Who takes how long to make a watch?

[Rev-O]

Interesting article, don't think it's been shared here before.

Thoughts?

https://watchesbysjx.com/2022/11/wat...-map-2022.html

[sweets]

My first thought was that this provides an interesting insight as to the cost that brands want you to pay for their name, as this metric would seem to provide a measure of "value" in terms of the actual skilled effort that a brand puts in for the money.
Then I realised that Richard Mille looked very poor "value" (by this measure alone, which is interesting, but has flaws due to outsourcing), and I realised they are not on the graph, so I guess they were omitted because of that?
Second thought was that AP seemed pretty bad.
Interesting article, I think the bottom left of the graph needs some more zooming in.

It also strikes me that the one cost missing is R & D. You can tie up millions creating new movements, but that is not represented on this metric.

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[RAJEN]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting. I wish he had explained how he arrived at the numbers.

[xellos99]

Interesting but the brands classed as 1 - 9 hours such as Breitling have videos showing roughly how they make a watch and they do make a real effort to make a quality watch

[McBeardy]

Enjoyable & interesting read

[BSB]

Very enjoyable read - thanks for posting!

[Rev-O]

It also strikes me that the one cost missing is R & D. You can tie up millions creating new movements, but that is not represented on this metric.

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Yes, Nomos created one in-house. I wonder what that cost?

[gunner]

Interesting but the brands classed as 1 - 9 hours such as Breitling have videos showing roughly how they make a watch and they do make a real effort to make a quality watch

I guess all the parts are mass produced though, significantly reducing the time taken.

[Halitosis]

A very interesting read - thanks Rev-O

[FrogmanFreak]

Insightful read - indeed interesting about RM versus other brands.

[Quality Man]

Enjoyed the read, thanks Rev.


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[Peterd]

Interesting read

[Derivative]

Great read, really enjoyed that. Not a perfect metric but I think it passes the "gut" test and the results give an accurate picture of the watch production landscape.

[bwest76]

An enjoyable article,thank you for posting it.