How A Mechanical Watch Works - Explained Simply In 3D - How A Watch Works - Atelier DE GRIFF

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  • @rainerbuechse6923
    @rainerbuechse6923 8 месяцев назад +23

    Best watch explanation video on the planet. Thank you so much!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад +1

      Woah thanks so much! 🎉

    • @khariat00
      @khariat00 7 месяцев назад

      @@degriff I agree. Clearest explanation so far I have seen... Thank you

    • @samuelmibenge2745
      @samuelmibenge2745 21 час назад

      I agree

  • @HS-zu9qq
    @HS-zu9qq 9 месяцев назад +18

    showed my son this clip and he was amazed. To think all these elements are made at such a micro scale its astonishing! love mechanical timepieces

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад +1

      As a father myself, this was a heartwarming comment to read. Thank you ☺️🙏

    • @johnbrandt1965
      @johnbrandt1965 6 месяцев назад

      Yes and to think the 19th century great watchmakers Hamilton, Elgin, Waltham all had this down to incredible tolerances and enabled the railroad companies to flourish!

  • @chrisblight6069
    @chrisblight6069 8 месяцев назад +9

    Long been a fan of mechanical watches, and this was, by far, the best explanation of how it all works. Excellent video.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you so much, this is really nice and very encouraging to read!!

    • @chrisblight6069
      @chrisblight6069 8 месяцев назад

      @@degriffYou're welcome. I shall have a look at your other videos.

  • @robertlock6041
    @robertlock6041 2 года назад +67

    A conventional watch movement is both crazy and brilliant. It's a miracle that such an apparently haphazard arrangement of components can actually work, yet alone keep excellent time. A striking clock movement (s) with going train, striking train and chiming train is even more insane. But it works! Nobody can look at this video and not love watches... Thank you for this! 👍🙂👋

    • @degriff
      @degriff  2 года назад +3

      Super nicely said! Thanks a lot for the positive feedback, super appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

    • @kenthomas1845
      @kenthomas1845 10 месяцев назад +7

      Nothing haphazard about the arrangement, but rather it is meticulously deliberate.

    • @robertlock6041
      @robertlock6041 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@kenthomas1845 Yes, it is deliberate, but if you've overhauled one you'll get what I mean. It's crazy genius...

  • @desmondoreilly1210
    @desmondoreilly1210 10 месяцев назад +23

    That's a great presentation and makes understanding how a mechanical movement works fairly easy to understand. Despite watch movement technology being hundreds of years old it is still captivating and genius engineering. Many people are enjoying wearing mechanical watches, even in these digital times, because clearly a mechanical watch has something of a soul. In short it's man's attempt at constructing a beating heart.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад +3

      Wonderfully said, thank you!

    • @desmondoreilly1210
      @desmondoreilly1210 8 месяцев назад

      @@degriff My pleasure. Again, great video.

    • @ankitsbizniz2010
      @ankitsbizniz2010 5 месяцев назад +1

      Couldn’t put it any better

  • @cagrisolak
    @cagrisolak 2 года назад +17

    Thank you very much for the perfect video.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  2 года назад +1

      Thanks so much for watching and the kind feedback! Really appreciate it 🙏

  • @granbyplungar2929
    @granbyplungar2929 8 месяцев назад +16

    Excellent video. One tiny point: Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another.

    • @cuda426hemi
      @cuda426hemi 6 месяцев назад

      Where does that matter? He mentioned the mainspring provides the energy. And it does. 🎬

    • @granbyplungar2929
      @granbyplungar2929 6 месяцев назад +1

      Trust me, it matters. It’s one of the fundamental laws of physics.

    • @cuda426hemi
      @cuda426hemi 6 месяцев назад

      @@granbyplungar2929 Who doubted it? show the time stamp.

    • @BeardmanDan
      @BeardmanDan 6 месяцев назад +1

      Chill out big brain

    • @granbyplungar2929
      @granbyplungar2929 6 месяцев назад +1

      I’ll lie down with a cold compress in a darkened room. Still think it’s a great video.

