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The Mechanical Watch Movement Explained Simply

Barrel? Double Barrel!? Escapement? Barrel Arbor? Arbor Hook? Keyless works? Motion work! What is all this?

Today we will talk about the mechanical watch movement, and we will try to explain it simply. By taking you on a journey to the heart of a mechanical watch, we will see the different parts that make up a watch movement and how they all work together.

Put simply, we have energy stored in the barrel, which travels through gears we call the going train, leading us to a funky-looking wheel. The escape wheel dances all day long with the pallet fork which swings left and right. The rhythm at which these contraptions dance with each other, is set by the hairspring and the balance wheel which turns back and forth. How does all of this work though?

0:00 Overview
0:45 Foundation
1:35 Energy Creation
2:22 Energy Storage
3:07 Energy Release
3:49 Energy Regulation
7:01 Keyless Works
7:45 Motion Work

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[robertlock]

A conventional watch movement is both crazy and brilliant. It's a miracle that such an apparently haphazard arrangement of components can actually work, yet alone keep excellent time. A striking clock movement (s) with going train, striking train and chiming train is even more insane. But it works! Nobody can look at this video and not love watches... Thank you for this! 👍🙂👋

[HS-zuqq]

showed my son this clip and he was amazed. To think all these elements are made at such a micro scale its astonishing! love mechanical timepieces

[petewilson]

Very well done, I finally understand how the escapement works!

[desmondoreilly]

That's a great presentation and makes understanding how a mechanical movement works fairly easy to understand. Despite watch movement technology being hundreds of years old it is still captivating and genius engineering. Many people are enjoying wearing mechanical watches, even in these digital times, because clearly a mechanical watch has something of a soul. In short it's man's attempt at constructing a beating heart.

[rainerbuechse]

Best watch explanation video on the planet. Thank you so much!

[chrisblight]

Long been a fan of mechanical watches, and this was, by far, the best explanation of how it all works. Excellent video.

[cagrisolak]

Thank you very much for the perfect video.

[dudn]

Very clear presentation of how a watch works. I have autism and it helps me a lot. I would be interesting to see how some complications works.

[granbyplungar]

Excellent video. One tiny point: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another.

[notgoodyear]

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[pvwosrp]

Very comprehensive explenation for watch enthusiasts as l am. Thanks a lot

[YanshienQuisote]

got my 39mm with the white dial on the 3-link "Bader" bracelet watch on amzwatch 3 weeks ago and am loving it to pieces. Absolute fantastic watch that wears super comfortable on my 6.75 inch wrist. Chose the 3-link over the 5-link bracelet for the toolless quick adjustment. Way more comfortable than my Longines Hydroconquest 41 mm.

[chourasiaamarjeet]

I have watched quite a few mechanical watch explanation but by far this, in particular, is the best explanation. Perhaps, the best animated video to understand the working...KUDOS to the efforts put. Finally, I understood how my automatic watches work...!!

[carlosdominguez]

Best simple explanation I've found. Thank you.

[enlilannunaki]

Beautifully done, very much appreciate your hard work on this!

[MrVoayer]

Well explained and lavishly illustrated ! Great job ! Well done !!!

[PoRRasturvaT]

How the escape wheel was making the balance wheel move, through the impulse pin & jewels, is the one thing I was always wondering about. Thanks for the video.

[AbdullahH]

This is awesome video, thank you sir, now I understod exactly how watch work.

[michaelwallace]

Best video I've ever seen. Thanks a bunch!

[JoseFernandes-bprc]

Thank you for the excellent explanation and presentation!