Luxury Goods: From Handicraft Workshops To Domination Of The World

Chapter 167 Patek Philippe·Master Xianyin, The World Swimming Championships Is Coming Soon, And The

early morning.

The first ray of morning light falls on the quiet small workshop, with glass red walls and butterflies flying around, creating a peaceful and beautiful picture.

Boom, boom, boom...

A gentle knock on the door woke Gu Bai from his sleep, and he said in a daze, "Who, come in..."

crunch~

A whiff of women's perfume.

Gu Bai opened his eyes, and saw a very white and tender girl's face with big eyes, nose bridge, small pointed chin, and a smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Mr. Gu, I'm here to report on my work..."

The girl Baba said.

She bent down, revealing her beautiful figure through the open collar of her white shirt.

"Um, Tang Xin"

Gu Bai rubbed his eyes, and recognized the girl as Tang Xin from the watch business department. This girl, I didn't realize it, was quite "strength".

Then I reacted: "What time is it?"

The girl smiled and replied, "It's 7 o'clock now."

"At 7 o'clock, you will report to work..."

Gu Bai rolled his eyes.

I don't know whether to cry or laugh... He is very pleased to have an employee who gets up to work at 7 o'clock in the morning, but is this girl serious when she reports to work at 7 o'clock in the morning?

"Help me up."

Fortunately, Gu Bai had the habit of getting up early, and was supported by the girl to sit up.

Clothes, slippers, toothpaste, toothbrush...

Tang Xin was really dexterous, and quickly got familiar with the room, taking care of Gu Bai to wash and wash, just like a little girl in the class.

By the way, I described my work summary.

"President Gu..."

"Our Submariner was a huge success.

"Here's my workmanship improvement plan..."

"In addition, if you want to enter the high-end watch industry, I think it is far from enough to rely on the Green Water Ghost. Its functions are too simple!"

"And a high-end watch must have...perpetual calendar, minute repeater, tourbillon, moon phase, double chasing hands and other functions, this is my research idea..."

Tang Xin talked non-stop.

—437 early in the morning.

Gu Bai felt that someone was chanting scriptures in his ear, are you Tang Xin, or Tang Seng?

"Well said."

"If you want to defeat the Ruishi watch industry, a green water ghost is not enough."

Gu Bai still said with a smile.

He finally understood that this Tang Xin was a workaholic, and when it came to work, he forgot all about the boss-subordinate relationship, which was a little silly and cute.

She was also right.

High-end watches are almost an arms race. There are more complex functions than one. A small case often contains thousands of small parts.

The complexity and precision can be imagined.

Finished washing.

With a brush in hand, Gu Bai opened the easel and sat in front of the window.

A ray of sunlight hit him, exuding golden brilliance.

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah...

He waved the paintbrush, and outlined a gorgeous dial with lines.

The surface diameter is 47.4mm, and the surface thickness is 16.1mm, revealing the domineering look of the watch king.

18K rose gold case, folding clasp, elaborately engraved with laurel leaf clusters, a garland symbolizing victory, and the center of the dial, carved with radial sunburst patterns, revealing classic and elegant

"hiss"

"Mr. Gu...this is..."

Tang Xin gritted her teeth with a look of astonishment on her face. She had studied countless watch models, but she had never seen such a gorgeous and domineering watch.

This appearance can be called the existence of "watch king".

Ignore this girl.

Gu Bai continued.

He used lines to outline the case design....

A traditional case usually consists of 12 parts, but this case has 214 parts. The case itself is as complicated as a work of art.

With such a complex structure, in addition to realizing some special functions, one of the biggest functions is to realize—(abch) "case reversal".

Simple explanation.

This watch can reverse the case 360 ​​degrees, which can be worn on the front or on the back.

Each has a dial, a total of two dials.

Front dial.

Cloisonné enamel, three-dimensional gold Roman numerals, 18K gold dial.

It has a main time dial; a second time zone dial, which is convenient for displaying the time on the other side of the planet, and has a day/night display function; a moon phase dial; and a power reserve display on the left and right.

Back dial.

It is the stage of the famous instantaneous perpetual calendar, arranged in sequence: four small dials of time, week, month, date and leap year cycle.

In the middle of the dial is a rare 'four-digit year display window'.

Two dials, positive and negative.

Each one is extremely exquisite and can be called the best in watches.

poof...

Tang Xin hugged the easel and knelt on one knee... She knelt, she really knelt!

She has studied all high-end mechanical watches, but she has never seen such a beautiful, delicate, luxurious, and atmospheric watch with a double-dial design.

This is simply the "watch king"!

"And... voices.

Gu Bai smiled.

Outlined the interior design, a movement of great complexity, with a pair of extremely delicate gongs...

Many people may not understand that this gong is the function of the top of the despised chain of the mechanical watch—the minute repeater.

The so-called three questions.

It is to press the time-reporting slider, the gong is activated, and the sound of an old-fashioned church bell is emitted, and different hours, minutes, and seconds are represented according to different syllables.

