How a Watch Works 101 | Crown & Caliber

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It should be no surprise the here at Crown & Caliber we love watches. From the most exclusive watches to quirky quartz watches we love them all. Sometimes we get so inundated in watches we can forget most people don't spend their day working with and around these fascinating instruments so we thought we’d create a How a Watch Works | 101 - The Basics.
We’re going to cover two sections, General Watch Lingo and Important Mechanical Terminology. And this is just scratching the surface, but hopefully helps you understand how these amazing machines function.
Video Highlights:
0:36 - General Watch Lingo - Mechanical Watch, Quartz Watch, Manual Movement, Automatic Movement, and Power Reserve
1:53 - C.O.S.C, Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute Explained
3:21 - Important Mechanical Terminology used in Watches - Mainspring, Barrel, Going Train, Motion Work, Escapement, Escape Wheel, Pallet Fork, Hairspring, Balance Wheel, Impulse Pin, Bridge, Jewels, and Oscillating Weight
4:13 - What is an Escapement
5:27 - What are Jewels
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@midgarddaemon Год назад

Finally a channel where the explanation is dumbed-down for me to grasp. Thank you for sharing.

@Viallineo 4 года назад

Brilliant. Coincidentally, I was thinking about wanting to know more about the movement and understanding the intricacies of horology more this week and read some articles. They were good but this was everything I wanted to know in a nutshell. Thank you and please do more of these types of informative videos.

@josephknecht4272 4 года назад

Very clear tutorial with some excellent analogies. Great job C&C!

@SoCalWatchReviews 4 года назад

This video is awesome, you guys knocked it out of the park!

@galliescumo 4 года назад

This is exactly what I needed :D hope there's gonna be a part 2

@jessekim7829 3 года назад

Really appreciated the simple and clear explanation for this.

@willw1375 Год назад

Could you do an in-depth look at how mechanical watch movements have been engineered through the ages? Particularly interested in how such delicate and intricate systems were created before we had electricity:

@Coolybanana 4 года назад

Thank you so much for posting this video. I've always wondered about the mechanics of a watch...

@aaronmurphree7745 4 года назад

Love you guys, I’ve purchased three pieces from your company. Always great service.

@ahmedp800 4 года назад

Makes way more sense now. Thank you

@p-squared1662 4 года назад

For a lover of watches. I still had no idea on movements lol. Thanks C&C great vid

@davidmorland4046 6 месяцев назад

This is a TRULY FASCINATING video clip& explanation of this BRILLIANT subject.

@tyn999 3 года назад

Great video! Very clear and objective! Thanks!

@bwhog 5 месяцев назад

I love these little devices! Great engineering and elegant operation!

@canadianwatchmonkey3992 2 года назад

Loved this video! I’m a watch collector and even I learned a few things! Thank you and well done.

@flaberdoopin 2 года назад

Thanks so much. Everything I wanted to know in one place!

@robertojimenez4021 3 года назад

Excelent video!! I would like to see a video of how the jewel bushings are made. Thank you!!

@russellavocato2598 2 года назад

nicely done, very informative and well explained

@steveyoung2236 3 года назад

great explanation with visuals, great job

@aditsaxena979 4 года назад

Excellent video thanks!!

@bsfbestshortfilmsonyoutube 6 месяцев назад

finally the best and easy to understand explanation

@aranisen2606 2 года назад

Succinctly explained. Bravo!

@thillaiambalam5661 2 года назад

Awesome information about watch lingo 👌

@bennymarshall1320 3 года назад

A funky shaped gear indeed! Love the vid :)

@tarroybitay1741 4 года назад

Its exact details ,i apreciate im a technician too thaks your video from the philippines

@ivan-nm1xn 3 года назад

Great video! Congrats!

@tonygomes4910 3 года назад

THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO. VERY WELL DONE; CLEAR AND LOGICAL EXPLANATION EASY TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU

@TheAechBomb 3 года назад

capslock

@craig2100 4 года назад

Great job

@chrismelidoniotis9336 2 года назад

Great explanation.

@dr.omar.insights2000 4 года назад

Nice review

@AllanLewis 5 месяцев назад

This is really a description of the Swiss lever escapement. There are others in current production, such as Omega's coaxial escapement, invented by George Daniels.

@zellon66 4 года назад

Very good, i look forward to a possible full animation tying things together. I have collected a few and can't have too many.

@CrownandCaliber 4 года назад

That's a great suggestion zellon66. We'll look into that!

@tunokies 4 года назад

Have you seen the old Hamilton one.... that's my favourite

@Mtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmt 3 года назад

AWESOME vid!

