How a mechanical watch works, basic theory of Horology Part 1of2

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  • @chrisjohnson4165
    @chrisjohnson4165 7 місяців тому +7

    Brilliant!! I'm just beginning my long journey into watchmaking. I've had two long periods in my life learning different crafts, and I find your world so absorbing. Thank you so much for all of your videos, and we can see how much you love your job.

  • @carentanbr
    @carentanbr Рік тому +57

    As a beginner I have been watching many videos... This is, by far, the best explanation I have seen on a watch movement. I like the way you used the toys to build a logic and explain how things come together. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You are an awesome teacher!!

  • @gasergeant
    @gasergeant 9 місяців тому +6

    Had I seen this video when I was in high school (Primary School, whatever you call it) I would have known what I wanted to do with my life. And I would've wanted to come and learn or apprentice under you. Fantastic job of explaining in a way that can be conceptualized.

  • @richardkent2200
    @richardkent2200 7 місяців тому +3

    This is the very best site in the world-just beautiful

  • @kevinf9822
    @kevinf9822 3 роки тому +48

    This is really interesting. I have always wondered how the escapement works and this is the best explanation of it that I have yet encountered.

  • @DhruveelDave
    @DhruveelDave День тому +1

    This isn't engineering, This is art.

  • @DarthSpaceBall
    @DarthSpaceBall 11 місяців тому +2

    Without questions the best explanation of how a watch works that I’ve heard yet. So simple and straightforward. Thanks.

  • @johnfranklin5277
    @johnfranklin5277 2 роки тому +4

    Great video, so very interesting. I have my great uncle's Bulova watch. He told me he received it for Christmas 1945. He was a wonderful fellow, born 1894, passed 4 months after his 100 birthday in 1994. I received the watch then. Its been basically my daily for the last 28 years. It's never required a repair, I have it serviced every 5 years. It keeps very good time gaining about 2 minutes a week. Its still in beautiful condition, 14 k gold filled, and still has the original metallic mesh band. BULOVA, can be proud of this 77 year old workhorse !

  • @Mr_AbdulRehman
    @Mr_AbdulRehman Рік тому +18

    You can see the real passion and love the way he is teaching. It's absolutely amazing.

    • @trevorjenkins3934
      @trevorjenkins3934 Рік тому +1

      I agree totally. I'm in the process of getting tools together to strip and clean a Waltham pocket watch.

    • @hanumarn7882
      @hanumarn7882 Рік тому

      @@trevorjenkins3934May the force be with you!

  • @jamesmcdermott9275
    @jamesmcdermott9275 Рік тому +2

    I've ben looking for about 4 days on how a mechanical watch actually works. I have always loved looking at wristwatches but I decided I might try and take a working one apart and put it back together by myself. But Ididn't understand how it actually worked then I found your video and WOW! Now I understand. I'm so happy thank you my friend you are just the best tutor and I mean that from my heart. I'm so grateful to you Klass. 👍👍.

  • @garyshirinian
    @garyshirinian Рік тому +1

    Very well explained. Thanks for sharing .
    I've always been interested in watches and their movements.
    Instead, I became a tool & die maker.
    Now I'm almost 62, I found your channel.

  • @gurbuz12345
    @gurbuz12345 2 місяці тому +1

    That's a good explanation sir, I really understood how escapement works and why is the amplitude important just makes sense now. Balance wheel will swing in the same time regardless of the angle, but will be more resistant to outside distruptances due to more stored energy.

  • @No-jb6fy
    @No-jb6fy 11 місяців тому +2

    I commend you for explaining in layman's terms. I never knew until today how a watch makes this movement! And I wasn't born yesterday.

  • @Onward1969
    @Onward1969 2 роки тому +6

    Keep doing videos like this. I love how you break everything down to the simplest detail.

  • @rockymntdan1
    @rockymntdan1 Рік тому +2

    At first I was not impressed when the toys appeared. But after watching the whole presentation; GREAT JOB! One of the best, if not the best.

  • @charlesdavis7940
    @charlesdavis7940 2 роки тому +6

    A lovely presentation: history, science, culture, art -all in one. What a wonderful job you have done with this, Sir. I learned so much and enjoyed greatly.

