremely dynamic and forward looking. In five years. It took Kia /Hyundai 20+ years to get there. And the world doesn't see many of these new Chinese products as they have a 1.4 billion local market.... Check out the 2024 Beijing auto show. Should the car world be worried? I think yes. But what has this to do with watches? Loving both cars and watches, and living the past 5 years in China, I see the same in the watch industry. On a smaller scale granted, but time goes tick tock without stopping. I doubt Swiss watches will disappear- legacy makers always survive in the minds of those that see legacy as important. Others will enjoy Chinese products for what they are, and will continue to grow and become. New references. I have a collection of mostly independents from around the world. The cheapest and most reliable, plus most distinctive are Chinese- CIGA Design GPHG winner anyone? Oh, yes, of course, it's true, they're much cheaper over here too. As a Scot I'd love an An Ordain but can't afford it. My Paulin is lovely, but the movement sucks. I now have more Chinese watches than any brand. I had none before moving here as they were invisible out with China. Now we have this video. Of this watch. Do I want one? I'm sure the answer is clear.

can confirm, i'm no good.

Yep that was sneaky dirt 😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Brilliant!

I had to read it to get it. Thank you.

Hahahahahahahaahah actually laughed out loud here

Chinese will never win at this play, for next thousand year. Natura non facit saltus. Just think about Eterna.

What enables the Chinese to make versions at such low prices. Do you happen to know the margins on a Rolex?

@@christopherd.winnan8701Lower Labor costs and lower overhead .. primarily: cheaper energy prices, lower taxes, less regulations on business (compliance with requlations is veryexpensive in the west) lower costs for Things like trash disposal, especially for chemicals etc. plus no or limited shipping costs on parts.

There already are watches that put Rolex to shame for a lot less money. People don't want to buy them or wear them though, because it doesn't say Rolex on them. I have quite a few fancy Swiss and German watches but have never considered Rolex. To me, it's just a status thing. I have a Rolex I have money. Don't think I'm having a go at you, I'm not. Merely pointing out if they sold Rolex for half the price, nobody would buy them.

@@thedarkone2444 They are selling Rolexes for 1/10th of the price, and it does even state Rolex on it. But when you open it and look at the screws in the movement for example, you can see it is not genuine, so nobody wants it. (Even I don't want it, but then I don't want a genuine Rolex either)

yeah thay doesn't look quite right.

And I noticed a couple of screws that were either marked or rusted.

😂

Astute comment. The price of these might go through the roof... or it might not. I'm not sure I'm ready to drop $7,500 on a mass produced Chinese watch, no matter how clever it is. But I still want one though.

Agree 100 percent, including that last bit!

Yep I thought I was seeing things...

i caught it too.

Agreed!

Yep, I noticed this flaw as well. After viewing your wonderfull video again I can conform only half of the incablock spring is properly seated thougout the video. I wonder if the performance of this remarkable watch does improve considerably after fixing this small issue missed by quality control. Or is this fault caused by transporting it to Andrew.

Agreed.

Damn beat me to it

Read the pinned comment

Annoyed the hell out of me. I couldn't think if anything else throughout the whole video. 😆

Thanks, once seen, can't be unseen 😢

Damn right!

The NSA hidden camera, you mean?

Probably typing this on his hidden NSA microphone/camera/phone/GPS/brain cooker scanner device.

I’m glad someone else noticed. My jaw dropped o.o

@@captaincef Ya, I facepalmed as soon as I saw it.

That balance wheel also looked a little out of balance too.

@@TheChzoronzonright you are!

It s because it s curved

Hahaha came to the comments searching this!

I don’t think I’ve ever read a more reasoned comment on the internet. Points to you!

And? Are they?

Not their feet, but nearly everything else

Do they even have feet?

@@HGSolberg In common parlance yes, but not technically. Each foot is actually a single toe. They also have hands, if we're talking about height!

The curved movement has been done previously, by Ressence.

Like the new bremont’s 🤣😂😅😄😐🫤😞😔😓😢

Like a lucky bag! Hahaha, showing your era there my friend.

This.

🎯 Nailed it! Compared to this Behrens, the Ti Yacht-Master looks more refined and innovative! 😅

Yeah, 100 y ago real men carried their watches in their pockets hooked to chains, lol

Is this a bid? If they accept it, you may be in more trouble than you thought.

@@michaelbedford8017 lemme ask the wife, she said no lol 🤣 she wants a bidet toilet

Three words - made in China!

Andrew saw your comment and posted his own...

The quality is improving all the time and what you describe has happened to loads of cars…Geely (pronounced as if it is a J) in particular is making huge strides forward after they bought Volvo. I drive a Lynk & Co and it’s awesome…a premium product. Polestar, Lotus, Zeekr…etc etc…they will dominate in the near future.

You sure that wasn’t a Tesla?

same

It must be all that difficult to execute curve of the layout. I bet there will be more issues with time, that is why you don’t see it often.