1904 English Smith & Son Tourbillon Pocket Watch | New Orleans, Hour 3 | Preview

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[@tripprawlings9284]

Her dad had a great neighbor. My neighbor throws his empty Coors Light cans over the fence.

[@samsum3738]

If you talk to your neighbour , he may throw some pateks and breguets over.You can only ask , no big deal .

[@leor2830]

Your neighbor has very poor taste in beer

[@Shughesy]

Yeah my neighbours a twat to

[@AndySaenz]

Throw those cans back at him!

[@Dragon43ish]

ROTFL Rolls on the floor laughing..........!!!!!!!

[@DuckReach432]

Seeing that rotating escapement - not just an engineering marvel, but a thing of beauty.

[@YouGetSoAlone]

Her use of "wind" isn't any worse than the EXPERT'S pronunciation of "tourbillion."

[@willworkfordoge]

Can't believe he did that as a "watch expert"

[@litigioussociety4249]

You do understand what a homonym is, right? Not a mistake, if she didn't know it was wind not wind.

[@YouGetSoAlone]

@@litigioussociety4249 - My point was about the incompetence of the watch expert, not the young lady at all.

[@9tophat]

I cringed every time he pronounced it. I would think an expert on watches and horology would know the proper pronunciation of such an important movement feature.

[@waltrmitty]

i have a watch which displays wind speed

[@horologywatchmaking13]

An expert giving his professional explanation on the antique timepiece. Also the expert: 'Tour-billion'

[@ASWCo09]

That made me laugh

[@patches.742]

Such an American moment

[@danacoleman4007]

It is funny. But if you think about it, they would be saying it in f****** German if it wasn't for the Americans.

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

How is it pronounced? Twah-byonh?

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

@@danacoleman4007 Twice.

[@danroux4010]

This 1904 precision engineering blows me away and its still going more than 110 years later which is even more astonishing.

[@bighands69]

If you buy a 1960s American car it will have a better engine than anything on the road today.

[@GoinMLG]

@@bighands69 Not really. The efficiency of modern engines is much higher today.

[@bighands69]

@@GoinMLG Those 1960s engines were long lasting and heavy duty. There is nothing today even with their fancy turbo power management systems that could get close to driving a V8 1960s American car. The power control and applications on those V8 larger displacement engines are orders of magnitude above anything in the small 4 cylinder cars of today.

[@CocaineCobain]

@@bighands69 rosy retrospection is killing your brain cells, brother. There's a reason why you don't see many 60's/70's cars on the road today. It's because they weren't as reliable and they weren't as efficient. People make these same exact comments about old appliances, and it's a failing argument from the jump. You can point out plenty of bulletproof engines from every decade. Just because you like cars from the 60's does not mean they had "better" engines than anything manufactured today. You're only kidding yourself with that sentiment.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

@@bighands69 'The power control and applications on those V8 larger displacement engines are orders of magnitude above anything in the small 4 cylinder cars of today.' - this sentence is both very specific and meaningless at the same time. Well done.

[@EvilUnderTone]

I was a clock restorer for many years. I sold a Smith & Son's 1840s skeleton clock to Arnold & Son in Geneva for their museum. Smith & Son were exceptional at their craft hence why one of the worlds greatest watchmakers want a example of Smith & Son in their care.

[@hitleractually8180]

Great story, never happened

[@AK-xj2di]

How much does it cost to repair a pocket watch case ?

[@theloneranger2101]

Can you please explain the time left indicator dial, the expert said it tells you how much time is left on the watch before you have to wind it up, so the expert wound it up and the indicator went down not up, showing less time left on the watch before you had to wind it up again, the indicator went from 24 mark, which I assume means full, and went clockwise down, which I assume means less time left. I can't make sense of that at all, it seems to me it's working in reverse?

[@p4cks]

hi i have a f-91w and the screen is blank. can you help?

[@booxwee3804]

I almost started crying when she said "wind"..

[@theoneandonlybosable]

Booxwee his pronunciation of tourbillion is worse for a so called expert lol

[@donjuan150]

@@theoneandonlybosable I thought the same!!!

[@gump5ter01]

She didn’t say that .... she said “wind”

[@nathanielberkeley-biggs2855]

Booxwee why? She said ‘Wind’ because she meant wind, she was obviously not familiar with the watch and likely thinking it had something to do with wind, or sailing. Not a particularly surprising mistake, and people make mistakes. But this obviously isn’t a mis pronunciation. She just made an error. She is white American. She may have thought it was a barometer type feature.

