High-end ?

[willy]

High end is a vague description.Patek VC AP etc have all used the know how of JLC to build their reputations in the past.Today are we talking about invention or finish? A great deal of it is bullshit.Patek like Rolex have manipulated the used watch market to help their image and sales.There are quite a few brands out there now that make Patek and VC look like second grade.IWC have made more watchmaking advances than PP-VC-AP and their great complications are far more advanced than most brands.The same can be said about JLC.I think most people in the old days thought High end was the finishing work done on a PP-AP etc.If you read Walt Odetts piece on VC and what they are today you are getting near the truth.PP use chemical polishing today. That would have been unthinkable 30 years ago.But the shortage of trained watchmakers forced them to cut corners.Two years ago i was talking to a watchmaker who sold Lang & PP watches.I asked him what is the best finish? He replied that Lang is the only factory made watch that is really hand polished and finished.If we forget for one minute about image there are lots of brands that deserve the label High End