the giant replica gears.....such painstaking reenactments in those days, masterful documentary!

@CoordinatedCarry

5 жыл бұрын

Gio Ng dude, that would be the coolest wall clock. Granted you would need to wind it but still.

@objective7042

5 жыл бұрын

@@CoordinatedCarry a mechanical wall clock running time will last on average 8 days, so winding it every weekend is not a hassle per say.

@k.r9494

5 жыл бұрын

No that person just had really tiny hands

@MrQhuin

4 жыл бұрын

Spoonfeeding back then

@paulchristian5375

4 жыл бұрын

@@k.r9494 The same people who are actually running quietly inside a watch.

If this is meant to partially be an ad for Hamilton, at the end, I’d consider this to the best advertisement of all time

This is the video that finally got it into my head how a mechanical watch works. I re-watched it countless times when I took up watch restoration and repair as a hobby. I was very badly injured and cannot walk very well anymore so I am restoring watches to sell now. It was a blessing I had that going on. I surely can't be a C.N.A. anymore. 25 years is enough of that anyway! Thank you very much for posting, it's been a life saver!

@1957wade

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for delving into a dying art. I wish you could possibly look into my Hamilton 992 which is 99 years old. I brought to a repairman and it varies between 3 minutes in five days and up to 8 overnight. I am an active person who walks at a brisk pace and on the job and also drops to the knees abruptly to stock shelves. I put on over 10+ miles a day. What do you think it is a loose minute hand or reregulation, but that does not account for a one time 8 minute lapse.

@karinlefevre9988

7 жыл бұрын

+1957wade To be honest I am self taught but the video really helped me get an understanding on how it works. I'll give you the condensed version. Could be a broken balance staff or jewel. I have seen a watch work with a broken jewel. The watch lives an active life style and probably has a few gremlins that are not helping. I hope I'm in as good of shape at 99 lol. Probably not a hairspring problem as they tend to gain time if it hasn't been serviced in a while. If a repairman has seen it there isn't a lot I could do given his time in the field compared to mine. If you or repairman has tried the regulator it would be good for small gains or losses in time and wouldn't account for your loss in time, such a large loss may tell of a bigger problem than just an adjustment. Your repairman might give his Timegrapher a shot to see whats up. 99 years is an impressive time for any machine, you might want to consider retiring that guy to a nice display dome once you get it figured out. I have a restored 1957 Hamilton pacer under glass and run it from time to time just to keep everything on the same page. Let me know how it goes!

@timweatherill3738

6 жыл бұрын

Well done Karin! The world needs, and will continue to need good people like yourself to not only repair and care for these magnificent works of art and mechanics, but to build and design new ones as well. THe mechanical watch is something so unique and so wonderfully human, I believe that they will be manufactured with pride for many centuries to come, despite technological change. Best of luck to you! And thank you.

@karinlefevre9988

6 жыл бұрын

+tim weatherill Wow! Thank you for that. You get a job that you love and you never have to work a day in your life! I'm about to start on a 1935 Bulova President with the wandering seconds(a numbered dial instead of a second hand) they are somewhat rare and can't wait to get started!!

@timweatherill3738

6 жыл бұрын

Karin, I'm very happy that my comment made you feel so cheery! My pleasure, indeed.

Old school demonstration videos like these are pure gold! So easy to understand and informative. The fuzzy background noise... pure nostalgia hahaha

I’ve watched a few videos about how mechanical watches work, but none of them really helped me understand fully until this one from probably the 50s (I’m guessing). The giant parts and the simple, linear layout are what really did it.

you know, even as an adult... i never understood why there would always be a spring to pop out of a broken watch on cartoons. fascinating.

@rarufu2794

4 жыл бұрын

Joey Clemenza awesome jane doe pic man!

@totoskalio

4 жыл бұрын

a spring would jump out of anything in cartoons.

@JasperJanssen

3 жыл бұрын

@@totoskalio but especially clocks. The mainspring holds a lot of power and if it is released Willy-nilly it will actually sprong out like that.

If there's one piece of engineering that's almost forgotten, it's the mechanical watches that helped build today's society and have now been replaced by the watches inside our cell phones, but they would never replace the ingenuity of a mechanical watch that employs the movement of the body to wind itself up... thanks for sharing this excellent videodocument!!

I wonder why old school vibes are well narrated and demonstrated....🤔

@chris5k132

5 жыл бұрын

They are. The way they speak are even classy and has decency to it. Not like today's.

@davideojockey6237

4 жыл бұрын

Cause people knew how to talk and didnt us ethe word like every 2 words

@objective7042

3 жыл бұрын

They narrate in a way it understandable. Today's everyone use fancy words in order to look smart.

