Wow, I had my guesses and expectations why PP indeed is the king of watches, but I was just blown away! More respect to PP. Just wow!

What a great opportunity for you to see this in person. I would love to see this as well. Thank you for sharing with us

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome and yes, this was a great experience!!! Thanks

Mr. Mad don't u agree that Patek is the most sheek and perfect watch company on the market today, they just produce the best quality and sensational time pieces man could ever expect. Congrats as usual for the delightfull videos you present to us.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and Patek is indeed in a league of its own for sure. Have a great day and all the best

You and Chris Harris "top gear" have my dream job. Amazing coverage as per usual. Great ViD.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

I like the parallel and yes feeling very grateful for having these great experiences and encounters. And even happier of being able to share this with you!!!

Marc, you make it look easy to produce, get the okay to film, edit, and then make a mini movie, but it's very hard to do, as every company wants to keep their secrets. Just getting them to show you the entire process is a great treat for us. Always amazed at what we learn and your videos are simply the best. Thank you.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you appreciate what we do, thanks so so much for this!

@marcn8750

8 ай бұрын

@@WATCHESTVcomlovely to see how much detail is needed. Question … what wood sticks are those that are used for high polish finishes? Thanks.

Marc, love this kind of video. So interesting, you are doing what others are not. Keep up the good work. I also just became a patron.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

That's super nice to hear and thanks SOOOOOOO much, all the very best to you!!!

Fucking hell. You´re the only channel in KZread to bring out content like this. Love it. Very interesting to see how they finish the watches. As a watchmaker i learned a bit here and there from them. Thank you Marc!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Great, makes us super happy!!! All the very best to you and just love to share

I was very happy to visit a watch manufactory back in Glashutte. It was an experience that I will never forget. I wonder someone as a watch lover visiting Patek Philipe... better than that just owning a Nautilus Chronograph

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Cool comment and you're right, a pure delight to walk around like this!!!

What a privilege to be able to have an inside look into one of the finest watchmakers in the world. Thank you for sharing this incredible video.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome and was indeed a fantastic visit!

Wow! I have increased respect for Patek Philippe due to your report. I was also struck by the industrial appearance of their workshops. Thanks so much for such exemplary content.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and it is indeed a pretty impressive outfit!!!

2:59 “even patek philippe employee wear rolex” new ad line for rolex.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, good one ;)

@PwnageJ

6 жыл бұрын

becos working at patekk philippe can only get you a small rolex.

@Rattlerbrand

5 жыл бұрын

I suppose on that line every Ferrari worker drives a Ferrari ?

@davidzero7024

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah saw it right away lol!!!

I enjoyed this visit! Horology = Legacy + Art + Craftsmanship + Science. Great stuff!

Cool, cool, cool! Fascinating, Marc!

@WATCHESTVcom

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, did you see our "walkthrough" videos? Best to you and enjoy

@itsalgud1459

5 жыл бұрын

TheWATCHES.tv Yes, I’ve been watching them. They are very enjoyable and information!

When we see the tremendous amount of work, expertise, passion, skill and so on, we can finally understand why the price of these machines is so high. The process is so time-consuming and requires very specialized workers, besides the limited production, all adds to make the price even steeper. When we imagine that the final product of such collective effort is concentrated on your wrist, that's when we start to realize all the value of such beautiful jewel, a Patek Philippe watch. Thank you, Marc, for this wonderful journey.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

You are most welcome, it was a pure pleasure to do!!! Hope to do more

@DM-rc4yu

4 жыл бұрын

This reads like an ad.

Marc, thank you so much for sharing. Love Patek. What a great video.

Great video Marc. Very intriguing to see the technical side and all the hand work. Thank you.

thanks Marc. Another very interesting video. This is the great dilemma for us ordinary watch enthusiasts. The level of skill, craftsmanship, and real devotion shown by the people involved in creating a fine mechanical watch, is one of the reasons why we are so enthused by them. It is also one of the reasons they are so expensive.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks and indeed the level of commitment in making these fine objects is really something that sets quality watchmaking apart. Best to you

Fantastic video. I definitely appreciate my Patek a bit more seeing all the hand finishing work going into each watch. This is the best channel on KZread for high quality and in depth horological information. Keep up the great work.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this comment, very appreciated. Have a great day (you made mine!!).

those skilled workers are the root of the Swiss luxury watch industry .

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

That's right, always goes back to people!

Love to see the artisans at work!

This is by fat the best video you have produced, and so far they have been 10/10!!! I dont know how you do it. Please do more of these factory visits, i woukd love to see the machines used for the movements etc! Josh Sydney.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Coo to be seen in Sidney and thanks a lot for your comment, well sunk in out to-do list ;) All the best

Awesome video! Keep it up!!

