Phillipe Dufour simplicity is just filled with warmth and love

This is why a quality timepiece is not about telling time, but "owning" (more like caretaking) something truly special.

Dufours simplicity is exquisite!

I just bought a Victorinox Swiss Army Infantry Vintage with a ETA 7750 movement. Nothing special to most watch enthusiasts, but I've spent many months (and years) saving for a fine watch, and It's the most beautiful movement I can afford... It was a stretch for me at $500. Owning a fine watch is a lifetime relationship for me

@cookingprof

5 жыл бұрын

If you had to save for a watch; you'll respect & care for it. I know about saving for a watch. It took me..Two Decades to get the money for my Patek Calatrava. Worth it? Yes. Looked up the ETA 7750 It is used in Movado Calendoplan. I just might add one of those to my collection. There is another that has the ETA 7750 base. Jazzmaster Maestro by Hamilton Automatic Chronograph. Both are under $1500.00 I would NOT spend the money for a ETA 7750 in the;" Omega Speedmaster", that has a price tag of $5150.00 USD. The interesting thing is that are so few people that say anything about my Patek They notice my Cartier Pascha frequently. I'm happy with that.

@Derr1976

5 жыл бұрын

There is nothing simple about a 7750. I have spent the last six months learning how to breakdown and rebuild this movement. Only now do I understand the complexity of this movement. There are actually 4 different levels of grade regarding this movement. You have a very complex piece of technology on your wrist. Wait til its time to service that thing. It will cost you....that's why I took on the endeavor of learning how to rebuild this movement. Boy was I blind to what it takes to do it.

@ckm-mkc

5 жыл бұрын

I have a 7750 movement watch - a Mido All Dial Titanium Chronograph - it's my 'grail' watch I waited years to get. Not because I couldn't afford it, but because I waited until I considered myself 'successful' to get it....

@brucekirk5386

5 жыл бұрын

Your an idiot a 20$ Casio tells time just the same

@denisedavis8986

5 жыл бұрын

Campolin n beltram are very skilled artist but have nothing on a real watch maker turning pices by hand. In todays world a mechanical watch is used because it is what u want not because u have to know the time lol. Furthermore a quarts watch will never speak to me the same way a several decade or older watch ticking in perfect time does

This movie reignited my watch "problem," and it's beautiful -- thanks!

I could only marvel at the time, patience, and love put into these beautiful timepieces. Only independent watchmakers have earned the right to critic (if they dare)!

The incredible skill and patience to set those micro diamonds is really impressive. I am in awe.

Dufour is by far the master here. I'm just getting into watches and this is mind blowing. His Grand and Petite model is magnificent.

Many look disparagingly upon diamond set watches, but after viewing how painstakingly difficult this process is or was, I can't help but be in total awe of the incredible workmanship. Absolutely incredible!

@lunam7249

Жыл бұрын

diamonds are the best!!

@Wings_of_foam

9 ай бұрын

@@lunam7249 Gold!

@FuckYoutubeCensorshipCunts

Ай бұрын

@@lunam7249agreed. I have two factory Diamond set Rolex watches and they’re stunning.

I love that during a period of watchmaking that focused on extravagant set diamonds or flashly complications and tourbillions, Mr. Dufour went utterly against the grain, focusing all of his efforts on absolutely perfecting the finishing and craftsmanship

As an amateur mechanical sculptor, these guys are gods... Major technical skills merge with incredible patience, a strong sense of tradition and love. Having some appreciation of the difficulty of hand making reliable machines I was surprised to see any nay-sayers here... These guys do nothing but inspire me.

@algorab37

8 жыл бұрын

+General Michael Reason for which you are not a master clock maker. reason for which I am not a master clock maker. And reason for which they are.

Dugout is an absolute master craftsman who lives a very simple life and yet the art he creates is priceless. Absolutely beautiful!!

Each of these watch makers are sharing a skill. Whether you like diamonds are not is beside the point. The care and compassion and love of their craft. Criticizing their skill because of Diamond encased or whatever is not called for. Their imagination and Skill is what amazes me.

