3D-printed Watch with Tourbillon - How it's made
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- This is a mechanical watch with tourbillon driven by a 3d-printed mainspring. The watch has a Swiss lever escapement. The mainspring inside the going barrel keeps the watch running for approximately 30-45 Minutes. Accuracy is roughly one Second deviation within one Minute (depending on print-settings).
The project demonstrates that the 3D-printing technology is developing. Compared with earlier generations of 3d-printers, the process works more reliable and more accurately. However it's still a very advanced project, because printing inaccuracies need to be trimmed manually with some watchmaker skills, or the watch won't tick.
The watch is designed with Autodesk Fusion 360, and printed with Ultimaker 2.
The 3d-Model can be downloaded from Thingiverse:
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Nice watch, it's beautiful to see working.
Your video is very well made with all the informations one could need, good job !
Excellent video! Very interesting to see a working 3d printed tourbillon
this is a pocket watch only Flavor Flav would wear.
it's freakin HUGE!
Amazing what 3-D printing can do. Brilliant job, Christoph. We need more innovative minds, much like yours.
Wow, this is beautiful! Thank you.
Hello Christoph: I am trying to build one, however I'm having trouble finding many of the metal parts. For starters, I'm in the United States - it's difficult to find 1.5/2mm dowel pins over 22mm long. Also, screws just aren't measured the same way in the US - I can't find any of the screws. Several of the other dowel pins will have to be ordered larger then ground down to the proper length.
This is almost hypnotic! Amazing creation!
thanks for sharing your hard work with the world to print out
Is a GREAT watch,do u think u could make it smaller ??
arvin Adrian I doubt it could be made much smaller via 3D printing, or at least with a consumer model, just bc of the tight tolerances needed for such a complex device.
@@henrycharles2489 Maybe with a resin printer you could get it to half the size, but not much less I guess.
I'm just wondering, how accurate is it?
+Vojtěch Míček Per Minute it's 0.5 Seconds too slow.
+zomgthisisawesomelol 0.5 seconds *per day"?
Every minute instead of counting 60 seconds, it counts 59.5 instead. Its about 12 minutes too slow per day
t's accurate down to about 1/3 of a second
RUclips never fails to impress me, god there are underrated engineers just sharing their knowledge. Good work kind sir.!!
This is an amazing design! I am curious. How did you adjust the ticking frequency to synchronise the watch with actual time? Is there an adjustment mechanism in the watch or did you change the balance wheel's moment of inertia until it was right?
Excellent! This really helps to understand the tourbillion, though I will watch more than once to really grasp it. Thanks for you work
Awesome!
That is by far the largest watch I have ever seen.
Thank you very much sir.
hey guys I am trying to assemble my own, but I am stuck on where to get hardware, any responses would be appreciated. Thx
same here
Thank you so much Christoph, this was a great video and congratulations on completing such a fun project!
Brilliant! i'm getting my first 3d Printer in feb - big wait list :( (prusa i3 mk3) I can't wait to try this! do you think it would make a good 'cooking/kitchen' timer? (as it runs for only 45 mins or so?) thanks so much! and if you ever need a portrait let me know, i'm about to start painting youtubers. cheers o/
So cool!
Have most of the parts printed and am waiting on shaft stock and screws. Most if not all is going to be in ABS, But may do the spring in PLA or event try TPEG. So far so good. Word of caution this is not a simple project. It requires a Very good printer, High quality prints, and a lot of fiddling skills. ABS is not the easiest filament to work with and adds an extra layer of complication. Tourbillon's are totally utterly, Worthless as far as timekeeping goes. They do NOT increase accuracy! BUT, they a are very fascinating to look at.
Before attemping a 2-axis tourbillon, maybe try a variation of the 1-axis tourbillon?
In Panerai's tourbillon, the axis of the balance wheel is perpendicular to the axis of the tourbillon. See video below.
ruclips.net/video/JnARH5RoeZ0/видео.html
It reduces the movement of the minute hand by 12 to get hours?
I got all the prints done, but now I'm hungup on where to get all the hardware necessary? If anyone knows where I could get all these specific small pieces of hardware that would be greatly appreciated
As the Brits like to say, I'm Gobsmacked. Holy Tourbillon! Well done.
this is an insane feat of engineering! I wish I could get my head around this
Thanks for the inspiration. I had given up on the concept of a printed mainspring and had ripped apart a tape measure to use its spring instead. But this proves how effectively it can be printed. I am not making a clock but do need a concentric design similar to this one. I'm making a wind up toy and hope to share a video of it, if I am able to figure it out. Too bad I don't have fusion anymore and am atrocious at using it anyways, but I appreciate your models and will reference your main spring design for my project within my CAD software. Thanks for the help!!! Cheers! :D
I really wanna make one of these just not if it only runs for 30min. Is there better metal spring thing you can buy that will keep it running for days at a time?
