How a Mechanical Watch Works

Ғылым және технология

Mechanical watches have no battery, microchip, or circuitry. Watch parts are machined to near perfection at microscopic sizes and tolerances and can produce accuracy within two to three seconds per day.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:44 Crown
1:36 Mainspring
2:14 Wheel Train
2:57 Jewel Bearings
3:11 Motion Works
4:10 Escapement & Balance Wheel
6:38 Supporting Structure

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  • @animagraffs
    @animagraffs2 жыл бұрын

    Video corrections: 4:55 You can faintly see the ESCAPE WHEEL has a geared pivot underneath it that connects to the FOURTH WHEEL -- everything is connected all the way back to the MAINSPRING. I had a render error that made the gears not turn at the correct rate together, so they don't * appear * to be connected. But they are in a real watch.

  • @HabuBeemer

    @HabuBeemer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent representation. I have several mechanical watches and it's really nice to see the detail and get a clear explanation of the entire system. Thank you and congratulations on a lot of hard work.

  • @randomsandwichian

    @randomsandwichian

    2 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the amount of detail you put into this animation is top notch. Kudos for a great job well done. Am really tempted to screenshot each of the parts to try and make a physical copy myself, if you don't mind 😁😁

  • @XSTAYUPX

    @XSTAYUPX

    2 жыл бұрын

    whoever CAD'd this, is a champion. Thank you so much.

  • @officerlarry2686

    @officerlarry2686

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a video for an automatic watch? Mine has a weight to wind the main spring and I'm curious how that part works as it's not in this video.

  • @sangmeshjerkal9715

    @sangmeshjerkal9715

    2 жыл бұрын

    R,,,f,t.

  • @koriwest
    @koriwest Жыл бұрын

    The fact that hundreds of years ago someone’s mind was able to not only formulate this, but was them able to manufacture it by hand using archaic tools is absolutely mind boggling.

  • @sakuraisp6974

    @sakuraisp6974

    Жыл бұрын

    Must be special genius person

  • @WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart

    @WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sakuraisp6974 Nah, it took hundreds of years to get to this point. Generations upon generations of artisans whose life was building clocks and other mechanisms.

  • @TheEdudo

    @TheEdudo

    Жыл бұрын

    in your mind there is a common bias in people, that our ancestors where dumb, they were not, thay had the same ingenuity since at least 200 thousand years

  • @CADClicker

    @CADClicker

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@TheEdudoSeems weird to make assumptions about a strangers mind on the internet

  • @TheEdudo

    @TheEdudo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CADClicker in general it is not

  • @Ritermann
    @Ritermann4 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY someone explaining it with animations. Most Channels show expensive Shots of watches from the outside and start talking. Like it would help at all :/

  • @Zoltan1251

    @Zoltan1251

    4 жыл бұрын

    i would argue that this will still leave people confused about how mainspring is releasing power... there is older video where its explained WAY better.... kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIBkwdiIp5nLc8Y.html

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Zoltan1251 I watched that old video to learn it too! It's great. I think where I shine is actually building real, working models of things. Educational models and visual metaphors (like the water hose example from that vid) are great teaching tools. But I've almost never seen educational videos that rebuild the real thing, outside of limited teaching mockups. We think sound waves are flat, squiggly lines and atoms are floating balls, where in reality they look quite different from the drawings used to teach them. My focus is education, yes, but I assume the viewer is smart and would enjoy seeing the real thing, which is something we rarely get to see.

  • @alexdrastico7840

    @alexdrastico7840

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs Your video creation is amazing! I can't even begin to conceive how much work and time you must have put into it! What I liked most (from the educational pov) is that the video really let's you understand and see the beauty, the art and the engineering genius that goes into watchmaking.

  • @Zoltan1251

    @Zoltan1251

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs dont get me wrong... video is amazing... i just watched many videos and i never understood how power is trasnferred from main spring... i dont see it in this video either, so just for people to understand it better its always good to use education models... nobody will learn basic accounting from financial statement of megacorporation

  • @BxVelocity

    @BxVelocity

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Zoltan1251 Wow, that old video was amazing! Many thanks!