This is the best series:-) Audemar's factory next walkthrough.

What an exceptional insightful video

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Happy you liked it, thanks!

@4:41 love the fashion combination - a blazer/suit jacket over a down jacket (or vest). @1:21 looks like she is using a bronze rod to polish the case hinge -- against a wedge of very used wood! Fascinating - there must be a pecking order of workers - from who assemble and finish bracelets to the movement people to the people of haute horlogerie @2:10 "WOOOF" !

Awesome video showcasing the intricacies of watchmaking, esp by THE brand, Patek Philippe! ⌚👍💓

Thank you for a great inside info. It was very interesting

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Happy you liked it!

What a video! That's incredible. Marc, I love this kind of video and, as others have said, no one else is doing this type of thing and getting the kind of access you are. It's brilliant.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Very happy you liked, more coming your way!!! Best to you

Thanks for sharing this with us. Superb!

Great, such a nice tour ! I wouldn't expect less from Patek

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

That was indeed very nice to do and to share!

Truly incredible! Great video and thanks for sharing - More please!

Great content and very detailed. Loved the precision and technicality used to make these watches.

the craftsmanship is beautiful. i wish i could spend a day there admiring the beauty and precision. it is a shame so much skill and talent is lost in mass production

Now we know why Pateks are worth it. Good video.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks and happy to share this with you. All the best

Great video! Very interesting! Thank you for taking us inside the manufactures

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

Very impressive. What makes it more impressive that PP allowed you in to watch all this. This is quite amazing :-)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, that was a nice treat for us!!!

Great vid Marc.....as always!

This was awesome. Thanks Marc!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Very welcome, happy you liked it!

Great video! Thank you!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Very welcome and best to you.

Excellent!

Awesome video, thank you .

great to see. thank you!!!!!

Interesting to see the bracelet-finishing-lady wearing a Rolex Datejust in a Patek Philippe facility....

Amazing video, thanks for showing us! :)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure!! Have a great day

Thanks for sharing it Marc. It exemplifies very well the key differentiator factor between the price vs. the value of a watch ;)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Very well put!!

Simple but lovely. And good video again. Love how you love your Job and see al these exclusive watches. Greets from holland

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and yes feeling very privileged. Have a great day

I was literally waiting for this kind of video, tour of Patek Philippe, and u did. I enjoyed the video and was equally amazed as you...

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Cool, happy you liked!!! Best to you

Nice interview. This was really interesting.

Ad usual , good work..., i have been to these facilities and it is a great experience...!!!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Sure is!!!! Have a great day

~Superb! -Thanks

Thanks!

Fascinating stuff, indeed..! :-)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Happy you liked it.

So cool. Incredibly interesting.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this nice comment! Best to you

Amazing insight, thank you!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you too for this comment!

Despite all the advances in machining, there is still the need of the human touch. Thanks for sharing!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

That's right and machining is part of the manufacture process, but the human hand will always bring something special. Best to you

@melchizedekpsj

6 жыл бұрын

TheWATCHES.tv Absolutely! Thanks once again.

Great video. you have an amazing channel, thank you for the awesome content!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, happy you like it and have a great day.

Amazing!!!

Funny that somehow I hoped all of the watchmakers of Patek ware theyere own Pateks. Not shure why i thought this could happen at all. Great video as always

Yes, great content here Marc, really enjoyed it. Did yu notice what kind of watch the Lady finishing bracelets was wearing? I did, and it wasn't Patek. :-)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

You have been quite a few to have noticed this ;)

Nice video I love Patek Philippe

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Beautiful

Nice report !

It is interesting how much effort they put it in everytime on every single watch. Then it becomes obvious it will cost you good. #Hardwork#Amazing Work. I wear Sonata watch, owned by TataMotors Group who also owns #Jaguar Motor. It is low cost but amazing.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for you comment and happy you appreciated this report. All the best to you

More videos like this one. Your channel, along with ClickSpring, are what ignited my interest in horology =)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear, thanks a lot!!!

This is a perfectionist dream job

Thanks for sharing Mark. Superb video. Interestingly the staff at Patek love their own Rolex. 2.53 to 3.03 has a lady Datejust on an employee 😉

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Very welcome and you are quite a few to have noticed this ;) Have a great day

I like how the lady working on the nautilus bracelet is wearing a Rolex Datejust. Around 3:00 mark.

Please do this with Vacheron Constantin, and let's see how they finish their normal watches like the Overseas and such with the Geneva Seal, and not just their top end custom ones that we know are completely hand finished... I want to see how a Cal 5100 or 5200 is made, a watch that most of us can afford from the holy trinity brands.

I'm digging the new glasses. And the beard of course! :)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, gone back to being shorter ;)

Love these kind of videos! TheWATCHES.tv is THE watch channel on KZread! Would love to see a video on how traditional movement finishes are done. For example how to to Geneva stripes. Kindest regards Matthias!

