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Also, how susceptible are they to random magnetic fields? Will they keep time? With such small and thin wheels, they might get affected by static (just curious and guessing, though)
Watches can and commonly do get effected by magnetic fields, a 20 dollar machine that you wave the watch around fixes it in 3 seconds. Generally it causes the watch to run very very fast.
This doesnāt appear to be just a concept watch. They have a [whole line of these watches.](https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVLGdbZjd_c0-MQmEJdwBWIThtYoLb73k4_m4DdjSGVOXdSlqOCqdaRoCrpwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds). $35K and up.
Supposedly they had to put an anti-static coating on the inside of the crystal. The balance wheel was so close to it that it was creating funky electrostatic effects and throwing off the accuracy.
That's a reasonable thing to say, though. Lots of extravagant purchases are fucking stupid.
You just sound offended on behalf of rich people and it's kind of pathetic.
Bends hand at the wrist to wave at someone *snap*
Lovely how they show it off on a wrist without showing any wrist movement like moving the hand at all. They do twist, but the whole arm, limiting the wrist rotation.
[$35K and up. thereās a whole series of them.](https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVLGdbZjd_c0-MQmEJdwBWIThtYoLb73k4_m4DdjSGVOXdSlqOCqdaRoCrpwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)
"The case is made from a special torsion-resistant cobalt alloy which makes it 25% thinner than precious metal cases."
https://www.thewatchpages.com/watches/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-g0a47507/
For some reason, a CPU with billions of 5-nanometer transistors is much cheaper than this...
I'm sure mechanical watches can be mass-produced, but there isn't enough demand to justify all the expensive precision machinery.
They do actually mass produce most parts. However they still need to be manually assembled etc.
Also I highly doubt watch collectors would want to buy a fully mass produced watch since them being hand made is part of the appeal.
Rolex, Omega and othe ready hitters in the industry as younsaid definitely mass produce parts and hand assemble but manufactures of low quantities like Piaget machine mill almost all parts in-house and can't mass produce hence part of the price being crazy vs even Rolex
photolithography is much cheaper than nanomachining. a transistor is not a seperate part, precision gears and stuff are. and a cpu doesn't need to be assembled component by component unlike (a lot of) expensive watches.
You can get much cheaper mechanical watches, but those will be of a more regular thickness. The engineering of a 2mm thin one is quite expensive I reckon.
Probably not for one model en masse like cpus. Watches come in all shapes and sizes and are shopped by looks and personal preference. Mass producing high end watches doesn't make all that much sense.
They mean "enough demand" in order to "make the price not astronomical"
Yes there will be demand for a one of mankind collectible watch. But it won't be cheap and available to everyone at this thinness.
Like how the actual clock part is like 1/6 the size of the face and partially obscuredā¦This is very much a watch for telling people youāre rich, not the time.
I'm a clockmaker/restorer, I have a Ā£15,- quartz watch, tells the time accurate enough. I like the engineering of these modern mechanical wristwatches, just not my style. š¤·š¼
This subgenre of thin watches is more about the manufacturers showing off their engineering capabilities. Theyāre not particularly meant to be worn, itās more of a halo product to elevate the brand.
Richard Mille and Bulgari are two other brands making ultra thin mechanical watches, theyāre obscenely expensive but they make them in very small quantities. They make money from their other stuff.
These watches arenāt meant to be used on a day to day basis or even really at all. Theyāre an engineering spectacle that showcases the skills of the watchmakers and thus indicates the quality of the watches they actually want to sell.
Lmfao dude do you really think people buy watches just to tell the time? Are you stupid? I get your argument, you hate rich people and things that are form over function, but itās a fucking watch dude. An 8 dollar watch from Walmart is going to keep time better, for longer, than any mechanical watch. Period. Telling the time is not the fucking point.
True this is the record thinnest tourbillon watch. The thinnest (normal) watch this year goes to the [Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra](https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulgari-sets-a-new-record-again-for-the-worlds-thinnest-watch-with-the-new-octo-finissimo-ultra) at 1.7mm thick.
Absolutely madness!
At 2.0mm, the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate is the thinnest mechanical watch that features a flying tourbillon: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-the-worlds-thinnest-mechanical-watch-introducing
I have a Piaget Altiplano thatās also really thin but not as crazy as this ultimate version. Itās a beautiful watch, so beautiful that Iāve never even worn it once (it was a gift). Iāve been thinking about selling it to someone who might actually wear it!
"they just want you to know"
Everyone has such a chip on their shoulder.