  • @Ballacha
    @Ballacha2 жыл бұрын

    in case anyone's wondering, this is a Unitas 6497 handwind movement. this movement was originally designed for pocket watches. so it's quite big. it only fits into big watches (at least 43mm in diametre). that also means it's one of the easiest to take apart and study since the components are also proportionally big. and it's also one of the simplist in terms of complications. most watches nowadays have at least a winding rotor (an asymmetrical weighted rotor that winds the watch using the momentum of your wrist movement) and a date function (an additional 24-hour counter with 31 clicks per rotation). not to mention some of the more complex functions like chronograph (stopwatch), minute repeater (chimes the precise time to the minute) and tourbillon (a revolving escapement) etc. some more complicated watches can easily have 3 to 5 times more parts than the watch shown in this video. now imagine doing all those purely mechanically within the space of a wrist watch. then imagine these technologies existing 200 years ago. yes they did.

  • @ruitrigo6273

    @ruitrigo6273

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello Stan, I enjoyed quite much your explanation. I am an wristwatch enthusiastic, and I´d like to know a place where I can learn online this art. If you can help, I tnahks.

  • @udem

    @udem

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ruitrigo6273 you found your guy. Did he try to reach you?

  • @fallinginthed33p

    @fallinginthed33p

    2 жыл бұрын

    A lot of the technology involving using gears to represent complex systems date back 1000 years or more. The Antikythera Mechanism from 200 BC used gears for an analog computer that showed eclipses and planet positions.

  • @Ballacha

    @Ballacha

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@fallinginthed33p gears aren't what's ground breaking about watches. as you said complex geartrains existed ages ago. anotther example would be the ancient chinese inventing purely mechanical compass ("south-pointing chariot"}. that's a working differencial from 2 millennia ago. what's amazing about mechanical watches is the invention of escapment for precision timekeeping, as well as miniturisation of parts enabled by precision manufacturing.

  • @siddhunkarthik

    @siddhunkarthik

    Жыл бұрын

    Totally agreed. 👍🏻😍

  • @andersveders6160
    @andersveders6160 Жыл бұрын

    The only video explaining how an impulse from the tip of the escapement wheel is kicking the pallet fork and thus delivering energy to the hairspring. Good job guys.

  • @DonLee1980
    @DonLee19804 жыл бұрын

    I know a quartz watch is so much more accurate, but the artistry and engineering behind a mechanical watch is just so beautiful

  • @endreszatmari2302

    @endreszatmari2302

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well the average quartz clock is more precise than the average mechanical, but I guess it is possible to make very, very precise mechanicals also - possibly beating common quartz clocks.

  • @Ahmetmhr

    @Ahmetmhr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@endreszatmari2302 only grand seiko's spring drive movement can get close to quartz accuracy

  • @1c72

    @1c72

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@endreszatmari2302 Nope, not a correct guess. As said in the video, mechanical watches swing at about 6 times per second, give or take, but Quartz are measured in MHz (millions of oscillations per second), so a 5 dollar quarts watch is literally 1000000x more accurate than an average mechanic watch. Now how much more accurate can a “very precise” (and expensive) mechanical gear be? 100x better than the one shown in this video? I doubt it, but even then it’d still be 10000x worse than quartz.

  • @hinkwanwong9315

    @hinkwanwong9315

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ahmetmhr Yeah it's basically a mechanical watch regulated by quartz

  • @blakethaboss5120

    @blakethaboss5120

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@1c72 3-6 seconds off a day is what he said

  • @Inferno45
    @Inferno454 жыл бұрын

    Damn this is some complex engineering in such a small package on your wrist!!!

  • @johnfadds6089

    @johnfadds6089

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can understand how this would appear complex to a simpleton.

  • @ushariblaeeq9428

    @ushariblaeeq9428

    3 жыл бұрын

    Commander Fadds “simpleton” lmao ok we got a big brain boy over here

  • @tojassargaja2085

    @tojassargaja2085

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ushariblaeeq9428 I agree with Commander Fadds. How it works is not complicated. Basically everything inside a basic watch can be shown and explained in a 8 minute video. How it works is not complicated, but the engineering behind it, how it was designed, and how the manufacturing process was planned is probably mutch more complicated.

  • @Solidboat123

    @Solidboat123

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnfadds6089 You've finished designing the spaceship to get us to Mars then?

  • @ach6791

    @ach6791

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@johnfadds6089 Calm down, buddy. No one enjoys the company of an elitist.

  • @dennisbaecht7860
    @dennisbaecht78602 жыл бұрын

    I'm a amateur watchmaker. This is the absolute best and and complete description I've ever seen. Well done

  • @ricoviselli

    @ricoviselli

    Жыл бұрын

    I am not a watchmaker of any kind but now I understand how a watch works and the job each part does in making an instrument that measures something that scientists are debating actually exists. wether time exists or not, time regulates our existence in this culture.

