Intricacies involved in turning and assembling a watch mainplate

Nov 2, 2018 7:39 PM

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Turning and assembling a watch mainplate

Digital. Pretty much the same shit.

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Source?

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I would like to try my hand at watch making but dont have the cash

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And now SMASH IT

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Seems easy enough if you have the tools, the knowhow and experience.

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Everything is easy if you know how to do it

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awesome thanks for posting. just amazing the accuracy

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Relative accuracy. It's still less than a quarter as good at keeping time as a $5 quartz watch.

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Mooooooore!!!!!!!!!!

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What's that from?

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The Cheerleader from the tv show Heroes.

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How do you even get into this? I've never seen how to build a watch 101..

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Start larger, like with a clock. Clickspring on YouTube is amazing an educational https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA

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Geez, just look at your phone.

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Stepping on that would hurt more than a lego

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And a $20 casio with quartz movement is still more accurate lol

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You're right. Some folks want the artistry and craftsmanship, and whatever accuracy comes along for the ride.

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Just have to draw the line somewhere... would you like this fruit bowl from ikea for 5$ or pay 90000$ for this bowl like thing a guy sculpte

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d with his penis

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Difficult choice. Are you saying, though, that you'd want to prevent someone from spending $90,000 for that bowl like thing?

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Is the bowl also penis shaped? Did he clean it really well afterward?

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This makes me anxious.

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I dropped my phone just looking at this

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I could watch that again.

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Wow. Theres no way i could have steady hands to do this

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Watch

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That is a fucking beauty. Love clock making found a YouTube channel called clickspring

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I liked his channel but he’s to much of a perfectionist so his videos are too far apart.

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I wish his frequency was like before

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I am also a hor for horology!

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Watch dot

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Dot dot dot

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It's so good. I'm always amazed at the craftsmanship and humility.

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g'day, Chris here, and welcome back to clickspring!

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I thin you will also like this guy if you like clickspring - https://youtu.be/1moRfIXCfak

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Chris is one hell of an artist and master at his craft. Clickspring is awesome

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Omf he's amazing! I am envious of his talent!

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https://youtu.be/v19cu2hj2Ms

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Thank you.

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His series on the antikythera mechanism is amazing.

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The guy does and makes everything with autistic precision.

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You wanna look into Abom79, Adam Booth is an incredible machinist, This Old Tony is also really fun and he's friend with clickspring

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Love ToT's subtle jokes

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Subscri...

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no love for AVE?

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Keep you dick in a vice

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this old vid is easy to miss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgPOJPTo_A

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Sauce?

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Clickspring on YouTube has videos like this https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA. He makes a working mechanical clock

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They used to do all of this by fucking hand

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Most likely, yes. Many people do dexterous work with the the same hand they masturbate with.

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Watch your language!

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Username checks out

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they used specialized tools even back then. what you mean is assembled by hand. many enthusiast watches are still assembled by hands.

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How do you figure all that shit out. Amazing

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That really tic'd me off.

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As a watchmaker student I find this video amazing. Is this your work?

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Unlikely

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Now I want a toucan that pulls work from the chuck!!!

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Wow! Seems like that requires a lot of precision.

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Check out the Audemars Piguet Cal 2870. Hand made, hand assembled, self winding tourbillion, 4.8mm thick. Made in 1986. No CAD, just wow.

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and a lot of time!

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The earliest metal lathes were created for clock making.

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That is...not true. Metal lathes were used in China for making and sharpening weapons centuries before mechanical clocks.

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Oh that's cool. I didn't know that.

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I bet that takes time.

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lol wow

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Incorrect, sir or madam! It MAKES time.

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I did a triple take and came back to upvote this

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Takes time to make time

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