The part that made me pause the video was the 3D printed small part boxes. Did you design those, too?
Cool but I think this is a carrousel not a tourbillon... Next project flying tourbillon....
This is amazing! May I suggest your mainspring seems too long, with a shorter spring it will run for longer. But as you say, plastic is not the best material for a spring.
This is by far the most impressive 3D printed object I have ever seen. Well done!
Are you german/austrian? I am, and i thought i could hear it maybe in your voice ;-P
You are genius my friend! Your work is so unbelievable awesome! I hope so, sometime i can have one of your watches on my wall, or on my neck ;-P
I would buy one of those if available...cool desk clock
Love these stuff , your works are great , can you suggest any site to learn more about gear teeth maths rotation ratios for watch , etc
Thats awesome, and cool video :)
Excellent video. Well made. Question. How much fillament did it take to print all parts?
And do you have the other parts available for purchase the metal parts?
I wonder how small this could be made ? Have you tried to reduce by 50/25/10%?
I'd like to tray this. ?it looks like a great project.
Great work man! What about using counterweights instead of hairspring ?? (like in those old wall pendulum clocks) This way you could prolong the "working time"...
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Very Very very nice! I am Breathless, 1.st the nice design, 2nd the real good print quality, 3rd the very good video!
Tank You very much.
Michael
+Christoph Laimer, 3D printers are a tool that not a lot of people will exploit as far as you. Perfect mix between science, art and education; very inspiring!!!
Thats Amazing!!! Im going to make one one day, i got a 3dprinter, but this has so many parts i am uncertain if i can take the challenge :) Still GREAT video and cool watch :)
Jaw dropping ! Very beautiful and also so much info to learn about the Tourbillon. Or must i say - Open Source Tourbillon - :) Thanks for sharing !
Do you simulate it before printing it? how do you know it will work?
One other question: What material should the springs be made out of: PLA, ABS, or TGB? Each has different characteristics/rigidity. I'm making the outer case out of transparent TGB so far. Inner I'm going to use ABS if that's right.
I can't recommend PLA - it's much too brittle. For my watch I've used PETG. ABS probably works as well.
I don't know TGB. Maybe you can you post a link with it's description?
So you modeled this in a CAD program but modeled the clock in Blender?
Any chance you could upload a video of assembly? Currently printing this.
this watch have anti-magnetic of trillion Gauss!! lol
Try using a different plastic for the main driving spring like ABS/PLA/HIPS etc..
Awesome 👍👍👍 Love the Concept & Print of course 😆
I'll put this on my things to do 👍👍👍 ☝☝☝
Also I Subbed to your RUclips channel & Thingiverse 😎
Incredible proyect and well explained. Thank You. If I owned a 3d Printer I would do this proyect with my daughter.
Wonderful job on both the 3D printed design and parts and also the fantastic video showing how it works and how to print it. Sharing is caring, Thanks.
This is awesome I've always loved tourbillons, I'll never be able to afford one but a fun tabletop 3D printed version 1 I would
try also a wooden clock made by Garry
garysclocks.sawdustcorner.com/revisions.html
Fascinating - beautifully constructed, great editing. Easiest channel subscribe of the week.
This is a very clean and nice design. Good job Christoph. I wanted to make one watch too, but I did not find the time for that. It is really fine and cool watch
Nicely done! Very informative as well. Thanks for the video! Wish I had a 3D printer....lol. Once again thanks from the USA...
This is unreal :D and who actually printed it successfully?
Amazing work! The way it's designed is really well thought out- thank you for sharing
Hey I am currently printing this model. Any tips would be great!
After how many hours/ days a watch stop 🛑????????
I was on the fence about getting a 3D printer but you've inspired me to get one to start experimenting, thank you.
Finally one with a FREE download
Very nice watch. And very kind of you to share 3d printer files.
How awesome! The design is excellent, and the fact you share it openly is just superb! Thanks!
Can I scale this down if I use a resin 3d printer?
ngl I saw this when I was bored browsing RUclips, but this man is an innovator and genius!
And I thought Invicta made big watches!
How long could it run with a metal spring?
