What Really Defines a Watch's Grade: Swiss Craftsmanship, High-End Brands, and Mid-to-High-End Standards

Hello to us! Let’s talk about the grade of the watch first.

We all know that Swiss watches are representatives of mid-to-high-end watches. Only high-end products like Japanese watches can represent high-end. As for the current iwatch, they have drawn a clear line with high-end.

High-end brands such as Rolex and Omega, and even well-known brands such as Longines, Mido, and Plum Blossom, will make people feel, hey, it’s great, it’s a good watch. Of course, it is only available in movies and television, and high-end brands like "Richard Mille" can be presented through Douyin videos.

So for ordinary people, the watch level can only be distinguished by the brand. It can also be understood that the "worth" promoted by advertising is really so clear in the eyes of watch repairers? You will understand after reading this article introduced by Watchdog website.

A watch is not just a chronograph item, but an ornament. Appearance is the most important part. This is also the standard by which many people judge whether it is high-end or not, and whether it is valuable. For people working in the company, this watch represents the value of it.

So how to judge whether a movement is a high-end product? I will teach you how to read this part. You will understand it only after reading it.

During the movement, the core part is the escapement mechanism, which in turn relies on the fine-tuning device to determine the accuracy of the mechanical watch.

Although a good movement requires multiple conditions to identify, such as which winding structure to choose, the structure of a single box, whether a large box is a small box, the diameter of the movement is the design of the pallet fork, etc., even if it is frosted, the number of drill holes, hollowing out, etc. The appearance and functional design are all part of the core quality. But it is so professional that it is difficult for ordinary melon farmers to distinguish.

Patek Philippe460movement. 2 small weights, see the red ring in the picture, this is the weight adjustment.

Balance adjustment is the most precise and the adjustment technology is the most difficult. The balance re-adjustment called Gyromax was first used by Patek Philippe in the 1950s. The Cal.920 machine developed by Jaeger-LeCoultre in 1967 also began to use this fine-tuning technology. In recent years, more and more high-end watch brands have begun to choose similar fine-tuning equipment. Now they basically use scales for fine-tuning. Such watches cost hundreds of thousands or even millions.