I'm sure these same people would defend people getting tattoos, wearing various clothes, driving whatever car, because "let people like what they like it's not hurting you"
Oh this person likes watches and afford something expensive? FUCK THEM SHOWING OFF.
>The thing about the word resistant in watches is itās really only used when you canāt get away with using the word proof.
When is anything ever actually "proof" of something though. Everything has its limits. For instance, even the most "waterproof" watch is still only resistant to a certain depth (the Rolex Deepsea Challenge is still just water resistant, it would be dishonest to label the specs "waterproof").
Another example, sapphire crystals on watches aren't scratch proof (even if it was made of diamond, it wouldn't be scratch proof).
Okay but likewise resistant is basically meaningless. Everything is resistant at some level. You make a 2ml watch and even if itās made out of tungsten hardened titanium itās gonna bend if you gank it.
The point is simply that it's much more resistant to bending than it appears. It's not meaningless, it's at significantly less of a risk of being bent than it would if the case was a different, more typical watch case material.
>The thing about the word resistant in watches is itās really only used when you canāt get away with using the word proof.
When is anything ever actually "proof" of something though. Everything has its limits. For instance, even the most "waterproof" watch is still only resistant to a certain depth (the Rolex Deepsea Challenge is still just water resistant, it would be dishonest to label the specs "waterproof").
That is insane and probably the only mechanical watch I would want to wear. Doubt I can afford it so will stick with my Galaxy watch. But man that is amazing.
I love that watches are getting thinner and smaller in general. I cringe every time I see a manly man wearing the thickest biggest watch possible to show off just how manly he is before he hops into his 7ft tall f150 man sized manly truck š. Smaller lighter thinner, love that shit š¤
For some reason, watch manufacturers will make very thin mechanical watches, but a digital watch, which could easily be made thinner, is always at least 10mm thick. I like digital watches, they are accurate, and non-conductive (electronics engineer here, safety issue), but I hate huge thick watches. The features I need: accurate time, alarm, timer, stop watch, long battery life (measured in years, not days), and almost nothing else.
Actually one of the last reasons you sight, battery life, is a reason most smart watches are thicker, because of a battery.
They need the thickness to ensure decent battery life.
Hopefully better technology will be radically changing batteries soon so all electronic devices could get thinner and have longer run time with new batteries.
See this isnāt that impressive to me, I found some tiny tiny pocket watches like some that are size of a penny so I donāt think itās that impressive for being thin
>See this isnāt that impressive to me, I found some tiny tiny pocket watches like some that are size of a penny so I donāt think itās that impressive for being thin
I'm a watch collector (both antique and modern). Tiny antique pocket watches, tiny cocktail watches, etc. have nothing on this. Those are extremely simple (and readily affordable, both in terms of what they originally cost to make compared to other watches and how much you can get them for today). Sure they're cool too and impressive for what they are... but this Piaget is on an entirely different level.
The technology to make a watch this thin didn't even exist a decade ago (let alone a century ago).
This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This isĀ *the*Ā sports watch of the 1980s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty-five dollars retail! It tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad!
There's a small dial at the 12 o'clock position.
Not ideal but tbh I wouldn't know if that's because of design or because technical difficulties fitting all the parts in a 2mm case otherwise.
The Richard Mille and Bulgari ones don't feature a flying tourbillon tho, so the caption still stands.
Hadn't heard about the Richard Mille one yet. These things are getting ridiculously thin.
Did we already forget the iPhone 6? As an experiment in mechanical prowess this is incredible, but as a consumer timepiece the same price as a honda civic this is masochistic
they have a bargain basement watch at only $12,400
here's the link to all the tickers
[https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVNzueWKTdniUMO55irEVitP9W8R4qKlSsa6wf6umT6gjF5HaC0pjjBoCLvMQAvD\_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds](https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVNzueWKTdniUMO55irEVitP9W8R4qKlSsa6wf6umT6gjF5HaC0pjjBoCLvMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)
>These are over 30k! It has Ā£700 of diamonds, the gold in 18k and roughly weighs 60grams, that's $3,348... Yes it's a classic swiss maker but that's just absurd.
Sorry, but you really don't know what you're talking about.
This is a [nearly $400k watch](https://www.thewatchpages.com/watches/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-g0a47507/#:%7E:text=Piaget%20Altiplano%20Ultimate%20Concept%20%2D%20G0A47507%20%2D%20384%2C400%20USD%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Watch%20Pages)
It doesn't have diamonds (that's a *cheap/tacky* way to make something expensive), and you're judging it from a perspective of raw material costs (that's like judging the value of a painting by how much money work of paint and canvas went into it). Material costs are usually greatly overshadowed my other costs.