[@alexgramm5170]

@@nathanielberkeley-biggs2855 Correct. And he did an excellent job he did not correct her he just spoke of what it really was that's a gentleman and a man.

[@NewEnglandBeachDetecting]

Great Scott when he opened the back cover I thought it was a flux capacitor in there

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

If you’re gonna find a flux capacitor anywhere, it indeed would be in an intricate time machine. Understandable error!

[@davidtodd4882]

Not only the pronunciation of tourbillon but also his description; “when it’s lying flat”, gravity would be working equally over the escapement in that case, the whole point is because it is kept upright in a pocket 😂😂

[@iu2]

Agreed. The "expert" is not very intelligent. Also, his pronunciation of "Paddick" Philippe had me rolling.

[@giuseppenero110]

The wind will blow this watch straight to Christie's auction house

[@bigugly9751]

lol

[@jgeur]

she probably had a buyer at twice the price before she got the car door open

[@ernesthemingway2013]

I imagine my great great grandson doing this in 2222 with my Casio.

[@jericoba]

I doubt your Casio watch will survive till 2222. 😉

[@caverys]

Your Casio must be worn by someone special to gain value in the future

[@jericoba]

@@caverys Haha, probably.

[@nikaiitrk]

@@jericoba ye tho if Casio stops making watches in the next 50to 100 years they will be rare

[@jonabitstream]

@@jericoba I bet it will, if cared for.

[@larsberglund]

She is SO sweet! 💕

[@LockheedMonster]

The girl is super cute! Wind!!!

[@ehinton4006]

Super dumb

[@bimbeano]

Yea, but unlike her dad she probably didn’t go to M.I.T.

[@Ashoud_Anobetah]

3:45 he said it too

[@jumustube]

@@antonandraslindamoodwhite5407 I agree. she is really very nice

[@zodspeed]

Super stupid

[@kyleswanson9572]

This woman is beautiful. Her personality is too.

[@buddyrupp6235]

That's a fantastic example! Oldest running tourbillion I've seen. Very nice, lucky gal.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

*Tourbillon (pronounced "Toor-be-on")

[@chopin65]

I loved seeing her smile. I loved hearing her talk about the provenance of the watch. She loved her father dearly. She can hand it down to her children. When she explains how valuable it is, she will speak of their grandfather, and the nice man who appraised it. Antiques are only junk without the people who love and care for them. Thank you, Antiques Road Show. You made my day with this one.

[@Terraceview]

@@fisherman9435 Yeah pictures are exactly the same thing!

[@Wally-H]

What a lovely watch, presented by a lovely lady. So pleased for her.

[@WonderWhatHappened]

I would be impressed if it had an actual wind speed indicator.

[@garyw1971]

🤣🤣🤣👌

[@terrygains8327]

It must have been a limited edition for aviators. LOL.

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

No, it says WIND, not wind. LOL, this poor girl thought it said wind. A watch that keeps track of the wind, LMAO!

[@michaelpigue5272]

The movement on that watch is so beautiful.

[@bengalslash]

what an absolute unit of an appraiser

[@alanrogs3990]

Why?

[@leftyfourguns]

The watch itself is mesmerizingly beautiful. It's the very personification of "they don't make them like this anymore"

[@Dunkaroos248]

Have you SEEN what A. Lange &Sohne and Patek Philippe have been up to?

[@michaelfleming8490]

Watches are one a the few commodities left where that saying actually doesn’t apply. Brands like Patek Philippe and even Rolex are producing watches that are of better quality than ever before with the best materials and craftsmanship. But this is definitely a beautiful watch that I’d certainly love to have in my collection.

[@Pwwh0711]

@@michaelfleming8490 I'd love one "in my collection" too...then I'd have a rather nice collection of one watch!

[@jkgkjgkijk]

You don't know anything about watches, do you?-- oh, omniscient, great one...lol 😂

[@dorkflassbury1164]

@@michaelfleming8490 Rolex is overpriced and overrated, I think. They don't have any movements with a tourbillion.

[@majorboogimos2249]

When she said "wind" i booked a flight to the comments His pronunciation of tourbillion makes me want to die

[@jgeur]

suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ - operators are standing by to help.

[@yotagang3705]

The best reaction is still that old air force guy with his rolex probbly the best reaction ever old guy fell down after his watch was worth over a million

[@kaminarikatuhstrofik9534]

Over a million? Come on man it was appraised at 500-700k lol. A simple search brings it right up.

[@andyriggs6613]

I love pocket watches. My grandpa always had beautiful pocket watches. I really don't see them anymore. When I was around 8 or 9 he died and he left me a pocket watch and I used to take it to school with me all the time

[@bobbydee668]

Love her reaction. Very humble.