  • @sakuraisp6974

    @sakuraisp6974

    Жыл бұрын

    Any prove?

  • @ricoviselli

    @ricoviselli

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sakuraisp6974 some scientists say that time is only an illusion. other scientists say that time is the basis for reality. obviously, both can prove their point with logic but not with mathematics so no scientific proof. Very similar to a discussion between an atheist and a true believer regarding the existence of G(g)od. So does Time = God?

  • @Apik_Apek

    @Apik_Apek

    8 ай бұрын

    Other Expensive movements have only been modified a bit & have a better in its finishing for a reason to be more expensive. Except spring drive movement. it is a different one and specially created to be more precise and more softer in every second.

  • @mohans6215
    @mohans62152 жыл бұрын

    My father was a watch mechanic since 1979 to 2021 (42 years) While my childhood i don't have clue to know about his job. After seeing this video i realized he done a superb job as a successful watch mechanic👨‍🔧. But the sad thing is we lost him two months before because of cardiac arrest. Miss you so much daddy. . .

  • @klecuni

    @klecuni

    2 жыл бұрын

    May he rest in piece

  • @hathaway.1166

    @hathaway.1166

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry for your loss, he must’ve be an superb watchmaker

  • @johnlockett1565

    @johnlockett1565

    2 жыл бұрын

    Keep those feelings about your Dad very close to your heart, Beautiful feelings and pass them on to you kids. Excellent

  • @lulululu4912

    @lulululu4912

    2 жыл бұрын

    His heartbeat will be in harmony forever with the tick of his watches. When you take one of his watches you must feel him.

  • @ElectricSwordfish

    @ElectricSwordfish

    2 жыл бұрын

    The correct terminology is Watchmaker

  • @tgg1765
    @tgg17654 жыл бұрын

    This is the best explanation/animation I've seen for the mechanical watch. thank you.

  • @donbow450

    @donbow450

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here's one to challenge that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIBkwdiIp5nLc8Y.html

  • @Jorg05111980

    @Jorg05111980

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree, I've never seen a video explain it so well and so good with the pictures / video. For me the restoration videos make a lot more sense as well

  • @foesfly3047

    @foesfly3047

    3 жыл бұрын

    I concur.

  • @rrawat02

    @rrawat02

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’ve edited my comment 3 times, I’m that shocked by the clarity of this video.

  • @varunhoskote8467

    @varunhoskote8467

    3 жыл бұрын

    I pray / wish our college demonstrators and lecturers were as lucid and simple as this demo.

  • @silience4095
    @silience40954 жыл бұрын

    4:54 the escapement is synced with the music

  • @pa1954

    @pa1954

    4 жыл бұрын

    music ruined the video

  • @enguePlug

    @enguePlug

    4 жыл бұрын

    So are the arrows at 0:48 :D

  • @jaylovestesla1099

    @jaylovestesla1099

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@enguePlug are u an idiot

  • @leibniz4455

    @leibniz4455

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jaylovestesla1099 It did, if it was a slow watch

  • @linhhoang1363

    @linhhoang1363

    3 жыл бұрын

    0:15 so is the Mainspring

  • @BOB661man
    @BOB661man Жыл бұрын

    What a highly detailed and remarkably straightforward explanation. It is amazing that resources like these are free. Thank you Animagraffs

  • @stellviahohenheim

    @stellviahohenheim

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing is ever free

  • @mudgatebronn4438
    @mudgatebronn44384 жыл бұрын

    Everyone: wow this was a really great explanation! Random person: so now you know how a watch works? Everyone: nope

  • @rameesrahim760

    @rameesrahim760

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaaa thats so true 😂😂👌👌

  • @leehazlewoodism

    @leehazlewoodism

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rameesrahim760 I pretty much knew anyway but this helps. I would so love to spend some time in a watchmaking workshop and have a go at taking a watch apart and then successfully rebuilding it - imagine the sense of achievement.

  • @RJ-cq8dd

    @RJ-cq8dd

    3 жыл бұрын

    True, but it starts to click watching it multiple times.