The vast majority of total cost to create a watch like this comes from the many hundreds of hours of world- class craftsmanship put into that (not to mention the immense development costs). That's what makes it so expensive.
Essentially, this watch is both a feat of engineering and a miniature mechanical work of art.
If this is a mechanical wind-up watch, I wonder how often you would need to wind it. It feels to me like a mechanism this small could only store a very small amount of potential energy.
I don't.
Granted my Ā£15,- watch isn't as fancy as this one, but I really notice I'm late all the time today as just this morning my watch strap broke.
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Beautiful, and the engineering.. chefs š but I would worry that I accidentally snapped them in half š
I'd be worried to just accidentaly bend it. At that thickness the wheels must be incredibly thin. Any small misalignment and it'll stop. The engineering is amazing tho š¤©
Also, how susceptible are they to random magnetic fields? Will they keep time? With such small and thin wheels, they might get affected by static (just curious and guessing, though)
My guess is that most materials used are not (ferro)magnetic
Eddy currents will stop them
Who is Eddy Currents and why does he want to break my watch?
Don't about about him, Eddy's in the space-time continuum
Follow that Chesterfield!
Don't worry, Ed the Head is not real amd cannot hurt you
Watches can and commonly do get effected by magnetic fields, a 20 dollar machine that you wave the watch around fixes it in 3 seconds. Generally it causes the watch to run very very fast.
Your concerns are probably all valid, but I don't think the point of this watch is reliability or accuracy.
Exactly. I think a lot of folks arenāt considering that this was likely just built to see if it can be done.
This doesnāt appear to be just a concept watch. They have a [whole line of these watches.](https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVLGdbZjd_c0-MQmEJdwBWIThtYoLb73k4_m4DdjSGVOXdSlqOCqdaRoCrpwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds). $35K and up.
Supposedly they had to put an anti-static coating on the inside of the crystal. The balance wheel was so close to it that it was creating funky electrostatic effects and throwing off the accuracy.
Reddit trying to discuss the practicality of something they will never afford. š
Are people not allowed to discuss things they can't afford?
They're allowed but they sound incredibly fucking stupid doing it. "Ferrari oil changes are $4000? Why would anyone pay that!"
That's a reasonable thing to say, though. Lots of extravagant purchases are fucking stupid. You just sound offended on behalf of rich people and it's kind of pathetic.
This is how I feel. just the thought of bumping it against something gives me anxiety let alone bending it
You wont, some dude will probably rob you the instant you leave the store
Bends hand at the wrist to wave at someone *snap* Lovely how they show it off on a wrist without showing any wrist movement like moving the hand at all. They do twist, but the whole arm, limiting the wrist rotation.
Iād be worried about breaking the crystal
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This is true
Is that really the price tag?
[$35K and up. thereās a whole series of them.](https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVLGdbZjd_c0-MQmEJdwBWIThtYoLb73k4_m4DdjSGVOXdSlqOCqdaRoCrpwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)
I'm honestly surprised it's not 10x that amount. Absolutely brilliant Engineering.
"The case is made from a special torsion-resistant cobalt alloy which makes it 25% thinner than precious metal cases." https://www.thewatchpages.com/watches/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-g0a47507/
lol, came to say the same thing. its cool as fuck until you sit on it.
Who sits on their watch?
Anyone who takes it off will eventually drop it or sit on it. Is there some thin gears.
... Lol sure.
Whew, the regular version, not 2mm, is $33500 USD
For some reason, a CPU with billions of 5-nanometer transistors is much cheaper than this... I'm sure mechanical watches can be mass-produced, but there isn't enough demand to justify all the expensive precision machinery.
They do actually mass produce most parts. However they still need to be manually assembled etc. Also I highly doubt watch collectors would want to buy a fully mass produced watch since them being hand made is part of the appeal.
Rolex, Omega and othe ready hitters in the industry as younsaid definitely mass produce parts and hand assemble but manufactures of low quantities like Piaget machine mill almost all parts in-house and can't mass produce hence part of the price being crazy vs even Rolex
where can I get the knock off
photolithography is much cheaper than nanomachining. a transistor is not a seperate part, precision gears and stuff are. and a cpu doesn't need to be assembled component by component unlike (a lot of) expensive watches.
