Why This $250K Lamborghini Watch is Driving Watch Collectors Crazy | Watchfinder & Co.
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- It’s the wonder material of the twenty-first century, both lightweight and strong. Found at the pinnacle of industry, this composite of one of Earth’s most abundant elements lets mankind go farther, faster, on the ground, in the sky and even into outer space. But it’s hard to work with, expensive to produce, easy to get wrong-yet Roger Dubuis has managed to make an entire watch with it.
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Now we're getting into house-priced watches. Amazing.
Actually, one year ago I bought a flat for 250k, but PLN, so around 50k pounds. 237k pounds is what would make you a millionaire around here.
He has featured many other more expensive watches as well, in case u didn't know
You remember that scene in Forrest Gump when Bubba lists all the types off shrimp you can eat? You just did that but for carbon fibre! I think there was a watch in there too somewhere.
“Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it.”
I love shrimp too !
It's about time someone made a shrimp watch!
Ahh, finally a Casio..... wait, WHAT?
Clearly not made Entirely of carbon fiber.
I was thinking the same thing Daniel.
@Alex Thomas ClickbaitFinder would be a more suitable name for this channel
I don’t think anyone here is surprised that someone made an unreadable skeletonized monstrosity of a watch out of carbon fiber.
still want one
it is a really ugly watch. I like having the weight of a steel watch on my wrist
sidewinderxx Of course you do and so do I. We are addicted to this hobby. I want every watch I see a video on, even if I don’t like the watch. I know person who has multiple Submariners. They look pretty much exactly the same, yet he felt the need to spend 10 grand on virtually the same watch.
Joe Duffy I doubt he made any of the parts on the watch. Working with carbon fiber is a very specialized skill, using special machinery.
LOL - you sir understand the watch industry.
237k and I can’t see what the time is on that watch? 😂
PasDeDeux my pet hate with skeletonized watches, great to see the movement but lousy at telling the time
As I understand it, when you get to that level of rich, and slightly tasteless, the time is of no interest. You are primarily looking to shove massive wedges of wealth under people's noses.
Why didn’t they make the hands white?
@@untouchable360x because will be ruined all design!
Dude, nowadays price of watch is decided by how difficult it is to tell time using them. The more difficult, the more expensive.
Cubed root of didly squat. Magic.
I knew that RD makes some crazy carbon pieces but I didn't know about THIS! Even the smallest parts AND the baseplate are made of carbon which is just an incredible work. But the most impressive piece of this watch is the bracelet! I've never seen anything like it and wasn't aware of that RD made this - awesome! Thanks again for the excellent and outstanding coverage @Watchfinder & Co. !
Assuming this has the traditional fibre+resin construction, I wonder how the resin will hold up in 10/20/30 years time.
I was wondering about delamination too! 😂 But still impressive engineering in this watch!
The bezel edges will wear like plastic
@@BobbyDazzler888 like lego pieces.
Well, keep your eyes overhead for parts of the Boeing 787. If it's unstable and degrades, the rain will be extra-chunky.
@@karlmadsen3179 has the 787 been flying for 30 years?
Can you do a review of Jaquet Droz Bird 🦅 repeater? It exemplifies haute horlogerie like this RD carbon fiber Tourbillon
Everybody knows about the bird.
£237k and unless you coat the hands in Tipp-Ex yourself you will NEVER know the time!!!!
No pandemic nor recession can keep this man down.
Well the channel is owned by Richemont so deep pockets
Murray No way. That explains all the Rolex shade.
@@MurrayHerts Really??
@@sushimshah2896 Yeah they purchased WatchFinder in 2018 or 19, just google "WatchFinder Richemont"
@@MurrayHerts I knew that they were an authorised service center for some of their brand, but thanks for meeting me know if this as well
A work of art that just happens to be a watch. Not to my taste but i can appreciate it for what it is.
237BP, has a Geneva seal yet the one of the screw heads of the tourbillon cage is scratched up? Unacceptable!
" It's nothing compared to the mind-melting price! "
When are we getting the Hodinkee travel clock review?
Logical reasoning - Good one!
DAD: Look son....my new 237K watch!....SON: Cool dad....what time is it...DAD...pause....Look son...my new 237K watch!!