@danielx40

3 жыл бұрын

Because it’s expensive to tape a video on film. People spent more effort in preparation, and there is no reshooting. Every irrelevant sentence and mis-speech cost film money.

No matter how many times I watch this video it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling, but then again I love working on watches.

I watched other modern videos that used CGI to show how mechanical watches worked and really still didn't understand it. I watch this, and show now understand how it works. The part where they show how the palette, palette jewel, escape wheel, and balance wheel interact finally clicked in my head.

I love these oldschool videos

@kalijasin

4 жыл бұрын

@alekzandaaaaaaa, High Quality.

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in my life. You can appreciate all the effort, patience and -frankly - love that was put into this little video. Amazing 🙏🏼

Now I finally understand how a mechanical watch works. No fancy 3d illustrations/animations needed, just plain old simple oversized models, layout in an easy-to-understand arrangement. Both the video and the watch is a piece of art.

While watching this video I kept pausing it to look at where everything is in my pocket watch. It's so beautiful. I consider the hair spring as the heart beat of a watch

@ElectricSwordfish

3 жыл бұрын

I know this is three years late, but that's a great analogy, and I like to think the same because the balance wheel is the timekeeping component of the watch. The balance wheel and hair spring is what makes a watch a watch lol.

This old documentary video is more than today's tons of animated teaching videos.

@I-P-777

Жыл бұрын

100%

This is... incredible. Like I knew that watches took incredible skill and precision to make but I had no idea how they worked or how small the pieces were. Damn.

Excellent documentary! It’s a shame that we don’t have educational films of this caliber anymore. Everyone believes that they are capable of being an educator but, this simply isn’t so. When explaining a novel concept, one must first explain EVERY step. Too many “teachers” assume that the student understands steps along the way and they’ll skip rudimentary and critical information. This lovely film doesn’t make any such mistakes! Thanks for posting!!!!

Old documentaries are of such a great quality :o This must be kept for generations to come...

Wow, amazing. Really speaks to the quality of this film that it holds up so well 60 or so years on.

This video taught me more about watches then 50 watchchannels have done in weeks. Great video.

This was surprisingly much better than I thought it would be.

This is the best video showing a first time viewer of escapement type mechanisms. I had to learn how to adjust them by myself when I was 14. wind up Timex. Moved on to a 1974 Accutron, tuning forks! bought in 2014 an Ernst Benz, Chronolunar. Mechanical.

Just have to re-iterate what sayeth the comments below... this is THEE CLEAREST explanation/illustration of how power is transferred from the mainspring, thru the wheels, to the escapement, and WHY all those wheels are needed. It's also important to show what happens when the design is incomplete (spins out in a few seconds). LOVE THIS!

I saw this video a few years ago and it is still the best video explaining mechanical watches and how they work

I don't know why i am watching this at like 1AM, but its really good.

Science, engineering, craftsmanship and a bit of art: all working together to tick-tack time forward. Now I want one that, you know, rolls it back. Thank you for posting this.

This is very useful video that I can understand mechanism of watch. Thank you.

What's so amazing is that a quality mechanical watch can be accurate to within a second or two a day. Remarkable barely describes that.

@leon9197

6 жыл бұрын

how is that amazing? my 30 dollar quartz watch is more accurate

@davidg5759

6 жыл бұрын

Leon bOzZ Much more effort is put into a mech watch than one that runs on quarts. Time is only a factor to appreciate. Others include craftsmanship, quality of materials , warranties, etc. Your quartz is accurate, much more accurate, but there's a reason why others still prefer mech.

@tevya017

5 жыл бұрын

you dont need a battery for a mechanical timepiece

@jerryldavis1823

5 жыл бұрын

@mdfouru so are u saying that a quartz watch is a less complex feat ? A quartz watch is years ahead of any mechanical watch and is a complex engineering feat in itself. Only problem with a quartz watch is that it doesn't have gears and springs to look at and admire but that doesn't mean its inferior . A role of a watch is to tell time and a quartz watch will do it more accurately than the most expensive and accurately made mech watch .I think we should appreciate both movements.

@mr.sirhoffer5553

4 жыл бұрын

@@jerryldavis1823 I agree. When Seiko unveiled the Astron, it was one of the most sought after watches. It was an incredible milestone in electrical engineering. Since the majority of watches utilize the movement, I think it speaks for itself as the greatest achievement in timepiece technology.

That's the best explanation and representation of a watch I have seen so far. Amazing that it was done so long ago without any computer animation and ith life sized parts. I guess its true that sometimes old school is the best school.

beautiful machine and no battery needed, a treasure that last all life

I always wonder why people dislike these types of educational videos… this is a great educational video I’ve been wearing mechanical watches for a quite sometimes and I didn’t know how these small devices work without battery… thank you

@lewasil

2 жыл бұрын

Most people are shallow and love crap drama or mind numbing programs in my observations.