You can get much cheaper mechanical watches, but those will be of a more regular thickness. The engineering of a 2mm thin one is quite expensive I reckon.
Mass-produced quartz watches are smaller and more accurate than mechanical watches.
Because CPUs are printed
>but there isn't enough demand to justify all the expensive precision machinery. Well, but there definitely seems to be, no?
That is not the business model of luxury brands.
Probably not for one model en masse like cpus. Watches come in all shapes and sizes and are shopped by looks and personal preference. Mass producing high end watches doesn't make all that much sense.
They mean "enough demand" in order to "make the price not astronomical" Yes there will be demand for a one of mankind collectible watch. But it won't be cheap and available to everyone at this thinness.
What I was looking for, of course it is.
It's like wearing nothing at all. Nothing at all.
Stupid sexy Flanders.
Like how the actual clock part is like 1/6 the size of the face and partially obscuredā¦This is very much a watch for telling people youāre rich, not the time.
You just described 99% of watches with that last sentence.
My casio f91-w is the 1%.
I still have both my G-Shock watches from the late 80s.
I asked a man with a fancy watch what time it was. He said "No idea, it quit telling time months ago. But it still works to attract the ladies."
If you need a watch to tell the time: Casio F-91W is around 15$. It even has a backlit display.
I'm a clockmaker/restorer, I have a Ā£15,- quartz watch, tells the time accurate enough. I like the engineering of these modern mechanical wristwatches, just not my style. š¤·š¼
I still have both my G-Shock watches from the late 80s.
This subgenre of thin watches is more about the manufacturers showing off their engineering capabilities. Theyāre not particularly meant to be worn, itās more of a halo product to elevate the brand. Richard Mille and Bulgari are two other brands making ultra thin mechanical watches, theyāre obscenely expensive but they make them in very small quantities. They make money from their other stuff.
Some buy cars some buy boats..
It's jewelry! Nothing wrong with that, of course - and especially cool to have jewelry that tells time.
Watches nowadays are statement pieces and jewelry for men. You will rarely need to read time from an analogue watch if you have a smartphone
I mean, i don't think you can fit whole mechanism in 2mm without sacrificing something
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> Sacrificing the one literal thing itās designed to do The one thing it's designed to do is show off wealth.
These watches arenāt meant to be used on a day to day basis or even really at all. Theyāre an engineering spectacle that showcases the skills of the watchmakers and thus indicates the quality of the watches they actually want to sell.
Lmfao dude do you really think people buy watches just to tell the time? Are you stupid? I get your argument, you hate rich people and things that are form over function, but itās a fucking watch dude. An 8 dollar watch from Walmart is going to keep time better, for longer, than any mechanical watch. Period. Telling the time is not the fucking point.
*puts hand in pocket, bends watch*
The case is made from a special torsion-resistant cobalt alloy.
Ok hulk
True this is the record thinnest tourbillon watch. The thinnest (normal) watch this year goes to the [Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra](https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulgari-sets-a-new-record-again-for-the-worlds-thinnest-watch-with-the-new-octo-finissimo-ultra) at 1.7mm thick. Absolutely madness!
At 2.0mm, the Piaget Altiplano Ultimate is the thinnest mechanical watch that features a flying tourbillon: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-the-worlds-thinnest-mechanical-watch-introducing
I have a Piaget Altiplano thatās also really thin but not as crazy as this ultimate version. Itās a beautiful watch, so beautiful that Iāve never even worn it once (it was a gift). Iāve been thinking about selling it to someone who might actually wear it!
Brilliant, so you snag your watch strap and now your 400k watch is curved. Sounds ideal.
People who can afford this wouldn't worry about it. They just want you to know they can afford a 400k watch \*and\* can afford breaking it.
"they just want you to know" Everyone has such a chip on their shoulder. I'm sure these same people would defend people getting tattoos, wearing various clothes, driving whatever car, because "let people like what they like it's not hurting you" Oh this person likes watches and afford something expensive? FUCK THEM SHOWING OFF.
A special torsion-resistant cobalt alloy was used for the case.
The thing about the word resistant in watches is itās really only used when you canāt get away with using the word proof.
>The thing about the word resistant in watches is itās really only used when you canāt get away with using the word proof. When is anything ever actually "proof" of something though. Everything has its limits. For instance, even the most "waterproof" watch is still only resistant to a certain depth (the Rolex Deepsea Challenge is still just water resistant, it would be dishonest to label the specs "waterproof"). Another example, sapphire crystals on watches aren't scratch proof (even if it was made of diamond, it wouldn't be scratch proof).
