I would have thrown in the "Quartz regulated, externally referenced / adjusted" movements (i.e. using Multi-band 6 or Bluetooth) for completeness, to cover off the high tech G-Shocks or Citizen watches of the world. But otherwise I enjoyed the episode. Thanks Mark!
Agree, for me personally the externally synchronized watches are the only Quartz watches I consider buying for myself. They truly keep time accurate to within a second without needing to make any manual adjustments. Quartz alone still requires periodic manual adjustment. Initially, this field was dominated by radio-controlled watches, but now GPS is entering the market, although GPS watches still tend to be bulky and expensive. GPS has the advantage that it works everywhere on the surface of the planet, while radio-controlled watches depend on being within range of one of the handful long wave radio transmitters, usually run by government agencies. Bluetooth is another alternative, but tends to depend on proprietary apps, with uncertain longevity. Sometimes vendors stop supporting the app after a few years.
Enjoyed every second of this. I think you're unique in the watch world as you have a passion for watches, you're a collector, you have your own amazing brand and you love and understand the engineering aspects of a watch. You don't make enough watch and learn videos 😁
@@islandwatch 'least popular' in views perhaps but most appreciated by the like-minded. Excellent video. Thank you. The Spring Drive is my favourite evolution.
I am a novice hobbyist watch lover. Certainly not an engineer or professional, but this was just full of very interesting and useful information for me. Thanks! I learned so much
Enjoyed the vid 👍. It was very enlightening. I love my Seiko Kinetic's. My wife gave me my first one for our 10th anniversary back in 96 (the SKH060 Windward). At one point I had 15 in my collection. After a while, I realized how challenging it was to keep them all running. I sold all with the exception of the 2 my wife bought me. Eight years ago I learned that Seiko made a Kinetic Energy supplier & bought one immediately. Since then, I've been building up my Kinetic collection again. I paid $150 for a new one back in 2014. Today, you'd be hard-pressed to find a used one for less than $400.
Best channel. No obvious bias between tech (nobody likes kinetic!), super informative, no ego and an obvious engineering background informing the content. Thanks dude. Love your work and your store 👍
Brilliant tutorial, thanks Marc! Agree with you about Seiko Kinetic, I had one back in 2010 but soon changed it for one of their classic automatics (from the SNX series) - which I much preferred. Now I choose solar powered watches from Citizen and G-Shock, quartz accuracy but without the need for battery changes - particularly important for the Diver's and G-Shock so they can remain sealed and watertight at all times (and during lockdowns when jewellers were shut!). Loving your Seiko Spring Drive by the way!
Really great video Mark. I always thought that the jump from mechanical to quartz was immediate. Never knew about the intermediate technologies like the hamilton and accutron
It's the mark of an advanced high functioning businessman to pass on information and not just do business with the public . By advancing their knowledge people can make better decisions and catch deeper appreciation of a watch to enjoy. I love people that say I don't wear a watch because my phone tells me the time. Oh, what they are missing !
Thanks for the great vid, mate. Although i'll probably never by a watch from you because of greedy german customs, i love and enjoy every "Watch and Learn".
Nice video. Being a total watch nerd, I probably knew most of what was shown in the video but not all. You did an excellent job of explaining everything so even a non-watch nerd could understand. Your "Watch and Learn" videos are always my favorites.
Great choice of traits to compare the innovations over time. It really does all come down to energy. Spring drive was my holy grail from the first time I'd seen it.
I like your videos very much. I really like your "Watch and Learn" videos the most. I understand they are your most "least favorite" offerings, but many of us appreciate them. Thank you for all you do for us, Marc.🙂👍
Excellent video. I have a kinetic which I put on a standard watch winder, that I modified, just for a few days every month and it maintains a full charge.
I can vouch for the impracticality of the Seiko Kinetic. I’ve got one and it’s a total pain. Great video. I should have sent you my father’s 1950’s Omega bumper for inclusion. THAT is one cool self-winding watch.
Thanks for the video, Marc. Very interesting movements throughout the years for sure. I think you could have added Bluetooth and atomic time clock in there.
Yay, another Watch and Learn video! Always interesting to learn about the mechanical/electronic hybrid movements, thanks for the lesson and much appreciated.
Excellent. Thanks Mark. Good information that was conveyed in a way that even someone that is not a watch enthusiast would easily understand. Bravo that man .