  • @GROENAASMusic
    @GROENAASMusic 3 місяці тому +2

    Hey! I'm a new subscriber, and I just wanted to say that your videos have been incredibly helpful in my journey into horology and the art of watchmaking. I've always been a bit of a wristwatch enthusiast, even as a kid, but it wasn’t until recently that I really started to explore how watch movements work. With some background in mechanics, I was pleasantly surprised at how understandable movements are once you dive into them.
    I'm a relatively young adult with a long history of DIY projects-everything from fixing and modding Game Boys to painting, drawing, and tweaking things to make them work the way I want. Recently, though, I've found myself juggling too many hobbies, as we say in Norwegian, "too many balls in the air." So, I decided to focus on just one outside of work. After some reflection, I realized the answer was right in front of me all along: I have a knack for mechanical insight, a curiosity about how things work, a passion for modifying, and a strong interest in clockwork movements. Watchmaking was the natural choice.

  • @mikesmusicden
    @mikesmusicden Рік тому +1

    Thank you for taking the time to make this video - it helped me understand some of the basics about springs and watch movements. I feel smarter now!

  • @phil2768
    @phil2768 Рік тому +1

    I found this video because I'm learning electronics and computer processors and ended up a tangent about the clock cycles of a crystal oscillator that it uses 🤣 I love your explanation of stored power and consistent release using the car and teeth. As a child I would always take mechanical toys, watches and cars apart to try to understand how they worked. My grandad gave me his old watches when I was a child in the early 80s and I would open them (and usually break them) simply out of the curiosity of how they worked - but this was a great way for me, as a child of around 8, to learn - and still is!!

  • @ericbird1760
    @ericbird1760 3 роки тому +5

    Awesome video. Excellent explanation of how a movement works. It is incredible that the basic design has not changed in 200 years. As a kid I took everything apart to see how it worked. My brain is not happy until I understand the mechanics. You helped me here. Thank you so much.

  • @jerrymaushard3835
    @jerrymaushard3835 2 роки тому +3

    It is mind boggling. Brilliant. Just started watching you and some other watch repair channels. Love it. As a newly Retired mechanical engineer, I think this may be a perfect hobby/career for many years to come. Thank you.

  • @MalcolmPeters
    @MalcolmPeters 3 місяці тому +1

    Very educational and we appreciate you sharing this knowledge with us,, thank you :)

  • @daniyalrazakazmi7249
    @daniyalrazakazmi7249 2 роки тому +1

    The Longitude Problem has made me appreciate more about watches and clockwork!

  • @jayr8600
    @jayr8600 2 роки тому +1

    Dank voor je heldere uitleg en al je educatieve filmpjes! Mijn opa was klokkenmaker/horlogemaker/juwelier, helaas heb ik hem nooit in actieve dienst meegemaakt en heb dus weinig meegekregen van de techniek en dergelijke, behalve dat het huis vol hing met klokken. 2x per jaar een hele ochtend bezig met alles opnieuw afstellen hahaha. Alhoewel ik mooie horloges altijd gewaardeerd heb, heb ik sinds enige tijd wat meer interesse in horloges, de mooiste stukken zijn nou eenmaal lastig te bekostigen. Maar zeker nu al die smartwatches zo in zwang zijn is het mooi om kennis te hebben van deze eeuwenoude technieken. Wellicht leer ik zoveel van deze video’s dat ik de Friese stoeltjesklok nog kan maken!

  • @remionthemoon
    @remionthemoon 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this free educational content.

  • @Enjoyinformation-hi9uo
    @Enjoyinformation-hi9uo 2 роки тому +1

    Your very funny and entertaining, and you really do Your best to explain in a easy to understand way. Thank you.

  • @hanumarn7882
    @hanumarn7882 Рік тому +1

    This makes me want to open up my mechanical watch and see for myself! Thank you! 🙏😁❤️

  • @openyoureyesandseethefutur5802
    @openyoureyesandseethefutur5802 2 роки тому +1

    great job, breaking down the mechanics of a watch, clock, time

  • @VierImageStudios
    @VierImageStudios 2 роки тому +1

    You wonderful human. This is the exact video I needed. Instant subscription.

