Wow! I’ve been a fan of this channel for several years now, what you guys are able to document is simply not seen anywhere else. You get behind the scenes with the people who make the watches, and are basically part of the industry. Looking forward to the next part! As for this handmade watch, it shows the true passion for the watchmaking art that some watchmakers have. Very few companies I’ve seen actually do this, usually it’s an independent watchmaker, who must make compromises because he can’t get access to the required machinery. What gets me upset are “high-end” companies that do not do this, that do not seek this kind of perfection and yet advertise being “the best.” Big example of this is Rolex. Yes, they’ve innovated some, but (recently) only very small things, and nothing with the movement except for their winding rotor, which was a long time ago. Even worse is a company like Nomos. This may sound crazy, as Nomos is seen as a great value watch for the movement, but hear me out. Rolex doesn’t advertise movement finishing, only “luxury.” I may not like that, but will admit that Rolex is good at what they do. Nomos is all about the movement finishing. But, it is machined finished. For me it does not matter how good the machine finishing is, it is still machine finishing and too expensive for the price. Once upon a time, all watch parts were hand finished. The difference in quality was how much decoration there was, and how good it was executed. A good example of this is my cheap Illinois pocket watch, whose hand-applied not-Geneva striping is slightly wavy in places. What modern watchmaking like Nomos has done, is eliminate the cheap hand finished movement and replaced it with machines. I don’t know about you, but I would take a not-perfect hand finished watch over a machine finished watch any day of the week.
Hi and thanks for sharing your opinion about this. It's true that hand finishing finds itself at another level, but obviously at a cost and the huge majority of today's watches are machine finished, even the "luxurious" ones. Most people don't really care though, because they simply don't know the difference and I hope that with such contents as we produce we can help give some deeper understanding. All the very best to you
I'm in love with greubel forsey since the first day I laid eyes on one of their 24s tourbillon but goddamn I can't get enough of this brand! Can't thank the team enough for those videos, Viva Watchmaking!
Now that is simply the peak point of watch making. It has so deep meaning to me that i can't even explain but i'm sure some people will understand what i mean.
Superbe réalisation. Je crois que je n’ai pas cligné des yeux une seule fois pendant le visionnage , j’étais absorbé. J’ai hâte de voir les prochains épisodes. Cette série va devenir mon Game of throne!!!
So far Greubel Forsey has achieved the highest level of finishing and at one point made the most accurate mechanical watch, despite being only 16 years old
That was inspiring. I really liked the imagery of the blank sheet of paper as part of the process- anything is possible! It truly is a beautiful watch.
"It was one step forward and two back with almost each component, many times before succeeding." Perfect occupational title for watchmaker. No one tells you that before you start or you just don't hear while looking on watches like this... 2 dislikes? Mad you are not involved in this project or just drunk? Very very nice footage! Very well done to everyone! Looking forward to the other parts! :)
Amazing video et Could you talk with us about watchmaking schools institutes who accept international students courses in English or French any recommendations please
One word has to be spent on the collectors who buy these very very expensive pieces: they basically keep this company up and running. GF make very pieces every year....there's no mass production here. Their money helps passing the tradition of hand-made watches down to the next generation...and I think that's the biggest value here.
I would say that the main difference resides in the fact that the GF team was looking into results/performance that are achieved with today’s very high end technology but to get there using the hand.
TheWATCHES.tv since Roger Smith’s workshop make 10 watches per year, it would appear that they are a lot more efficient in this, and to my knowledge everything is done by hand there as well. Plus, they have coaxial escarements and the level of finishing and decoration of the movement appears to be on higher level than what is in this video. When GF claim that this hasn’t been done before, they need to explain what they mean, as Roger’s watches definitely have the performance. They are not some arcane devices, quite the contrary - they use a much more advanced escapement technology than GF. Great effort, but respect for Daniels and Smith should be given, GF are far from being the only ones out there to offer handmade pieces.
Their watches are all hand finished and assembled with an uncompromising commitment to quality, but most raw components are machined. In other companies, generally these 3 stages are all mainly done by machines
Extremely beautiful timepiece, but to be honest i feel that it's a fraud. As long as they use CNC machines and other modern tools, one can not call this "Hand Made"!!! When they'll cut the plates by hand, or make the case by hand, soldering the lugs and all other components as Roger Smith and Phillipe Dufourdoes,Then They can call it Hand made! Never the less a great achievement...
@@007-i6z8v I understand, but their intention was also to manufacture a timepiece with the greatest chronometrical performance, thus the compromise if one can say so.
@@user-zl2sc3bg3g Is it more accurate than John Harison's Chronometer? Because he made it entirely by hand in the 1700's and it is said that it was accurate to 1s/month on the open sea!!! Just saying...LOL It's a nice publicity stunt, I'll give them that.Thank you for the nice debate, keep up the great work!!!
Wooowww guys compliments what an amazing manufacture.... well done to all the people involved looking forward to next chapter...... well done bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻
