The Secret World of Hairsprings with Bovet 1822 

What I learned from this episode is not to shove a potato into my watch.

This video could have been an hour long and I'd still be glued to the monitor. Thanks.

People who love mechanical watches almost always love fountain pens. The better ones are also handmade. Maybe you can review this item also?

And here we have part of the answer to the question "why is that watch so expensive?"

There's no way I could ever be a watchmaker. I would get too frustrated working with the tiny parts and toss it all off the table.

I'm trying to listen but your hands won't stop shampooing your face and I have to look away to hear what you're saying

is it impossible for this guy to put his hands down?

Excellent video. The key takeaway is the sorting process. No matter how much they control the manufacturing, in the end there is variation and the only way to get the best results is to sort and match hair springs to balance wheels through actual testing. This is the same way they make super precision ball bearings and high performance CPUs.

If we didn't have humans we wouldn't have an environmental problem whether watches are good for the environment or not. 0:58 I wonder what marketing guy came up with "watches are good for the environment" To say nothing of the environmental problems what come with the mining for the precious (rare) materials and manufacturing of watches. So I'd love to see that guy quite smiling over that idiotic idea. I guess Europeans are just as gullible as Americans.

Engineering never fails to amaze me.

the video and audio quality of this, even besides the great content, is phenomenal. kudos.

Please make a video on different types chimes, repeaters etc. explaning grand sonnerie, petite sonnerie, westminster chimes and all of that

Very detailed and very easy to understand video. You did it once again Marc.

Concentric spring instead of spiral. Interesting idea. I also note the tray of different balance wheels. Suggests that a lot of hand selection and hand fitting of parts goes on, which is part of the key to quality.

His hand movements are VERY annoying. Can he put it down?

Do they also make their own jewel bearings?

New to your channel. Fantastic content. Thank you Marc.

For those people griping about Marc Andre talking with his hands, 9 out of 10 times a person doesn't even realise that they are using their hands when they talk, more common than you think. Also if that's the only thing you get out of this WONDERFUL video by Marc, then you have bigger issues. Ignore the haters Marc Andre! GREATEST fine watch coverage on the planet!! Respect my friend from Kevin in Louisiana USA.

Marc had to move his hands so much because his watch ran out of juice

Always something new to learn. Not flat but round makes a difference. Must try to get better picture why this is so. Oh yes ,Thanks for the clip. Also, the precision and craftsmanship of a high quality watch translates to the pride of having a finely made tiny machine on ones wrist. A quartz movement will likely out perform it for accuracy but somehow soulless.

Fascinating, more videos like this please :)

BEST VIDEO ON THIS CHANNEL!

Man, unlike alot of watch channels that are more or less "styling watches" this channel actually helps one understand the aspects of mechanical watchmaking, to some degree. I find it fascinating and I'm able to appreciate the work that goes into it. Bravo.

Super video about a hair of balance !!!!

"I don't know what to do with my hands" -Ricky Bobby

Marc, please please please please please please please please please please please please please please PLEASE do more of these components videos! I know most of us know this stuff but SEEING it makes all the difference and it is vital for the growth of the Chanel that you take in more people who want to know but feel intimidated! Thank you so so much

very informative. very wel video montage. the presentator is really annoying and the handmovement is very disturbing. thanks for the video.

4:20 of shite anyone likely to click on this video already knows in more detail than the superficial treatment given here before anything about hairsprings. Not a fan of talking up the mystique behind mechanical watches either given mechanical timekeeping was being done better 300 years ago because it was necessary for for marine navigation. Even very good modern mechanical watches are literally an order of magnitude less accurate than dollar store quartz watches at this point, so the mechanical watch industry has pivoted from the timekeeping to the jewelry business, to the point where even Swiss certified marine chronometers are nowhere near accurate enough to actually use for marine navigation (Though quartz watches with the same certification are). It's also worth saying that anyone with basic internet search skills can get good answers for many of the 'secrets' talked about in the video because the technology has been around so long. A quick one off the top of my head is that the material the springs are from is probably an austenitic spring steel. Once you pick an alloy you can literally ask the company you buy it from what temperatures to heat treat it at...

If I didn't know the basics of how a mechanical watch works, I would not have understood it from this. The car analogy is more confusing than enlightening.

Hi, just found your channel. I must ask are you Italian by any chance. If i tied your hands behind your back could you not talk. Sorry, but you look as though you are landing aircraft.

I understand the secretiveness but why keep the material a secret? Buy a watch with one of the springs and have a chemical analysis test done to find out the composition of the metal lol

automobile analogy is a big mistake and exhaust as an analogy to the escapement is just wrong Still love the channel and usually great content

Probably use the small pink Barbie Magic Bake oven. Remember those? They are perfect for baking Hair Springs.

A "Man" stands in front of a camera to tell the world about hairsprings in watches, and does not bother to shave his chin, or to wear a shirt. To add insult to injury, he waves his hands at the viewer, like a puppet on strings, and in thirty seconds he loses his audience. What a waste of "time" the supposed subject matter of the film.

For some reason I got the feeling of false mysticism. I'm sure it particular and controlled but in the end you test and get a result. The watch maker is in on the results and engineers accordingly. You keep producing a consistent product and you got it. No ?