  • @johnbruhling8018
    @johnbruhling8018 2 роки тому +13

    That is an interesting rate, 5 Hz . Quartz crystal oscillators are used as they work at 32,768 Hz because it equals exactly 2^15 and a 15 stage binary counter will divide to exactly one second.
    The fact that little spring will return almost a million swings is just about unbelievable or that the machine and build quality of these things are so precise and possess such low levels of friction that the momentum is conserved for that long is just mind blowing.

    • @johnbruhling8018
      @johnbruhling8018 2 роки тому +6

      There is a YT channel called MIT OCW (open courseware) and one of the playlists is 3 physics courses, twenty-something lectures each consisting of classic Newtonian, electromagnetism, and wave functions all given by Professor Walter Lewin, a proud and prominent Dutchman. Anyways that's where I learned about conservation principles, oscillating systems, Huygens' contributions (as well as how to correctly pronounce his name!) and so, so much more. His lectures have an emphasis on demonstration and they are absolutely amazing, all kinds of supplemental material, highly recommended.

  • @gwynethgordon1548
    @gwynethgordon1548 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks so much for your engaging and accessible explanation!

  • @johnnyrocketed2225
    @johnnyrocketed2225 2 роки тому +1

    Best explanation I’ve seen! Love the enthusiasm for the topic!

  • @loriosterweil982
    @loriosterweil982 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for making the complex seem simple.

  • @Vintage-Watch
    @Vintage-Watch 3 роки тому +2

    Thx for this video! I‘m not a watchmaker but i try to learn all what i can ! I‘m a collector of vintage Ruhla Watches and this is the way to help me by my self! Thank u so much

    • @ChronoglideWatchmaking
      @ChronoglideWatchmaking  3 роки тому +1

      So nice to hear, save the Ruhla's! ;o)

    • @Vintage-Watch
      @Vintage-Watch 3 роки тому +1

      @@ChronoglideWatchmaking take a look on my Insta Profile ruhla_fan . There u will find a lot of old ruhla watches

    • @ChronoglideWatchmaking
      @ChronoglideWatchmaking  3 роки тому +1

      Cool, I Will!

    • @Vintage-Watch
      @Vintage-Watch 3 роки тому +1

      @@ChronoglideWatchmaking if you on insta pls let me know.

    • @Vintage-Watch
      @Vintage-Watch 3 роки тому +1

      @@ChronoglideWatchmaking i found you , you got my follow

  • @bobr9731
    @bobr9731 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video explained it so well that I now have it straight in my head. Keep them coming. Looking forward to more tutorials and sharing your knowledge.
    Thank you.

  • @marka.schlueter9918
    @marka.schlueter9918 3 роки тому +10

    The explanation of amplitude and how it is adjusted is the first time I've understood it completely. I like the journeyman approach to this. Thanks for the clarity!

    • @juniorjohnson5961
      @juniorjohnson5961 2 роки тому

      I've watched a few videos on how a watch work's & still get lost I'm hopeless 🥺

    • @mirror1766
      @mirror1766 Рік тому +1

      @@juniorjohnson5961 If interested you will get there. There is a lot of information packed into a small time frame without providing a full physics lecture behind each piece. If you can understand the pendulum period(=time to go through one one complete cycle) is the same unless you change the length of the string or the mass at the end, and does so despite how far of a distance it has to travel in its cycle, then you are doing good.
      He then translates the weight on string being acted on by gravity with a weight on wire (=hairspring/balance spring) being acted on by its springy force. Just as a spring attached from above to a solid surface can bounce up/down like is used on car shocks or can be bounced side to side, it could also be rotated around its center. Springs will oscillate with less and less energy per cycle until they reach a state where they aren't moving.
      Wasn't brought up in this video, but the mainspring where the wound energy is stored will through gears apply force to spin the escapement (=gear with strange teeth to interact with the pallet fork) and every oscillation of the balance spring will bump the pallet fork allowing a very small rotation of the escapement and the mainspring energy will push the escapement through that available range of motion. The escapement will hit the pallet fork on the other side as it does so and the escapement becomes stuck. The energy transferred into the pallet fork is transferred back into the balance spring. The pallet fork is now stuck waiting until the oscillation of the balance spring pushes into it the other way restarting that cycle.
      The watch keeps time as energy goes from a higher wound state to a lower wound state because it doesn't matter how hard the pallet fork hits the balance spring based on energy from the mainspring because the balance spring still takes just as long to run its rotations back and forth (though it will rotate a shorter distance with less energy).