@stephenrice4554

Жыл бұрын

They're a marvel , I got my first watch in 63 , with the occasional service it was passed on to a son , still working perfectly in 82 and it's still going . No batteries were used .

Excellent video on the mechanical wind-up wristwatch of the past! When I see/hear the "voice" and the great demonstration, it makes me get out my antique mechanical Elgin wrist watch !

5:47 Importantly, the "isochronicity", the time-keeping accuracy, is achieved when the "nudges" push against the hairspring...if a nudge is too hard it doesn't matter as the hairspring will return a little quicker, if too soft the hairspring will return a little slower, but it will always return in the same amount of time, just like a pendulum always swings and returns in the same amount of time regardless of the starting point (the only way to adjust a pendulum's swing time is to adjust the length of the string). This is the essence of isochronicity, being able to maintain a time frame regardless of the strength of the pushes or nudges. A balance wheel is essentially a pendulum but imagine the pendulum scribes a full circle rather than an arc, and imagine the hairspring is gravity. This mechanism takes gravity out of the equation, which is why they were invented in the first place, for use at sea to calculate longitude. The balance wheel was invented by Robert Hooke.

@TheExpeditionUK

4 жыл бұрын

@@theterriblepuddle1830....yes, there is a lot of movement that can throw off the accuracy of the watch, tourbillons counteract that movement well, making it more accurate

@TheExpeditionUK

4 жыл бұрын

@@theterriblepuddle1830.. bear in mind movement is not all gravity, movement can be made in any direction, imagine shaking a watch up, down, sideways, tourbillons counteract all those motions, yes gravity is a substantial part of the story

@ajlevin44

2 жыл бұрын

This was really helpful, thank you

@NikhilYadav-mj6wj

11 ай бұрын

I had this question after watching this video regarding how the ticks were uniform for timekeeping. Gladly found your comment and now I truly understand the fundamentals. The video does not cover this, it's more focused on the mechanical aspects rather than the core principle.

@TheExpeditionUK

11 ай бұрын

@@NikhilYadav-mj6wj yeah, I felt the video, albeit great, missed the fundamental concept of isochronicity which is where the regularity of the ticks comes from so I sat down to define it in my own words. I could use this reply to add that most mechanical watches run at 21,600 beats per hour and, through a series of cogs, which displays as 60 ticks a minute. BTW it doesn't have to be 21,600 (3hz), it could be 28,800 (4hz) for potentially more accuracy, or even 36,000 (5hz or hi-beat) more accurate still, although the power reserve tends to be lower. With 3hz movements you can visibly see the second hand ticking 6 times every second (6x60x60=21,600 beats per hour) with 28,800 and 36,000 an even more pleasing sweep at 8 or 10 ticks per second.

These old technical videos are a gem.

I greatly appreciate my new and first automatic watch that I got just a few days ago so much more after this video holy crap.

@J_S_246

5 жыл бұрын

Malifor2210 what did you get?

Great video and narration. I'm 69 and just recently got involved in repairing watches. The more I learn the more interesting it becomes.

Enlightening, intriguing, and informative. Great lesson on mechanical movement watches as well as Horology. Well done!!!!!

Very clear and helpful video explaining the principles of a (manually wound) mechanical watch. And a nice old Hamilton from yesteryear!

Nice instructional video on how a mechanical watch works. Thank you.

I like the playful nature of the video-description. Makes it very interesting.

@user-py4eb3uv8b

8 жыл бұрын

+Dorin Munteanu Yeah, I think so !

The oldest and best explanation of the workings of a mechanical watch on uTube.

I juts bought my first ever mechanical watch. Finally, now I understand how this watch works.

Today, I bought my first automatic watch, HMT NASS. I just love the craftsmanship it has been bestowed with. Every time I wear my watch I will be reminded what a masterpiece it is. Thanks for the upload, such a wonderful video.

This is pure genius.. The watch has a heart tic tic tic tic and when it stops you can just bring it back to life again..Pretty amazing and delicate craftsmanship love it..Excellent video

Did not think it was that simple, good video.

So much better than the other explanations! Thanks for the upload!

Who ever made mechanical watch or stuff like this are genius extremely gifted brilliant!

Best video I have seen that describes how the watch works. I have been having trouble understanding how the power gets to the escapement to get the watch started from a stopped position.

This video out of my league. I sure do appreciate the beauty. 100% Gorgeous!

I like how it doesn't even have to explain how the gears convert torque to speed. I wish there were more documentaries like this.

By far the best video on the subject. I had a elementary flashback from the 70s watching this but time I learned something.

How does a video done decades ago do a better job at explaining this stuff than most videos i found on this platform?? Crazy

This is the only video that actually helped me understand.

