Love what you are doing with this series Nicholas and hope you are planning to continue it! I am a watchmaker and wanted to leave a few notes and some small corrections for people who have found these videos. Re: ETA 6497 - The movement Nicholas refers to as the ETA 6497-1 is actually a Seagull ST3600 or ST36. It is a Chinese clone of the Swiss made ETA. The patents on many old movements have expired so clones are common and completely legal. The ST36 is still a great movement and all a beginner needs. Also this movement is not a chronograph as stated in the video. A chronograph is a type of watch complication (anything a watch does beyond telling the time) which provides a stopwatch function. The ST36 is simply a manual mechanical movement. This means it is powered by a spring which the wearer must wind by hand. The confusion might come from the fact that, like many chronographs, it has a small hand on the dial separate from the central hands but this is simply the seconds hand. Having a “sub-seconds” hand was a feature on almost all pocket watches which is what this movement was originally designed for. Re: Miyota 9t22 - The second movement which Nicholas mentions, the Miyota, is not an automatic movement nor is it necessarily a women’s watch movement. As a previous commenter mentioned, an automatic movement is a type of mechanical movement whose spring is wound by a weight which oscillates as your arm moves. Instead, the Miyota is a quartz movement. These are the most common type of movement and are powered by a battery which sends electricity through a tiny quartz crystal causing regular vibrations. Quartz movements are great because of their price, size, and accuracy (far better than even the most expensive mechanical watch). Because quartz movements are able to be made at small sizes with greater ease the size of the 9t22 is quite common and used in both women’s and men’s watches. For those who are interested in making their own watch but find the amount of work Nicholas is putting in to be daunting there are many off the shelf parts that can be purchased relatively inexpensively. Many cases, hands, and dials can be found for movements such as the 6497/6498/ST36 or NH35 (made by Seiko). Just look up the movement name followed by the part you need. This can be a fun and relatively low effort first try building a watch. Again, love all the work you are doing Nicholas!
Thanks David! After three-ish years of on and off research I still don't know much about watches. Good to have some answers on this stuff! Just working on the last video, hopefully I can post soon:)
'Automatic' refers to the automated winding of a mainspring in a mechanical watch. The Miyota movement that you have is called a 'Quarts', which refers to the use of a quarts crystal and an electric charge to keep time. So you were correct in that you don't have to set the time everyday but 'automatic' will always refer to a mechanical watch. All in all, love the video!
@@nicholomo I don't doubt it for a second! I did have a follow up question! For the switch from your mechanical movement to the smaller movement, how did that affect your original watch designs? The reason I ask is because I'm curious if the design you sketched would still work (readability, negative space, size of the hands, etc.) at that slightly smaller scale.
You could design it however you want as long as the parts don't interfere with each other when you put it together. The smaller movement probably won't affect the design of anything accept for the movement holder. I never really had a solidified design, but yeah you should definitely think about those things.
Yeah I'm buying everything from esslinger. I haven't had time to make a video in a while but I'll probably sum up all the videos in one for the last one.
That episode was awesome! I’m a recent ID grad interested in watch manufacturing. Are there any specific resources that you’re following to make this project? I’d like to try this myself
dont give up, only channel talking about how to actually work on your own watch from scratch, thanks alot!
im begging you to finish the whole series!
Love what you are doing with this series Nicholas and hope you are planning to continue it! I am a watchmaker and wanted to leave a few notes and some small corrections for people who have found these videos.
Re: ETA 6497 - The movement Nicholas refers to as the ETA 6497-1 is actually a Seagull ST3600 or ST36. It is a Chinese clone of the Swiss made ETA. The patents on many old movements have expired so clones are common and completely legal. The ST36 is still a great movement and all a beginner needs. Also this movement is not a chronograph as stated in the video. A chronograph is a type of watch complication (anything a watch does beyond telling the time) which provides a stopwatch function. The ST36 is simply a manual mechanical movement. This means it is powered by a spring which the wearer must wind by hand. The confusion might come from the fact that, like many chronographs, it has a small hand on the dial separate from the central hands but this is simply the seconds hand. Having a “sub-seconds” hand was a feature on almost all pocket watches which is what this movement was originally designed for.
Re: Miyota 9t22 - The second movement which Nicholas mentions, the Miyota, is not an automatic movement nor is it necessarily a women’s watch movement. As a previous commenter mentioned, an automatic movement is a type of mechanical movement whose spring is wound by a weight which oscillates as your arm moves. Instead, the Miyota is a quartz movement. These are the most common type of movement and are powered by a battery which sends electricity through a tiny quartz crystal causing regular vibrations. Quartz movements are great because of their price, size, and accuracy (far better than even the most expensive mechanical watch). Because quartz movements are able to be made at small sizes with greater ease the size of the 9t22 is quite common and used in both women’s and men’s watches.
For those who are interested in making their own watch but find the amount of work Nicholas is putting in to be daunting there are many off the shelf parts that can be purchased relatively inexpensively. Many cases, hands, and dials can be found for movements such as the 6497/6498/ST36 or NH35 (made by Seiko). Just look up the movement name followed by the part you need. This can be a fun and relatively low effort first try building a watch.
Again, love all the work you are doing Nicholas!
Thanks David! After three-ish years of on and off research I still don't know much about watches. Good to have some answers on this stuff! Just working on the last video, hopefully I can post soon:)
'Automatic' refers to the automated winding of a mainspring in a mechanical watch. The Miyota movement that you have is called a 'Quarts', which refers to the use of a quarts crystal and an electric charge to keep time. So you were correct in that you don't have to set the time everyday but 'automatic' will always refer to a mechanical watch. All in all, love the video!
can't wait for the 4th part
I keep coming back to your channel hoping you will have uploaded ep 4!! I can't wait for the return!
Yeah I haven't had much time in a while but I'm still working on the last video whenever I can!
Oh nice! You're still at it! I really enjoyed the first two episodes! :D
Haha I'm glad! I'm learning as I go so I hope there's some valuable content in there :)
@@nicholomo I don't doubt it for a second!
I did have a follow up question! For the switch from your mechanical movement to the smaller movement, how did that affect your original watch designs? The reason I ask is because I'm curious if the design you sketched would still work (readability, negative space, size of the hands, etc.) at that slightly smaller scale.
You could design it however you want as long as the parts don't interfere with each other when you put it together. The smaller movement probably won't affect the design of anything accept for the movement holder. I never really had a solidified design, but yeah you should definitely think about those things.
What’s your Instagram I need your help fam
@@k1.goated should be in the description!
I hope you continue. this will gain more traction soon, i feel it
Workin on it!
and looking forward to it@@nicholomo
Can’t wait for the 4th one
I want to start this business and I’m working on it can you please share from where did you bought the parts
Yeah I'm buying everything from esslinger. I haven't had time to make a video in a while but I'll probably sum up all the videos in one for the last one.
bring this back!!
That episode was awesome! I’m a recent ID grad interested in watch manufacturing. Are there any specific resources that you’re following to make this project? I’d like to try this myself
Awesome! No specific resources. The best way to learn this would probably be to buy a watch and take it apart.
@@nicholomo Definitely! Looking forward to your progress in future videos
Come back bro
Workin on it!
Updates?
Working on the next one/possibly the final!
What’s your IG? Would like to work with you on my upcoming Watch design project