@erdnadre7566 Год назад

that was cool! thanks!

@TxChexmix 3 года назад

Just getting into watches. A lot of videos down the rabbit hole a lots of repairs, restores, good video on just the basics. I have a question, I noticed in this video you said jewels are synthetic sapphire and ruby however, in my dive as shallow as it has been so far, I have yet to see a video with any other color jewel than the pinkish redish ruby color. Does any manufacturer utilize different colors on the jewels?

@ticktology 2 года назад

I knew I could depend on this channel for this explanation without disappointment. Thank you so much, now I know what Tim Mosso is talking about 😂

@joelantonioramirez 4 года назад

Thank you

@jasonh9518 4 года назад

Brilliant vid

@luckydays8239 6 месяцев назад

Thanks😊

@TwentyOne_Five 3 года назад

Excellent

@FINEST-uz9ek 4 года назад

Likes it but Since this topic lends itself to a visual style explanation I would recommend using more of a video showing what each part’s role is and how they work with the each other. You use video just to point out where the parts are and what they look like but a video showing they interact would be better to understand a very complex mechanical item such as a watch.

@pacbellfan 3 года назад

There are lots of other youtube videos showing this

@Bippy55 2 года назад

(April 2022) - Wow! I just discovered this great video on timepiece basics. Awesome! My only suggestion is to try a cut or quick fade from narrator to a video segment. Watching the narrator twist or twirl in transition was distracting to me. But the basics were covered beautifully.

@chipcurry 4 года назад

Very good, very clear and informative. Loved it. Only problem however is the music is monotonous. Find a musician to assist you selecting music which is a little more intelligent and contrasts With your excellent explanations. This music conflicts.

@ezee-e Год назад

great vid thanks. how about tourbillons and minute repeater mechs like why /how they work and came about?

@Aryan-rx9rl 2 года назад

Mechanism amuses me.

@ogeenext 4 года назад

Brilliant

@ryansapienza8889 3 года назад

Any chance you folks would break down some of the different decorative/superficial aspects of a watch? Like the case, crown, etc?

@mattikaki 3 года назад

That Pallet Fork model was really awesome. Is it used in watchmaker schools?

@bravegen 4 года назад

Good Contents !!

@danielmeneses9935 4 года назад

Nice!

@claudetam4744 2 года назад

how does the mainspring release its energy when it's being wound? similar to a music box, it does not make any sound when you are winding it up. It only does when you release the spring. can shed some light on this?

@dharnendrakothari7278 2 года назад

Can you also explain the difference between different escapements like this one vs the coaxial escapement

@prathamprakash03 4 года назад

Nice video

@CrownandCaliber 4 года назад

Thanks man!

@ringobonavena7507 3 года назад

Interesante, hay muchas personas de habla hispana que estarán y están muy interesadas en sus videos. Aunque no todas hablen inglés. Buen video . Interesting, there are many Spanish-speaking people who will be and are very interested in your videos. Although not all speak English. Good video.

@jiwik731 3 года назад

How is powered hairspring? It can´t be just a tension of the spring. It needs some impulse to move again if the watches stops. Is it transfered from the spring through the escape wheel and palet fork? I thing it should be independent and only the hairspring affect the fork, not both ways?

@guttormurthorfinnsson8758 6 месяцев назад

exultant

@olivergallagher9389 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! 1 Question though, does the oscillating weight wind the watch either way it rotates or does it rely on one type of movement? e.g. left to right or vice versa

@MrMukesh7777 2 года назад

Hello Oliver. For a Classic Automatic movement, it's only one direction. Which is when it oscillates clockwise. However, some brands have come up with specific movements, which allow the spring to be wound whether the rotor goes clockwise or anti-clockwise. Eg: the Double Barrel winding system of the Caliber model of Cartier.

@fabianm2819 4 года назад

would you guys be interested in my 1990s el primero class? I've not seen many around and they're from an interesting time when zenith decided to behave a bit more with the el primero 400 cal

@mm-yt8sf 2 месяца назад

does a watch have a way to tune it to run slightly slower or faster? or is the manufacturing of it so precise that just having one model certified means that all others will keep similar accuracies?

@Ron_A._Bolton 3 года назад

There is a third type of watch, the Hybrid, the Spring Drive.

@lethean1757 2 года назад

Both are basically quartz watches but yeah it would be cool if they mentioned them in order to learn terminology.

@Ron_A._Bolton 2 года назад

@@lethean1757 I would say the oposite, 95% of the watch is mechanical, only the regulations is quartz, so pull out the Swiss lever escapement and replace it with a courts regulator.