Superb job! Thanks for sharing. :-)
Thank you for such good explanation on watch mechanism.
Great! Next time it would be hand watch?
you're the painter bob of 3d printing. wonderful!
Love it!! I have some tourbillon wristwatches and a 3d printer, it's like two of my favorite things in one! I was thinking about designing one but you beat me to it! :p
Very impressive. Congrats on your feature!
That is very cool.
this is amazing, great work!
could you use a metal spring instead or would that damage the plastic?
I would love to attempt this on my CR10, but I’m wondering if there is enough to Tolerance in the dimensions to allow metal pins to fit on the extreme ends of the mean dimension? Would hate to go through all that work to find out parts don’t fit. My printer will hold tolerances fairly well, but not sure if it’s tight enough. Any input would be great! Also not sure I can print petg material for the main spring. Think my extruder would jam up. Superb mechanical piece! I was a CNC machinist for years, and can appreciate the planning that went into this.
I have a cr10 mini which is basically the same printer just a smaller bed, usually for parts that I want to have a snug single time fit I measure the actual size of the part I want it to fit with and add 5 thousandths
(.127 mm) if I want it to be a more loose fit I make it between 5-10 at the max, usually around 7 thou ( .178 mm) these are for pla I've never printed with petg so I'm not sure if that changes. I don't factor for diameters or anything complex just pull the surface that distance away from the mating part. I used to operate CNC also, very cool stuff.
I've recently become interested in simulating different escapement mechanisms. I've seen some beautiful work done in SolidWorks on Ken Kuo's channel, but the license is just too steep a price for my hobbyist use. How helpful and/or accurate did you find the Fusion 360 simulation for debugging your mechanism? Would you have any interest in showing how you setup this simulation in a video? I'd love to see it. No worries if not; I understand that would be a large time commitment. Would still be interested in your feedback regarding the usefulness of the Fusion 360 simulation. Thanks!
Fusion 360 has features to build and animate joints - I didn't do this for the tourbillon, because it might be a lot of work (I'm not experienced with these features). The CAD-files for the tourbillon are available for free. Maybe somebody else can try to do this?
Have you considered actually selling these? you could maybe rent out an industrial printer with a faster printing mechanism and pump these things out fairly fast. I know I'd buy one (if nothing else, it's still a very cheap Tourbillon), as printing this for myself may not be possible. Maybe you could use metal springs for the commercial version to increase the watch's runtime?
thats just called a watch. they are pretty cheap. /s/
Your idea of presentation are spectacular.
Congratulations for the initiative!!!
That's one big ass tourbillon but still awesome
I want to buy one built please, anyone help?
Very cool! It's a beautiful demonstration piece.
Do you have much running time on this movement? I know that molded plastic gear trains can be very reliable but know nothing about 3-D printed gears....how the plastics used, or their surface finish affects their running and longevity.
I was also curious how well the plastic palettes and escape wheel will hold up over time.
+Cameron Watt I've not yet tested heavy duty use. I let my 2 year old clock run occasionally, and it still ticks. Certainly depends on the material: PLA, ABS, PETG, ...
Truly amazing. Very nice work. Advances in materials technology has improved the extruded filament market of late. Prices have come down, and many different materials are available. Have you reconsidered the spring design based on newly available materials? Just curious. Again, very nice work.
I've done a few tests, but there are by far too much new materials, so I can't test them all. The problem is that the main published material properties are various types of strength, but not material creep. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(deformation) Creep is the main problem for the main spring.
Brilliant thank you so much, I'm going to start printing one tomorrow
Outstanding video and even more amazing is the willingness to share this really great work, very well done!
How much can this be scaled down and remain functional?
Plastic or metal, the ticking is always mesmerizing.
Wicked cool Ima make a video for this for sure. I absolutely love builds that you must put together in many pieces :D Thanks for your work man!
Thank you that you have brought me here, Hodinkee. Awesome!
i couldnt even get your absolutely amazing clock to work, i would love to try to get this to work!
Amazing and beautiful. Bravo!
Christoph, Great tutorial and great project...
I'm coping with the ideea of bulding Gyro turbilion...
What is your take on that ?
+DEM GER It would be great. Let me know, if I can help.
Beautiful. I liked it just because of its coolness. 🙌
That's an interesting package you've made. I like how the main features are put together, i checked the files earlier and as is, that's a design that could go in a feature watch too. Really nice.
can you make it half sized?
Fanstastic video and work!! Contratulations!!
Top! Very good video. Krass😲