    • @juniorjohnson5961
      @juniorjohnson5961 Рік тому

      @@mirror1766 Thank you for taking the time to explain this 🙏

  • @luisalbertoccopaibarra1006
    @luisalbertoccopaibarra1006 Рік тому +1

    I'm a teacher in an mechanical engineering university and as a semester project I'll be using a mechanical watch to give some more variation on projects that only focus on automotive parts. This semester I'll ask them to plan an controlling device for one or more components. I thought on using the design of the main plate and get them to control the parelelism and real position of all axles on the gears.

  • @mirror1766
    @mirror1766 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the explanation. As much as it linear and rotational physics have their relationship, its always taken effort to get them through my head properly. With my understanding of the mechanical motions of a watch, this video's explanation got me to think enough to see how the balance spring regulates time despite the amount of energy put into it from the mainspring's remaining wind.

  • @valetudofight
    @valetudofight Рік тому +1

    You are great at explaining; Thank you for your valuable lessons!

  • @KeithSherry12
    @KeithSherry12 2 роки тому +1

    I can't believe how much I have learned in just one video - thank you and congratulations on a job well done :)

  • @andyglass3882
    @andyglass3882 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome work thanks for such clear explanation. English is my first language and I don't think I have the vocabulary or understanding you do so much appreciated please keep the videos coming

  • @jagmohanrathi9788
    @jagmohanrathi9788 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for your explanation. It was precise and enlightening. I learnt so much. I can't wait to see all your videos. I have a few watches at home that have ceased working and now I have some inkling why,thanks to your explanation.

  • @predator1820
    @predator1820 Рік тому

    I love the way you teach very simple to understand

  • @Lillyz14xp
    @Lillyz14xp 3 роки тому +1

    This deserves a million watch .. double please make a Video about timekeeping mechanism and escarpment theory please take about the grasshopper escarpment and other versions of escarpment. It seems to me you have a deep understanding of what you are doing.

    • @ChronoglideWatchmaking
      @ChronoglideWatchmaking  3 роки тому

      A million..... that would be very nice, but for now i'm very happy that you are watching, LOL

  • @Freedom89984
    @Freedom89984 3 роки тому +2

    Fantastisch uitgelegd, helder en rustig, niet te veel info ineens. Prachtig hoe men ooit een oplossing heeft gevonden om het tempo van een mechanisch uurwerk te reguleren! Gr Pim

  • @enos3244
    @enos3244 2 роки тому +1

    thank you for this video, after have seen many in 4 days, i finally found yours that is perfectly clear!!

  • @PeKlim
    @PeKlim 2 роки тому +1

    I just started watching, and great analogy with winding teeth and release of energy in time.

  • @TofranBohk
    @TofranBohk 3 роки тому +2

    Very informative. I like how you described how magnetism makes the watch go faster. I didn't know the mechanism for that.

  • @omrajpurkar
    @omrajpurkar Рік тому +1

    The best explanation I have seen by far 👍

  • @Watch_lover
    @Watch_lover 5 місяців тому +1

    Superb content sir

  • @mgmgmg7968
    @mgmgmg7968 8 місяців тому +2

    Perfect content!

  • @nomad7734
    @nomad7734 2 роки тому +1

    The guy that designed the mechanics of watches is genius.

    • @ChronoglideWatchmaking
      @ChronoglideWatchmaking  2 роки тому

      So many tiny improvements over the centuries, we are standing on shoulders of giants. I fully agree!

  • @MartyP-lr7vw
    @MartyP-lr7vw 2 роки тому +1

    Dank je wel Kalle - best info on regulating & hairsprings/pendulum.

  • @timstoffel4799
    @timstoffel4799 2 роки тому +1

    I'm an amateur astronomer, and of course, familiar with the work of Christian Huygens. Besides his astrronomical achievements, I was not aware that he came up with the ideas that led to the escapement.