Beautiful Land.. Lovely People.. Amazing art.. Perfect Craftsmanship.. Worthy & Everlasting Products. I respect the nation and the people..

@bartfloyd3275

5 жыл бұрын

Srikanth Sridharan what a beautiful thing to say. Bless you! 😊

@cookingprof

5 жыл бұрын

Switzerland is a great place to visit even if you are not into watches. I was there when I was nine years old. A picnic on the Matterhorn is a memory that I'll never forget.

Micro engineering at its best. How you folks work on these seriously complicated instruments has me in awe.... Amazing talent and skill...Thank you for sharing..

If ever there was a video that needs to be in full 1080p HD (or above) it was this one. 480p just doesn't do these masterpieces justice.

@geniusmarcsays2434

5 жыл бұрын

this is clearly an old documentary, you wouldn't get anything from 1080p

@allenschmitz9644

5 жыл бұрын

this is very old, pre digital vid..i cringe at the close ups, but that was the best they could do back then.

@jamesdavid7782

3 жыл бұрын

This video debuted on HDNet in 1080i and looked absolutely stunning, so better source material exists. Seems that material is... ahem... lost to time. There is even an "HDNet" bug on the lower right of the video offering a pretty telling clue that 480p isn't the best this documentary has looked.

I do not understand how anyone can downvote this video. Superb.

Dufours watches look pretty nice I love how complicated the mechanisms in the watch look and how much attention to detail he has!

Damn.....these men sure do work round the clock!....

@FootageFactory

3 жыл бұрын

i see what you did

So Glad to see this incredible art form getting its dues in today's society. Ive seen a real increase in timepieces in the past few years. To me, This is the best art form today

The skill, talent, care and love put into these watches is inspiring! One day I hope to have one of my own :)

Simply stunning. A true artist. I'm blown away at the work of these fine time pieces.

These people for sure have some great skills, and it is fascinating to look how complicated wristwatches are designed and put together. I am happy for these craftsmen, and the bigger brands, that there are enough customers out there that are willing to pay the costs, and keep them busy. I'm a mechanical engineer myself, and love the design and mechanics of such watches, but i feel no need to put 1000's of dollars into purchase of such. just looking at videos and pictures is enough for me) More interesting to put that kind of money into something that gives more action, like car, motorbike, boat.

Bloody amazing skill and dedication to the craft.

Incredible documentary, I come back and watch it a few times just to be inspired by something we all value as a hobby or beyond that.

Amazing work, tradition and dedication makes huge difference

The skills and creativity of these people who can fashion tiny pieces of metal and jewels, shape them into parts of fully functioning, accurate watches, plus the intricate craftsmanship of adding works of arts into their timepieces is just mind boggling. That indeed is God given talents. I watch in amazement as they create every tiny piece and then combine them to create such beautiful, and accurate watches that are famous all over the world. I give my utmost respect to these people.

@nickthelick

Жыл бұрын

Bit of a late reply to you here, but imagine those clock/watch making skills you've described performed late into the night by candlelight, using sharp and minute tools! Man, doing THAT work by candlelight!? Made dangerous by the tools, fatigue and eyestrain! I'm looking back to Clerkenwell, London during the 1700s! Clockwork mechanisms are amazing, beautiful things are they not? 😘👌🏼 🤗😊

@nickthelick

Жыл бұрын

Also, imagine the eyestrain by candlelight without those eyepieces we have today! Because, they made parts just as small as we do, yet without the magnifying eyepieces! Wow! They did have magnifying lenses though. Just not as eyepieces, usually as a dome of glass.

@gerrycrisostomo6571

Жыл бұрын

@@nickthelick I agree. And I would like to say that maybe during that time, they worked only during the day in brightly lit areas but my dad told me that there was a Swiss watchmaker who carved a table with 12 chairs, and on the table there are 12 plates with spoons and forks. But what's mind boggling is that he carved it on the head of the tiny clothes pin. And you can see the details only by using a microscope.

