I'm privileged enough to live in Vaud, close enough to Le Brassus and Le Chaux de Fonds that I've cycled through there many times.... And having gone past these legendary buildings, it strikes me to comment on the total lack of ostentation. There's no flashy signs, no massive gates and displays shouting and begging for attention. Even though it's obvious that there's real money there, it's a quiet and reserved type of wealth that more cloying brands always try to display outwardly. I've probably seen that AP workshop twenty times without it really getting into my head that inside are probably millions and millions of swiss francs of the world's greatest watches. This is true brilliance in all its Swiss reservedness and privacy.
@johnair13 ай бұрын
Love the AP Brand i just don't like that the actual cost of a watch is so much lower with AP producing 40.000 models a year as a customer the price markup for luxury watches is just ridicoulus. Old brand, best workers, made in Suisse, .... all perfect but it does not justify do sell it so much higher when the actual cost are so much lower! Just bc the market allows it and other competitors do it doesn't mean its ethical 100% Gold behavior. AT THE END of the day the AP owners make Billions WHY bc it's what the market allows them. Nothing to be proud of!
@XimenaZhao415 Жыл бұрын
Lovely heritage of handcrafts.
@klboi36 жыл бұрын
What's up with the South Korea and Taiwan flags at 4:25?
@summerrr16 жыл бұрын
The watches are actually Taiwanese manufactured. The Workshops in Switzerland are just a facade.
@tahahshaikh34236 жыл бұрын
proof? @@summerrr1
@MrWIWARD6 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait for the comments on saying it’s only royal oak nowadays, why is there so much negativity under these Hodinkee videos? This is beautiful and you wouldn’t get to see it otherwise
@dlhussain816 жыл бұрын
MrWIWARD tell me about it. If I were told I could only own one watch it would be the 15202st. No doubt about it. Love it to death. Love AP
@Laguna201310 ай бұрын
@0:53 can someone please tell me what the desktop flexible lamp / magnifiers are (make and model) ? I need one! they seem to have a logo in lower right corner. not sure if they have a mag feature as well as brilliant light?
@sureshobhan6 жыл бұрын
Wow...loved the Royal Oak the watchmaker was wearing...
@S4YY1D6 жыл бұрын
from what I can see is that they're building up to announce a new dress watch line!
@NationalParksArtist6 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I was thinking.
@Andy-ri1ns6 жыл бұрын
Same for Patek please 👍🏼
@willjavtor6 жыл бұрын
Andy Slinn i was thinking the same
@vivekv279906 жыл бұрын
I think this is a sponsored video
@oak68454 жыл бұрын
Patek Philippe is light years beyond Audemar Piguet and every other watchmaker in history!
@cutdepiefails65964 жыл бұрын
What ref is that at 4:37 ?? It is beautiful and so thin for a royal oak!
@Alex-dc7dk4 жыл бұрын
Should be a vintage jumbo roal oak
@TheRyanChang3 жыл бұрын
15202ST.OO.1240ST.01
@menaseven90936 жыл бұрын
Nice tour of Audemars Piguet Tourbillon workshop.
@EARLandPEARL-c3i6 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much life insurance AP takes out on these makers
@Misakyanovich6 жыл бұрын
Amazing! If they ever make a cinematic release, I'm buying tickets for this blockbuster
@44dean446 жыл бұрын
Is there a talking watches ep where the guest has an A Lange and Sohne?
@jakobb49686 жыл бұрын
Best Video you have ever Made
@KurzawaJakub6 жыл бұрын
Trying to sell something more than just Royal Oak. Maybe some day.
@contrnsmagnificndjoobngtaint6 жыл бұрын
This should hAve been a 5 part series. 30min each
@hadiyousef6 жыл бұрын
Notice the Patek Philippe book at 4:32. I like that
@mfp10166 жыл бұрын
Bookshelves with Patek books
@morpheusRP3 жыл бұрын
AP - Always Prosper ✌️
@ivankerr35704 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy that considering the price they don’t keep great time.
@newtonlee7849 Жыл бұрын
Just saw this video. These watches are adult toys. Telling the time is not really the reason why these watches exist. We now use cellphones, smartwatches to tell time.
@craindre19896 жыл бұрын
4:33 ça me rend fou de rire de voir le livre de Patek derrière dans une vidéo à AP ! you know why.
@DMBVR46 жыл бұрын
Oohhh this is so interesti..... and it's over.
@JakobHighRoller3 жыл бұрын
After this I went on Grailed to try to find those AP shirts lol
@user-w00d4 жыл бұрын
При работе не люблю когда над душой стоят...... Турбийон все таки для карманных часов, там баланс все время в статике.
@dlhussain816 жыл бұрын
J’aime Audemars Piguet
@mementomori47606 жыл бұрын
Longer please !!!!
@mrtrullz6 жыл бұрын
unbelievable!
@GB93M6 жыл бұрын
Amazing 😍
@simonassouline452 жыл бұрын
This what separates Audemars Piguet, from the rest of the Watch World! Passion and perfection, truly amazing Haute Horology at the highest possible level! The ones who own a Audemars Piguet, are truly fortunate and blessed!
@newtonlee7849 Жыл бұрын
I just saw this video, and disagree with you. Micro High horology brands like Andreas Strehler, Armin Strom, Czapek, DeBethune, Gronefeld, Grebel Forsey, Gronefeld, FP Journe, Laurent Ferrier ( to name a few ) have equaled, or arguably exceeded AP in exclusivity, craftsmanship, and complexity. History, & marketing is the only thing now that leaves a gap ( shrinking) between the Holy Trinity, and the micro brands. High horology brands have grown thanks to advances in computer software, materials available, & precision machining tools. ( All the high end brands have similarly skilled craftsman to assemble & fine finish the watches )
@andrei20236 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@natsumerio06 жыл бұрын
Way too short. Jesus Christ, Hodinkee, please step up your game.
@diabew6 жыл бұрын
Bring back talking watches..
@markusmarkus21642 жыл бұрын
fantastic video but Jesus the mispronunciation of tourbillon man that through me for a loop.
@treblarefils6 жыл бұрын
works of art soon to be a bust down on your favorite rapper...sad
@oak68454 жыл бұрын
Just to think a twenty dollar Casio quartz watch from Wal-Mart will run for a minimum of ten years on it's battery and only loss + or- five to ten seconds per month. When these Audemars must been wore to keep main spring wound and losses sixty to two hundred forty seconds per month and some time much more and cost a minimum of twenty two thousands dollars. Which watch could anyone say is the real timepiece!