NASA optimizes for efficiency and utility.

A piece of jewelry is supposed to be for beauty

That’s fair. I didn’t think about the taking it apart and putting it back again. You’re right, that will be impossible to make sure they’re aligned twice. I guess unless you use a machine to do all of this - then that kind of defeats the purpose…

Thanks. I actually bought an ALS over the AP Royal Oak because of those screws. They’re just such a big part of the design and when it’s not aligned in the back it’s really jarring

I understand for the screws in the movement and how difficult aligning all of those would be though. However, I still think once you get to the super ultra level of these brands (I’m using $150k but it could be $250k or whatever) then even these screws should be aligned.

Thanks so much for your posts. Very informative

I have not. I’ve also never made a $150,000 watch and talk about precision, attention to detail, perfection, etc.

Interesting! I had no idea.

But isn’t this something they should do for a watch like this? I get it for watches below $10k, but we’re talking about $30k+. They can’t perfectly align the the threads in the back?

For even more expensive watches I would expect the movement screws to be aligned in some way as well… If I’m paying $150k for a watch I would expect that kind of precision