@cowsaysmoo122 Год назад

Wow very good. I feel like that was a course and I should of paid for that

@dibyandubanikdas7041 4 года назад

Can u please make a video on how a minute repeater watch mechanism work.

@markkulyas2418 2 месяца назад

What makes the balance wheel change Direction?

@bhavyaramakrishnan801 4 года назад

Is there a spherical gear?

@josetamez5679 3 года назад

How does this hair spring in balance wheel move

@c.s.4273 Год назад

I prefer quartz movements as there is no escapement working like a hand brake on a car just to control the speed while driving and thereby using up most of its energy.

@austintaylor5253 Год назад

What watch is this at 1:37

@kswaminathan5439 3 месяца назад

I would like to know which oil goes to oil which part. Please mention the oil number corresponding to the part that requires that oil. Thanks

@greentie792 Месяц назад

Was the box illustrated escapement a 3D rendering or is there someone that makes this for sale?

@murphine969 Год назад

What type of metal are they usually constructed from?

@alanschiro9825 3 года назад

Alan Schiro , Can a hack be put into a mechanical automatic that does not have one ? By I loved this video

@b2frutplaz806 Год назад

I'm the 100000th subscriber

@ajinkyabandamantri9706 3 года назад

i have "E157" The anticlockwise wrist watch by 157 Industries Private Limited. I am sure you will like it.

@yoheff988 2 года назад

Maybe you can help: When opening my watch to replace the battery I discovered that a very small metal part (L shaped, that's the part that makes the contact between the battery and the watch) broke. DO YOU KNOW THIS PART NAME? Thanks

@michaelaxel7107 4 года назад

Does the COSC have to test every movement or just one type?

@cldream 3 года назад

AFAIK They test every movement that's submitted to them by watch companies that wish to have their movements certified (and therefore allowed to put the name "chronometer" on the watches bearing said movements).

@chronoboat5533 3 года назад

Where did you get this model????

@mohammedaljanahi Год назад

Different type of escapement mechanisms such as co-axial…… and etc

@aubsta1 11 месяцев назад

COSC veut dire: "Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres"

@discountovid8325 3 года назад

I need a flow chart. A molecular accurate cnc laboratory. And access to the Akashik records. Thanks in advance, D.O.

@ambindia Год назад

Wonderful. Even a dummy like me followed it.

@TomMcMorrow 3 года назад

I'm a big watch fan with 13 watches (albeit inexpensive automatics from the likes of Bulova and Seiko et al) and 6 coffee table books on watches. Today I learned I pronounce isochronism (eye-sock-ranism) wrong (I always said ice-o-krone-ism). Let's not even look at Jaeger le Coultre!

@ravenraven5165 4 года назад

Bro you're epic thank you you help me a lot

@sadaavedan 2 года назад

My understanding is that COSC does not test an automatic movement. Yet your picture is showing an automatic movement

@mainlymusicman Год назад

literally have no better idea of how it actually works than before i watched the video

@ntrainingjlcc 3 года назад

Why do most escape wheels have hook shapes on the ends of their arms opposite the side that the pallet fork strikes?

@justintucker3781 3 года назад

The moment the impulse pin releases one side of the pallet fork, the specially-shaped teeth of the escape wheel allow some mainspring power to “push back” against the pallet fork, sending the impulse pin to the other side, to start another cycle. In the meantime, the other prong of the pallet fork catches the escape wheel in another location. On the impulse pin’s return, it releases that side of the pallet fork from the other side, and starts the process all over again. I suspect this is why a mechanical watch with no mainspring power stops-there is no way to launch the impulse pin into another cycle via the energy transfer through the special escape wheel teeth. Or at least not enough energy for the impulse pin to knock the pallet fork hard enough to release the escape wheel again. This video explains best, I think: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9_QsCLYs2mY.html

@davidjb3671 4 года назад

Next, how a Grand Complication works... 😄

@CrownandCaliber 4 года назад

Hey David, That may take a little bit more effort. Haha!

@steveg4082 3 года назад

So the pallet fork is the thing that ticks in a watch?

@CrownandCaliber 3 года назад

Hey Steve, Exactly! It's crazy that such a tiny piece can make an audible sound AND that it happens thousands of times a day!

@steveg4082 3 года назад

Crown & Caliber Since a quartz Timex ticks loudly, is it wasting energy slamming its pallet fork around? Or are quartz watches different?

@Dragon82657 4 года назад

Part 2: How does a watch with perpetual calendar work?

