Retrograde talk watch

Retrograde talk watch (Alberta Times) Not being conservative and having the courage to make progress is the main driving force for European social progress. For example, the watch industry, although as early as 1…

(Alberta Times)

The main driving force for European social progress is not to be conservative and to have the courage to forge ahead. For example, in the watch industry, although as early as 1350, Germany had made a mechanical clock that could tell time accurately, people were not satisfied with this. In order to conquer the ocean and make a living in the unknown world, governments of various countries also set up many awards to encourage people to invent navigation meters. Finally, in 1846, a man named Lyess Nardin successfully made the first portable titanium navigation watch. From then on, Europeans could ride the wind and waves and travel around the world, not only finding rich resources for themselves, but also opening up a new situation for the world. Later, Berqet invented many automatic watch parts, further laying a solid foundation for the Swiss and German watch industries. From sundials, hourglasses, water drops, and dyes to mechanical clocks, quartz clocks, and atomic clocks, experts work tirelessly to provide the world with a more accurate and convenient meter. But when this behemoth is reduced to a size that can be worn on the wrist and become a watch, it is not only a useful tool, but also becomes a bright ornament like gold and silver, a kind of wealth that is enough to show off. For example, the quartz watches produced in Japan in the 1960s were an epoch-making product. They were simple, lightweight, accurate, beautiful, and cheap. To put it simply, they were cheap and high-quality. They should have been able to quickly replace the market of European products just like their cameras. The expensive and bulky Swiss watches could be put to rest. Who knows otherwise, things that are too cheap and too simple, like women that are too easy to get, are not worth a penny. Some men pursue famous watches more than famous cars and famous women, and they will spend all their money on them. As a result, the nearly collapsed Swiss watch industry, like the short-pile buildings in Hong Kong, can still stand even after its foundation has been reinforced. As a result, famous brands such as Omega and Rolex still dominate the watch industry. There are two types of watches: men's watches and women's watches, among which there are mechanical watches (including winding watches and automatic winding watches) and complex watches (mechanized multi-purpose watches). The reason why quartz watches are not very valuable, as mentioned above, is not because they are bad, but because they are too easy to make. They are purely technological products and have no exquisite connotations. The reason why some mechanical watches and complex watches are so expensive is that they are expensive because of the word "difficult" and their background. In order to increase their value, most of the famous watches produced in Switzerland have a Geneva seal of approval, proving that they are indeed accurate timekeepers. Like the popular sports watch ATG in recent years, the inner flesh of each watch must go through rigorous testing at five different inspection centers for several weeks. Everything meets the standards before being assembled and shipped from the factory. In addition to viewing watches as industrial products, industry players also regard them as works of art, so they are able to use their unique ingenuity to create ingenious masterpieces. For example, Cartier's women's watches are all carefully designed after the Cartier family went to India to purchase the best gemstones. Almost all of their tank car series, leopard series and unique oval series are not favorites of ladies and gentlemen. As for the king of watches, Patek Philippe wins directly with its handwork and flaunts its high price. Of course, it also uses this to cater to and stimulate the psychology of customers. An ordinary Patek Philippe winding watch sells for US$5,000 to US$6,000 (the same below); an automatic watch with an annual calendar that automatically adjusts to 28 days in February every year costs more than 30,000 yuan; and an automatic watch with a perpetual calendar that automatically adjusts the year to 29 days in February, or a monthly calendar week that can show the profit and loss of the moon exactly as it does in the sky, costs more than 50,000 yuan. In addition, because the watch is not usually laid flat, it is disturbed by the gravity of the earth. In order to balance its mechanical operation, it is necessary to add a flying weight to it; or because you have multiple watches and do not wear them often, you want to add an energy predictor to remind you at any time whether to send them to the automatic winding box; or you want to add an alarm clock and add mother-and-secondary hands for timing. , last year Patek Philippe released a mass-produced mechanical watch, which sold for more than 600,000 yuan, which is almost the same price as the super sports car launched by Ferrari at the same time! There is also the newly launched Richard Mille, which is also extremely expensive. A friend owned one and threw it on the shaffa to see who could guess the price. My friend is a rich man who pays great attention to clothes. Everything he wears is not brand-name. Of course he will not buy a toy watch, but the watch is light and flimsy and does not look like an expensive item. So everyone had to raise the price. Some people said 500, some said 5000, and finally some people said it should not exceed 50000 at most. Who knows, it is still wrong, and I have to add an "O" after it, which is 500,000 (actually more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars)! Does an expensive watch have to be a good watch? A friend went to the UK and bought a Patek Philippe winding watch worth more than 5,000 yuan in London. Unexpectedly, he stopped leaving shortly after returning. I didn't dare to take it to an ordinary watch shop for repair, so I had to wait until I went to the UK again to take it to the "clinic" in person. Unexpectedly, the teller said to him, "Wait a minute. I'll ask him if he's free." What about him? It turns out that only six watch factories in the world can produce similar mechanical watches, and only seven or eight masters in total can repair them. There are two of them there, but one is sick and will not receive the goods for the time being, while the other has to take turns and will not be able to deliver the goods until half a year at the latest. My friend was so angry that he was half-dead and thought with a "black heart", what if even this old guy got sick? A fancy watch is like a fancy car, but it's actually not that fun. The little dog’s precious sports car, the Ferrari, has to be “returned to the factory” from time to time!