Hi guys,
I haven't seen this pop up for a while so I thought I'd post it up here for you guys. For those who always wondered how exactly a watch works. This is an old film from 1949 and it still looks good today (well almost ) sit back and enjoy...
Edit: I found it on Youtube and posted that instead to make it easier.
Also like this;
Graeme
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:33 pm
by snootydog
Wow,thats really cool. Thanks for posting it. -Andy
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:14 pm
by aikiman44
And these 2:
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:33 pm
by SCM64
Graeme wrote:Hi guys,
I haven't seen this pop up for a while so I thought I'd post it up here for you guys. For those who always wondered how exactly a watch works. This is an old film from 1949 and it still looks good today (well almost ) sit back and enjoy, http://www.archive.org/details/HowaWatc1949
Graeme
No doubt my favorite video showing how a watch works. Good Sticky material.
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:41 pm
by deepcdvr
Yes, that was cool... Thanks! I actually thought there were little people inside watches that were experts at extracting money from my wallet. I'm sad to find out that the 'extractor' is actually ME.
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:52 pm
by matt.wu
SCM64 wrote:No doubt my favorite video showing how a watch works. Good Sticky material.
+10000
Best video I've seen in terms of explaining the inner workings of a watch. Thanks for sharing, Graeme. That was definitely helpful for me - I usually don't know too much about how the darn things actually work.
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:19 pm
by Seth
That hammy video is great. Its really a fantastic learning tool!
thanks for sharing them!
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:46 am
by HalifaxNS
Great links . I heard of the Blancpain episode but havent seen it till now, good stuff.
The hammy video I watch every couple weeks. I like the voice and music.
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:07 pm
by Pasquale
HalifaxNS wrote:Great links . I heard of the Blancpain episode but havent seen it till now, good stuff.
The hammy video I watch every couple weeks. I like the voice and music.
I have the BB episode some where.. Its awesome
Great clips guys
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:22 am
by KREMKE
Cheers for the link Graeme. It's great to see a video made in 1949 that holds it's own to any of the more recent ones.
By the way, i've posted the video on my forum as a reference to the members there, i hope you don't mind.
Another video. You wont learn much but man does it ever look cool.
Re: How a watch works
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:20 pm
by bodypeersur
Just coming across this thread. Amazing stuff. So who was the guy that figured all this out to begin with? And what was he smokin or drinkin to come up with the original idea of this whole drive train. Pardon me if this is old info to you more seasoned WIS.
Excellent knowledge (and a refresher course)
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:18 am
by Larry Seiden
Sometimes I get tired of explaining how a watch is like a heartbeat on the wrist. I'll use the Hammy video next time.
) sit back and enjoy...
I'm sad to find out that the 'extractor' is actually ME. 
. I heard of the Blancpain episode but havent seen it till now, good stuff.
It's great to see a video made in 1949 that holds it's own to any of the more recent ones. 