  • @sete794

    @sete794

    3 жыл бұрын

    me: witchcraft

  • @thembamahlangu9028

    @thembamahlangu9028

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂 😂 😂

  • @xswooshx
    @xswooshx4 жыл бұрын

    Great vid! I'm a fan of mechanical watches and this provided a lot of good info on how the inner workings all come together. The precision to do this on such a small scale is unimaginable.

  • @VitalChinese

    @VitalChinese

    4 жыл бұрын

    Precisely accurate.. this is what should be called smart watch or smart device.. it’s non electrical in any way, yet ticking like heart beats.

  • @ViralPatel-kz4rg

    @ViralPatel-kz4rg

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have 3 questions If I wind my watch today...than its run whole day? I mean how many times it's run if I wind 10time? 2nd questions is that....if I wind today...its properly work next day also but if I will wind agin so it's defects my watch mechanism??? 3rd is that in some video first wind antilock wise and than clockwise.. why?? Every time do first anticlockwise and than clockwise???

  • @__matcha
    @__matcha Жыл бұрын

    It always amazed me how a lot of tiny parts work in harmony.

  • @pixxelwizzard
    @pixxelwizzard3 жыл бұрын

    The amount of work that went into making this video is mind boggling.

  • @MySpace662
    @MySpace6623 жыл бұрын

    Engineering marvel that dates back centuries, has stood the test of time.

  • @duanecostello2188

    @duanecostello2188

    2 жыл бұрын

    Literally!

  • @Richard-wk9le
    @Richard-wk9le4 жыл бұрын

    This is simply one the best videos I ve seen anywhere outstanding job in all respects.

  • @trocchiettoski

    @trocchiettoski

    2 жыл бұрын

    best video ever

  • @GururajBN
    @GururajBN Жыл бұрын

    How a mechanical watch worked had always remained a mystery for me. Main spring, hair spring, escape mechanism, balance wheel etc were mysterious terms for me. Many thanks for explaining the mechanical watch with superb graphics.

  • @GeorgeMartinus

    @GeorgeMartinus

    5 ай бұрын

    Same goes with how HDD works.

  • @gerryscholtz3766
    @gerryscholtz376611 ай бұрын

    Wow.. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and this is an excellent walk through.. Great illustration.

  • @jasongrime2891
    @jasongrime28914 жыл бұрын

    This is a great animation of the ETA 6497. Perfect for demonstrating how a basic mechanical watch works. Thank you.

  • @jordanjtbraun

    @jordanjtbraun

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was going to ask what movement this was... thought someone else might have asked or like you given me the answer! The person who posted should put it in the blurb... The movement here is much different than my Vostok...

  • @bobbye4731

    @bobbye4731

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is basic? 😭

  • @Lavi-Aemilia-Astori

    @Lavi-Aemilia-Astori

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbye4731 one of the most basic

  • @oscarosullivan4513

    @oscarosullivan4513

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jordanjtbraun I have an Amphibia 710379 move about a lot with it in different positions and it keeps good time

  • @Oscar-ii4fg

    @Oscar-ii4fg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbye4731 yupe this was only a watch with hour, minutes and seconds. There are minute repeaters, watches with moon phases, chronographs, perpetual calendars, ones that indicate the energy left, and so on ;)

  • @aam50
    @aam504 жыл бұрын

    That's the clearest explanation I've ever seen of how the mechanism of a watch works. Beautifully simple and elegant.

  • @stevendark9567
    @stevendark9567 Жыл бұрын

    I've been into watches for some time now and had a pretty good understanding of how everything worked. This animation however brought the entire story to life and I could visualise the flow of forces, the precision and mathematics of gear ratios in my mind whilst you were explaining the mechanism. You slowed the animation down just enough to see each component transferring energy to the next, always changing and converting dynamically. It made perfect sense. It's an entirely logical process and this presentation is the best that I've seen yet that truly helps you understand not only how elegant, but beautiful simple work of daring and genius we all still celebrate even after the general utility is gone. Watches are different because they represent time and the bumps, bruises and scratches on our beloved watches each have a story interwoven between the pinions and pallets. Thank you my friend for explaining it so beautifully. Peace time ⏲️

  • @andrewclarkehomeimprovement
    @andrewclarkehomeimprovement Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding animation. Thank you for the, probably hundreds of hours put into this work. When servicing a watch, I never tire of putting the balance back and getting a heartbeat as it starts up, always makes me smile.

  • @sean1e100
    @sean1e1003 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! You’ve done such a service to the whole watch loving community by creating this 🤩 thanks so mich for undertaking the project and sharing

  • @rrawat02

    @rrawat02

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly right.

