Why Are Sapphire Cases So Expensive? Find out with the Jacob & Co Bugatti Chiron 

hi Jerry

that's what i thought.

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Give one to Jerry!

And many thanks to you for your very appreciated comment. The very best to you!

I bet Invicta is more your cup of tea isn't it?

if this watch is not your cup of tea...you don't know tea sir!

Happy to have brought this up and yes, it takes a lot to do these cases!!!

Most welcome and thanks, very happy about this

All the littlest of details that the camera cant provide your eyes to appreciate as much as seeing it with your own eyes

You are most welcome and always nice to go behind the scenes of such feat!

The price is eye watering also

@@danny77670000 True ;)

Why would anyone hate the brand, Jacob & Co. is next level with their exquisite pieces.

@@movadopika I think most people's gripe is Jacob watches don't have the classic look (which isn't bad, it makes them unique). Time has yet to prove that their designs will ever be timeless and fit for all occasions. This is a reason why Rolex is so successful. They can be timeless or a little bit over the top (with the Rainbow Daytona). With that said, I don't think anyone is bashing on the engineering side of things.

Soon an announcement regarding this ;) the very best to you

Yes, almost the definition of cumbersome!!! Thanks for sharing this

And these limits keep getting pushed, it’s amazing and fantastic, we love it 👍👍

@@WATCHESTVcom What next every part Sapphire put color leds light up parts. That kind be intresting to see if someone could do that and keep it a mechanical watch even powering the leds.

Actually this exists and here’s a really interesting example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MBYQ7sHb_yc.html but to do this with sapphire case could indeed be quite spectacular!

Happy to have been useful ;)

Merci beaucoup et très content que ça vous ait plu!

You are very welcome and thanks for your comment 🙏

You are most welcome and love making these!!!

Very nice comment, thanks a lot 👍👍🙏🙏

Well, part of the argument here is that making diamond tooling actually is expensive, or at least more expensive than not using diamond. In the same sense that carbide tooling is more expensive than HSS tooling. The industrial grade small diamonds or the diamond dust aren't that expensive by themselves, that is true.

That's right and thanks so much, really appreciated!!!

Most welcome and thanks for watching

What? No. It's actually pretty hard to manufacture a sapphire case, vs. a stainless steel case for example. The question is whether it's a useful thing to have, but it doesn't change the fact that it is honestly a complicated and time-consuming process.

@@graealex yeah. those CNC grinder work so hard )) don't be silly.

@@vasyapupken The simple fact that the machining operation isn't cutting, but grinding. Grinding tools aren't really indexable. That makes especially CNC very complicated. But keep talking...

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!

Didn't know, quite a coincidence!!!!

Why youtube gave me this suggestion.

Cool and happy you did!!! The very best to you

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting this. The very best to you

Very impressive for sure!!!!

Thanks and most welcome, very happy you enjoyed it

Glad you think so! Thanks so much and the very best

For sure

Hahahaha, am not that far then 😉👍👍

Hi and thanks so much!

Muchas gracias 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you! 😊

Oh yes!!!!!

Thanks a lot for this!!

Yes we indeed took a little break 😉 thanks my friend

Glad you enjoyed it

Yep, that's the reality ;) Thanks so much

happy to be useful ;) best to you

Great and super happy to hear this, thanks and welcome aboard!!! Best to you

Lol that is because industrial diamonds are cheap as FUCK.

Lets make industrial gold then!

@@oldestries Sadly gold is rare, diamonds are not. Industrial diamonds are just the ones that aren't useful for the jewelry industry (so most of them)

Exactly.

You have a plan 👍👍👍

Thanks so much

love how you pretend like you know what your on about.... As I jeweler I can tell you most stones are like aluminum in softness, sapphire is like forged steel. Lets say the same diamond wheel is cutting both of them, one just lasts alot longer on softer materials. Cut and polish sapphires at these tolerances and come back saying its cheap, ill wait =) Hardwood floors are a work of art too and each is unique to the floor contractor. difference being no one else makes these, nor could, remember these guys are growing their own stones too., which is much harder than growing trees.

@@keatonjones6115 Well did you make yourself feel better? You have no clue who I am, and I also raised money for my first business through my work in the gem trade in LA. My comment was directed to the FACT that most diamond bit tools are made from industrial diamonds. I know a diamond polishing wheel can get up there... and that is my point. They shouldn't cost as much as they do, they don't cost that much in other industries outside the jewelry industry.

