Too true! Man, that topic grows too fast to comprehend... I keep seeing new pieces each week. SMH - today I saw a 22k Tourbillion from an ex-Behrens fellow. Seems to be well received too.
Well written Sir! Those old Rollies serve as a gentle reminder none of us will escape the big E! To paraphrase the late great Robin Williams in ‘Dead Poets Society.’ - “Because we're food for worms, lads! Carpe Diem!”
I think you shared that video on entropy in the WhatsApp chat group... I had to watch it three times to make sense of it, but when I (think) I got it, boy was it a "woah" moment. Thanks for applying it to our delightfully whimsical hobby 🙏🏽
Just WOW, this may be my favorite work of yours, very deep. Thank you ❤️
“Every tick of a watch is basically a tiny rebellion against the cosmos, an effort to impose order on what seems to be ever-increasing chaos!” - literally gave me goosebumps.
"In essence, while our individual choices become more ordered, our overall collection becomes more complex, more diverse - in a word, more entropic."
This one strikes me as a bit off. For example, what if through your increasing order, you decide to collect Patek 96s whose only difference is the year they were produced (daft example to make a point)? Everything else about them was the same or very similar. Anyway, I think there's lots of examples where ordered choices result in a more ordered and less diverse collections. I think I failed physics or came close to it, so perhaps I'm not seeing the forest through the trees here.
What's the perfect entropy watch, one that holds it off, or one that shows never ceasing advancement easily? For the latter maybe a PAM 968? The former, hmmm, that's trickier. Something titanium and quartz perhaps?
In your example, you are assuming they’re the same. But in the minutiae of differences we find: ENTROPY!
I suppose my virtue of my reasoning here I can’t conclude there is ANY “perfect entropy watch” - there is simply no such thing because entropy is as certain as death.
You think too much! 😳…….nah, seriously, I started with the video ( perhaps a bit too late at night 😵💫) …. Bent my mind a bit but coalesced by the end. Deep dive, well put together somewhat like the “symphony” mentioned in the post.
BTW I don’t know if I’ll ever get there (never say never tho) but I just can’t get the vintage/tropical dial/never polished watch bug. I’m perhaps an entropy rebel/revolutionary in this respect and somewhat unrepentant about liking my watches to look new and shiny…yeah, I know it’s a losing battle as the entire concept of entropy proves(?)
Another great read that only you could have come up with
P.S.. I was just wondering what was going through your 8 year olds mind as he viewed the video 😳🤔😯
You're fighting a losing battle, if you frame it as such. You aren't fighting anything - you just prefer to start the journey at an earlier stage of entropy.
That video is remarkably good. Evergreen. Astonishing. Learn something new each time, well worth rewatching again and again. My kid is a thoughtful chap, he takes away weird things. Also, he's not up to speed on many of the scientific principles, so that stuff is perhaps wasted for now. However, the idea of energy and dispersion landed well I think. I will ask him again when we rewatch it next.
Amazing reminder that every moment spent is never gained back, but stamped forever .. looking forward to your piece on Chinese watchmaking already.
Too true! Man, that topic grows too fast to comprehend... I keep seeing new pieces each week. SMH - today I saw a 22k Tourbillion from an ex-Behrens fellow. Seems to be well received too.
Ooooh! Please share in the chat!
Well written Sir! Those old Rollies serve as a gentle reminder none of us will escape the big E! To paraphrase the late great Robin Williams in ‘Dead Poets Society.’ - “Because we're food for worms, lads! Carpe Diem!”
Great quote man! Thanks for reading 😃🙏
Coincidentally, the world lost Robin Williams 10 years ago today. 🪦
There are no coincidences 💪😁
I think you shared that video on entropy in the WhatsApp chat group... I had to watch it three times to make sense of it, but when I (think) I got it, boy was it a "woah" moment. Thanks for applying it to our delightfully whimsical hobby 🙏🏽
I may have also shared it in an SDC weekly too… that’s su ch a brilliant video 😃
Thanks for taking the time man 🙏👊
Just WOW, this may be my favorite work of yours, very deep. Thank you ❤️
“Every tick of a watch is basically a tiny rebellion against the cosmos, an effort to impose order on what seems to be ever-increasing chaos!” - literally gave me goosebumps.
Ha! That’s awesome 😁
Thanks for taking time 🙏
…and this is why I subscribe.
🙏😁
"In essence, while our individual choices become more ordered, our overall collection becomes more complex, more diverse - in a word, more entropic."
This one strikes me as a bit off. For example, what if through your increasing order, you decide to collect Patek 96s whose only difference is the year they were produced (daft example to make a point)? Everything else about them was the same or very similar. Anyway, I think there's lots of examples where ordered choices result in a more ordered and less diverse collections. I think I failed physics or came close to it, so perhaps I'm not seeing the forest through the trees here.
What's the perfect entropy watch, one that holds it off, or one that shows never ceasing advancement easily? For the latter maybe a PAM 968? The former, hmmm, that's trickier. Something titanium and quartz perhaps?
Anyway, I really enjoyed this. Some of your best.
In your example, you are assuming they’re the same. But in the minutiae of differences we find: ENTROPY!
I suppose my virtue of my reasoning here I can’t conclude there is ANY “perfect entropy watch” - there is simply no such thing because entropy is as certain as death.
You think too much! 😳…….nah, seriously, I started with the video ( perhaps a bit too late at night 😵💫) …. Bent my mind a bit but coalesced by the end. Deep dive, well put together somewhat like the “symphony” mentioned in the post.
BTW I don’t know if I’ll ever get there (never say never tho) but I just can’t get the vintage/tropical dial/never polished watch bug. I’m perhaps an entropy rebel/revolutionary in this respect and somewhat unrepentant about liking my watches to look new and shiny…yeah, I know it’s a losing battle as the entire concept of entropy proves(?)
Another great read that only you could have come up with
P.S.. I was just wondering what was going through your 8 year olds mind as he viewed the video 😳🤔😯
You're fighting a losing battle, if you frame it as such. You aren't fighting anything - you just prefer to start the journey at an earlier stage of entropy.
That video is remarkably good. Evergreen. Astonishing. Learn something new each time, well worth rewatching again and again. My kid is a thoughtful chap, he takes away weird things. Also, he's not up to speed on many of the scientific principles, so that stuff is perhaps wasted for now. However, the idea of energy and dispersion landed well I think. I will ask him again when we rewatch it next.
“My kid is a thoughtful chap, he takes away weird things.”
The Apple 🍎 doesn’t fall far from the tree 🌴 🌳 😬😝
LOL!
BTW I meant the post not the video with the “deep dive/symphony” comment
Gotcha!
Very enjoyable read today on a truly deep subject. Bravo!
Thanks Andy!! Btw, have you seen that video?
What video?
The one linked in the second paragraph at the top
I have now! Heavy!
Totally!