@tomg8054 4 года назад

I never understood why loop is used for adjustments and repairs. I do my adjustments using stereo microscope. I have a loop, but the microscope is universes a part. I got one through conections... But if you're in the business its a good investment. I think.

@ninelaivz4334 Год назад

So does an automatic watch work in space?

@RealMajor66 4 года назад

Can someone tell me the watch type at 1:29? It's a Jaeger LeCoultre, but which model?

@iganpparamarta8813 4 года назад

Geophysics 1958 tribute. Took me 5 minutes to google it.

@iganpparamarta8813 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SL4WwpNNHfA.html

@RealMajor66 4 года назад

@@iganpparamarta8813 Iiiiis that some some sort smug remark? Should I be impressed by your googling skills? Don't bother answering.

@wanderer1125 4 года назад

Once upon a time, seiko destroyed the swiss in chronometer competition, swiss got bitter and made the COSC exclusive to swiss watches.

@1701spacecadet 4 года назад

Just one reason I'll never buy a Swiss watch. They get salty and WAY overcharge just to have 'Swiss made' on the dial.

@wilkinson8707 4 года назад

And once upon a time observatory testing at Kew existed and it was way more stringent than COSC. To gain class A Certificate which was the highest and therefore made a watch suitable to be used for marine navigation from the Kew Observatory, the timepiece was subjected to 45 days of tests (compared to the Swiss standard of 15 days of testing) with a tolerance of a few seconds per day. Plus, it had to be tested in five different positions and at three different temperatures. Kew also published all the results so one could compare with which watch performed better whereas COSC doesn’t and we have no idea if a Rolex or an Omega before better than one another.

@RolandKoller90 4 года назад

RandomUser221 they get a hefty amount of money from the high end Swiss companies. Because let’s say Rolex are held at such a high standard, they charge that high price, that high price is clearly much higher than what they actually cost, which turns into big profits for Rolex and cosc. Most things in life are a bunch of bullshit. Most of us get bullshitted.

@FINEST-uz9ek 4 года назад

RandomUser221 him? Lol ...

@Shintsu2 4 года назад

Once upon a time, Seiko fanboys repeat this same boring story as though it means anything. You are aware that the overwhelming majority of watches Seiko produces today are in the -30/+45 second accuracy range mass produced cheap 7S26/4R36/6R15 movements right? I buy German watches, but you guys are the most annoying twats in the watch world. I wish I had a dollar for every "DAE Seiko better than ALL other watches even though it's cheap and low end?". No, no they aren't. The Seiko that "beat the Swiss" all those years ago is Grand Seiko. Actual Seikos are cheap beater watches sold in malls. You never had a watch that "beat the Swiss" for

@DanSlotea 4 года назад

This wasn't about how a watch works, it was about watch parts.

@rizaldolah4282 4 года назад

Jewels as what? Battery?

@kaypee1972 4 года назад

For everyone who thinks that this video was a little too jumpy and needs an excellent animation with the best description on how mechanical watches work, I found so far on yt: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9_QsCLYs2mY.html

@Shrek_Has_Covid19 3 года назад

i got a Waitrose advert

@diggintheblueswithaparrot1329 2 года назад

Please turn the music up, thanks.

@CCC2010cg 4 года назад

Can you maybe explain how a tourbillion works?

@uhsweb-manager2997 3 года назад

tourbillon are a thing of the past...over priced complication and not needed in todays world

@CCC2010cg 3 года назад

@daAnder71 Thanks!!

@steveg4082 3 года назад

Because the osculating weight in an automatic movement require gravity, automatic watches do not work longer than their power reserve in zero gravity a.k.a. space?

@LaurensLeurs 3 года назад

inertia also plays a role and it can make the rotor spin around.

@davidteer80 3 года назад

Gravity was not the best term to use. Like the previous post says inertia or the movement of the weight is what winds the mainspring. This movement can be caused by gravity, but most of the work is done by the movement of the wearers wrist and arm.

@ViralPatel-kz4rg 3 года назад

I have 3 questions If I wind my watch today...than its run whole day? I mean how many times it's run if I wind 10time? 2nd questions is that....if I wind today...its properly work next day also but if I will wind agin so it's defects my watch mechanism??? 3rd is that in some video first wind antilock wise and than clockwise.. why?? Every time do first anticlockwise and than clockwise???

@trav13454 3 года назад

1. Depends on the watch's power reserve, but it should last a couple days at least if fully wound. 2. It shouldn't hurt your watch to keep it wound, some have protection for overwinding. But you should feel when it gets harder to wind. 3. I think you might be seeing watches with a screw-down crown that helps with water resistance. These have to be unscrewed first.