Amazing learning video, I would really like to see more of learning stuff. It just amazing to see how technology of watch making has changed through the history. I must say that i am really impressed with spring drive, I guess this video will set me back few grand to get one 😀. ٍThank you Mark for doing this.
Hi Mark. Precisionst movement sweep second hands have 16 steps/second. When you look at the second hand in direct sunlight you can see the very fine stepping action. There's also a sleazy battery saving trick with the chronograph versions too. You can stop the sweep hand by putting it in chronograph mode but never starting the chrono, that dramatically improves battery life (which is indeed a 3V lithium cell). I do that with mine, I "turn on" the sweep second hand only when I wear it. Mine hasn't needed a battery change in the 4+ years I've had it. There are newer 262kHz movements Bulova also sells, like in the CURV line and models like in the Lunar Pilot. Those use regular 1.5V silver oxide cells like in regular quartz watches and the second hand (which is a sub dial) move in 1/2 second incremments for power saving due to the smaller battery. A battery lasts around 3-4 yrs in these models. Voice of experience on the batery life, I had to change them right at 3 yrs. with my CURV, at a bit over 4 yrs. in my Lunar Pilot.
Very easy to understand the methods of watch/timekeeping evolution. Beautiful examples of each. I was wondering about inductive generation of electricity like the recharging a cell phone.
Thank you for this Marc! If you could make a prediction, what do you think would be the next iteration of the wristwatch? I'm guessing it would be more trouble than its worth, but I'd love to see an Atmos-concept applied to a watch. No pressure though;)
I have three interesting little Seiko quartz watches (1988 - 1990) that use the 5S21 movement (7 jewels) which has a smooth sweep second hand. 5S42 movement is similar but also has a date complication.
Interesting that all this newer technology and improvement in time keeping has come from Japan and the US. Where are the Swiss? They are literary behind the times!
Thank You Mark so much for another great video. Most videos on watch movements concentrate on manual and automatics vs Quartz watches. Thanks for bringing so many alternatives on the table! One question - where would you place radio controlled watches? PS. Great visual aids ;)
@@islandwatch based on Wikipedia (maybe someone will find it usefull :)): In 1990, Junghans offered the first radio-controlled wristwatch, the MEGA 1. In this type, the watch's quartz oscillator is set to the correct time daily by coded radio time signals broadcast by government-operated time stations such as JJY, MSF, RBU, DCF77, and WWVB, received by a radio receiver in the watch.
Marc very enjoyable. If there is a follow-up could you explain how it is possible to wind up a watch, storing that energy on the spring but at the same time the spring is providing energy to the mechanism.
Loved it! One of the all-time-most useful watch vids. Got me interested in Swatch again. By the way, that Citizen Eco is, I think, the same model Ron Swanson wears on Parks & Rec.
That was a fantastic video, you would make an excellent teacher or instructor :) I hear you about the kinetics, I bought an Orient GeneQua on E-bay for all of 24 dollars. I personally love the thing, 38mm perfect little field watch, but getting it up to speed, yeah lol
I would have thrown in the "Quartz regulated, externally referenced / adjusted" movements (i.e. using Multi-band 6 or Bluetooth) for completeness, to cover off the high tech G-Shocks or Citizen watches of the world. But otherwise I enjoyed the episode. Thanks Mark!
Good call, and I have a multi-band G-shock, would have made a good fit near the end.
My GW-M5610 has this technology - which I use as the reference to set my others (which keep time to within a few seconds per month anyway).
Agree, for me personally the externally synchronized watches are the only Quartz watches I consider buying for myself. They truly keep time accurate to within a second without needing to make any manual adjustments. Quartz alone still requires periodic manual adjustment. Initially, this field was dominated by radio-controlled watches, but now GPS is entering the market, although GPS watches still tend to be bulky and expensive. GPS has the advantage that it works everywhere on the surface of the planet, while radio-controlled watches depend on being within range of one of the handful long wave radio transmitters, usually run by government agencies. Bluetooth is another alternative, but tends to depend on proprietary apps, with uncertain longevity. Sometimes vendors stop supporting the app after a few years.
Agree
That accutron is amazing!
This is the video I've always wanted to see! Thanks so much for putting this together. I will definitely be watching it many more times.