  • @Yesterday2day
    @Yesterday2day 3 месяца назад

    That was a fantastic presentation, at 57 years of age I've learnt a fascinating process that has been sitting on my wrist for as long as I remember. Thank God we still have quality content creators like yourself around.

  • @dud3n355
    @dud3n355 2 года назад +4

    Very clear presentation of how a watch works. I have autism and it helps me a lot. I would be interesting to see how some complications works.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  2 года назад +1

      Hey Hans, thank you so much, that is very nice to read and I’m glad it was useful for you! The animation work was insanely time consuming (I’m not a pro at it, at all) but with what you wrote, yes, I may follow up with a few important complications as well then in the future 😄🙏

  • @notgoodyear7072
    @notgoodyear7072 2 года назад +4

    You should make more content and advertise more, because they are really good. While other youtubers talk BS your content is really interesting.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  2 года назад

      Thank you! I have never explored the advertising youtube mysteries, but I will check it out :-)

  • @DragisaVucic
    @DragisaVucic 11 месяцев назад +5

    Very comprehensive explenation for watch enthusiasts as l am. Thanks a lot

    • @degriff
      @degriff  11 месяцев назад

      Thank you very much for the positive feedback! 🥂🙏

  • @chourasiaamarjeet
    @chourasiaamarjeet 6 месяцев назад

    I have watched quite a few mechanical watch explanation but by far this, in particular, is the best explanation. Perhaps, the best animated video to understand the working...KUDOS to the efforts put. Finally, I understood how my automatic watches work...!!

  • @MrVoayer
    @MrVoayer 10 месяцев назад +2

    Well explained and lavishly illustrated ! Great job ! Well done !!!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks a lot! Much appreciated

  • @jacquesracine9571
    @jacquesracine9571 26 дней назад

    Amazing. I wish creators like you could make money with their creations.

  • @RobLewis3
    @RobLewis3 2 месяца назад

    Definitely the best explanation I've seen of an escapement. And overall an amazing explanation. Well done

  • @carlosdominguez3108
    @carlosdominguez3108 8 месяцев назад +2

    Best simple explanation I've found. Thank you.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  7 месяцев назад

      Much appreciate the kind feedback, thank you as well!

  • @Rob02138
    @Rob02138 11 месяцев назад +4

    Beautifully done, very much appreciate your hard work on this!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  11 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you very much, I really appreciate the kind words and positive feedback! 🙏

  • @verocimil
    @verocimil 22 дня назад

    Awesome explanation and video, thank you!

  • @pdxdragon7479
    @pdxdragon7479 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank you.
    I'm having trouble visualizing how the hair spring gets energized after the watch is unwound and then wound to get it started again. How does the mechanism get started from zero?

  • @michaelwallace4824
    @michaelwallace4824 5 месяцев назад +1

    Best video I've ever seen. Thanks a bunch!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it 😄

  • @Abcdefghijklm890
    @Abcdefghijklm890 2 месяца назад

    What what is this amazing video sir ..continue good video good quality good experience super thank you love you love you love you love you all all the best all the best..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Abdullah1999H
    @Abdullah1999H 5 месяцев назад +1

    This is awesome video, thank you sir, now I understod exactly how watch work.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  5 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks a lot for the very nice feedback. And my pleasure!

  • @petewilson2314
    @petewilson2314 4 месяца назад

    Very well done, I finally understand how the escapement works!

  • @MrMooseful
    @MrMooseful 2 года назад +6

    Just wow 🔥🔥🔥

  • @ellardgrudzinski
    @ellardgrudzinski 3 месяца назад

    that was incredible. what a beautiful watch and what great work you did on it!MAMACOO

  • @German_MDS
    @German_MDS 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, very good and simple explanation of how a watch works. Thanks a lot!

    • @stevensteven3417
      @stevensteven3417 9 месяцев назад

      Are you A.I.? He did not explain how a watch works.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks, much appreciated! 👍

  • @PoRRasturvaT
    @PoRRasturvaT 7 месяцев назад

    How the escape wheel was making the balance wheel move, through the impulse pin & jewels, is the one thing I was always wondering about. Thanks for the video.

