500 thousand of the watches are not expensive, just because you're too cheap

That poor little rich, playing table.

Three, five hundred thousand of the car will open, but three, five hundred thousand of the table, you will not make.

For example, Kang Zong, he has achieved many years of long cherished wish at the beginning of this year, with a beloved girl to travel around the world.

However, after returning home he and I said the tragedy, he made travel across time zones of the taboo: he was wearing a Royal Oak calendar.

The master who knows the answers must have seen the problem at a glance:

You can't wear calendar when you travel across the time zone, because it is very troublesome to adjust.

But apparently, the knowledge reserves haven't kept up with the pace of making money.

Only when a man appreciates the wrist watch can he prove that he has not only the economic base of self-confidence, but also the rich spiritual taste.

As a not very rich, but the spirit of extremely rich straight, less Du I prepared 4 blocks in 30 - 500 thousand between the price of a typical luxury table, teach you how to play with their master:

The calendar table is a complex function table for many successful people and workplace elites. Its biggest feature is that it is suitable for lazy people:

Calendar can automatically identify the size of the month and peace leap year, in theory, you do not need to manually adjust the date of life.

Let me tell you how to play with the calendar, and let's take the Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak, the tragedy of Kang, as an example:

Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak calendar

The calendar table by watchmakers Arcangelo zunda Calibre 5134 automatic assembly design, ultra-thin movement, automatic winding is one of today's most thin table calendar.

Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak disassembly map

The table has four sub dials on the dial in order to display a calendar, respectively (3 points), moon (6 points), week (9 points), month and leap year (12 points), with a triangular arrow pointer to 52 weeks a year.

Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak dial

Such a classic look easy reading of the calendar is the same as the masterpiece, and 90% similar products, there are drawbacks on the adjustment.

Most of the calendar table, will be in the side of the case is provided with 4 functions of the calibration button corresponding to the calendar calendar, week, month, moon (leap year and month of linkage, usually without a separate correction button), the pen tool and use the original regulation.

Each contact the corresponding button once, calendar, week, month or the moon will jump forward style, but can not be adjusted backwards.

You can see the Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak calendar from the side

Independent correction button

The same is true of the Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak calendar. If you wear it everyday and watch it, you don't have any problems.

But once the table is stopped, or if you travel with it, you need to adjust the time and date according to the local time zone, and the trouble comes:

The first is the vast majority of calendar table exist adjustable blind area, in the middle of the night before and after a few hours, calendar and moon phase is started when the conversion shall be adjusted, otherwise it may damage the mechanical device.

Then the plane traveling from east to west, or from east to west across the international date line, may cause the actual date of the calendar watch than fast day, but can not be transferred back to the calendar, also useless.

From the side of the black ceramic Royal Oak calendar watch

You can see the independent correction button

Therefore, there are three taboos in the use of perpetual calendar table:

Don't wear it to travel abroad;

Avoid stopping for a long time;

Avoid using manuals and pen tools indiscriminately.

Once the watch has stopped, it must follow a strict set of adjustment process (different table adjustment process is different, preferably in the use of instructions):

Make sure you are outside the time zone of the adjustment blind zone;

The day before the calibration button will date and week to the current date and the phases of the moon;

Finally, turn the central clock clockwise at 12 midnight so that each item of the calendar points to the correct date and the calibration time.

In addition to an extreme situation is a "baby bear", he once while people do not prepare the month fast a month, we can only go 47 months to return to the correct cycle.

So our slogan is: love the calendar, stay away from the bear child.

To play with the world watches, you first need to know a concept:

"Time zone"

The "time zone" was formally established in 1884 and was divided into 24 time zones on the basis of the longitude of the Greenwich observatory.

The world time watch refers to the watch that displays all the time zones.

But the world watches also exposed a fatal flaw in the process of using:

Only 24 Greenwich standard time zones can be displayed, and half time zone (30 minutes time difference) or 1/4 time zone (15 or 45 minute time difference) can't be done.

The problem was not solved by Vacheron Constantin until 2011.

Let's take Vacheron Constantin as the example of the world wide time watch:

Vacheron Constantin watches

No doubt, it's also an advanced watch that needs to be kept in mind.

In order to cover all 37 time zones, Vacheron Constantin sets up a whole new set of gears in the 2460 WT world, including 37 teeth ring gear, pinion, pawl and contact rod.

Watch movement of Vacheron Constantin in the world

Equipped with golden pendulum

Its specific operation is as follows:

The crown pull out to 1 stalls, choose the inner reference time zone city (such as Geneva GENEVA), by rotating the crown to small arrow below the city name of the 6 point alignment dial big arrow, this movement will be issued a "click" sound, that touch the bar has been in place;

After the crown is pulled out to 2 stalls, a minute hand to adjust the reference time when city's local time, when the central watches will rotate synchronously with the outer edge of the outer ring dial 24 hours;

As shown in the diagram, the local time of the pointer to Geneva is 10:10, and the outer ring of the 24 hour shows the time just after 10. Combined with the inner ring of the city and the outer ring of 24 hours, the time for the rest of the world's 36 time zones (including Beijing) can be seen.