  • @tedmanasa907
    @tedmanasa9074 жыл бұрын

    This was an awesome explanation. I’ve been a mechanical watch fan and owner for years and this is the first I have understood how all the pieces work together. Great animation and narration. Thank you!

  • @qbanopro2225
    @qbanopro2225 Жыл бұрын

    This explanation makes me fall in love more and more with mechanical watches every second I watched it, repeatedly, beautifully detailed

  • @olafdelke-lejeune6093
    @olafdelke-lejeune60932 жыл бұрын

    Working with 4D-Designers each and every working day I can confess that this by far is the best explanation animation of the mechanism behind a mechanical watch on YT. Thanks so much. I wonder why it took me 18 months to find your channel.

  • @raywei8472
    @raywei84724 жыл бұрын

    Watch is a piece of art, and it will last for generations, unlike smartwatches

  • @ditzydoo4378
    @ditzydoo43783 жыл бұрын

    This was both outstanding to view, and astounding in execution. I've watched repair and restoration of time pieces, but this was the first time it all made perfect sense. Thank you.

  • @bananprzydawka7129
    @bananprzydawka7129 Жыл бұрын

    it is so cool how the whole thing is powered by a single spring, no batery, nothing complex, just a spring

  • @ching-chiawang2020
    @ching-chiawang2020 Жыл бұрын

    Hands down the best KZread video on how mechanical watch works. Thank you so much. What a treasure!

  • @imranbecks
    @imranbecks4 жыл бұрын

    Makes me appreciate my automatic watches so much more now....

  • @corynrobinson
    @corynrobinson4 жыл бұрын

    I've seen a few watch animations, but this is the best I've seen.

  • @KeniloTube
    @KeniloTube2 жыл бұрын

    This is the most amazing visual breakdown and explanation of how a watch works. As my dad used to repair them for a hobby some 40 years ago, I've always wondered how they worked and now you have given me an insight. Thank you.

  • @itsdavo5810
    @itsdavo5810 Жыл бұрын

    I've taken 3 watchmaking classes and this is the best

  • @thtswhtshesai6d9
    @thtswhtshesai6d9 Жыл бұрын

    I really have no idea how watchmakers were able to make such precision parts for hundreds of years. I know with modern CNC mills and tech you can make super close tolerance components but to be able to do it by hand on such a tiny scale is truly mind blowing

  • @tanwera
    @tanwera2 жыл бұрын

    Most detailed and most beautifully executed animation of a watch mechanism. Thank you for creating this! Subscribed!

  • @cimplato
    @cimplato Жыл бұрын

    Excellently narrated and super high quality graphical demonstration of how a mechanical watch movement works. Looking forward to new concise demos in the future.

  • @souhardyaadhikari7822
    @souhardyaadhikari7822 Жыл бұрын

    So making or repairing a watch is definitely an art. Very satisfying.

  • @ShunguRocks
    @ShunguRocks4 жыл бұрын

    I like the background music, was bopping my head while watching. Thanks for the video, my first watch was a mechanical watch. I’ve loved them ever since.

  • @Slice1985
    @Slice19857 ай бұрын

    That was a beautiful journey. Thank you.

  • @matejherman5588
    @matejherman55882 жыл бұрын

    Just wow. Without any doubt you have the best 3D explanatory videos I've ever met on the internet so far. Beautiful and smooth 3D graphics, very well thought-out, explanatory, to the point. score 12 out of 10! The same goes to other videos (especially the engine one!)

  • @cacofoniacraft
    @cacofoniacraft4 жыл бұрын

    I found your channel because of the sewing machine video and now I cannot wait to see more stuff! Good job, Jacob.

  • @sumukhanadig
    @sumukhanadig4 жыл бұрын

    Mind blowing animations! Great production quality, keep em coming!

  • @Bubbadumdum
    @Bubbadumdum21 күн бұрын

    The fact that I've found your videos through multiple disparate subjects is a real testament to how great of a job you're doing. I love your stuff and they're incredibly informative.

  • @Inssssomniac
    @Inssssomniac2 жыл бұрын

    Ok this is incredible. What a beautiful mechanism. I was trying to find out how a balance wheel maintained a consistent velocity with such a fragile spring and strange movement and this video explains it perfectly. That little kickback from the pallet fork is ingenious. Thanks for this perfectly concise explanation!