Timestamps for reference:
1:33 - Hand-wound mechanical (Invicta pocketwatch)
4:30 - Automatic mechanical (Swatch Irony Body & Soul)
6:35 - Battery-powered mechanical (Hamilton Electric)
9:41 - Battery-powered tuning fork (Bulova Accutron)
12:49 - Battery-powered quartz (Swatch Jelly)
17:49 - Solar battery-powered quartz (Citizen Eco-Drive)
20:04 - Mechanical quartz (Seiko Kinetic)
22:57 - Mechanical "quartz-referenced electromagnetic brake" (Seiko Spring Drive)
26:50 - Battery-powered 262kHz quartz (Bulova Precisionist)
30:36 - Mechanical quartz w/ electrostatic motor (Bulova Electrostatic Accutron)
Thank you.
Enjoyed every second of this. I think you're unique in the watch world as you have a passion for watches, you're a collector, you have your own amazing brand and you love and understand the engineering aspects of a watch. You don't make enough watch and learn videos 😁
Thanks. They are my most "least popular" videos :(
@@islandwatch 'least popular' in views perhaps but most appreciated by the like-minded. Excellent video. Thank you. The Spring Drive is my favourite evolution.
That was outstanding Marc. Thank you for helping educate us all on watches. Appreciate all you do.
I appreciate that!
Unexpected surprise but not unwelcome. Did not expect to see you here bandrew
A marvelous first Watch & Learn video for 2022 . Thank you Marc.
I am a novice hobbyist watch lover. Certainly not an engineer or professional, but this was just full of very interesting and useful information for me. Thanks! I learned so much
Enjoyed the vid 👍. It was very enlightening.
I love my Seiko Kinetic's. My wife gave me my first one for our 10th anniversary back in 96 (the SKH060 Windward). At one point I had 15 in my collection. After a while, I realized how challenging it was to keep them all running. I sold all with the exception of the 2 my wife bought me.
Eight years ago I learned that Seiko made a Kinetic Energy supplier & bought one immediately. Since then, I've been building up my Kinetic collection again.
I paid $150 for a new one back in 2014. Today, you'd be hard-pressed to find a used one for less than $400.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Mark,
I'm an electronics guy. Your simple explanation of quartz controlled oscillators was perfect.
I don't think I've seen any other watch seller who is so passionate about learning and teaching! As always, great video Marc!
Very true Mark is the best on RUclips great teacher 🧑🏫
Watched 5 of your videos and I fixed my Breitling. Thank you.
Best channel. No obvious bias between tech (nobody likes kinetic!), super informative, no ego and an obvious engineering background informing the content. Thanks dude. Love your work and your store 👍
Hi Marc, the fog is now starting to clear, without your Watch and Learn videos I would still be in the dark. Cheers keep them coming.
Thank you
Very interesting Marc, love these "Watch and Learn" vids, thanks!
I really do appreciate the effort you go into these videos Mark. I’m sure we all do.
Brilliant tutorial, thanks Marc! Agree with you about Seiko Kinetic, I had one back in 2010 but soon changed it for one of their classic automatics (from the SNX series) - which I much preferred. Now I choose solar powered watches from Citizen and G-Shock, quartz accuracy but without the need for battery changes - particularly important for the Diver's and G-Shock so they can remain sealed and watertight at all times (and during lockdowns when jewellers were shut!). Loving your Seiko Spring Drive by the way!
Thanks Ian
Very well thought out video. Thanks a bunch, Mark!
Excellent tutorial! Thanks for presenting this in a logical sequence. The three criteria was a great idea!
Thanks Marc for taking the “time” to explain the different movements. Well done! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
LOL, thank you for watching.
@@islandwatch lol, we all have things to thank for.
Really great video Mark. I always thought that the jump from mechanical to quartz was immediate. Never knew about the intermediate technologies like the hamilton and accutron
Glad it was helpful!
Great stuff! I’m really in love with the Seiko spring drive. The ultimate fluidity of second hand sweep!
This is one of the most informative videos I've seen in a while.
Really interesting. Didn’t know about the battery/mechanical regulated movement. Thanks Marc!
It's the mark of an advanced high functioning businessman to pass on information and not just do business with the public . By advancing their knowledge people can make better decisions and catch deeper appreciation of a watch to enjoy.
I love people that say I don't wear a watch because my phone tells me the time. Oh, what they are missing !
