The original model listing price:
~ 16.000 €

My own custom build with curated parts, Baltany base, long term reliability and relatively low-cost maintenance:
~ 650 € !

Trying to explore building some homages with precious and fragile dials like Lapis Lazuli, Goldstone, Malachite, etc. , surely this will be more unique and high quality than the average modder just slapping "SEIKO" on the dial into some low effort build with a bare standard movement and calling it a day

No one cares if you flex your Rolex dude, sure I'd love to have one but walking around the street everywhere with a Mercedes on my wrist?
Nah, watches are for wearing and enjoying.

Real luxury is hand-built with highest grade materials, not just some logo with a name of some dude who died 50 years ago.

I've been doing a lot of research on marketing (psychology) and the luxury industry, it's bizarre how it shifted from mastery of high quality unique goods to overwhelmingly branding, logo symbolism, perceived "exclusivity" and sweatshop labor in Milan sold for exorbitant amounts.


"News reports had cited court documents saying that the supplier's around-the-clock working hours and safety shortcuts allowed it to charge Dior €53 for a bag that retailed for €2,600. The court documents cited by the media said the practices discovered were not a one-off phenomenon but represented "a generalized and consolidated production system."

www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/07/17/dior-and-armani-under-investigation-for-exploiting-workers-at-chinese-factories-in-italy_6687795_143.html

53 € to 2.600 € is an increase of almost 50 X in price, what exactly are you paying for? Marketing? Fancy boutiques?

At least I don't lie about where my parts come from!
All over the world!

China, USA, Singapore, Norway, Japan, etc.

The Music Edit I spent so much money, time and effort for ( about 30 min ) got instantly denied on YouTube because of Copyright.

Thinking about what to do.

I literally produced in highest imaginable image and sound quality possible. ( Blu Ray )
Every single frame in those 30 minutes was edited and viewed countless times by me.

I have an idea, Telegram allows uploads up to 4 GB and doesn't compress video, that's basically something you'll not find anywhere else.

Second Telegram channel?

I'm not getting paid either way, it's about viewership, not clout.

Correction:
2 GB for free users, 4 GB for premium, since I'm in Germany and I also don't own a credit card, I can't buy Telegram Premium.

Description will follow!

Fuck it,

here's Nightcall in clean "real" full frame 4K with 40.000 kbit bitrate from my Sony FX3, too

YouTube Bitrate sucks, that's how I exported it.

The SONY FX3 is "Netflix certified" and on max settings, it probably shoots like 10 - 20 x the image quality in terms of bitrate compared to what you receive through online streaming, even in 4K.
No streaming platform will stream 40.000 kbit/s from their servers to your home. You're maybe getting 6-16 kbit/s max.

On YouTube you just get mushy pixels.

Here it is, exclusively on Telegram, in brilliant quality, for you, for free!

If I can do that shit alone with a couple of motivated free helpers on a budget of 150 € (excluding equipment because it's long term investment and reliable) before I even finished art academy,
what the hell is Hollywood doing with 300.000.000 $ projects that flop despite teams of 100's of people?

*FULL DESCRIPTION*



TITLE:
"PAYDAY Soundtrack - Cinematic Music Mix to Grind & Rob Banks to - PART 1"


Length: 18:55 min
File Size: 1,78 GB

Uploaded / edited by: t.me/undergroundkino


Video Quality: 2K | 2560 x 1440p | 25 fps | 13.000 kbit/s Bitrate
Audio Quality: aac-codec | 317 kbit/s | 48.000 kHz


Sources:

Movies:
___________________

1. " HEAT " ( 1995 ) | 2K upsampled from 1080p Bluray footage

2. " Point Break " ( 1991 ) | 2K upsampled from 1080p Bluray footage

3. " The Dark Knight " ( 2008 ) | 2K downsampled from 4K YouTube footage


Music:
___________________

taken from PAYDAY-soundtrack

Musician: Simon Viklund

Songs:

1. " BLUEPRINTS "

2. " THE MARK "

3. " MAYHEM DRESSED IN A SUIT ( REMIX ) "

4. " ODE TO GREED ( TECHNO REMIX INSTRUMENTAL ) "

5. " SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE "


*NON-COMMERCIAL - ART PROJECT - NO RIGHTS RESERVED - NO AFFILIATION WITH COPYRIGHT / TRADEMARK HOLDERS - NO INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - FOOTAGE ACQUIRED & PURCHASED LEGALLY / PUBLICALLY / PRIVATELY