Is This Patek Philippe's Best Watch? Or Just the Most Expensive?
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- When the world went into lockdown in 2019, me and many thousands of others did something we’d never done before. We looked up. Scores of people took the opportunity to begin a study of the night sky, to discover what wondrous, beautiful and terrifying objects there are looming above us. With the James Webb Space Telescope primed to take some of the best pictures we’ve ever seen of our universe, we decided to give you a little bit of a tour of the night sky, courtesy of the Patek Philippe Grand Complications Sky Moon Celestial 5102PR-and a few photos I’ve taken along the way.
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Nobody is better than this channel at putting watches in context of the greater world
0:02 Lockdown in 2019? Did I miss something? But what a stunning watch
This one and the Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planétarium are my two absolute favorite space-themed watches.
Glad to see the Sky Moon Perpetual featured!
These are my two dream watches lol. I absolutely adore them.
Astonishing! Both the watch and the narrative! Great job Wf! Another brilliant look at horology at its best.
Nice to know that mr. Talking Hands is also hyped for what the JWST will see
These videos always seem to satisfy my need to know more about unique watches and their history. Spot on ❤️
The engineering that has gone into this watch is... err... far much better than incredible. It looks good too. As for the price it has to be a bargain for the star gazer who wants to know what is in the night sky and where and it tells the time too, which is nice. I say it's a bargain and it is as the costs involved to build a telescope can be huge and it won't fit on your wrist down the pub beer garden or give you an idea when last orders are being called. For Earth dwellers who's primate evolved species are so primitive that they still think a digital watch is a pretty neat idea this is perfect. For those of us constructing our own spacecraft on lonely evenings in the garden shed and the space tender full of Waitrose 'best' food' and a towel in the garage it may be of limited use following lift off. So to summarise, it's a brilliant watch but for fellow astronauts it could be described as 'Mostly Harmless'.
Some parts of this post reference the book by the late great Douglas Adams "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy".
my all time favorite timepiece
Exceptional astrophotography! Thank you for this, it was a great video!
Thanks. Awesome watch, awesome video.
BTW your channel is amazing!!! Radiohead references to Douglas Adams. You are f**king brilliant!!!
I had the pleasure of handling this watch in person. When I had it in my hands, I can tell you that I didn’t understand it. The complication is tangible, like you can feel how intricate the watch is and it almost felt majestic. It definitely was quite possibly the most beautiful man made thing I’ve ever held.
This is true art. Amazing piece...
Wow, that was amazing - thank you!
Casio cosmo phase still wins for me! Great video and narrative. Some amazing astronomical complications in watches over the years - more videos on that topic very appreciated!
This is probably your best video. The scary vastness of the universe explained beautifully, in a watch that leaves me in awe. I will probably never have a spare £250,000, but it I'm ever that lucky I think I'll pick this up. A true grail watch for those of us with an eye always in the night sky.
Amazing photography!! Your skills are boundless apparently 😎
Keen amateur astronomer, have been for many years so this is right up my street. Unfortunately the asking price is on another planet. Anything similar at a more affordable price?
Excellent video thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
Stunning
This is why I love horology, it spans so many other interesting disciplines and weaves a common thread through them all.
Kinda sad that we wont be able to see a clear night sky because its now getting full of starlink satellites.
Just wow.. very impressive
When patek is taking inspiration from CIGA you know they must be doing something right lol
This is my grail watch and this video does it justice. Bravo 👏🏼
What a time piece, sensational.
Pateks often strike me as perfect but a little soulless. This one is amazing.
very good astrophotography. Would love to see you make a video about that. Watches like this makes you think deep about the universe and what lies in deep deep space and your journey and your role throughout it. This is very emotional. Thank You
I giggled like a schoolgirl when you made the double Hitchhiker's Guide reference 😂
Incroyable
Dr becky would love this
i bet,Copernicus would've dug it.
Anyone else going to London tomorrow for the Moonswatch? I can’t decide between The Moon or Mercury.
I'm in The States, but I'm going Mercury. I think it's the best looking of the bunch. Moon a close 2nd. I guess we'll see what's available.
@@pilotwjf - You’re obviously a man of taste William! I’m leaning towards Mercury but it will be interesting to see them in the flesh.
As an astrophotographer with an interest in horology, this content ticks a lot of boxes. As you're listing off targets, I'm ticking them off in my head. Yup. Got all them over the years. Nice to see the Elephant's Trunk getting some love. The watch, however, saddens me a little, such a beautiful, technically pleasing specimen, which has little to no real world use. Not once have I started an imaging session by looking at a star chart. For a lot of us, the entire process is automated by computers. :( Also, good luck reading that dial in the dead of night. :P
The USA appears to be legislating year-round Daylight Savings Time, effectively shifting each time zone in the US forward. What might this do to watchmaking, particularly world timers?
