togophonebook Chapter 145 Handed Down Classics, The Birth Of The Pluto Movement, The Distress Of Purchasing Moveme
Chapter 145 Handed Down Classics, The Birth Of The Pluto Movement, The Distress Of Purchasing Moveme
early morning.
A red Audi Q3 was running on the expressway, heading towards Xihang City.
"What, Gu Bai, you want to make the movement yourself?"
Aunt Liu was wearing a tight-fitting black dress with a loose collar, and a hole was blown by the air conditioner, and a cool breeze flowed into her whole body.
She held the steering wheel, a little surprised.
Watch movement!
It’s not something you can do if you want to!
Although it is not as high-tech as electronic chips, it is also very difficult. Taking the classic Vacheron Constantin "Attic Craftsman" series as an example, the movement has been developed for 4 years and has as many as 745 parts.
745 parts are assembled in a space the size of two fingernails, the difficulty can be imagined.
Every part requires precision.
Every step of assembly can't be wrong.
A little flaw, a little error, will affect the time error and stability of the mechanical watch. For the top-level observatory mechanical watch, the error of one day will be controlled within 1 second.
"rest assured."
"There is no problem with the design of the movement, mainly in terms of processing and parts."
Gu Bai smiled casually.
At this time, in his hand, he was holding a simplified version of the movement design drawing, which was based on the "planetary movement set" and deleted the perpetual calendar, main room, and other fancy functions.
This movement will be Jianjia’s basic movement in the future.
Named after the smallest star among the "Nine Planets", it is called "Pluto Movement"
This movement, which is famous in later generations, has a name just like that.
"Parts."
"Our Long Country, although the watch industry is average, is the world's largest producer of watch raw materials."
"Big foreign brands like Vacheron Constantin, Opal, Chopin, and Omega keep saying that they are manufactured by Swiss, but in fact, they purchase raw materials from China and assemble them in Swiss."
Aunt Liu—introduced to Gu Bai.
She is usually free, so she will also drive to the watch city in Xihang to buy some watches for fun, of course they are relatively cheap.
"Before."
"Foreign countries always mock us that Longguo is a screw factory with little technical content.
"But the Swiss watch industry is also a screw factory."
"But the difference is."
"Our screw factory is desperately squeezing the workers and lowering the price of the products. All kinds of 9 yuan 9 free shipping."
"However, Ruishi's screw factory has built a brand and sold it at a sky-high price."
Gu Bai laughed at himself.
Poor car, rich watch.
The profits of the watch industry are unimaginable.
Take a piece of Vacheron Constantin's "Attic Craftsman" series as an example. The price of a small watch is as high as 20 million, which has attracted countless wealthy people in the Dragon Kingdom to buy it.
This watch is for Jiang shidanton, which has grabbed tens of millions of profits from Longguo.
Domestic clothing companies, on the other hand, only earn a few dollars by exporting a shirt, but they have to produce millions of shirts to make tens of millions of dollars in profit.
This is the profit of the watch!
Eye-catching!
The first green water ghost is just an appetizer. Gu Bai's ambition is to eat up the entire Swiss watchmaking industry and keep the lucrative profits of the watch market in China!
Thinking room.
When the watch city arrived, Aunt Liu parked the Q3 in the parking space on the side of the road, and the two got out of the car and walked to the market.
The market is very lively, there are wholesalers and parts sellers.
Of course, the most are all kinds of counterfeit fake watches.
Since 1931, Rolex invented the "perpetual oscillating weight", and mechanical watches entered the era of "self-winding movement".
Self-winding movement.
It is to use that when people exercise, the watch will shake up and down, driving the internal "half-moon oscillating weight" to move, generating energy and driving the movement.
The movement structure is roughly divided into.
Energy-generating, oscillating weight structure.
A barrel that stores energy.
Transmission of energy, gear set, escapement.
Speed regulating structure, balance wheel, balance spring.
of the four structures.
The speed regulating structure, responsible for calculating the duration of one second, is the heart of the entire movement. Once there is a problem with the speed regulating mechanism, the time will not be accurate.
A clean store.
As soon as Gu Bai entered the door, a middle-aged man with a medium build, big back hair, white shirt and meticulous attire warmly greeted him.
The watch industry is a decent industry, and it has high requirements on the dress of practitioners.
From the clothing decoration point of view, this store is very professional.
"boss."
"I want to customize some parts for mechanical watches. The precision must be high."
Gu Bai got straight to the point.
Aunt Liu immediately stepped forward, called an iPad, and showed the CAD models of each part. These are all manually designed by Gu Bai one by one according to the movement drawings.
"Haha, don't worry, both of you."
"The factory in our store is a well-known foundry in the industry, mainly supplying companies such as Omega, Blancpain, Breitling, Piaget, and Chopin.
"The parts in our store are definitely the best in the country."
The boss smiled happily.
He is right. Among the domestic foundries, they are qualified to supply brands such as Blancpain, Piaget, and Chopin. They are definitely the top 10 factories.