Great video summarizing the key points of how watch movements work! I always enjoy these watch and learn videos!
Thanks for the great vid, mate. Although i'll probably never by a watch from you because of greedy german customs, i love and enjoy every "Watch and Learn".
This was very informative Marc. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. You are the best.
Great Watch and learn, Marc! You hit it on the head, regarding Accuquartz speed. It is really cool not having to fine tune setting!
Nice video. Being a total watch nerd, I probably knew most of what was shown in the video but not all. You did an excellent job of explaining everything so even a non-watch nerd could understand. Your "Watch and Learn" videos are always my favorites.
Thanks!
Thanks Marc for the engineer's commentary.
LOL. Disclaimer!
Great choice of traits to compare the innovations over time. It really does all come down to energy. Spring drive was my holy grail from the first time I'd seen it.
Thanks for sharing this! Love these sessions.
Absolutely fantastic video Marc. That was great to watch!!
Thank you, Marc! That was truly enlightening and entertaining !
Utterly fascinating. Thank you Marc.
Great video! Love this.
Most versatile channel on watches. 👍
Fantastic video…well explained - I learned many new things
Great to hear!
Love these from a technical standpoint. Im an ex navy nuke who studied industrial engineering. The videos with TGV are awesome as well!
Nice! Appreciate your time to illustrate us on time keeping. Great show Marc keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for making this…it’s fascinating! How can anyone NOT love watches?!
Welcome!
I like your videos very much. I really like your "Watch and Learn" videos the most. I understand they are your most "least favorite" offerings, but many of us appreciate them. Thank you for all you do for us, Marc.🙂👍
Thanks much
Excellent Video! Marc has a talent to explaining these things at a simple level
Mark great video I have a much better understanding of movements in general now thanks to you. 👍
This was my first Watch and Learn video and it was very educational. I especially liked your 21st century presentation technology. 😄
Excellent video. I have a kinetic which I put on a standard watch winder, that I modified, just for a few days every month and it maintains a full charge.
I can vouch for the impracticality of the Seiko Kinetic. I’ve got one and it’s a total pain. Great video. I should have sent you my father’s 1950’s Omega bumper for inclusion. THAT is one cool self-winding watch.
Excellent content and so well explained. Love your videos, thank you
Wow Mark, Excellent explanation and breakdown of watch movements. Thank you, and love your channel.
Much appreciated!
My favorite video of yours since the slide rule bezel!!!!
Thanks for the video, Marc. Very interesting movements throughout the years for sure. I think you could have added Bluetooth and atomic time clock in there.
Yeah, I missed atomic. My bad.
Yay, another Watch and Learn video! Always interesting to learn about the mechanical/electronic hybrid movements, thanks for the lesson and much appreciated.
That was informative and fun. Now, I want a Spring Drive. 🙂
Love the seiko spring drive, amazing watch.
Thanks Marc for the wealth of knowledge that you always provide to us! Learned a lot from this
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent. Thanks Mark. Good information that was conveyed in a way that even someone that is not a watch enthusiast would easily understand. Bravo that man .
Hey Mark, excellent video explaining the most popular mov'ts. I did enjoy the way you changed between descriptions of the calibers. Cheer mate.
Love the videos Marc, very entertaining to watch as well as informative. really makes you appreciate the technology.
Enjoyed this watch and learn, thank you for teaching me something tonight!!
Great lecture, Prof. Frankel!
this is why i pay for the premium content! great stuff. thanks, Marc.
You are welcome
Amazing learning video, I would really like to see more of learning stuff. It just amazing to see how technology of watch making has changed through the history. I must say that i am really impressed with spring drive, I guess this video will set me back few grand to get one 😀. ٍThank you Mark for doing this.
Well presented and very interesting, thanks 👍
Brilliant way to make all this clear. Thanks for the education.
Thanks!
Love the video.
How about quartz watches that are regulated by receiving the atomic signal?
Thank you again, Mark. Great video.
Marc,
Great video! Thank you for putting this together👍🏻😊
Hi Mark. Precisionst movement sweep second hands have 16 steps/second. When you look at the second hand in direct sunlight you can see the very fine stepping action.