  • @AHMAD-kw5so
    @AHMAD-kw5so4 жыл бұрын

    Great thanks for your effort, this is really the best video I've ever seen about mechanical movement at all,

  • @abdullaahmed096
    @abdullaahmed0964 жыл бұрын

    You are amazing man, we are so excited to see your next video, i didn’t have a time to say how amazing you are! Keep going and i think this is a 5M channel ❤️

  • @sergiomendes.design8269
    @sergiomendes.design8269 Жыл бұрын

    Dude, amazing work! I appreciate your effort to create the 3Ds and graphics. Congrats and keep it up.

  • @Thrillrider10
    @Thrillrider102 жыл бұрын

    This is probably the best explanation of how a mechanical watch works I've found on this platform. Thank you for uploading.

  • @brunopacifico4979
    @brunopacifico49793 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing explanation! I'm impressed by the quality of the content in this channel. I would really enjoy if you make an animation of how some mechanical calculators work, especially the automatic ones like the Olivetti Divisumma 24. There are already a very good channel called Mechanical Computing, in which it's explained how many calculators work, including a 10 key machine. But I've never seen how an automatic dividing machine works, and how it knows how to subtract from the dividend and register how many times it has subtracted. Again, this is a breathtaking explanation, and I really hope this channel keeps showing such high quality content. The animation is simply beautiful.

  • @ongmoto
    @ongmoto3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your work! Beautifully animated and explained!

  • @MrKockabilly
    @MrKockabilly3 жыл бұрын

    Tons of work and research poured into this video and surely helped a lot of people including myself understand how watch works in so short a time. Thank you. Can't imagine what kind of people could dislike this.

  • @davidvose2475
    @davidvose24752 жыл бұрын

    I've watched a few watch restoration videos, but now I finally understand what all the parts do. Great video, thank you.

  • @joshpike
    @joshpike2 жыл бұрын

    Would be an interesting side show to know how the "shake to wind" mechanism works too. Great video!

  • @gnomeam

    @gnomeam

    2 жыл бұрын

    My understanding of it is that it works the same way, but underneath the support structure, there's a metal disk weight that can freely spin around a central point which will works on the mechanism that powers the mainspring the same way that turning the crown does.

  • @samiam619

    @samiam619

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gnomeam And while that disk weight can turn both ways, it only winds the main spring one way.

  • @peacefuljeffrey
    @peacefuljeffrey2 жыл бұрын

    Your productions are amazingly good. I just obtained an automatic watch, and in my search to get a visualization of how it winds itself inside, I found this video, which isn’t exactly what I was looking for but was fascinating nonetheless. Please keep up the great work.

  • @geoffreylove6539
    @geoffreylove65397 ай бұрын

    Superb video for a beginner watch enthusiast! Thank you so much.

  • @sto2779
    @sto2779Ай бұрын

    0:37 - Excellent description, so the mainspring is what first causes the time arms to tell time while the an escapement controls speed.

  • @yoshikizid
    @yoshikizid3 жыл бұрын

    You need to create more “how stuff work” videos! Thank you!

  • @nilasamsonbeats2335
    @nilasamsonbeats23353 жыл бұрын

    The wristwatch is one of homo sapiens greatest mechanical achievment. The fact that it was invented so early makes it even more impressive.

  • @bobsmithinson2050

    @bobsmithinson2050

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great comment

  • @rubbish9231

    @rubbish9231

    2 жыл бұрын

    Invented so early?

  • @bobsmithinson2050

    @bobsmithinson2050

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rubbish9231 early in our history

  • @rubbish9231

    @rubbish9231

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bobsmithinson2050 this can not be any Accident invention. There might be right time and we have internet and phone is also a right time.

  • @kermit30au
    @kermit30au Жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for this animation. I was trying to understand how the keyless works actually set time while remaining in mesh all the way back to the barrel. Finally got it. Thankyou again.

  • @kosh2001
    @kosh20012 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the basics. Incredible amount of engineering went into the design of a simple watch...so amazing!

  • @ElusiveMasquerade
    @ElusiveMasquerade4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this. I’m a little smarter today than I was yesterday thanks to your channel.

  • @970diego
    @970diego4 жыл бұрын

    This is excellent! It's going to be my go to video to show friends why I love mechanical watches!

  • @arts2crafts
    @arts2crafts2 жыл бұрын

    Was always curious how the mechanical watch works. Beautifully explained. Very intriguing.

