Tony Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 20 complications:Grande SonneriePetite SonnerieMinute repeaterStrikework mode display (Silence/Grand Sonnerie/Petite Sonnerie)Alarm with time strikeDate repeaterMovement power-reserve indicatorStrikework power-reserve indicatorStrikework isolator displaySecond time zoneSecond time zone day/night indicatorInstantaneous perpetual calendarDay-of-week displayMonth displayDate display (on both dials)Leap year cycleFour-digit year display24-hour and minute subdialMoon phaseCrown position indicator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIXPplShtg0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Interesting. How do you judge the value of a watch, as opposed to a piece of jewellery? I think performance has to be at least a major part of the value of a watch and it is notable that the video makes no comment about the time-keeping performance of the device. I suspect that there are many watches, costing only a fraction of this particular Patek, that will outperform it in the time-keeping department. As a piece of jewellery, its value is essentially what someone will pay for. It gets into a similar category as things such as top end sporting guns etc where people with lots of money are prepared to spend huge sums on object made deliberately to be expensive so that they can enjoy the exclusivity that results. Firms like Patek enjoy a market in which it pays to make a few very expensive items rather than a lot of cheaper items. But there is a long list of companies that have failed in such markets and it a very narrow tightrope to walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I have to agree because given the materials it still doesn't come to £1.6m. As a piece of art then it's prestigious but as you say only in the eye of the beholder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 I have no idea why but imho Patek's are the ultimate - never going to be able to afford one of these but I'd love to own a base model some day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Maybe the price tag knocks them into the exclusive club and that makes them desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phipck Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 considering the time taken to make the piece and the wastage to get near perfect parts I can imagine it costing an enormous amount of money to produce. I would be interested to see what the profit margin is on this piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted January 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 So would i actually..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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