  • @BarnOwl61
    @BarnOwl61 3 роки тому +1

    Mooie en duidelijke uitleg, bedankt. Eigenlijk nooit zo bij stil gestaan dat een hairspring in feite een pendulum is.

  • @granselos
    @granselos Рік тому +1

    That was actually... really interesting.

  • @gayle4s383
    @gayle4s383 3 роки тому +1

    I absolutely love this channel! Thank you!

  • @jimcricket1
    @jimcricket1 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent explanation and visuals.

  • @bunyowbub
    @bunyowbub 2 роки тому +1

    Wonderfully clear explanation! Thank you.

  • @ukumarg1
    @ukumarg1 7 місяців тому +1

    Great explanation, thank you so much.

  • @LimonTucson
    @LimonTucson Рік тому +1

    Thank you for these lessons!

  • @joefuentes2977
    @joefuentes2977 Рік тому +3

    The balance wheel is analogous to but different than the physics of a simple pendulum. It is called a torsional pendulum and it's a harmonic oscillator which depends on both the moment of inertia of the balance wheel and the stiffness of the spring. So the moment of inertia is actually a tensor but to simplify it depends on the mass and radius of the wheel.
    I'm adding this because I want it to be clear the period has nothing to do with the length of the pendulum in the watch's case. Length is for a simple pendulum, where amplitude and mass don't matter, only length.
    Edit: also for simple pendulums, gravity does matter, so pendulum clocks will need adjustments on other planets and won't work in space. But torsional pendulums do not! They will have the same period on other planets and work in space!

  • @simonthomas5113
    @simonthomas5113 2 роки тому +1

    Great explanation. I use a Gauss meter app on my phone and my house is always in the red for some reason, and a demagnetiser always gets the watches running better.

  • @poepflater
    @poepflater 2 роки тому +2

    I just had this idea of a mechanical watch with a digital heart that can connect to the internet and get atomic time. then adjust the hairspring etc in the mechanical part so it is always perfect.

  • @car5car5
    @car5car5 9 місяців тому +1

    there are a few animations, which show everything in 3-5 min.

  • @Albdentist
    @Albdentist 7 місяців тому +1

    The background music has a purpose: it fills in the gaps of silence: no pregnant pauses.
    It makes for a smoother flowing video.

  • @arshdeepsinghsoni13469
    @arshdeepsinghsoni13469 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for making thus video

  • @470interista
    @470interista Місяць тому +1

    really great info thanks a lot!

  • @kswaminathan5439
    @kswaminathan5439 3 роки тому +1

    Very educative video. Excellenty presented. Three cheers for you Sir.

  • @larrydirtbag4275
    @larrydirtbag4275 7 місяців тому +3

    General rule, background music should never overshadow the dialogue!

  • @michaellichter4091
    @michaellichter4091 2 роки тому +1

    Eine sehr schöner Erklärung der Ankerhemmung und die Unruhe ersetzt das Pendel, sehr gut erklärt. Das ganze bildet dann einen Oszillator des Frequenz man berechnen kann, sehr gut erklärt, danke.

  • @cruisemissle87
    @cruisemissle87 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for showing! I am still wondering how the balance wheel is kept moving, or how the escapement gives the balance wheel a push each time and when exactly.

  • @tythejeweler8872
    @tythejeweler8872 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic explanation! Thanks for your time!

  • @davidshin7233
    @davidshin7233 Рік тому +1

    Just wow. Now I get it! Thank you 🙏

  • @CAVEDATA
    @CAVEDATA Рік тому +1

    Its almost like how a fountain pen works by controlling the “leak” as it were. Very interesting.

  • @simplicity6564
    @simplicity6564 Рік тому +1

    Great explanation! Thank you!

  • @harvindersinghgill7167
    @harvindersinghgill7167 6 місяців тому +2

    Greetings of the day, Sir
    My self Harvinder Gill from India Mumbai. I am really passionate about watch. and I want to learn watch repairing course as a mentor. Can you please guide me from where I can do watch repairing detail course.

  • @markashlock9017
    @markashlock9017 10 місяців тому +1

    Great examples. Thanks!!!

  • @rmp5s
    @rmp5s Рік тому +1

    Very cool, my friend.