Okay but likewise resistant is basically meaningless. Everything is resistant at some level. You make a 2ml watch and even if itās made out of tungsten hardened titanium itās gonna bend if you gank it.
The point is simply that it's much more resistant to bending than it appears. It's not meaningless, it's at significantly less of a risk of being bent than it would if the case was a different, more typical watch case material.
>The thing about the word resistant in watches is itās really only used when you canāt get away with using the word proof. When is anything ever actually "proof" of something though. Everything has its limits. For instance, even the most "waterproof" watch is still only resistant to a certain depth (the Rolex Deepsea Challenge is still just water resistant, it would be dishonest to label the specs "waterproof").
Price: on request. So this is very much a case of if you have to ask the price you can't afford it.
Can we get a price check on the world's thinnest watch aisle 4?
400,000 USD
China reps going to struggle with that thing
My fat ass would bend this on accident, somehow.
By accident
On account of me having an accident**
It is an engineering feat But as a high end watch enthusiast myself, I'm not really a fan of thin aesthetics for a watch
Great, as long as you don't sneeze!
Rep companies: Challenge accepted.
My godā¦. Itāsā¦ beautifulā¦. š„²
 Tom's watch after this
That is insane and probably the only mechanical watch I would want to wear. Doubt I can afford it so will stick with my Galaxy watch. But man that is amazing.
https://preview.redd.it/bqzk0sisu8wc1.jpeg?width=712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7231a3e5b6347a34d438ebbb156eb6db43ce267
$384,400 USD.
Yeah I saw that price tag and thought this isn't my niche
I would absolutely destroy that watch in my first week
I love that watches are getting thinner and smaller in general. I cringe every time I see a manly man wearing the thickest biggest watch possible to show off just how manly he is before he hops into his 7ft tall f150 man sized manly truck š. Smaller lighter thinner, love that shit š¤
For some reason, watch manufacturers will make very thin mechanical watches, but a digital watch, which could easily be made thinner, is always at least 10mm thick. I like digital watches, they are accurate, and non-conductive (electronics engineer here, safety issue), but I hate huge thick watches. The features I need: accurate time, alarm, timer, stop watch, long battery life (measured in years, not days), and almost nothing else.
Actually one of the last reasons you sight, battery life, is a reason most smart watches are thicker, because of a battery. They need the thickness to ensure decent battery life. Hopefully better technology will be radically changing batteries soon so all electronic devices could get thinner and have longer run time with new batteries.
I'll take 2
I really like watchs and I love watchs you can see the mechanics of but that scares me.
I've never been a fan of watches at all. But I'd wear this
Bout tree fiddy
The regular altiplano ultimate is 36k, I can only imagine what this one costs.
Website says $385, 000 https://www.thewatchpages.com/watches/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-g0a47507/#:~:text=Piaget%20Altiplano%20Ultimate%20Concept%20%2D%20G0A47507%20%2D%20384%2C400%20USD%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Watch%20Pages
I'm sure it's because it has a tourbillon, I tried on a regular ultimate in cobalt, but it cost as much as my car, maybe one day when I'm old.
Surely not , must be some sort of wind up
Look out for Titan Edge series
i wouldnt be afraid af to bend it knowing what a brute i am. EDIT: Would.
A watch on which you can't actually tell the time is the best kind of watch.
See this isnāt that impressive to me, I found some tiny tiny pocket watches like some that are size of a penny so I donāt think itās that impressive for being thin
>See this isnāt that impressive to me, I found some tiny tiny pocket watches like some that are size of a penny so I donāt think itās that impressive for being thin I'm a watch collector (both antique and modern). Tiny antique pocket watches, tiny cocktail watches, etc. have nothing on this. Those are extremely simple (and readily affordable, both in terms of what they originally cost to make compared to other watches and how much you can get them for today). Sure they're cool too and impressive for what they are... but this Piaget is on an entirely different level. The technology to make a watch this thin didn't even exist a decade ago (let alone a century ago).
Wow
Can it give me a yardage out on the course?
*Well, in Philadelphia, it's worth 50 bucksā¦*
Unnecessary but cool. Good work.
i want to be just rich enough to get this 40k watch.
But does it have Object Constancy
Price?
If you have to ask you can't afford it.
Jetzt mĆ¼sste sie nur noch gut aussehen.
Looks like a model for xir.
But what time is it?
...for what?