I loved these videos, they would play them at school in the hall. There were a few that made a big impact on me.

How did KZread know I wanted to watch a video like this? Amazing documentary. I finally understood how mechanical watches work and why they need jewels.

Truely amazing. I have a newly acquired fascination with automatic watches

@timweatherill3738

6 жыл бұрын

You mean mechanical? They really are fascinating.

Fantastic Description of the mechanics of a watch especially being built large scale back decades ago.

Very nice documentary. Worth saving in favorites.

I'm impressed how good the explanation is. I wish the uploader mentioned more details about the movie like when it was released and by whom and who was the intended audience.

Whoever originally came up with this mechanism is a damn genius.

This is a brilliant description of how watches work thanks for sharing , 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

A mechanical watch and the Pizzookie at BJ's are a testament to human ingenuity and intelligence. From forrest and desert, we have gathered metals, sand to make glass, sugar flour and cocoa to make cookies...all this is wonderful.

Classic American voice narration. You won't see this sort of decency in America today.

@90AlmostFamous

5 жыл бұрын

now every american narration sounds like they are trying to sell you ford trucks lol

@kristiankulseng4302

5 жыл бұрын

probably they are all really just the same person. It is so odd. Even where i am from (Norway) every narrator sound exactly the same. It is freaky

@Nikola16789

5 жыл бұрын

When USA was great.

@olstar18

5 жыл бұрын

@@kristiankulseng4302 Couple different reasons there. Its a combination of the limitations of the recording technology the fact that they intentionally looked for people who sounded a certain way and training to have a very specific easy to understand accent. You still see examples of it like in movie narration.

@xpeterson

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, when black people drank from separate fountains and gas companies told us lead poisoning wasn't a thing. The good ol days.

This was great, I learned a lot about mechanical watches. Thanks for sharing.

Love this, very informative for any one getting in the watch game

2022 equivalent: "Hey guys, welcome to my channel [30 second long fingerstyle guitar intro]. I get a lot of questions on how watches work. So what we're gonna wanna do is we're gonna wanna build a model. But first, a message from today's sponsor, Brilliant."

...the only decent film illustrating the function of a mechanical watch movement. Yes also narration and direction from an era where background music, quick screen swipes and nutty hosts were not required. Thank you.

That was beautiful, awesome upload, one of the best videos on KZread. Thank you! **********👍👍

This was a wonderful documentary, really wonderful.

Thank you for uploading this!

Actually the best explanation on youtube

I love the narrator!!

@ragaetsenna2852

6 жыл бұрын

Adam V. Yeah me too, so classic

@dacialuigi

6 жыл бұрын

ma che cazzo scrivi

@yuri.borodkin

5 жыл бұрын

@Craig Sundaram he's James Bond, it's obvious

It's awesome! Really enjoy the way that mechanical watch works.

what a cool video! it must have taken some mad genius to even attempt such a project as watch-making. just insane!

Great video. So clear.

Hands down, best explanation ever.

This is my favorite video on KZread.

These older teaching materials are much much better than most of the 'modern teaching' going on today.

Wonderful video, many thanks.

0:44 The Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

@HT-lr1rs

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@akalo23

4 жыл бұрын

Oml🤣

Its amazing when you look at how sophisticated these things are. And to think clocks were first made in the 16th century they look way to advanced for that time period.

Very well made explainer for a fascinating subject, thanks for the upload

excellent doco.....answered my curiosity about how watches are made....still amazed that someone makes these tiny parts....like that spring!!!!?????steady hands?

These classics are so good.

Runs like clockwork! 😊

Thanks for making this video.

I have to say this is BY FAR the best video on how a mechanical watch works. Like every fancy animated video made me wonder certain things but this one here let no questions open. Okay it let open one: where can I get this freaking cool model?!?! 😂😂

Thank you for the very, very good Vid!

Think I'm ready to start fixing watches now haha. Seriously thats a brilliant video

i loved this documentary! instructive!!❤

Your video very helpful Sir! Big Thanks

l love these old Hamilton film's, the voice is just right , its sad they left the US my next old watch will be a Hamilton 👏👏👏👏🖒⌚⌚watch for sure just look at the box excellent .

The sound of a good movement is so fantastic

That is an awesome video. I collect all types of watches.

Many thanks for the video... great job

Can we appreciate for a moment that they actually built a frickin super size watch mechanism? 😂❤

This was awesome thanks for posting, do you have something similar on gyro auto watches?

@TheDocumenteriesTube

9 жыл бұрын

Brian Cullen Working on this request....

@Rubikorigami

7 жыл бұрын

DOCUMENTARY TUBE so did you find something? :)

Great video ! A must see.

Brilliant!! And looking at a Hamilton movement too is beautiful

Outstanding!, Bravo bravo!