I miss this time period of cable TV. I miss the HD Net channel. I miss the In Focus series, and a bunch of others. I also miss this narrator. This channel really took advantage of high definition as it was just starting to gain traction with more mainstream viewers. This particular episode of In Focus was my favorite. Great stuff.

The skill and caring devoted to each masterpiece is awesome and warms the heart, I enjoyed this presentation more than you can imagine. Thank You all for this

stardust.....i love it,, such a special work of art,,

Astonishing craftsmanship! Beautiful pieces of art and dedicated hand work! Brilliant watches !!!

As a watches lover, i have to say this is a very interesting video about independent watchmakers. All that delicated and complicated work in produce each piece is incredible and wonderful. My favorite timepiece is that simplicity watch made by Mr. Dufour...simply amazing. Thanks for sharing this video and my best wishes to everyone from Chile. José Luis Romero.

I love watching craftsmen and their masterpieces and I have watched this video several times but I would still not have a clue how to begin to make a watch

Both men are very talented i like how they used makers of opposing style that being said it's obvious Dufour's watch will be around and functional for a much longer period of time.

Bravo to the both of them :). May you both continue filling the hearts of all the watch lovers across the world with endless joy. I really loved then both as with Phillipe's Simplicity, I could compare it to a Patek :).

Thanks for uploading this. I remember seeing this on HD net back when I had satellite TV. This was the program that got me interested in watch making.

I'm amazed that watchmaking has been a tradition in Europe for over 500 years.

Not a big fan of watches with diamonds at all, but watching the process, effort and focus it takes just to places those tiny 0.5mm diamonds in place is incredible!

A beautiful orchestra of micromechanics. WOW!

Watching the watchmaker building up the parts for that beautiful diamond watch is like watching a surgeon doing complicated surgery.

Dufour's watch.. pfft, no words for that beauty!

This is amazing. Such steady hands, I got nervous just watching it!

Simplicity is a beautfully elegant watch. Definitely less is more is no cliche here. Considering the price the customer wants a design thats not cluttered or will go out of style. They want something that is timeless if you pardon the pun. Dufour designed a watch that i think will look just as good 50 or even a hundred years from now so hats off to him. Hes as good a designer as an engineer. These cabiniteers really have to be polymaths they need a number of important skills. It must be enormously satisfying to go from the drawing board all the way to the convention and recieve such praise from dealers and customers

If Ahmed's clock was a bomb, then Antoine Preziuso and Philippe DuFour constructed the Death Star.

@BPantherPink

8 жыл бұрын

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL Clap clap clap !!!

Excellent workmanship with brilliant concepts and inspirations.

incredible craftmanship, you have to appreciate thoose wathces but most of all the skilled craftsman that buils thoose works of art

EXELENTE DOCUMENTAL DE DOS GRANDES PERSONAJES DEL MUNDO DE LOS ALTOS CALIBRES AUTOMATIZADOS DEL RELOJ DE PULSERA,MIS REVERENSIAS MAESTROS DEL TIEMPO.

Besides being artsts they are also cientists who produce works of art that also tell the time evryday in a very fancy way... Thanks for sharing a magnificent documentary

To see a world in a grain of sand And a Heaven in a wildflower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour

@cookingprof

5 жыл бұрын

Love those words from William Blake. IMHO you should give him credit.

@LeBator

3 жыл бұрын

Credit your quotes man. Blake.

Fabulous works of art and skills. Thanks for sharing the video i didnt know this world existed. Glad these guys are carrying on the tradition. I dont wear a watch but have still have one. I use my mobile phone for time keeping. The prices are crazy but everything is made by hand and they are unique. I used to be inversely snobbish about expensive wines until i learned about there rarity with low yields and long maturation times.

Seriously ,some great craftsmanship and some real beauties.

These are beautifully designed field watches! I really like the faces/dials and the addition of titanium to your line is wonderful. This may very well be my next purchase.

This is like magic, though it is fully developed from and inside physics: Love this !