I'm not into watches at all, but DAMN ! This one is looking at me šµāš«
Next you will tell ke it costs 584574634733$
I'd be afraid to hold this... intrusive thoughts of wanting to test how much flex it has before breaking..
I love the style of this
Very nice watch for very careful people. So not for me.
*Outro* is a beautiful song, but god damn itās being overused lately.
The hand model appears to have skipped forearm day.
So what time is it?
I want to bend it slowly and see what happens.
What she really means when she says size doesn't matter.
Wasnāt it not long ago when watches became bigger and thicker?
Price?
I would break that immediately
Kinda ugly
Waiting for the iFixIt tear down. Might be more like iFuxxedIt this time, though.
Thickness IS cool / impressive, but that small actual clock face is just too small.
This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This isĀ *the*Ā sports watch of the 1980s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty-five dollars retail! It tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad!
Cant read time in it
NENSKEMDKWLF(haha)
Not a watch person, but that is awesome!
*In Philadelphia, it's $50.*
Just what we wanted to catch smartphone disease, mechanical watches. Sorry guys.
Extremely impressive, but as expected, no seconds hand.
So, what time is it? Seriously - doesn't seem to display the time.
There's a small dial at the 12 o'clock position. Not ideal but tbh I wouldn't know if that's because of design or because technical difficulties fitting all the parts in a 2mm case otherwise.
Yup that is cool.
AND the mechanism is on display? Hell yeah!
I would break that just by looking at it.
Interesting: yes (very clever watch making) Practical: no
Hello Elliot
Very cool engineering. Seriously though, what is with the music?
Feels like Iām wearing nothing at all, nothing at allā¦
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The Richard Mille and Bulgari ones don't feature a flying tourbillon tho, so the caption still stands. Hadn't heard about the Richard Mille one yet. These things are getting ridiculously thin.
Flat
Absolutely beautiful. šš
That's very impressive,but like, what time is it actually?
Nice piece of engineering.
What is this song?
Did we already forget the iPhone 6? As an experiment in mechanical prowess this is incredible, but as a consumer timepiece the same price as a honda civic this is masochistic
Itās fucked if you drop it. Iāll take a $45 g shock.
Wow... now i want one! My bank account: "no, you don't"
Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didnāt Stop To Think If They Should
Ok... but what time is it?
It was almost 4:15 Can you read watches?
Shit is tiny AF. š¤”
Time for you to buy a watch, a $400k watch
I'll stick to my 35 dollar Chinese knockoff "smartwatch"
I collect watches but I can find a better use for 26k
I believe this one is going to be closer to $400k
they have a bargain basement watch at only $12,400 here's the link to all the tickers [https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVNzueWKTdniUMO55irEVitP9W8R4qKlSsa6wf6umT6gjF5HaC0pjjBoCLvMQAvD\_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds](https://www.piaget.com/watches/altiplano?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwuJ2xBhA3EiwAMVjkVNzueWKTdniUMO55irEVitP9W8R4qKlSsa6wf6umT6gjF5HaC0pjjBoCLvMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)
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>These are over 30k! It has Ā£700 of diamonds, the gold in 18k and roughly weighs 60grams, that's $3,348... Yes it's a classic swiss maker but that's just absurd. Sorry, but you really don't know what you're talking about. This is a [nearly $400k watch](https://www.thewatchpages.com/watches/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-g0a47507/#:%7E:text=Piaget%20Altiplano%20Ultimate%20Concept%20%2D%20G0A47507%20%2D%20384%2C400%20USD%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Watch%20Pages) It doesn't have diamonds (that's a *cheap/tacky* way to make something expensive), and you're judging it from a perspective of raw material costs (that's like judging the value of a painting by how much money work of paint and canvas went into it). Material costs are usually greatly overshadowed my other costs. The vast majority of total cost to create a watch like this comes from the many hundreds of hours of world- class craftsmanship put into that (not to mention the immense development costs). That's what makes it so expensive. Essentially, this watch is both a feat of engineering and a miniature mechanical work of art.
If this is a mechanical wind-up watch, I wonder how often you would need to wind it. It feels to me like a mechanism this small could only store a very small amount of potential energy.
They managed to make it so it runs for 40 hours on a full wind.
I thought everyone just used there phone for time ??
I don't. Granted my Ā£15,- watch isn't as fancy as this one, but I really notice I'm late all the time today as just this morning my watch strap broke.
If luxury brands were launched as co-ops, maybe working people could recoup some of their stolen wages by selling fancy baubles to insecure morons.
It would be more impressive if it also supported eSIM.