  • @rajshah7918
    @rajshah79182 жыл бұрын

    Simple but exhaustive and clear expression and demonstration. Excellent

  • @yadiramaldonado3435
    @yadiramaldonado3435 Жыл бұрын

    Watching this video is such a visual treat. I thank you for giving us, that wonder, the explanation as to how it works. If AP (anatomy & physiology) was explained this way, instead of in black and white, we'd have a better, and wider understanding of the human body. Thank you so much for this outstanding video that made me understand all the better! Awesome...!

  • @michaeldejesus
    @michaeldejesus2 жыл бұрын

    Great video. What's amazing to me is that well before the the introduction of computers and computer aided design, they could machine these parts to the required tolerance. Watches from the early 1900's were able to have such high precision. Amazing.

  • @SpecterVonBaren
    @SpecterVonBaren5 ай бұрын

    This was INCREDIBLY helpful! I was having a hell of a time trying to find an easy to understand reference for how a clock works. While this is only one type of clock, it and your easy to understand explanation are more than enough for me to finally get a handle on the mechanics.

  • @Looey
    @Looey Жыл бұрын

    Ahhhhhh -- this is what i needed...i've watched a dozen or two videos of watch servicing but THIS explained some of what i had been missing ! THANK YOU

  • @ozen6750
    @ozen67502 жыл бұрын

    These animations are stunning. I’m just curious about how long it takes to produce one of these videos?

  • @atrudokht

    @atrudokht

    Жыл бұрын

    I am a freelancing 3D animator and I predict this kind of animation would take 2 weeks at the fastest to be completely done. Excluding the revisions.

  • @wisspubg9435

    @wisspubg9435

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atrudokht What are the apps he probably used in this animation?

  • @hrsror

    @hrsror

    Жыл бұрын

    @@atrudokht yeah and with high dedication and experience, it can be completed within 3-4 days.

  • @neoteny7
    @neoteny74 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful, the best I've seen so far. Liked, subbed, and belled.

  • @ianplested4602
    @ianplested46022 жыл бұрын

    Genius. You have put so much effort into the animation and explanation. Thank you so much.

  • @vichardy3504
    @vichardy3504Ай бұрын

    I'm a rookie watchmaker. Thank you for putting this together. It's a fantastic teaching tool and has helped me with questions about how things like the keyless works operate, without a doubt better than any book at showing how it all works.

  • @mrandmrswheels1142
    @mrandmrswheels11424 жыл бұрын

    What a great video. The best explanation since the old Hamilton film. Well done! I’m off to watch that again 👌👏

  • @GurhanGur
    @GurhanGur4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this very illustrative animation. It is really helpful. I'd like to see the self-winding automatic watch mechanism with weights though.

  • @ghostcityshelton9378

    @ghostcityshelton9378

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too! I'm wearing one right now, an A034 Juguar. I got it from an app called WISH. The Wings ones are nice too. Better yet you can save a ton of money by not going to a 'store'. The down side is having to wait for it to ship esp. now with this virus stuff going on. Stay safe.

  • @infinova01
    @infinova018 ай бұрын

    You just earned yourself a sub because I've been wanting to know how a mechanical watch works but just seeing the metal parts doesn't help seeing it like this did a lot thanks

  • @vandigital1
    @vandigital12 жыл бұрын

    For me too, this is the best explanation/animation I've seen for the mechanical watch. Outstanding, thank you!

  • @Pumpamentals
    @Pumpamentals4 жыл бұрын

    And this, my friends, is why we still appreciate and wear mechanical watches. No "smart" watches for me!

  • @Queeshandle

    @Queeshandle

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ok boomer

  • @NFRSZ

    @NFRSZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    ok boomer

  • @drdozer

    @drdozer

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna use a galaxy watch until I can afford a Rolex

  • @Yallan

    @Yallan

    4 жыл бұрын

    We have some real masters of comedy in here

  • @drdozer

    @drdozer

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Yallan ah yes the classic comedy of "ok boomer"

  • @iltifaat-yousuf
    @iltifaat-yousuf4 жыл бұрын

    Why isn't this video trending??? It's so damn good!!

  • @jamesking4382
    @jamesking4382 Жыл бұрын

    This is the only video that I've found that explains how the balance wheel is powered. Well done.

  • @buzzufy
    @buzzufy2 жыл бұрын

    Great animation and it is an in-depth explanation of how mechanical watches work. Thanks for the video! Keep it up!