Bravo… is all that needs to be said about this video.
could you try to geht an omega geneve day date? i think its an beautiful time piece from the 70´s
Puts the hype around yesterday’s Omega x Swatch into perspective
How dare you sir!!!! Douglas was never wrong full stop. Ford Prefect would put you straight in your place.
I think the 5-pointed starts looks a bit tacky to be honest. It's fun but doesn't look like a quarter-mil watch on the wrist. There's no magic or twinkle in those stars, they just look so flat.
Patek is king 👑
Your homework gets an ’ᗩ’
Narration via a Hawking-esque voice modulator would have earned an ‘ᗩ+'
class
You're an astrophotographer, too? Your stocks have gone up even higher than they were! And thanks for the great video on my dream watch...
I’m to dense to own this ever
Do they do one for us in the Southern Hemisphere?
I suppose that if your pockets are deep enough you can comission one from Patek
Remember, Andromeda is visible to the naked eye
How can this exceptional piece with a very highly complication worth 4 times less than a Patek Nautilus Chronograph Ref.5976G with its normal complication Chronograph.I think its not fair.
Can this mechanism be made in quartz?
Must have a Piece Unique: Photo-realistic nebula hand painted dial, and diamonds that color match the stars of the constellation...
... if you want it done right.
The dial is an afterthought, the case is meh, the complication is brilliant 👏.
I hope one day, when our current civilization is gone, future civilizations might find this watch the same way we find ancient tombs, look at this thing and see that we are all looking at the same sky
Hands guy could start a channel on astrophysics next.
I saw a moonswatch on fleabay on auction for £63,000+. The bids have to be fake?!
Pretty
I’ll stick to my Casio Cosmo Phase thank you
This Patek Philippe Stardust watch is a bit too cartoony and bit a bit too cheesy too. Patek Philippe missed the opportunity to turn the sky into something mesmerizing.
nah. i'm not that much into blue.
😆
And at the other end of the scale we have the Omega Swatch Watch
Wow, the macros don't do this watch any favors
Am I the only one to notice that the lockdown did not happen in 2019, but in 2020?
Super Video
Freundliche Grüsse
Richmond Watchtes
We into lock down when??
grail if there ever was one
I can't wait for the $250 swatch version. I mean that's how it goes now right?
Don't be so cynical
@@stephen9609 I know but irresistible.
@@stephen9609 Sorry, too soon?
I heard Rolex x G Shock are working on something great , it's the new trend , just like Tiffany blue 💙 watch faces 😉
I'll wait for the AliExpress homage
Nobody will believe you own a Celestial when you drive a Corolla.
@@DonLee1980 even if you wear the real one, nobody is gonna care about the complications or how much it's worth
Still a fraction of the price of a Richard Mille.
I think that I'll get Brian Cox one for his birthday
This is nothing but sensational.
2019?
the world did not go into lockdown in 2019
Feels like it though 😂
Hello Mike Ollection, my name is Gregory
Long journey to finally see my Grail on this channel. What an absolute beauty.
Now this, I would definitely drop 250k for, if I had the cash.
But now you can drop only 250 dollars instead and chose from many planets with the new Omega x swatch series 😄
poor man's CIGA
the world went into lockdown in 2020 buddy. Don't know what you were hiding from in 2019 😂😂😂
Nothing to hide from I was in Asia in March 2020. No phantom virus there. To this day never purified in a laboratory. Greatest hoax ever.
So we’re NOT stuck out on the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm then?
Correct, because Earth is not a water-covered spinning sphere with a pressurized atmosphere flying through an ever-expanding extreme vacuum for billions of years.
God created only this one domain system in which we reside - One domain with one Sun, one Moon, and the Stars set above.
It's a singular system.
@@shawnj3525 - Oh dear. Looks like Matron’s left the computer room unlocked again.
the watch pretty dull in low light and not really eye catching compared with the other luxury watches.
What a watch :) way better than the Ciga watch!
100X more expensive
@@mikehoward9912 - It’s actually 313 times more expensive than the Ciga Blue Planet. 🌍
It's no moonswatch tho ;)
hahahaha
Flat Earthers:- have left the chat
Do one.
@@coolboy5428 You triggered there lad?
@@leftpastsaturn67 Taste your mother
@@coolboy5428 Well that answers my question :D
You conspiracy clowns are amusingly impotent.
It looks cheap and chips
First
What snobbish watch.
Omega will soon make a plastic version of this for £20
don't be so cynical. no one likes a cynic
@@stephen9609 I didn’t write that comment to be liked by the likes of you mate