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EPISODE · Apr 8, 2024 · 59 MIN

EP.49 Rolex 劳力士 - 值到人尽皆知

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从保罗纽曼迪通拿,到潮人穿搭余文乐,劳力士昂贵、有面的形象一直为人称道。影视作品的高频露出,大咖领袖的处处垂青,许多出众人物的腕上都由它装点。第一代民营企业家的标配、土豪的气质、炫富的工具……许多的中性甚至贬义的标签加身,但它的价值却从未有人质疑。这就是劳力士的魅力和特质所在。 00:12 劳力士与表主的第一印象 08:00 创立故事 12:24 一战下成为瑞士表企 16:28 蚝式与恒动 22:45 二战中成就可靠义企 24:16 石英危机中的超车 28:08 时代造企业?浅聊油车电车 37:47 对供应链超强的掌控能力 40:41 向上收购,直贴受众 45:57 元首表,还是劳 48:53 为何劳能如此经典? |本期亮点| 三渡时代危机,转为自身机遇 创始人汉斯·威尔斯多夫(Hans Wilsdorf)一开始从瑞士进口机芯、表壳还有零部件,完成组装后再对外发售。同时他十分重视劳力士品牌权威度的建立,1910年将两块表送至英国乔城天文台(Kew Observatory)接受测试并获得“A”级证书。由此,劳力士也成为首只获得该官方认证的腕表品牌,继而蜚声国际。 1914年第一次世界大战爆发,英国社会反德情绪高涨,“威尔斯多夫”这个传统德国名字还是为汉斯的公司招来了不少压力,同时随着英国政府开始征收战时高额关税,他们本来就是做进口生意的,公司面临前所未有的困境。为此1915年汉斯将公司从伦敦永久性地搬迁至瑞士比尔,更名为Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. (劳力士手表公司)。1919年,公司又迁往了瑞士日内瓦,次年汉斯在日内瓦完成了劳力士钟表公司(Montres Rolex S.A.)注册。至此,劳力士成为了真正的瑞士本土钟表品牌,同时借助于战时军官士兵们对手表的爆发式需求,整个公司迅速回归到上升模式里,顺利渡过一战危机。 1943年二战争期间,纳粹几乎快切断了瑞士制表商与主要市场的联系,瑞士边境德国集中营里的数万名盟军战俘成为了汉斯的目标客户。他向英国军官发送劳力士手表,并亲自将手表运到集中营里,每块手表都附有一张票据,凭此票据在战争期间订购的劳力士手表无需支付任何费用,只需战后补上即可。将商业和义举相结合的非凡营销计划,使得劳力士品牌又一次成功渡过二战危机,并迅速从众多瑞士制表商里脱颖而出。 1969年世界首枚石英腕表由日本钟表品牌Seiko在东京推出,平均每月的误差在5秒以内,比当时任何其他腕表都更精确,且能持续工作一整年,是大多数机械表的250倍。同一时期布雷顿森林体系受到了冲击,美元贬值,瑞士钟表的价格猛涨受到冲击,石英革命由此开始。劳力士是当时唯一一家在近15个国家拥有子公司的瑞士钟表品牌,这让他们能够规避并更好地处理货币波动,同时在工艺上稳扎稳打,机芯完成了从Cal.1570到Cal.3035,再到Cal.3135的三代升级,成功从同行中脱颖而出。 经典耐久,蚝式恒动 1926年劳力士的蚝式(Oyster)腕表诞生。独创的旋入式表背、外圈、和表冠,成为世界首款防水防尘手表。汉斯·威尔斯多夫在吃牡蛎开壳时生发灵感,便以“Oyster(蚝)”命名该腕表。蚝式表壳的表壳、表耳、表盖,是用特殊技术从整个钢材上扣下来的,使得一块表的几个部件本身形状很好地贴合,提高了手表的密闭性。因此,蚝式表壳具有非常好的防水防尘性能。这使劳力士手表的机芯特别耐用。 1927年,英国人梅赛德斯( Mercedes Gleitze )戴着劳力士的蚝式手表成功地横渡英伦海峡。她游了十几个小时到达终点后,劳力士毫无损失,蚝式防水防尘性能一举成名。 1931年,劳力士的机芯制造商埃格勒Aegler研发了全球首创的自动上链专利机制──恒动摆陀;这项专利被视为是现代自动上链机芯的基础技术,摆陀能够360°旋转,上链效率大为提升,同时也相应大幅减少了上链频次、降低了表冠部件的磨损,从而提升了腕表的整体防水性能。 同年基于恒动摆陀技术,经典蚝式恒动(Oyster Perpetual)型腕表由此诞生,这一技术也成为了劳力士所有自动腕表的基础设计。 领袖的腕表,杰出的代表 劳力士领袖表的身份可谓由来已久,但溯其源头,可以归结到1946年劳力士生产出了第5万枚官方认证的瑞士天文台手表,汉斯·威尔斯多夫将其赠送给了瑞士民族英雄吉桑将军,随后第10万枚表的赠送对象则是通过吉桑将军将表赠予了英国首相丘吉尔,第15万枚天文台表赠予二战期间盟军欧洲最高统帅艾森豪威尔将军,即著名的黄金日志型赠表。随着1953年艾森豪威尔成功当选美国第34任总统,日志也收获了“元首表”的称呼。 劳力士另一经典表款迪通拿的名字也起源于著名赛道迪通拿——著名赛车运动员马琴坎贝尔,在所有赛车比赛里都佩戴劳力士手表,帮助验证劳力士在陆地上高速运动时的可靠性。1924年到1935年期间5次在美国佛罗里达州的迪通拿海滩路线打破了汽车极限速度。 自上而下的的掌控力 劳力士是瑞士唯一一个可完全自主冶炼所有种类贵金属的品牌,同时也是唯一可以制作整个腕表所有配件的品牌。甚至手表上使用的黄金和铂金都是自制的,所以能严格保证品质过关。虽然现在的自动化程度非常高、同时也使用机器协助(如在连接引脚时,协助对准零件,按下表针),但是每只劳力士的机芯和表链、表针、表盘工艺,都是由手工组装而非机器装配。 2023年8月,劳力士发出通告称将收购全球最大钟表珠宝经销商Bucherer宝齐莱。同时,宝齐莱还身兼劳力士相关品牌官方售后服务中心的多重身份。其与劳力士最早合作可以追溯到1924年,已有近100年的合作经历。在早期,因为宝齐莱作为经销商,有更强的议价能力,劳力士算是Bucherer的小弟,为了卖的好,手表上都得打上Bucherer的名字。而劳力士采用的是很强势的供货制,经销商没有采购权。在过去的业务合作中,Rolex其实掌控了宝齐莱的销售表现,所以即便LVMH此类大集团肯花巨资收购Bucherer,也不能保证未来的生意,因为他们只是买到了渠道,而仍然没有控制核心资源——劳力士的供货量。 对劳力士来说,这是一件让品牌未来更稳健发展的关键一步。有了自己的零售和销售网络,劳力士与消费者的互动将更为直接。不过这会在一定程度上让其他劳力士的经销商有些紧张,因为这是劳力士很明确要加强直营的一个信号。 |延伸阅读| A Brief History of the Wristwatch Rolex sales top $17 billion but MoonSwatch is the big winner in 2023 Rolex Acquires Bucherer Music by Monako - Get Hit 音频剪辑:Cookie 在小宇宙查看该单集文稿

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