"There is no room for error" *WHACK* .... "The escape wheel is not damaged"

@GlawberOliveira

6 жыл бұрын

Kurt Baxter where frend?

@MrPodaBear

5 жыл бұрын

29:29

@spidiq8

5 жыл бұрын

I want to see that segment with a voice over redone by Samuel L Jackson. 'Now this s*** is critical right here' Slips, 'MUTHA*****' 😂

@MikeAustin2012

5 жыл бұрын

@@spidiq8 OMG! You guys are killing me! My wife is the one at the hospital that takes your blood to see why your sick or dieing. She is sleeping now, 2 something, AM. I almost woke her up laughing at this foolishness, thank you. It is however hilarious. And, biting the table? That's me trying to not laugh out loud.

You are not buying an expensive watch, you are buying a life story behind the watch.

Nothing beats Masahiro Kikuno's design.

This was so amazing to watch I saw and learned a great deal. Also got to see the first macro lens of its kind. That is so freaking cool considering that today you can buy a macro lens for you iPhone. And the reason it works on your iPhone is because of the technology in the iPhone camera has come so far since the making of this film. THATS SO FREAKING COOL!!

AKIRA YOSHIMURA THANKS FOR THIS MARVELOUS VIDEO! SEP 10, 2014

It is amazing passion and skills are passed to next generations, despite setbacks in this trade.

Amazing. Satisfying just to watch the work be done.

Did the music need to be this epic all the way through?

In this short video we see the descendants of the men who were responsible to take the world from a primitive collection of philosophical concepts with no proof, to one where the human mind created useful relations between shaped elements which produced the most harmonious exact function and actions at the time. The link of such elements with a balance wheel whose inertia was rather heavy, relatively speaking, decided the rhythm of the music created to measure time . It was the watchmakers who showed the world the links and the rhythm that later on created the engines that power the world. Now these descendants turned their skills to gather together, engineering , art, and social harmony that helps people move from a primitive instinctive creature to a civilised cultured people. Only those nations who have such descendants of watchmakers amongst them can claim that they have harmony within their society to live together in peace. Congratulations to all watchmakers for the harmony you create in your creations which overflow into a social harmony of your nations. Other nations are the proud owners of what they buy , and that is not good enough to produce the social harmony, one cannot buy the latter component. The lady narrator seems to be enjoying her work as her voice seems to be smiling while she appreciated the masters of time at their work. They certainly deserve a glass of wine to celebrate their compounded human feelings. Well done all.

It is Antoine's mastery and original artistic concept that equals this contemporary Masterpiece. A marvel to behold, I just hope that with all this new camera technology They take their time next year, research it better and work harder at artistic Direction. Look forward to the next program.

ものすごくいいドキュメンタリーだった…！！これを日本のNHKがつくってるのすごい。独立した時計職人ほど地道でかっこよくてうつくしい職業はない。

Beautiful Art!

My sincere sellute to both the watch scientists.. Waav what a making..

Amazing skill, true engineers.

I've always loved watches. Ever since I got my first Timex as a Christmas gift. It was the cheapest of all of the Timex watches but I was so proud of it.($6.96 in 1967 out of a Spiegel catalog, I think) I own a Rolex that is a collectors watch right now. If money was no option I would probably own 25+ watches. Everything from Franck Muller to Roger Dubois. Would I wear them? On occasion, But they would probably just sit in my safe and collect dust and just give me something to talk about on with other people that can fully appreciate the complication(s) of the movement.

Excellent. I enjoyed this video very much.

1:35 Mmmmm... table

amazeing craftsmen...

Increíble destreza la de estos grandes maestros relojeros!

Хорошее кино. Мне нравятся ваши часы. Хочу иметь мастерскую и делать шедевры!

A Genius' Masterpiece to eternity, Amazing Watch Makers!!!...

Dufour = understated beauty Prezioso = Bling

Great documentary. Its amazing how much work goes into this watch.

@anasbaloch2830

6 жыл бұрын

JazTime impressive

@hereb4theend

9 ай бұрын

You could say they took their time..