The jingling gong is a high-end mechanical watch with unique elegance.

And this watch.

It includes four more complex functions: grande sonnerie, minute repeater, alarm clock, and perpetual calendar date timekeeping. It uses the sound of nature to explain the charm of mechanical watches.

"Hoo~"

The design is complete.

Gu Bai let out a long sigh of relief. The entire watch, including the movement, has more than 4,000 parts, and his arms are going numb.

"Gu...Mr. Gu, what's the name of this watch?"

Tang Xin looked up and said.

His gaze seemed to be looking at a god, and this design draft was like a miracle.

"This watch is Jian Jia's future high-end watch."

"Brand, Patek."

"Style, master string tone.

Gu Bai smiled lightly.

The master string sound of the previous life was born in 2015. Patek Philippe, in order to celebrate the brand’s 175th anniversary, launched a milestone product——master string sound 5175.

This watch, from the beginning of the design to the production of the watch, took 100,000 working hours back and forth.

Patek Philippe has the best watchmaker in the world, and the Japanese Communist Party only made it out of school.

The public price is 2.5 million US dollars.

However, in the second-hand market, the auction price is as high as 220 million yuan.

It is worthy of the name, watch king!

Been watching for half an hour.

Only then did Tang Xin get up from the ground, with a sad face on her face, she said, "Mr. Gu, I'm afraid we won't be able to make such a complicated watch.

This watch king is also too complicated.

Compared with it, the green water ghost is like a carriage, and the difference between it and a car.

"Not urgent.…"

"Take your time, go back and study it carefully, you can also delete some functions.

Gu Bai said with a smile.

For Patek Philippe, it takes 20 years to train a watchmaker, and it takes another three years for a watchmaker to produce "Master String Sound 5175".

As for Jian Jia, there are "micron-scale machine tools", which are much more efficient, but I'm afraid they won't be able to manufacture them in a few months.

"So..."

Gu Bai stared at Tang Xin's face, condescendingly, and asked in a magnetic voice: "Director Tang, are you willing to be the product manager of Master Xianyin 5175?"

Product owner.

Responsible for the production of this product is of great significance.

"Well.…"

"I...Mr. Gu...I am willing!"

Tang Xin's eyes were bright, she clenched her pink fist, and a divine radiance appeared on her immature face.

A king-level product.

Gu Bai entrusted her to be responsible, this is her trust and her honor!

"Okay, do it well."

Gu Bai patted her thin shoulders as a sign of comfort, then thought of something, and added: "We will talk about work later, preferably after 9 o'clock, understand..."

"Well.…"

Tang Xin blushed and nodded obediently.

Xihang City.

In the Asian Games swimming pool, a girl, 179cm tall, wearing a one-piece swimsuit and wearing swimming goggles, jumped into the water like a graceful mermaid.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

The girl opened her arms, quickly and rhythmically cut through the water, like an arrow leaving the string, and swam towards the opposite bank...

The girl was a little out of breath, but her eyes were firm.

"faster!"

"Hurry up!"

On the shore, the coach pinched the stopwatch and made hurried sounds.

The girl's name is Fu Yuxiang, a member of the National Women's Swimming Team. She has a sweet voice and a pleasant temperament. She is vividly called "the prehistoric girl".

In 2013, the Barcelona World Swimming Championships, the women's 50m backstroke runner-up.

In 2014, Incheon Asian Games, women's 50 meters, 100 meters champion.

In 2015, Kazan World Championships, women's 50m champion, 4x100 relay champion.

In 2016, the Rio Olympics, the women's 50-meter runner-up, the first player from Longguo to be on the Olympic podium.

Think back to the glorious past.

There seemed to be light in the girl's eyes, her arms accelerated, and her speed was like an arrow...but soon, a burst of asthma disrupted the girl's rhythm...

"27..."

"too slow..."

The girl climbed out of the swimming pool, just right in front of her, the coach looked disappointed.

"Yuxiang, you have to work hard."

"This year's World Swimming Championships will be held in our city of Xihang, you have to win glory for the country."

"And at your age, I'm afraid it will be the last international competition."

The coach said earnestly.

"Coach, it's all my fault, I will work hard."

The girl said guiltily.

Since winning the first world championship in 2015, she has missed the championship for 7 years.

From the "prehistoric girl" when she debuted, she has disappeared to the present.

"Your technique is excellent."

"But your physical fitness is a little weaker, and a little panting can disrupt your rhythm, so let's make some adjustments.

The coach said sharply.

"Good coach."

The girl turned her head and walked to the dressing room silently, her eyes were a little red.

at the same time.

At Xihang Airport, an Airbus A380 passenger plane landed slowly on the long runway.

He Wen, Zhang Dao - get off the plane.

In order to reward this girl.

Gu Bai also decided to take He Wen, Aunt Liu and others to the Xihang Swimming Pool to swim and relax.