There's also a sleazy battery saving trick with the chronograph versions too. You can stop the sweep hand by putting it in chronograph mode but never starting the chrono, that dramatically improves battery life (which is indeed a 3V lithium cell). I do that with mine, I "turn on" the sweep second hand only when I wear it. Mine hasn't needed a battery change in the 4+ years I've had it.
There are newer 262kHz movements Bulova also sells, like in the CURV line and models like in the Lunar Pilot. Those use regular 1.5V silver oxide cells like in regular quartz watches and the second hand (which is a sub dial) move in 1/2 second incremments for power saving due to the smaller battery. A battery lasts around 3-4 yrs in these models. Voice of experience on the batery life, I had to change them right at 3 yrs. with my CURV, at a bit over 4 yrs. in my Lunar Pilot.
Fascinating Marc. It's obvious that you are an engineer!
Thank you Marc, nicely done!
Very easy to understand the methods of watch/timekeeping evolution. Beautiful examples of each. I was wondering about inductive generation of electricity like the recharging a cell phone.
Thank you for this Marc! If you could make a prediction, what do you think would be the next iteration of the wristwatch? I'm guessing it would be more trouble than its worth, but I'd love to see an Atmos-concept applied to a watch. No pressure though;)
Flexure Pivot Oscillator "compliant mechanism", like the new concept model(s) from Frederique Constant & other high end brands
Really enjoyed that Mark, covered a lot of ground and easy to follow. Thanks for taking the time to create this video 🍻
Very welcome
I have three interesting little Seiko quartz watches (1988 - 1990) that use the 5S21 movement (7 jewels) which has a smooth sweep second hand. 5S42 movement is similar but also has a date complication.
That hami is sharp, marc. Great pick up!!
Thanks.
Interesting that all this newer technology and improvement in time keeping has come from Japan and the US.
Where are the Swiss? They are literary behind the times!
Thank You Mark so much for another great video. Most videos on watch movements concentrate on manual and automatics vs Quartz watches. Thanks for bringing so many alternatives on the table! One question - where would you place radio controlled watches?
PS. Great visual aids ;)
Yeah, so I should have included these. I'm guessing they would be around Spring drive time.
@@islandwatch based on Wikipedia (maybe someone will find it usefull :)): In 1990, Junghans offered the first radio-controlled wristwatch, the MEGA 1. In this type, the watch's quartz oscillator is set to the correct time daily by coded radio time signals broadcast by government-operated time stations such as JJY, MSF, RBU, DCF77, and WWVB, received by a radio receiver in the watch.
Happy new year Marc. Great video, wonderful new year gift to us. Thanks 👍
Professor Mark. Thank you!
Outstanding video. Very interesting. Thanks.
Thank you great video very informative always look forward to the watch and learn. There are simply the best information you can get thank you
🙏 Marc, Watch class on a Sunday, Who would have Thought..! Again Thank u 😎
School every day
The GOAT 🐐!!! Thanks for teaching us all with your knowledge
My pleasure!!
Marc very enjoyable. If there is a follow-up could you explain how it is possible to wind up a watch, storing that energy on the spring but at the same time the spring is providing energy to the mechanism.
Such a great watch and learn. Thank you
Thanks Marc, educational and so well explained, I often wondered why Kinetic watches were not very popular, well now I know...stay safe
Yup, thank you.
Nicely done!
Loved it! One of the all-time-most useful watch vids. Got me interested in Swatch again. By the way, that Citizen Eco is, I think, the same model Ron Swanson wears on Parks & Rec.
Thanks Mark for the informative video !
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome video Marc. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Excellent video...thanks mark
Excellent. Thank you very, very much.
Thanks Mark !
I may have to watch this a few Times .
Good idea!
Omg! That 99' Seiko Batman is absolutely beautiful ..im in love ..i want one!
Awesome video Marc! Learned a lot here and was amazed how many of these movements I own(ed).
Great looking forward to this.
Oh man I got so excited about this... I subbed because you are great!
Thank you Sir
That Invicta pocket watch is really neat.
Brilliant video Marc, well explained, I think probably the next generation of watches will be conductive charging
Thanks!
That was a fantastic video, you would make an excellent teacher or instructor :) I hear you about the kinetics, I bought an Orient GeneQua on E-bay for all of 24 dollars. I personally love the thing, 38mm perfect little field watch, but getting it up to speed, yeah lol
Just bought the isl 67 love it ,I'm 55 the best ⌚ that I have owned,classy