My dream watch is the ‘regular’ Excalibur... hope to be able to afford it one day... ☺️
I really enjoy your narration, especially the clearer crispier one at 0:38 to 0:48, the rest of the voiceover sounds muffled and doesnt show how great your voice really is.
"Hi everyone I've got a Roger Dubuis carbon fibre watch! I'm awesome"...cool, what time is it?..."erm....erm.....not sure".. hideous but as it's a RD I guess it's a masterpiece.....
You're the weird one for using your luxury watches to tell the time. We all have computers in our pockets for that.
Well said. i cannot see the time. Same issue with a lot of skeleton watches.
When you personally see this watch you will see how much you are wrong!
It's kinda annoying that the tail of the seconds hand is not well centered with that screw and bracket. 01:36.
Was searching for this comment, how come no one else notices this.
Or triggered my OCD the moment I saw it, it's know similar to that Omega DeVille Tourbillion, that too had the same off-centered seconds hand-ouch
I’ve never been sold on carbon fibre or other ‘lightweight’ non metal composites(except ceramic) for high end watchmaking. That’s one of the reasons I hate RM. A sturdy, lightweight composite for an Apple Watch or a G-Shock or other utility watches is great, but a luxury watch is all about that feeling of likeable heft and pleasing touch points. Mechanical watches aren’t about rational, logical usage. Then why not indulge in traditional materials and leave modern materials for watches which see actual wear.
Great point, however that's like saying why not get a quartz watch. At this price point I wouldn't expect practicality to be considered
this watch is just the maker flexing his capabilities. machining carbon fiber is extremely difficult to do with precision. seeing this piece, for me as a machinist that works with carbon fiber, is just mind boggling.
Reminds me of one of my G-Shocks
Wow, this is an art preformer to telling the workmanship of yesterday instead of telling present time, do wear it when " time" is not longer important to you, as you are needn't to racing with the time for make a living, watching the beautiful motions of dial with joy and have a cup your favourite tea or coffee in every 🌇 sunset moments . 😊
Hello, might it be possible to review the Breitling AVI Ref. 765 1953 Re-Edition please? Thanks in advance.
I don’t believe I’ve ever been graced with the presence of such finely machined carbon fibre, I’m overjoyed!
Same
Why i by a watch and i cant see the time😧
I saw this watch two years ago, Oct 2021, at Hyde Park Jewelers Watch Fair. Fascinating little trinket of high tech. I knew practically little to nothing about Roger Dubuis watches except for having seen them in the more traditional forms of the late 1990s to 2000s. Just for fun, if my net worth was $10 million back then, I would have bought it. Hey - it's all relative - you know what I mean?
This maker really stands out for me ! :-)
Watchfinder: Here is an Italian watch for £500
Comments: Yes more videos like this, please!
Watchfinder:
Hopefully in future videos we can get a 5 minute intro on what steel is.
Ok, convert 237,000 pounds into Canadian dollars and.... holy beep, beep, beep!!!!
My old eyes needed to look at that watch a little bit longer, in order to tell the time. That's why I don't like skeletonized watches. But in order to support this channel, I still gave you a thumbs up. Thank you Watchfinder and Co.
My Casio G-Shock 'Gravity Master' Is made of carbon fibre (wrist strap included) and Titanium, looks better, is radio controlled, uses light cells for power and cost less than $800! Just saying.
This isn't a Richard Mille, nobody is going to agree with you. Dubuis is regarded as one of the best watch makers in the world and has very little controversy in general.
Hunter Borman it’s okay it’s just his opinion
And it's also very huge.
Say what you want about the price but a Casio gravity master looking better? Thats some unrefined taste...
G-Shock and RD do not make the same product. This is a mistake people make. Don't think of them as comparable, they simply are not the same thing. And someone who is looking for an RD will never be convinced a G-Shock is a replacement, and vice versa.
A light watch feels less expensive though
My favorit carbon fiber watch is Linde Werdelin spido tech green & red :)
This is for people with more money than brains.
Money is a renewable resource. Get over it. Its just money.
I really look forward to your posts. Great content and even greater narrative. Love the little comedy elements too😂
Keep up with the good work 👍
Awesome video. Just a maths FYI: the cube root of diddly squat is going to be bigger than diddly squat 🙃 The cube root of any number under 1 is going to be greater than itself.