[@reggierico]

I gotta get me one of them Tourbillion's!

[@co9221]

Get an Era tourbillion! Beautiful watch and cheapest quality tourbillion you can get!

[@Pwwh0711]

Hi there, welcome to a new episode of 'Never Mind That BS...How Much?!'

[@countofdownable]

Very pretty and the watch isn't half bad either 😇

[@englishrose4388]

I love her reaction.

[@Constitution1789]

She seems genuine. Sweet. Friendly. Honest. 👍

[@The00737]

That's the real beauty, both of them.

[@cloudsparrow7729]

"a watch completely different to your watch would retail for $250,000". Yeah, thanks for that

[@dudakoff1000]

Well, he was just describing the kind of value a tourbillon would add even in a modern market

[@hectorabreu2502]

LOLLLL

[@Jack44M]

@@dudakoff1000 No, he wasn't.....he was blowing smoke trying to justify his price. I would question the expertise of any "expert" who doesn't know the correct pronunciation of Tourbillon

[@naderon]

That is just utterly BEAUTIFUL! Oooof my heart

[@DoggoWillink]

Wind. She never lived that down I bet.

[@kingkyro7815]

I was waiting for this comment 😂

[@ktfjulien]

CYGNUS!

[@j246802]

That is a beautiful movement.

[@JohnGeometresMaximos]

She's adorable!

[@Pwwh0711]

By "adorable" you mean "a bit thick", right?

[@claygreen4723]

@@Pwwh0711 meaty beaty big and bouncy.

[@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854]

@@Pwwh0711 She is real woman and it is make it much better. Not like a "chick" whom drink "cocoa" powder and do squats and wears tons of makeup and wearing yoga pants everywhere.

[@cameronrussell8409]

@@someguyfromarcticfreezer6854 I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

[@ds7900]

She is adorable.

[@j.frankparnell6195]

As an expert his description of the wind indicator has to be wrong. He states that is shows how much time is left before the watch will stop ticking. Yet, when he winds the watch the indicator goes down towards zero. I think it must indicate how long it has been since the watch was last wound. Thus zero would indicate that it had just been wound, and 24 would indicate that it needs winding again.

[@alexandercuomo3066]

when he said "wind💨, okay" i died lmao

[@pizzarolls0012]

and he said tor billion

[@Jude74]

It reminds me of a book I had to read out loud in grade school. A word was split between two lines, child on the top line and ren on the second. I read it as child run instead of children. Yea, my face is still red 35 years later. 😳

[@gordonilaoa1275]

@@Jude74 I once read out aloud orgasm instead of organism in class one day. My teacher tried to hold on her laugh.

[@DeathBomb669]

She is the wind beneath my wings.

[@vincentaurelius2390]

That escapement looks like a beating heart.

[@randomtux392]

Very interesting watch and story, you learn something new every day.

[@rickpedia6724]

I LOVE that an entire family thought wind, as in blowing, as opposed to wind, like the watch in your hand LOLOL. I KNOW I would do the same!!!!

[@redbarchetta8782]

Love those tourbillon movements. I have my eye on a Seagull Tourbillon. And they are affordable too.

[@redbarchetta8782]

They are pretty nice movements for cheap ones. I want a 28,8800 version, most cheaper ones are 21,600 movements.

[@ThemissouriTraveler]

40-50 thousand dollars... Oh my gosh your kidding Yeah It worth 3 dollars and I'm taking all the risk here. Oops. Wrong show.

[@matthewthacker3683]

gotta call mark from the clark county museum first

[@hghhhffhfhfhf3401]

You mean huge risk here

[@heyitsvos]

It’s gonna sit on my shelf taking space ......I can do 20$

[@reeceburton7864]

Rick It’s my final offer

[@mickpriestley]

Mr Brown and this watch got along famously

[@mikeg6606]

Adorable. Did someone say this was about a watch though?

[@deanmacka4975]

Her Dad would have loved that little watch , I realy hope she keeps it in the family. I love that little watch .

[@jaylan9162]

I hope not. Someone else would actually know what they had, rich or not. And it may actually sit in a museum for others to marvel

[@nemo227]

The young woman told a beautiful story about her father; short but beautiful.

[@cappystrano1]

Would have loved to hear more about her dad!

[@pistolp01]

I'm hoping my sundial collection will be worth something someday; those leather watch bands are not as durable as they claim. They sure keep great time.

