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>this Vacheron-Constantin will likely be around 200 years from now I’m interested to hear more. Typically things that are “most complicated” and lost lasting d
by LeafItAlone 2y ago
>this Vacheron-Constantin will likely be around 200 years from now
I’m interested to hear more. Typically things that are “most complicated” and lost lasting don’t go hand-in-hand.
- Mainan_Tagonist 2y agoYou should visit this museum : https://www.patek.com/en/company/patek-philippe-museum/the-museum https://www.patek.com/en/company/patek-philippe-museum/the-m... Since mechanical watches are, by design, open source, there will always be a technician interested in keeping them going.
- theamk 2y agoThe mechanical watches are not open source at all - most (all?) of them do not come with engineering drawings nor with list of materials. Even if you have a watch in front of you, it does not mean you can create a copy of it without a lot of work - you need to measure every gear, guess the materials used (how stiff should this spring be?), and re-draw mainplate and dial. Compare to things like old electronics, which came with full schematics, service manual and sometimes even debugging guide.
- benhurmarcel 2y agoThe people who buy this kind of watches don’t usually wear them much, they store them in a safe environment.