The History of Horology | The Science of Keeping Time

In today's episode, Natalie explores the history of time, timekeeping, and the gems that power one of our favorite wrist adornments. The good, the bad and the ugly, nothing is "off limits" in this strange, but true tale. Once this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious...SCIENCE!

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[tedrex]

I can't believe you missed John Harrison whose pioneering work with clocks allowed ships to accurately calculate their longitudinal position. This stopped many ships from being wrecked and has saved countless lives.

[AllieLovesLuxury]

I love the Vacheron Constantin Overseas and the Historiques American 1921! Watches just speak to the engineer in me! Love your videos!

[seanfinley]

I truly appreciate and LOVE the mechanical watches over the quartz or digital. There’s definitely something to be said about the fact that a bunch of tiny little gears help each other move and function smoothly. The art behind the mechanical watch making is stunning, and beautiful! There’s more love and passion put into it. Would I wear a radium watch? Yeah! Lol sometimes, just because of the nostalgia. I wouldn’t wear it too much.

[LamanKnight]

Ooh... all of those old positive endorsements of radium... those hurt me inside.
As for my favourite watch, it's the wristwatch that I've been wearing for the past five or six years. I think it's called a Timex Ironman. It's hardy, waterproof, has helpful timers and alarms, and that beautiful little quartz crystal keeps wonderfully accurate time.

[ngneer]

A few minor corrections: Caesium133 is not radioactive. The chip sized atomic clock consumes milliwatts, not megawatts. Favorite watch : Accutron; it had a tiny tuning fork that you could hear.

[TobeWilsonNetwork]

Grandfather worked at Bulova, always been mystified by the use of gemstones in watches

[mtthree]

I liked huarex Italy until i popped cover off then saw it was made in Japan . *Unrelated *Hey what is the old crystal display on stereos? And how does liquid crystal (LCD) give us an image on devices and Tv's, piezo guitar pickups are very neat for classical guitar (I have a unit from kiesel ns1) are all these quarts crystal based???

[cindywitherow]

Love the history on RA, watches, my all time favorite person in history-Madame Curie and references to the Periodic Table. It's about time... 😆. My favorite way to tell time is the circadium way. I can't wear watches. I keep breaking the faces working with my hands. 😆 Great job👍

[brucedeleon]

Awesome horological info. Watches and clocks have surely come a long way. I’m a purist and prefer analogue watches over smart watches. My favorite brand is Bulova followed by citizen, Seiko and Tissot. In that order. I’m just a collector of watches I am attracted to. I don’t know how to fix watches or clocks.

[milesnn]

Awesome really sad because of the lack of knowledge so many ladies died fantastic history you shared awesome video thank you

[neology]

thank you for the "The History of Radium", I mean "The History of Horology"

[loriosterweil]

What a fun and informative video. Thanks.

[Chew]

A few nitpicks: mW is milliwatts, not megawatts. MW is megawatts. Cesium-133 is not radioactive, it is stable.

[Gingerfrost]

How does this video only have 16 comments?! This is a great video! Anyway, loved the history lesson <3 sorry it took me a month to watch it x.x

[NoMoneyHubby]

I have about 4 vintage watches in my collection that i KNOW for a fact were painted by one of the "radium girls"

[MatthewEarlMusic]

This says the hairspring was invented in 1933, there were balance wheel clocks and wrist watches using hairsprings far before this.

The hair spring was actually invented in 1675

[alexthedemon]

pocket watches were used during the 1800s...

[karengarcia]

That was a fascinating🤔 video about watches and how they're made with quartz gems.💎🕰 I learn about the history📖🕙 of time and the dangers of making watches with radiation.☢😵 I like the traditional watch to wear.⌚ Good video.🙂👍

[dilipdas]

Megawatt power for matchbox size clock??

[benjaminbradshaw]

no mention of harrisons marine chronometers