How every watch movement works - Watch and Learn #85
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2022
- This video will be your reference to how all watch movements work (well, most of them!). We will start with a mechanical wind-up movement, and work our way all the way through history through accutron, quartz, spring drive and finally culminate at electrostatic movements.
It's a long video, but packed full of great info. Hope you enjoy it!
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I would have thrown in the "Quartz regulated, externally referenced / adjusted" movements (i.e. using Multi-band 6 or Bluetooth) for completeness, to cover off the high tech G-Shocks or Citizen watches of the world. But otherwise I enjoyed the episode. Thanks Mark!
Good call, and I have a multi-band G-shock, would have made a good fit near the end.
My GW-M5610 has this technology - which I use as the reference to set my others (which keep time to within a few seconds per month anyway).
Agree, for me personally the externally synchronized watches are the only Quartz watches I consider buying for myself. They truly keep time accurate to within a second without needing to make any manual adjustments. Quartz alone still requires periodic manual adjustment. Initially, this field was dominated by radio-controlled watches, but now GPS is entering the market, although GPS watches still tend to be bulky and expensive. GPS has the advantage that it works everywhere on the surface of the planet, while radio-controlled watches depend on being within range of one of the handful long wave radio transmitters, usually run by government agencies. Bluetooth is another alternative, but tends to depend on proprietary apps, with uncertain longevity. Sometimes vendors stop supporting the app after a few years.
Agree
Enjoyed every second of this. I think you're unique in the watch world as you have a passion for watches, you're a collector, you have your own amazing brand and you love and understand the engineering aspects of a watch. You don't make enough watch and learn videos 😁
Thanks. They are my most "least popular" videos :(
@@islandwatch 'least popular' in views perhaps but most appreciated by the like-minded. Excellent video. Thank you. The Spring Drive is my favourite evolution.
That was outstanding Marc. Thank you for helping educate us all on watches. Appreciate all you do.
I appreciate that!
Unexpected surprise but not unwelcome. Did not expect to see you here bandrew
I am a novice hobbyist watch lover. Certainly not an engineer or professional, but this was just full of very interesting and useful information for me. Thanks! I learned so much
Hi Mark,
I'm an electronics guy. Your simple explanation of quartz controlled oscillators was perfect.
I don't think I've seen any other watch seller who is so passionate about learning and teaching! As always, great video Marc!
Very true Mark is the best on TH-cam great teacher 🧑🏫
A marvelous first Watch & Learn video for 2022 . Thank you Marc.
Watched 5 of your videos and I fixed my Breitling. Thank you.
This is the video I've always wanted to see! Thanks so much for putting this together. I will definitely be watching it many more times.
Timestamps for reference:
1:33 - Hand-wound mechanical (Invicta pocketwatch)
4:30 - Automatic mechanical (Swatch Irony Body & Soul)
6:35 - Battery-powered mechanical (Hamilton Electric)
9:41 - Battery-powered tuning fork (Bulova Accutron)
12:49 - Battery-powered quartz (Swatch Jelly)
17:49 - Solar battery-powered quartz (Citizen Eco-Drive)
20:04 - Mechanical quartz (Seiko Kinetic)
22:57 - Mechanical "quartz-referenced electromagnetic brake" (Seiko Spring Drive)
26:50 - Battery-powered 262kHz quartz (Bulova Precisionist)
30:36 - Mechanical quartz w/ electrostatic motor (Bulova Electrostatic Accutron)
Thank you.
That accutron is amazing!
Hi Marc, the fog is now starting to clear, without your Watch and Learn videos I would still be in the dark. Cheers keep them coming.
Thank you
Enjoyed the vid 👍. It was very enlightening.
I love my Seiko Kinetic's. My wife gave me my first one for our 10th anniversary back in 96 (the SKH060 Windward). At one point I had 15 in my collection. After a while, I realized how challenging it was to keep them all running. I sold all with the exception of the 2 my wife bought me.
Eight years ago I learned that Seiko made a Kinetic Energy supplier & bought one immediately. Since then, I've been building up my Kinetic collection again.
I paid $150 for a new one back in 2014. Today, you'd be hard-pressed to find a used one for less than $400.
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting Marc, love these "Watch and Learn" vids, thanks!