Vacheron Constantin watches

Last year, the Overseas series of four dimensional stainless steel was published with a map of the northern hemisphere drawn by the blue Bert projection (Lambert Projector), and the price was as high as 300 thousand. If you want to travel around the world, this watch is your standard.

Vacheron Constantin watches all round the world

The northern hemisphere world projected by blue Bert projection

You think only, Vacheron Constantin, Pyramid brand like to do something

"High-end atmosphere will not make" table?

Not, is famous for its simple and practical, enjoy "replica Louis Vuitton bags uk" reputation of the Rolex watch industry, there are some individual makes the wearer puzzled watches, such as the "Oyster Perpetual yacht Malibu II".

Rolex yacht Malibu II

Rolex II is designed for Malibu yacht sailing and design and development, give full consideration to the sailing "sail" dynamic program:

At the start of the game, all participants must first sailing into a reserve area, control the speed and direction, will be adjusted to the best state, until the preparation time is over (usually 5 to 10 minutes), then speeding out of reserve area.

Rolex II is designed for the Malibu yacht sailing competition and development

The yacht Malibu type II operation is also divided into several steps:

The first is before the start of the game, through the collaborative operation of the crown, two gold and blue Chronograph buttons, the outer ring marked 0 to 10 minute scale, set on the basis of the countdown, this program requires at least 5 steps;

After the start of the game with the countdown, press the button to start at 2 o'clock, the countdown function, the Central Red second hand begins to run (and traditional chronograph, the same) and red triangle pointers are on the dial 10 to 0 minutes when the scale is displayed on the rest of the last minute;

When the distance between the end of the countdown and 5 minutes, usually starting gun, then press the button at 4 o'clock, last minute will be automatically synchronized to the nearest minutes, at the same time also flew back to 0 seconds time scale, to correct the error of the countdown;

Usually in the "dynamic sailing" phase, there will be two times according to the signal countdown synchronization;

Finally, when the end of the countdown, the Central Red second hand and red triangle pointer is pointing to the scale should be 0, sailing out of the starting point of the line.

Rolex II with Malibu yacht countdown function unique

It's normal for old men to not understand, unless they play with sailing boats, otherwise they can not understand it.

But why there are still so many people are keen on the yacht Malibu II? The reason is very simple, is that it is positioned in the high-end of all Rolex products, all platinum money ran 300 thousand.

Rolex II uses 4161 yacht Malibu movement is one of the most complex movement of Rolex

Rolex's green ghost and ceramic ring, although the fire, but the pursuit of people can not only meet the green water ghost and steel disco?

Besides, if you buy the ownership of the watch, why do you really care about sailing?.

Rolex and II type yacht Malibu different approaches but equally satisfactory results and major brands of rattrapante chronographs.

This Super Trofeo Blancpain rattrapante fly back Chronograph fusion design elements of the Lamborghini sports car

After the needle timing is comparable to the three parallel single watch asked the most complex functions, the dial with two as twin brothers of the central second time:

In the timer function after the start, they will show up and down overlapped shape run synchronously, looks like a regular (single time second) chronograph;

Then, when you press the rattrapante timing button at the upper rattrapante timing the second hand will stop running, write down the time right now, but the underlying time will continue to run the second hand, looks like a needle suddenly split into two;

Then, press the button again after needle timing, upper rattrapante timing the second hand instantly lower running continuously to catch up with the time the second, restore status overlap up and down, and ready to meet the next division.

Schematic diagram of timing of needle chasing

L-evolution series SuperTrofeo Blancpain rattrapante Chronograph will fly back, fly-back flew back and rattrapante two complex functions be made one time.

The L-evolution series Super Trofeo Blancpain rattrapante fly back chronograph

Its specific operation mode is:

Press the red button case 2 points after two time on the second hand overlapping parallel operation;

Press the 8 points after the needle button can control the timing or rattrapante second stop go chase;

And at this time (timing function start state), press the 4 point button will activate the fly back function, the timing process of instant restart, that is, from the zero point to start a new round of timing;

Press the 2 point red button for the second time and stop the timer;

At this time (stop the clock), press the button of 4 point again, will make all pointer pointer homing.

The L-evolution series Super Trofeo Blancpain rattrapante fly back chronograph

Such a complex mechanical watches, the price is as high as 400 thousand, but it is difficult to play a role in daily life, because the needle can record the time difference of two minutes can not exceed 60 seconds.

Unless the old man wants to race, ride a share bike to the subway station and use it for precise timing.

L-evolution series Super Trofeo fly back timing table movement

With this watch, Kang always remind me: in fact, only 500 thousand, at a higher price and more complex function innovation watch, so watch this stuff, you have no money can not play, money may not be able to play well.

But I remembered another thing, when I was just a sophomore who didn't know anything about the practice. On the first day of the internship, the boss invited us to dinner. He pointed to his watch and asked me, "do you know how much this is?"

"Two... Twenty thousand bucks?" "I guess.".

"3000", he replied, "I have hundreds of hundreds of thousands of watches, but I only like it. This is from my daughter.". "

I think that's the way to read.

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