[@truxton1000]

I have a silver pocket watch made in London in around 1760, so 250 years old. Beautiful and still works but I have stopped winding it in fear of something breaking. Old pocket watches like that can still be cheap today despite the age, rarity etc as most people don't value things like that but prefer new stuff regardless how mass produced it may be, only the rarest of these watches has high value.

[@jaylan9162]

The cool thing about old watches, you can literally measure their value. With a very great certainty (not perfect ofc), the closer it keeps time, the greater it's value. And this thing rivals all, especially if moved around thru it's test. But even that isn't necessary. As the earth rotates, even a stationary watch is flipped around 360 every 24 hours, and this baby combats that!

[@francisphillips53]

Love the blue hands.. very cool.

[@StrengthFromGiving]

What you see here is a very famous escapement. Its called a turbillion. Until this style of escapement was invented people had to live with watches that only had turmillion or turthousand escapements. These lesser complex escapements were powered by air instead of coiled springs. The "Wind" indicator is to pay homage to all the non-turbillion watches that came before it. The turbillion was invented by Abe Bengay, an very famous Oar-olojist.

[@donjuan150]

I like your effort

[@BT-su1yf]

I’ve never read such absolute poppycock in my life.

[@charlesc6992]

when you hear "it has an hour hand and a minute hand" you know this is meant for a US audience!!

[@kayakuprising5914]

When you hear "meant for a US audience" you know it's an uppity, peasant making that statement.

[@mimicmimic5931]

Me thinks the uppity peasant may be right though!

[@nicparker3809]

still call it big and little hand kid O?

[@newhuskytwenty]

Nah! If it was for US audience he should have said "and the hour hand is shorter than the minute hand". No joke, there are videos on how to refill a Zippo lighter so go figure... kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnyUc42pndWJh5I

[@Inkreptile]

True

[@pyros411]

That is a beautiful watch.

[@johnkidd797]

The most interesting pronunciation of Tourbillion I have ever heard. Never heard anything quite like it.🙄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ctonlinepoker]

Rick would give you 40 bucks and he is taking huge risks cuz he has to frame it

[@sergf3624]

rick already has a watch and its really reliable since it survived so many disasters

[@hugedickerinokripperino5299]

David M idk if your joking or not but it would be sold to collectors with money. In terms of functionality there is absolutely no use for it because of wrist watches and phones. Its a historical timepiece. Thats it

[@onamemmet]

Booooo. 100th time I've seen that same stupid comment.

[@dirtworm666]

If only it told you which direction the wind was blowing🤣

[@nojustno1216]

Forget the watch...what a beautiful, sweet lady.

[@Shuffler703]

What a fine time piece.

[@AndySaenz]

WOW, this pocket watch is over 100 years old and it still works! And it looks almost like brand new, except for the hairline crack on the dial of the watch.

[@bighands69]

The hairline crack can be repaired but would be costly.

[@BenjWarrant]

Meanwhile my less-than-2 year old Samsung Smartwatch is starting to misbehave....

[@truxton1000]

Many old pocket watches much older than that work very well.

[@jameskerr2812]

Wow, she is a beaut! I mean both of them.

[@BPKROME]

Simply amazing

[@tagg946]

the engineering in that thing for being over 115 years old is wild.

[@android9404]

The tourbillon was invented in the late 1790's actually. That technology was already over 100 years old before that watch was made. Its cool stuff.

[@tagg946]

@@android9404 i guess i meant the level of precision in the engineering, how small and tactile everything is.

[@Anthony-cc8bx]

watch the hand move...oh my god! lol

[@markmalasics8413]

"My father grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut." That should be the first clue. It's so affluent there even the homeless men have three piece, pin-striped suits.

[@Tmanaz480]

And a three piece suit looks empty without a watch and chain.

[@megalopolis2015]

Wow. It's even cooler on the inside.

[@jacobgalloway9123]

Oh wow!

[@sarcasticchannel8655]

She's preety dope😍😍😍

[@hugedickerinokripperino5299]

DON PULUBE is she single? Asking for a friend

[@rajgill7576]

That was a pretty penny in its day. Imagine your neighbor tossing you a patek phillipe timepiece today

[@onestepfromsuccess]

in solid gold, no less. makes you wonder what else the neighbor had in his collection

[@emilm8603]

Just to nitpick some more: A winding indicator and a power reserve indicator are not interchangeable terms. A winding indicator will track the time passed since the watch was last wound. 0 will typically not represent a full wind, nor will (in this case) 24 represent a depleted mainspring. The display is meant to indicate an ideal wind for consistent amplitude and timekeeping, and not the overall power left in the mainspring.