This is one of the most informative videos I've seen in a while.
Really interesting. Didn’t know about the battery/mechanical regulated movement. Thanks Marc!
It's the mark of an advanced high functioning businessman to pass on information and not just do business with the public . By advancing their knowledge people can make better decisions and catch deeper appreciation of a watch to enjoy.
I love people that say I don't wear a watch because my phone tells me the time. Oh, what they are missing !
Brilliant tutorial, thanks Marc! Agree with you about Seiko Kinetic, I had one back in 2010 but soon changed it for one of their classic automatics (from the SNX series) - which I much preferred. Now I choose solar powered watches from Citizen and G-Shock, quartz accuracy but without the need for battery changes - particularly important for the Diver's and G-Shock so they can remain sealed and watertight at all times (and during lockdowns when jewellers were shut!). Loving your Seiko Spring Drive by the way!
Thanks Ian
Thanks Marc for taking the “time” to explain the different movements. Well done! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
LOL, thank you for watching.
@@islandwatch lol, we all have things to thank for.
Thanks Marc for the engineer's commentary.
LOL. Disclaimer!
I really do appreciate the effort you go into these videos Mark. I’m sure we all do.
Best channel. No obvious bias between tech (nobody likes kinetic!), super informative, no ego and an obvious engineering background informing the content. Thanks dude. Love your work and your store 👍
Really great video Mark. I always thought that the jump from mechanical to quartz was immediate. Never knew about the intermediate technologies like the hamilton and accutron
Glad it was helpful!
Very well thought out video. Thanks a bunch, Mark!
Great stuff! I’m really in love with the Seiko spring drive. The ultimate fluidity of second hand sweep!
Great Watch and learn, Marc! You hit it on the head, regarding Accuquartz speed. It is really cool not having to fine tune setting!
Great video summarizing the key points of how watch movements work! I always enjoy these watch and learn videos!
Excellent tutorial! Thanks for presenting this in a logical sequence. The three criteria was a great idea!
Yay, another Watch and Learn video! Always interesting to learn about the mechanical/electronic hybrid movements, thanks for the lesson and much appreciated.
Nice video. Being a total watch nerd, I probably knew most of what was shown in the video but not all. You did an excellent job of explaining everything so even a non-watch nerd could understand. Your "Watch and Learn" videos are always my favorites.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this! Love these sessions.
Thanks for making this…it’s fascinating! How can anyone NOT love watches?!
Welcome!
Great choice of traits to compare the innovations over time. It really does all come down to energy. Spring drive was my holy grail from the first time I'd seen it.
This was very informative Marc. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You are the best.
Mark great video I have a much better understanding of movements in general now thanks to you. 👍
Hey Mark, excellent video explaining the most popular mov'ts. I did enjoy the way you changed between descriptions of the calibers. Cheer mate.
Thank you, Marc! That was truly enlightening and entertaining !
Excellent. Thanks Mark. Good information that was conveyed in a way that even someone that is not a watch enthusiast would easily understand. Bravo that man .
I like your videos very much. I really like your "Watch and Learn" videos the most. I understand they are your most "least favorite" offerings, but many of us appreciate them. Thank you for all you do for us, Marc.🙂👍
Thanks much
Utterly fascinating. Thank you Marc.
Excellent Video! Marc has a talent to explaining these things at a simple level
Love the videos Marc, very entertaining to watch as well as informative. really makes you appreciate the technology.
This was my first Watch and Learn video and it was very educational. I especially liked your 21st century presentation technology. 😄
Absolutely fantastic video Marc. That was great to watch!!
Enjoyed this watch and learn, thank you for teaching me something tonight!!
Fantastic video…well explained - I learned many new things
Great to hear!
Love the seiko spring drive, amazing watch.
Marc,
Great video! Thank you for putting this together👍🏻😊
Excellent video. I have a kinetic which I put on a standard watch winder, that I modified, just for a few days every month and it maintains a full charge.
Excellent content and so well explained. Love your videos, thank you
Love these from a technical standpoint. Im an ex navy nuke who studied industrial engineering. The videos with TGV are awesome as well!
Thanks Marc for the wealth of knowledge that you always provide to us! Learned a lot from this
Glad it was helpful!