@@christopherross8358 FACT

@@christopherross8358 I''m sorry I made an assumption (in fairness not many people are in the field haha) but was an assumption none the less! That's awesome man!! I have misunderstood, text is a bit iffy out of context. Just to compare hardwood floors to this kind of machining is a bit of a stretch and why I was being defensive, I truly appreciate this kind of work and the uniqueness of what's being done. But to reduce it to cost of diamond tooling bits when I think the point is you need the machines that can do it + The knowledge and skills required to use is immense and that's what is depicted for me. Not the cost of bits, that's just 1 tiny thing he said, which I'm sure they cut out of a longer talk. Manufacturers for that equipment probably have their own patented designs for tooling/servicing bits, so would be beyond unreasonable costs I'm sure, so yeah I'm sorry I read it the wrong way!!! I totally agree with the pricing in general is way expensive for what it actually is for sure!! But these guys aren't pretending it's expensive for THEIR machines I don't think. Again sorry for the confrontation and assumption, I whole heartetly defend arts like these as it's what I passionate about !!

@@keatonjones6115 Thank you. I've done a lot of design work and fabrication in multiple industries - but basically it's come down for me using my skills as a sculptor and mold maker. I've cut stones before as well. It is difficult work if you have cheap equipment, especially if you don't use an angle milling tool. After getting out of the service, I took a job for a while installing hardwood flooring - and it was more challenging in my opinion. We used to do crazy stuff though like installing herring bone (it's a type of cut on the wood) flooring at 45 degree angles with a decorative border. It's all challenging work, but so much of the gem industry is hyping up the value 5X what you paid for it, that when I hear people pitch it that way - I get a bit aggressive. I'm guilty of that projecting inflated value as well, otherwise I wouldn't have made the money I did.

That's right!

But industrial sapphire is cheap to make and industrial diamond is even cheaper to buy. The only excuse for the price is "it's hand made" and "name brand"

Laser cutting works but it's not that efficient due to it being diffused. But their excuse of using diamonds is a joke because industrial diamonds are dirt cheap, you can go buy a pound of them for a few bucks.

Thanks a lot 🙏🙏

and AVENTI makes their 100% Pure White Sapphire Case's for under $500...?? something doesn't make sense here. The royal blue sapphire case costed them $800 or $1000 (they said ??) fitted with a "fake" garbage Tourbillion movement from China for $250. = great investment !

seriously? Personally it's one of the ugliest, gaudy things I've seen... sure the precision of all the little parts is impressive, but the thing is hideous.

Thank you very much and happy you liked it!!

Yup, industrial diamonds are dirt cheap, like you can buy pounds of them for a few bucks and all the machining could easily be done by machines... But their claims are what sell it idiots and sucks.

Thanks so much!

Not to mention industrial diamonds which are the ones not worth turning into jewelry are worth only dollars per pound and not worth squat and common as hell. The tiny amount of diamond dust used in the making of the sapphire casing is worth MAYBE pennies. But hey the people buying thee are idiots and lap this crap up, just tell them it's made with diamonds and sapphire (even if artificial and cheap) PLUS it's hand made.. Instant rich moron boner.

Yes, i know, really embarrassed about that but was too late to reshoot 🙏🙏

@@WATCHESTVcom Thanks Marc, keep them coming 🙏

Interesting!!!!

Industrial sapphires aren't worth anything unlike their natural counterparts... Kind of like artificial diamonds or industrial diamonds aren't worth anything either. It's the rarity of the natural ones that gives them their worth. (which fyi you can buy industrial use diamonds for a few bucks per pound. Come from the same mines but thousands of times more common and worth that much less)

A very big moment of solitude for sure were that to happen!!!

It does, quite a price right???

Yeah the process has been around for a while and honestly sapphire is used in a lot of thing and thus the process to make it is cheap unlike a real natural sapphire. Plus industrial diamond is worth.. Well Nothing. Literally you can buy pounds of it for dollars.

I don't believe so...

@@WATCHESTVcom Got it. Thank you

Why?

@@BobbyDazzler888 from a technical standpoint and from an aesthetic standpoint I just love it. It's really difficult to manufacture in sapphire and the fact that they made a case and crown as beautifully as they did in addition to an exact replica of the W16 engine that is an automaton is just really cool.

Really thanks a lot for your view on this amazing machine!!!

@@WATCHESTVcom as a watchmaker, I love when your videos get specific and go into details of manufacturing. Been following you for years and never been disappointed with the content, keep up the amazing work you all do!

Elle est incroyable!!!

That’s not the reason. I can afford a Jacob and Co Chiron, but for the same money I feel I could buy multiple watches of much higher quality and horological significance. Yes the effect of the mechanics are cool to look at, but a Lange Triple split costs less than this watch. I think that tells you everything.

@@TheRausing1 The only reason you replied to my comment was to bullshit about how you could afford this watch. Admit it. Stroking your ego through trolling RU-vid comments doesn't really make you look legit.... probably because you are not.

I agree, but the break was nice too ;)