[@bighands69]

Winding indicator on old watches acted like a power reserve so that people would actually know when to wind them.

[@richardnedbalek1968]

“Today I learned…” 🤓🧐 Thank you! 👍

[@jan_phd]

I LIKE Tourbillions. I have one, but I bought mine for the looks of it, you can see through the front face and watch it all work, with a glance! Love it.

[@_P_2_D_2_]

this is legit rage inducing - ter-billion. my god.

[@sammas7440]

I have a watch that can tell the temperature, barometric pressure, moon phases, tide phases and I thought "Hey here's one that can tell you the wind speed. How can it do that?...and it's older technology."

[@panama-canada]

Wind though LOL.

[@omarsaletovicprins9632]

wow! A real tour billion!

[@robedmund9948]

She's probably thinking "THAT's why this thing didn't do anything when I held it out the window on the freeway!!"

[@DeanMk1]

She's super cute!

[@kevinc1001]

Can't say I wasn't thinking the same I was.

[@pter7531]

She's dumb.

[@kevinc1001]

That's what I want in a women Super Cute and Dumb.

[@omarsaletovicprins9632]

She is as cute as she is dumb.

[@edenlevi9877]

She's thicc

[@monwhooperinvasive8064]

That spiny thing must have looked like dark magic in the 20s

[@awsomevidguy1]

Amazing

[@opinionday0079]

i still got my casio watch and box and recept from wallmart....that baby goin be my retirement fund...oh yes 50 grand easily in a few years

[@franzkafka77]

Nice circus costume on the guy. The name is Bozo Terbillion.

[@trumplosthahaha]

If you have a watch like this and you're young, like this woman, don't sell it until you're ready to retire.

[@mudfly3]

absolutely bbeautiful watch.....looks like it has a beating heart litterally

[@Ryan-sl2oe]

The watch is powered by the wind blowing on it. Very cool technology.

[@richardnedbalek1968]

Casio’s solar-powered watches have got NOTHING on THIS! 😅

[@reedroffis2717]

He's a watch expert who pronounces "tourbillon" wrong lolololol

[@seanleith5312]

He is speaking English, not French, that's how the word is supposed to be pronounced in English. I hate people say Sauteed in stead of Fried.

[@reedroffis2717]

@@seanleith5312 its a french word. there is no english pronunciation

[@andreanicolas9363]

@@reedroffis2717 yes there is and you're not a watch expert

[@waatao9856]

My favourite show

[@spizzenergi2292]

I love all high end horology, however, even Vacheron Constatiin never mastered wind direction. Bless her.

[@seotts9062]

lol :)))

[@noflexzone6170]

pretty lady with nice voice ☺️

[@rollastoney]

“We know it’s a pocket watch” what gave it away bru?

[@tommypetraglia4688]

40 to 50 thousand dollars. Wow, that's a lot of Wind 🌬

[@asambi69]

I love me some Tor Billion watches LMAO.

[@rathinkothiyal9761]

Nice, but she would have a good idea of the value of the watch. Someone has obviously been getting it serviced, and service wouldn't be cheap either. You wouldn't drop a few grand on service every few years if you didn't know the watch was special. Or at the very least the guy servicing would tell you.

[@iulianispas8634]

Service costs more then the wach

[@dave623]

This is the kind of girl you marry.

[@ehinton4006]

Why

[@sanguisbibimus]

Couldn’t agree more. She is beautiful and sweet.

[@SlaveKnightGael]

100000%

[@robedmund9948]

@@ehinton4006 Why not? Cute. Likes to laugh. Willing to learn. Cares about family. Lots to like here.

[@gorillachilla]

That is a beautiful watch

[@duncanbryson1167]

Anyway seeing this should try to find online an episode of Only Fools and Horses. It was a comedy series on UK TV. The one I'm taking about is where Del's partner's father finds a missing Harrison watch in Del and Rodney's garage. They are small time traders of various items, often of "dubious" origin. Harrison entered the competition to provide a timepiece to accurately judge longitude at sea. The piece eventually goes to auction.

[@creatip123]

Rick would give her $50 for the watch. Because, you know, he gotta clean it up, polish, repair whatever can be repaired, and put it on a shelf for God knows how long.....

[@KP-oe8sk]

Bring in an EXPERT cause I do not trust Anyone!!

[@cchavezjr7]

Don't forget the frame

[@jaylim1843]

🤣

[@peaceandllov]

She’s a cutie pie😍😍😍

[@LJW55]

She's going DING DING DING... 💲💲💲

[@robbryant52]

Very funny and a really special watch