I think I’ll be impressed of the machining if they were actually precise enough to machine the gears out of the CFRP blocks. As it is, I don’t see the point. The CF isn’t being used in weave to create light weight high strength parts (like Koenigsegg CF wheels). Purpose-wise in this watch, it is just a filler for the epoxy. It might as well be charcoal dust in resin then CNC the cured block.
I got one of these for my birthday. There not bad. Will post a review up soon
They’re* (And still waiting for your review).
Great video & I like them all, but having spent some time in composites for a race team, I have to correct your opening statement.
"It's the wonder material of the 21st century", really should be the 20th century as it was invented in 1958 & widely used in aerospace & aviation through the 70's.
If I were to pick Id say Graphene & grahene nanotubes are the wonder material of the 21st century, as its uses ranging from batteries to high strength applications are still being developed.
You cover the history of the development of carbon fiber 1/2 way into the video (you REALLY went into it :) ), realising that it was in use through the 20th century.
Either way incredible watch!
I wish you guys would review the IWC Portuguese 7-Day.
Wonderful timepiece. It will be interesting to see a model with carbon material and orange colour.
No wonder it's called Carbon "fibre" I shat myself when I heard the price.
Please review the (Montega Geneve R9 )l
nice video, could you do a video for Omega blue aventurine glass model #304.93.44.52.03.002
Why are there gouges/indentations in some of the components? I get they're small, but for $310,000USD!? @ 00:10 and others
Awesome watch. Love it!!
Think I had carbon fibre bits on bikes since the late 80s/early 90s.
Thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
I wanted to see the back. I presume it's manually wound but he didn't go into that.
But it's okay, because now we know everything about bloody carbon.
When are you going to make Watchfinder in Italy?
The bracelet weighs as much a packet of crisps. Or 3 bags of Cheetos if you live in the NW of England 🤣
.....and the time is?
You must have UV resistant Epoxy in your head to pay £237,000 for this.
It's not really made to sell, but to showcase technology. Kind of a halo watch.
@@TucsonDude It showcases extravagant stupidity. Carbon fiber for a watch case is an idiotic material choice.
Better than RM
@Bernd DasBrotThe phrase "Good material" should be used in context to the object that's made out of the material. Otherwise you could say: water is good material and so is asphalt.
Carbon fiber is a great material...for an airplane wing...but not for a watch. Other than being lightweight it has all the wrong properties.
@Bernd DasBrot"Strong" is a very vague and completely unscientific term. Carbon fiber has a high modulus of elasticity and high tensile strength - these 2 properties are completely irrelevant for a watch case.
It's surface hardness is extremely low (MUCH lower than 316L steel or grade 5 titanium). the epoxy resin that holds the fibers together is prone to degradation over time due to UV exposure - this will cause discoloration and loss of strength.
If damaged due to impact or abrasion (which will happen quite easily) it's next to impossible to fix.
I bought a sun dial wristwatch for $0.01 in an antique shop in a twilight zone. No high-end over priced flowery words rubbish can compare to it's precise keeping of time even in a twilight. Teeeneeeneeeeneeeeneeeeneeeenee...........
Only thing that would make this better would be vantablack
great job..
Looks like a Casio G Shock. Hard to tell time on those as well.
Not sure what G Shock you've got. I haven't had a problem telling the time on mine.
I really love your videos, it would be excellent if you can make a video with a bovet or mb&f timepiece :)
This is interesting, would definitely want a hands on with this watch!
Not sure how high of a priority this is, but can you review an old Zenith gold pocket watch?
The seconds indicator not meeting up dead center with the balance spring assembly....for that kind of money its a shame
Now I cant unsee that
How about we switch it up completely and do a review of a Casio G-shock MR-G! Perhaps one of the limited edition ones???
Blue faced Tudor black bay please feature ! :) love your work
David Smith Pretty sure he did the black one, I guess your after a dial colour review.
There's not even a few % of carbon in almost all steels, it's actualy a few ‰
Carbon based life form's carbon based art. Sublime!
'Made entirely of carbon fiber.' OK, you pulled me in, expecting to see the first carbon fiber hair spring. But no, it's the structural parts, so not quite the entire watch. I liked the history on CF though.