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Ok, we'll do this!! Best to you

What is that piece of wood called used for polishing?

I love all the craftsmanship videos. Brands should emphasize these things more instead of brand ambassador. I guess not all brands have this kind of craftsmanship 😏

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

That's a good point, thanks and best to you.

Quantity is killing quality! Another cool informative video!

your videos are awesome, you should definitely get more credits for your work, thank you again :)

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, but comments like yours make my day!!!

beautifol report as every day

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks!!!

I wonder what the future will be like when these artisans retire? Considering the age of smartwatches and smartphones if the younger generation would want to take up this type of occupation? I guess only time will tell. Otherwise, a very good and interesting video.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Training the next generation of craftsmen is a real challenge indeed! Thanks for you comment and best to you

Now you're a Special guy

really enjoyed this, but it could have been 45 minutes long. i want more.

Hey Marc! Sorry, just now watching this video🙁 3 years later😋 I was just curious if you knew why they polish in the dark? I make surgical instruments and we need all the light we can get when polishing👍😊 Thank you and hope you are well!!

What the watch name in starting video back can be open..? nice video. !

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

It's a Calatrava Officier. Best to you

you should cover rgm factory

That drawing shown on the board is generous......I know that no engineering company will allow that

Where can we buy their files? And tools?

Workers of Patek wear Rolex and other kind of stuff :) 2:55 5:00

2:58 the Patek employee with a datejust

@23b823

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they don’t get paid enough to afford the watches they work so hard to make

At 3:01 was the woman finishing the Nautilus bracelet wearing a Datejust on a jubilee bracelet? Where's her Patek? 😳

@RomeroLins

6 жыл бұрын

Gary Smith notice that as well ! 😂😂😂

@georgiivanov61

6 жыл бұрын

Seems like Patek don't pay enough to be able to afford one of their watches.

@astifcaulkinyeras

6 жыл бұрын

She's not a prestigious enough person to wear a Patek. PP probably don't want her to wear one because it weakens the brand image.

@hamzaa.8082

6 жыл бұрын

LOL, are you serious? I hope no..

@hiepnguyenlh

6 жыл бұрын

Why she have to wear a Patek if the company doesnt require it? She isnt a senior staff -> Doesnt have a large amount of money to afford a PP. And just so you know, Ferrari never sell their car to their employees, except for their racers.

Anyone noticed that at 2:58 the lady working at Patek wears a Rolex.

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

You are a few that have noticed that ;) Best to you

The woman at 3:00 is wearing a rolex XD

Thanks so much fot the video, again superb. Today I have two questions: 1) Do you know the name of the tool that appears at 1:16? (It is a kind of wooden stick) What is it made of ? Is it used fot polishing? 2) Are The plans at 3:56 in mm ? I see the sizes numbers but I think maybe they are quite big to be mm (this question is too hard, it doesn't matter if you don't know the answer). Thanks for sharing.

@hitwerterfinder4595

6 жыл бұрын

To answer your second question: The measurements are typically given in thousands of a millimeter. I think that's also the case for the plans, shown in the video.

@nicolasemaldi1455

6 жыл бұрын

Hitwert erfinder thanks so much for your answer. I did not imagine that the could reach such incredible precision. Thanks so much again

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Just love it when the answers come from the community, what a really cool one, thanks so much!!!! And regarding your first question, this is indeed wood used for polishing and they use different types depending on what needs to be done.

spotted! 3:00 she wears a Rolex Datejust

It is very interesting to see a staff member(the woman who was handling a bracelet) was wearing a steel ROLEX lady datejust!!!

Patek has a finishing department?

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Many in fact ;)

@felixarbable

6 жыл бұрын

TheWATCHES.tv yeh i know people who work there, shame the finishing on pateks is so aweful even the bloody germans do it better !its hard for us english not to be sarcastic. Love the videos

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, we like this, but true that they produce quite a lot of watches.

At 2.59 Date Just on a Patek employee?!

As a layman, now i know why this so expensive.

Mr. White?

All I could think was when you've worked there 25 years do you get a gold watch.

I wish you could do this with Grand Seiko and Alange und Sone

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

Us too, working on it, hope it will happen!!!

would have liked more focus on, and explanation of the finishing - looked more like a generic infomercial for PP

@WATCHESTVcom

6 жыл бұрын

This was indeed a big overview and simply put a great opportunity for us to see everything on a condensed schedule, had never visited the entire operation before, but we'll come back with detailed reports on various techniques of finishing, count on us. All the very best

@nomind7

6 жыл бұрын

Great! Looking forward to more :)

ROLEX sets the bar - PP is sub par

we want "skeleton" watches from patek. always same desing.