  • @ericnilson2792
    @ericnilson27924 жыл бұрын

    I had no idea how these things worked. thanks for the video and sharing it with us at Facebook's Blender's Group. :D

  • @mikahidiot2614
    @mikahidiot26144 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand how the spring on the balance wheel is kept in motion. What does the mechanism look like that attaches it to the mainspring? Does that energy transfer to the balance wheel through the minute hand gears, or are there other gears that linked everything together?

  • @xswooshx

    @xswooshx

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi. I'm not a watchmaker or anything, but it looks like it might be elastic potential energy. Elastic potential energy is "stored" energy that results from a material being deformed out of its original shape. In this case, the spring metal wants to be straight, but he winding force deforms it into a tighter coil until the escapement releases some of it.

  • @animagraffs

    @animagraffs

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thx Mark for helping out here ... it also has to do with the power exchange I describe, where escape wheel teeth give the pallet fork a tiny push from the mainspring, which sort of "winds up" the hairspring for another half-swing each time. I've shown every part of this watch movement, there's no other significant hidden parts or otherwise.

  • @mikahidiot2614

    @mikahidiot2614

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@animagraffs Perfect! Thanks for clearing that up. Makes sense why that part is so delicate now. Amazing work I'll add, I love all your content on your website. Is there any way for me to support what you do?

  • @rafaeljoseschuck

    @rafaeljoseschuck

    4 жыл бұрын

    Congrats Jacob O'Neal ! I hope it adds to the conversation: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWWMpMRwm62wh8o.html

  • @christ2714
    @christ27142 жыл бұрын

    Excellent informative video. I've watched many watch repair videos but this is the best video I've seen on how all those parts work together. Well-done!

  • @davidsanov3240
    @davidsanov324014 күн бұрын

    Excellent explanation. Very well articulated and animated. Thank you.

  • @jacquesolivierholzer
    @jacquesolivierholzer4 жыл бұрын

    WOW ! I own an Omega Speedmaster and never realized how all these mechanisms worked. Thank you so much ! a new subscriber :-)

  • @simonlloyd7557
    @simonlloyd75573 жыл бұрын

    The men who invented, then refined, then reinvented the clocks, to pocket watches, to mechanical wrist watches were geniuses...

  • @aminesaidi4580
    @aminesaidi45808 ай бұрын

    wonderful simulation! great work 👏

  • @Suzuki_Hiakura
    @Suzuki_Hiakura8 ай бұрын

    3:00 I bought a pack of mechanical watch parts on eBay once, it was advertised as pieces for a project, and those bearings are super small... a small red speck, about the size of a speck of glitter, was on the tip of my finger. Using a magnifying glass, I could see the hole in the bearing, which was so small none of my sewing needles nor strands of thread could pass through. It is awesome, knowing that many jewelers had hands steady enough to precisely assemble such pieces. I read somewhere that those kinds of jewelers have hands roughly 10x more steady than a surgeon.

  • @architmishra8727
    @architmishra87274 жыл бұрын

    What's the background music? Nice explanation btw

  • @kalatitati8795
    @kalatitati87954 жыл бұрын

    I had never been impressed with KZread videos, until now!

  • @user-lb7fw5hq7e
    @user-lb7fw5hq7e8 ай бұрын

    This was so cool. I've been loving watches for 30 years. This is the best video I've ever seen that explains a mechanical watch. Jack - O. -- You have tremendous skill in making brilliant animations. Bravo!!!

  • @ct92404
    @ct924042 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! I'm fascinated with mechanical devices in general and lately I've been getting interested in mechanical watches and clocks. Your video really helped me to understand how they work!

  • @Valleedbrume
    @Valleedbrume4 жыл бұрын

    Great video,I am a watch collector and do some hobby repair.

  • @maha77
    @maha774 жыл бұрын

    I came for the info, I stayed for the Disco

  • @teycwee

    @teycwee

    3 жыл бұрын

    do you know the music name ?

  • @motocrusader72
    @motocrusader72 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Excellent not only on graphics but very well explained. I own several mechanical watches and trying to learn more. I want to do restoration some day. THIS video is a must. I’m sharing this with lots of people.

  • @eddieandrews3335
    @eddieandrews3335 Жыл бұрын

    This tutorial is absolutely the finest and most professional one out there. Great job guys

  • @drdozer
    @drdozer4 жыл бұрын

    Dang bro this video is high quality for someone with less than 5k subs.

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