Hard to work with is the understatement of the week
an Invicta is way better than this awful watch
Wash your mouth out with soap
better for throwing in the trash
ok ciao
Who's and edgy bhoy? yes you are! now back under your bridge!
Incredible feet of engineering. 👌🎩
Can anyone identify the SLR CAMERA
what's this watch weight ?
Still can’t see how this watch managed to get the Geneva seal
Allso easily the most underrated channel on UA-cam
The emperor has no clothes.
That's the watch the G-shock crew would love, it looks too much like a g shock for silly money.
such a great video!
Some Classical guitars even have carbon fibre in them.
true! Carbon fibre are used for truss rod in classical guitar.
@@prawirasatria7399 ha! No it's in the lattice bracing of Australian guitars, a design invented by Greg Smallman in the 80s after he asked John Williams what he would improve about the guitar if he could. Williams said, I would like more sustain on the treble. Even fretboards are being made of it but most people who own them don't know this ;)
Brian Cullen B wow i just know that, thanks for the information.
The only uses of carbon fibre in classical guitar that i know is just for truss rod part.
I can’t imagine how bright the treble sound would like if the carbon bracing system attached into it. Definitely gonna check that our. Thanks mate!
At this price point, time-telling is almost beside the point. However, couldn't they have used a better font for the name? It looks like some default font a graphic program would use when a font file couldn't be found (Courier comes to mind), or something a graphic designer would use when too lazy to find something more sublime.
carbon doesn't do anything for me would prefer Titan or steel myself
why so heavy? Richard Mille's RM027-01 was 19g with the strap
This kind of money and it defies its own purpose? You can't see the time! I really don't get this kind of retail prices.
U would one you checked how difficult it is to work with carbon fibre.
Check the price of Sesto Elemento and how many of them were made and you'll get an idea.
Sushim Shah I actually have an idea and I know it's very difficult. Are you telling me that 10 watches like this one are worth a Sesto Elemento?
@@idontknow9862 I never said that 10xRD=SE. I'm just saying that it's worth with its price, more so than some RM watches.
@@sushimshah2896 Doesn't change the fact that it looks atrocious and is unreadable. Pushing too far and forgetting the basics of watchmaking does that. Design and aesthetics are important.
@@sanantonio855 looks are subjective, tho I do agree that it's a bit hard to read the time at a glance
Cool watch, but out of my range. Does Timex make any of these?
misaligned screws and other imperfections for 240k. Thats BS.
All screws are misaligned or they aren't screws. Screws screw.
@@BobbyDazzler888 Thats my point. They need to tap/machine them so they align properly. Its not rocket science.
I have to say, this will be the one watch I would not buy that you have reviewed... esp not even for a portion of that price tag.
Extraordinary!
for a 240k watch, I a expecting a better finish. I spotted dust multiple times
The average pack of crisps is around 25g
cbjg - You must be buying very small packets! Round my way they’re all 33 grams.
@@AtheistOrphan its an average, french fries,squares,quavers,cheeto discos, Space Raiders.. The list is endless none weigh 34g.even walkers classic are only 25g.Not saying some don't weigh above 30g
And...it is completely illegible.
Stealth in its purest form
You must be blind I can read it fine
Excelente reloj Saludos
if they discounted the watch by 20 bucks, i still couldn’t afford it.
This is magnificent
Wow, that is awesome! What an incredible watch! Would love to just have a day with it. Must feel good.
As someone who has seen other Excaliburs, I like the design. But not the Carbon Fiber one, which is an unreadable and imprecise mess.
Wow. Just wow.
honestly if i am paying 237k it'd better be made of rarest material on earth and not the stuff that is abundant and everywhere. You cant even check time on this watch. whats the point?
I recommend that Roger Dubuis development team take a one year internship at Sinn, to be taught something they completely miss : a watch works only if one can read the time from it.
My friend bought a carbon wing for his GTR for under $4k and it has 1500x more carbon than this watch, which cost more than his gtr.
Damn.
Quite a feat of engineering. But all it says to me is that carbon fibre just can’t be finished to the same level of sublimity as precious metals or steel.
For the Lambo Sesto Elemento owners out there.