I have a Hublot big bang watch and i love it keeps great time to thanks for the video.....!

I appreciate precision work. Inspiring!

EXELENTES MAESTROS DE LA RELOJERIA SUIZA MIS REVERENSIAS PARA ANTONI PREZIOSO Y PILIPPE DUFOUR, SON LO MEJOR QE TIENE SUIZA

This doc is 20 years old…HDnet was one of the only HD channels back then…I paid $3,500 for my first tube HD television back then…

Beautiful.. Beautiful.....

I love automatic mechanic watches !

Wow I like that that alarm is better than digital watch

No wonder these watches are so expensive! I have a cheep Steinhusen watch and I love it! keeps great time.

I hope you all realize that German silver is copper ,zinc and nickel.Nothing to do with silver at all..It is a very hard alloy called silver for its white colour.Out of the 2 watches I prefer the Dufour watch .The other one the blingy one looks like it should be on the wrist of a rapper or lady Gaga.

@joshdifilippo717

8 жыл бұрын

i agree and thanks for the info about the german silver i was just bout to look it up

@Thebigboram

5 жыл бұрын

Lady Gaga or Run DMC😂

@eddieg849

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thebigboram who cares as long as he sells it rappers are the only ones that probably can't afford it anyway

@binder946

9 ай бұрын

Thanks they did not tell us that german silver is an alloy.

@binder946

9 ай бұрын

10:16 german silver alloy.

Very interesting video, thank you for uploading

Beyond beautiful.

beautiful art is pure and amazing

Realy amazing Work...

Thanks for sharing it Akira!

As soon as she said "tourbiLon", i raced to the comments section. Not disappointed!

Is.. is that guy eating the table?

@PhilipGragg

8 жыл бұрын

+Le Derp Français haha... she called him a "cabineteer" lol...

@st3althyone

6 жыл бұрын

He does that too keep his head steady and stop motion since it’ll be magnified a lot since he’s focusing on such a small area.

My addiction is watches, can't stop buying watches I don't even wear them I just buy them look at them and that's it

Amazin' 'n Wonderful...

Absolutely amazing. I would love to do this someday, but I do not have the steady hands for such delicate work. Maybe I'll try my hand at doing this with cars. Gears are a bit bigger :P

I have a FAS-410B (actually two of them). The vibrating alarm rarely fails to wake me, but I set one at 0600 and another at 0605. Looks like Casio no longer makes this model, replacing it with a >$150 model. If one of mine fails, I still have the other one as a backup. Casio finally made replacement bands, but the bands cost as much as a whole new watch, which is why I have two of them. Never have had to use the hunting/fishing features, but the phase of the moon feature never fails to amaze the kids at the elementary school where I volunteer 3 days a week - and why I get up on those days at 0600. -- vr/Pat

un gran trabajo y un arte

Very cool documentary, I quite liked the swiss meal time.

@bob5074

2 жыл бұрын

I went and bought myself a raclette grill soon after I first saw this documentary 20 years ago…

No disrespect to Antonio Prezioso, he's definitely very talented and a great watchmaker. However his designs are way too busy, there's so much going on, it lacks a little bit of elegance. Sometimes, less is more. With that being said, taste is subjective.

@BrawndoQC

9 жыл бұрын

***** The PP Celestial 5102 is a beauty, it's not filled with diamonds all over the watch.

@letstravelsomewhere

8 жыл бұрын

+BrawndoScream exactly what i had in mind. its expensive but my vintage omega seamaster 600 looks more elegant

@bhamgreeneyes

5 жыл бұрын

I'm in awe of the craftsmanship demonstrated here but completely understand what you mean.

@postholedigger8726

5 жыл бұрын

Prezioso's "masterpiece" would be a perfect match with a set of gold plated front teeth. david

@cookingprof

5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you build something that you can design to be a bit over the top. Antonio Prezioso was working for a statement. (I'd still enjoy wearing that watch on some of the White or Black Tie events that I attend at this time of year).

Beautiful