The alloy is kept secret because Bovet has kidnapped superman, they just keep him chained in the basement and pull some hairs when they need material.

What an irony. In cars - its the ones that gobbles up as much fuels that defines luxury. In watch its the exact opposite. Is it all but a marketing BS.

Wow! This channel never ceases to provide great information.

This was awesome but the guy talking never stopped swinging his arms even for a second... Very distracting. I kept thinking his arms were someone else's arms and that he couldn't control them. Lol

Makes you wonder how these things can be made so cheaply that they can sell complete mechanical watches on Ebay for 10$ (made in China).

Those high end swiss watch manufacturers want you to believe that the tourbillion is a super hard mechanism to create but the chinese are producing millions of tourbillon watches with ease and they sell for 200$ ahhahaa

Some cars do benefit from potatoes backpressure some guys MCM got higher horse power with a potatoes blocker

Don't mess with the hairspring otherwise your hundreds (of EUR, CHF, USD, whatever) will be worth nothing.

Thank you, Very helpful for my job. C'est trés bien explicate.

Bovet one the best pioneers in the business. Greatness.

I want this guy to wash my hair and massage my scalp. I think it will be the best wash and scalp massage I've had in a while...

Even though this is a few years old it was very interesting too WATCH! Pun intended!!

Is this guy sign for the deaf? Or is he a kungfu master? Stop with the hands for the love of ....

You like the sound of your voice too much. Pity the subject is intresting... wevdo not even see you there.

If I'm a watch maker I would have died just holding my breath to long thus allowing my hand doesn't shake & vibrate in order putting those micro stuff in watch movement

Your video was awesome i wish you will give a tools for making clock this comming new year .

Coolest backdrop on RU-vid!

Less hand movement pls

Obsolete tech. Omega with the silicone springs are far more superior.

I'm so fascinated with watchmaking and the hair spring is one of the most important part of this watch that brings the watch to life

Herr, bitte langsamer. Gesten, ja, aber nicht so vieles und eintöniges "Sprechen mit den Händen"

I don't quite get it...I need more hand movements while you talk

The bigger the check the more enthusiasm you get out of a person.

Why all the babbling about sports cars, why not talk about watches?

weird, French name but an accent that sounds more German than French. :-)

good lord, just explain it without the ridiculous car analogy

I want to be your assistant , to be around those magnific watches makers , your Chanel is amazing . you are blessed with a lovely job ....CONGRATULATION

interesting...

completely wrong to treat or translate escapement like exhaust !! ... escapement is mostly like eliberator or releaser system, not muffler exhaust pipe ... so ?! 🤢🧐🤓

thank you jazz hands

Seiko's spring drive doesn't need one and it's automatic

Bravo, I love your show, Mister. Great talk.

I wish this video has less face time and more watch/movement time.

Cars, homey. Nicely explained video.

That car analogy is merde. 😂😂😂

How would they make these manually in the past then ?

Soy el único que ve como la pared detrás de él tiene movimientos?

I guess that showing the temperature of cooking would give away the specific compound of the steel.

у рассказчика прогрессирующий хипстит и жестикулит

So, one answer leads to another question. How did they measure and consistently make nano thickness wire, hundreds of years ago?

awesome video ! you do a superb job with your videos.

Very informative, Hands ..I mean Hans.

What a terrible accent !! Hurts my ears.

Interessanter Bericht aber die fuchtele mir den Händen NERFT!

The wall behind this man is 👍👍👍👍 ..

his hands have a life of their own!

ha green energy, good one.

...und die Tonlage, mehr Betonungen, Pausen. Das müssen wir noch lernen.

Great video, as usual! Very interesting subject and the first time indeed I see (part of) the manufacturing process of the hairspring! I'd liked though the video to be a bit more technical, talking about the introduction of the Spiral Breguet, new types of materials etc. Great however! PS. Je savais que nous avions l'horlogerie et l'aviation comme passions communes, mais il semble que l'automobile aussi! Bonne continuation!

man, what's wrong with the hands? it looks like high school girl speaking with their gang.

At 2:47 you said Hertz or beats per hour. Very strange considering in science, Hertz is cycles per second

More pain in backbone more accuracy.

Very interesting Video! But while speaking, please remember to take a breath and do little stops. I found it very hard to listen to you because of the non-stop monologue. Great Video nevertheless.

Yeeep yeeep show the watch not your self

Marcs hands talk more than how mouth :-)

Marc Andre` thank you for your presentation, this subject dealing with precision watches requires one to become a master of the terminology that best refers to a specified object-matter, so not an easy task to master given that one must utilize the absolute correct terminology for each component. Very important. Yes, you do your presentation that is just so carefully timed that will allow the non-watch-function familiar persons.... to be able to comprehend.

Excellently executed and explained Mr. Marc. Thank you sir.

are we to expect wind up sports cars now?

Thank you for sharing your passion. And always I found your video to be informative and entertaining.

Very interesting video. Thank you. Companies like Bovet are specialists and try to keep their main secrets, however there is a Chinese company that specialise as well. Never underestimate the opposition !!.

But what is a hairspring

Very informative 👍🏼

Absolutely fascinating. It reminds me of the beating heart for the clock. thanks for sharing!

The bloke talks to much!!

I just can't understand why this channel doesn't have more subscribers! Love your videos!