Nice! Appreciate your time to illustrate us on time keeping. Great show Marc keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Thank you Marc, nicely done!
Thank you again, Mark. Great video.
Wow Mark, Excellent explanation and breakdown of watch movements. Thank you, and love your channel.
Much appreciated!
Great video! Love this.
Most versatile channel on watches. 👍
Brilliant way to make all this clear. Thanks for the education.
Thanks!
Happy new year Marc. Great video, wonderful new year gift to us. Thanks 👍
Thank you great video very informative always look forward to the watch and learn. There are simply the best information you can get thank you
Such a great watch and learn. Thank you
Fascinating Marc. It's obvious that you are an engineer!
Great lecture, Prof. Frankel!
Amazing learning video, I would really like to see more of learning stuff. It just amazing to see how technology of watch making has changed through the history. I must say that i am really impressed with spring drive, I guess this video will set me back few grand to get one 😀. ٍThank you Mark for doing this.
My favorite video of yours since the slide rule bezel!!!!
Really enjoyed that Mark, covered a lot of ground and easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to create this video 🍻
Very welcome
Great looking forward to this.
Professor Mark. Thank you!
That was informative and fun. Now, I want a Spring Drive. 🙂
I can vouch for the impracticality of the Seiko Kinetic. I’ve got one and it’s a total pain. Great video. I should have sent you my father’s 1950’s Omega bumper for inclusion. THAT is one cool self-winding watch.
The GOAT 🐐!!! Thanks for teaching us all with your knowledge
My pleasure!!
That hami is sharp, marc. Great pick up!!
Thanks.
Nicely done!
Well presented and very interesting, thanks 👍
Oh man I got so excited about this... I subbed because you are great!
Thank you Sir
Great video! Thanks!
Awesome video Marc. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
this is why i pay for the premium content! great stuff. thanks, Marc.
You are welcome
Outstanding video. Very interesting. Thanks.
Thank you Marc!!!
🙏 Marc, Watch class on a Sunday, Who would have Thought..! Again Thank u 😎
School every day
Excellent. Thank you very, very much.
Excellent video...thanks mark
Thanks for the great vid, mate. Although i'll probably never by a watch from you because of greedy german customs, i love and enjoy every "Watch and Learn".
Thanks Mark for the informative video !
Glad it was helpful!
Great job. Thank you
Now I want a Spring Drive!
Great video, I think you covered pretty much everything!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Mark! This is a very useful video
Glad you think so!
Thanks for the video, Marc. Very interesting movements throughout the years for sure. I think you could have added Bluetooth and atomic time clock in there.
Yeah, I missed atomic. My bad.
Awesome video Marc! Learned a lot here and was amazed how many of these movements I own(ed).
Thank you brother, learned a lot
Thanks Marc, educational and so well explained, I often wondered why Kinetic watches were not very popular, well now I know...stay safe
Yup, thank you.
Very easy to understand the methods of watch/timekeeping evolution. Beautiful examples of each. I was wondering about inductive generation of electricity like the recharging a cell phone.
Very informative thanks Marc!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Mark !
I may have to watch this a few Times .
Good idea!
Thanks for the wisdom Professor Mark
At your service!
Great work ! Love your videos
Glad you like them!
What a great video! Well done. New subscriber!!!
That Invicta pocket watch is really neat.
Hi Mark. Precisionst movement sweep second hands have 16 steps/second. When you look at the second hand in direct sunlight you can see the very fine stepping action.
There's also a sleazy battery saving trick with the chronograph versions too. You can stop the sweep hand by putting it in chronograph mode but never starting the chrono, that dramatically improves battery life (which is indeed a 3V lithium cell). I do that with mine, I "turn on" the sweep second hand only when I wear it. Mine hasn't needed a battery change in the 4+ years I've had it.
There are newer 262kHz movements Bulova also sells, like in the CURV line and models like in the Lunar Pilot. Those use regular 1.5V silver oxide cells like in regular quartz watches and the second hand (which is a sub dial) move in 1/2 second incremments for power saving due to the smaller battery. A battery lasts around 3-4 yrs in these models. Voice of experience on the batery life, I had to change them right at 3 yrs. with my CURV, at a bit over 4 yrs. in my Lunar Pilot.