  • @josephw.4743
    @josephw.4743 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks. I'm getting the idea of how it all works. The Balance Spring controls the rate at which the Main Spring unwinds. I hope I got that right!

  • @manasvinshah7022
    @manasvinshah7022 Рік тому +1

    I'm new so I Didn't understood much but it really is mind boggling

    • @rassoulsaliou9950
      @rassoulsaliou9950 Рік тому +2

      Hi I need student in this domain for a concept watch called Romi

  • @nfareview
    @nfareview 2 роки тому +2

    I understand now.

  • @ThamerAffara
    @ThamerAffara 2 роки тому +2

    Great job explaining how a mechanical watch works! Thank you!

  • @vijaydavar7302
    @vijaydavar7302 2 роки тому +1

    Very nice job!

  • @LeathamLuxuryWatches817
    @LeathamLuxuryWatches817 6 місяців тому +1

    Applying to Rolex next year. Wish me luck.

  • @random-m5j9e
    @random-m5j9e Рік тому +1

    Love the video. But it’s difficult to wrap my head around the fact that time between each push of balance wheel is constant. Can someone explain me how the push is always same?

  • @fintastiq
    @fintastiq Рік тому +1

    This is great ❤

  • @jameskastner1425
    @jameskastner1425 Рік тому +1

    thank you so so much for this

  • @jimshaw4942
    @jimshaw4942 Рік тому +1

    I like your toy Porsche!

  • @muffemod
    @muffemod 2 роки тому +1

    Love the channel!

  • @12e3pi
    @12e3pi Рік тому +1

    In your excellent escapement model with the tunable pallet adjustments, might you show us how and why the pallet height/offset adjustment is determined?

  • @rdwilander
    @rdwilander Рік тому +2

    Amazing video quality and explanation!! I still don't understand how this precision manufacturing of these small escapement components were done in the 18th Century ???

    • @neosandi6
      @neosandi6 День тому

      same as micro processor today , and software , and AI ... we need and use technology but we don't understand how is made/ and how is working

  • @minipudsvinduespolering
    @minipudsvinduespolering 2 роки тому +1

    Best explanation ever! 1 question thoug: what keeps the balance wheel going (i mean, how is the spring-power transfered from the escapement wheel?)

  • @tomelifeisjustonebig
    @tomelifeisjustonebig Рік тому +2

    The only thing missing is the actual key part: how does the main spring drive the balance spring?

  • @Thebigneedsite
    @Thebigneedsite Рік тому

    Thanks this is fascinating!!

  • @naseralbannai7680
    @naseralbannai7680 Рік тому +1

    amazing thank you so much

  • @christopherdiggles6533
    @christopherdiggles6533 6 місяців тому +1

    Hey why did they choose +6, -4 for COSC? Does any of this choice relate to what you said above? Those numbers seem so arbitrary. Is because there are more ways for a watch to beat faster than slower? And why THOSE #s?

  • @taylantorin
    @taylantorin 3 роки тому +3

    I have checked many videos here on youtube, some were very advanced in visualisation but you are by far explaining it the best.
    Sorry my bad, but I still couldn't get it.
    I understood very well the power coming from main spring till the escape wheel.
    But where does the power of the balance wheel comes from? I don't understand that particular part. If a back-and-forth running spring is enough to self power the balance wheel till eternity (I know it can't be the case but just for the sake of explaining where I am stuck), then why we still need the power of the main spring?
    Thanks a lot!

    • @ChronoglideWatchmaking
      @ChronoglideWatchmaking  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for your support Taylan!
      I read your question, it is a long answer, maybe i'll show it again during a live stream for you.

    • @taylantorin
      @taylantorin 3 роки тому +1

      @@ChronoglideWatchmaking wow, thanks a lot! In that case, I will be the first to come to the class! :)

  • @comeoutroll
    @comeoutroll 2 роки тому +2

    1 tooth.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @developmentpersecond4027
    @developmentpersecond4027 Рік тому +1

    Do you know if there is a simple mechanical timer-lock out there. Where you would wind it up like a kitchen timer, and then a padlock would release at the end. I see complicated timelocks for vaults, but im thinking something padlock sized. This would be to lock up electronics for kids at nightime, I got an electrical one but it malfunctions constantly