The Painstaking Art of Luxury Watchmaking

The Swiss watch brand Arnold & Son builds all its own movements and tools in-house and from scratch. Each timepiece is a painstaking work of art that takes hours to come to life.

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Video by Zach Goldstein, Brian Schildhorn

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[kaunas]

This is as honest and transparent a video of how a high end watch is actually made. Basically it is made industrially, and then hand finished with electric tools, and finally extensively tested. But, no it is not made by a 5th generation Swiss Master Craftsman high in the Swiss Alps painstakingly hand crafting every component like they did 200 years ago.

[Verthias]

The quality control methods they use are astounding.

[brandysigmon]

You see all of the state -of-the-art tools and machines, now think of making these watches with more simple tools like they used 150 years ago . Watchmaking has always required great skills.

[luismontenegro]

When I was younger I always wondered why my dad liked so much watches.
Now I understand.

[ihussain]

This is just simply phenomenal, micro engineering at its finest

[andrewc]

Imagine how people did this 200 YEARS AGO

[hartantohartanto]

this thing is more cool when being made than being used, it's like a high stake jigsaw puzzle

[Gio-nleg]

Never heard of this brand but after watching this I'm extremely impressed they look incredible

[pheeshankar]

INSANE JUST INSANE ...QUALITY.. PRECISION.. JUST BEAUTIFUL...WOW !!!!...MUCH RESPECT !!!👍🇨🇦🇬🇧✌

[pero]

Even crazier to think of all the complications that some watches have. Like the IWC Big Pilot Perpetual Calender, which keeps track of the time, day, date, month, and year, and has a power reserve and moon phase. Not to mention it accounts for months that have 30 or 31 days, and accounts for leap years, all done mechanically. Or the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Grand Complication which has all of that and a split second chronograph, all for the low price of roughly $700, 000.

[ClickLikeAndSubscribe]

Beautiful video and great narration editing! The $4000 Olympus microscope for checking dust is probably the cheapest tool in the shop. :)

[aliveinchrist]

Absolutely stunning! Wow, gorgeous watches and so great to have a glimpse of the art of the making them

[kingk]

Love companies with a unique goal : trying to deliver the best.
Quality not quantity.

[oBseSsIoNPC]

very cool. I love how all the precision workers are licking their lips when they work, haha.

[cesarango]

Still one of the most amazing crafts I have seen.

[ayushpathania]

seriously true form of art. People nowdays are buying sneakers over these pure artmenship

[operasinger]

Amazing. Something that small, delicate and complex can be accurate in time.

[talkingthoughts]

Costs justified! This is art and science in motion. Lots of respect.

[brandonbentley]

This makes me feel love and hope for humanity again...we can do anything if we respect eachother and work together. I was a high level machinist for 12 years. This is art!

[PRATEEK]

This is the most beautiful video I have seen on youtube. Thank you Bloomberg for making this. My highest regards for your endeavors.