The boss took the ipad, glanced at it, and his face changed slightly.
He has been in the industry for many years, and it is the first time he has seen such exquisite, meticulous, and artistic movement parts.
Shaking his head, he said, "Such a delicate part is very difficult to process, but it will cost more."
Gu Bai said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you add more money, as long as you can achieve more precision."
Movement parts.
The accuracy is in the micron level, that is, the accuracy is thinner than one-tenth of a hair!
"This word."
"Like the top Blancpain and Chopin, they all use 10-micron movement parts."
The next Omega, IWC, uses 50-100 micron parts.
"In China, it is basically around 100 to 500 microns."
The boss said frankly.
Micron-level parts are very expensive to process, and the yield rate is also low, so the price will naturally rise. Of course, they are more precise and suitable for high-end movements.
Parts that are not close to each other are of high quality and low price, but the time is easy to be inaccurate, with an error of more than ten seconds or tens of seconds every day.
The movement is a little bit worse, and it can even be three or two minutes a day.
"10 microns..."
"The parts I require must be at least 1 micron precision..."
Gu Bai frowned.
The "Pluto movement" he designed was produced in the store, and it is very delicate. Using 10-micron parts is really wasteful.
"1 micron..."
"Sir, I think you have a fever. Vacheron Constantin's 20 million watches can achieve an accuracy of 1 micron."
"But someone sells a watch for 20 million yuan!"
"People's movement parts, you can order them directly from Prussia, but you can't buy them..."
The boss is a little crazy.
It even felt that Gu Bai and the two came to make trouble on purpose.
It's like running to a Shaxian snack.
Tell the boss that I want to order a table of five-star Michelin, a table full of Chinese and Chinese, and I don’t have to play like this.
"Gu Bai, I think 10 micron is not bad...
0 looking for flowers......
"After all, we are not Vacheron Constantin. The requirements are not necessarily so high..."
Aunt Liu persuaded in a low voice.
As far as she knows, even an Omega worth more than 100,000 yuan, the movement parts are only 100 micron precision.
"If you want to be accurate."
"When it comes to parts, there must be no compromise."
Gu Bai shook his head.
The first Green Water Ghost watch is a mass-market style, and the price is not too expensive. In the previous life, the "3135 movement" was used, and the clarity of the parts was only 100 microns.
But this life.
Gu Bai is not ready to compromise, even if it is the cheapest water ghost, he will do it to perfection.
Holding Aunt Liu's little hand, she left the shop.
"These two people."
"It's really eye-catching, and it's not a big-name foreign company. It's honest to make low-end watches. Isn't it good to use junk parts?"
"1-micron parts are only used by brands like Vacheron Constantin."
"Even if it's for you."
"With the technology of domestic craftsmen, it can't be effective, and it can only be thrown away."
The boss shook his head.
The same is true in my heart, secretly remembering these two figures.
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Strolled for a while.
it is a pity.
I searched several stores but couldn't find a part with the right clarity.
But the good news is.
The heart structure of the movement, the "hairspring" in the speed regulation does not require high precision. The "silicon hairspring" produced in China has the characteristics of immunity to magnetic force and is a cutting-edge hairspring material.
Gu Bai bought a batch, which was a windfall.
In addition, some materials commonly used in top steel watches, 904L stainless steel, were purchased.
The stroll is over.
The two came to the first restaurant on the street for dinner.
"Gu Bai."
"What should we do? We don't have enough spare parts. I think we should buy a watch factory?"
Aunt Liu suggested.
She could see that Gu Bai was rushing to enter the watch market because of a watch.
The production of watches is very different from the production of clothes and underwear. It has a strong "industrial attribute" and must have professional materials, professional equipment, and professional talents.
"this..."
"Even if the factory is purchased, it is impossible to manufacture movement parts on the order of 1 micron."
"In addition, in the mechanical watch industry, after experiencing the quartz crisis in the 1980s, technology updates were iterated very quickly.
"Most of my country's watch industry was built in the 1960s. The factory equipment is outdated and there is no hope of upgrading. Even if you buy a factory, you have to tear it down and rebuild it."
Gu Bai shook his head and said.
In the era of planned economy, the domestic watch industry has indeed enjoyed a period of prosperity. Almost every city has its own watch brand.
Shangjing card.
Haidu Gem Flower Card.
Jinmen Haihe brand.
Chunyan brand.
Beiyang brand.
In those days, a watch factory was the face of a city.
But until now, it has become the tears of the times. Only a few factories are still operating, but their influence is not as good as before.
To acquire these factories, in addition to getting a piece of land, righteousness.
"Then Gu Bai, what do you think?"
Aunt Liu asked with concern.
"My idea...we ourselves, build a watch production line.
"From scratch, build a watch factory."
Gu Bai let out a long breath.
Watches, after all, are a category of light industry, and the threshold is not so high. Jian Jia gritted his teeth, and it should still be able to handle a wide range. .