  • @Sov92
    @Sov92 2 года назад +1

    Surprising to see a video like this from a channel with so few subs. Keep up the good work.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  2 года назад

      Many thanks! 🙏

  • @gkky997
    @gkky997 10 месяцев назад

    Wonderfully explained in simple terms with great visuals.
    Tqvm, well done!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks so much for the positive feedback!

  • @f.a.j.4685
    @f.a.j.4685 8 дней назад

    Woow, finally a graphic, where one can really see what happens.
    I would like to see how the main spring is fixed so the case is circling... Kinda ... 😵‍💫
    And then, what is the first spark / step which starts the fork moving?

  • @extrememike
    @extrememike 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great explanation and cool graphics!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  10 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you very much for the kind words!

  • @jackpine4347
    @jackpine4347 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you, this was terrific!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад

      Very welcome, and thank you for the very kind feedback!

  • @MarkJoseph-vv4pj
    @MarkJoseph-vv4pj 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank You. Excellent depiction. Is there any chance that you could do a 3D on why an automatic, which is constantly winding, would never break the mainspring?

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you! Good suggestion for the future 😄

  • @JoseFernandes-bp6rc
    @JoseFernandes-bp6rc 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the excellent explanation and presentation!

  • @jeffkoe310
    @jeffkoe310 6 месяцев назад

    Nice job! Well explained and illustrated.

  • @hatin_the_thinker
    @hatin_the_thinker 8 месяцев назад

    Probably the best explanations

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks a lot for the kind words!! 🙏

  • @alexscharoff5028
    @alexscharoff5028 Год назад +3

    Thanks for this informational video! Could be added, that the wheels turn exactly how they need to turn to let the hands show the time 😉
    How long did it take to make all that animations?

    • @degriff
      @degriff  Год назад +4

      Thank you very much for the kind feedback and the addition! 😄 This took around three weeks (full time days) to make, using Blender. I’m sure someone more experienced can do this much quicker, but this took me a ton of time as I don’t do this type of animation very often at all! I also spent quite some time on the sound design 😁
      Edit: I also have to add that it took several days just to render as I have limited computing power here. And I had to render quite often as I kept running into issues or mistakes which meant starting things over :-) As I said - I was not the most efficient with this!

    • @alexscharoff5028
      @alexscharoff5028 Год назад +3

      @@degriff You did a great job! 💪

    • @degriff
      @degriff  Год назад +2

      @@alexscharoff5028​​⁠ thank you very much, I really appreciate the positive feedback ☺️🙏

  • @AZVIDS
    @AZVIDS 18 дней назад

    Are the wheel numbers in the train mislabeled at 03:12?

  • @MrDrakeSirlit
    @MrDrakeSirlit 7 месяцев назад

    Very nice explanation. Though I like to explain the palet fork before bringing in the balance wheel into the picture. The pallet fork having two stable states (left or right) when torison is applied by the main spring through the train if wheels and that the main spring would maintain its potential energy forever unless something acts on the palet fork (enter the balance wheel).

  • @DBA-or6bx
    @DBA-or6bx 8 месяцев назад +1

    Outstanding content

    • @degriff
      @degriff  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you!

  • @soho71
    @soho71 5 месяцев назад

    Great video, thanks!

  • @bronsondeliac2625
    @bronsondeliac2625 10 месяцев назад +5

    Which part of it turns the hands? How does it move the second, minute, & hour hands at different speeds? 🤔

    • @anonimis06
      @anonimis06 7 месяцев назад

      Different gear sizes for the appropriate ratio of time. Motion Works explained at 7:45

    • @jackroom1261
      @jackroom1261 5 месяцев назад +4

      The wheel in the centre turns once per hour, so this is used to carry the minute hand. On the dial side a pinion (called cannon pinion) is friction fit to the extended pivot of this centre wheel. The cannon pinion drives another train of wheels called the motion work which provides a 12:1 reduction to the hour wheel which sits over the cannon pinion, the hour wheel carries the hour hand, this way you have an hour and minute hand.
      The cannon pinions tight friction fit to the centre wheel can also slip allowing the hands to turn separately to the main wheel train and therefore the time can be set without affecting the running of the watch.
      The ratios between the wheels and the frequency of the escapement (both of which are related to each other) means the fourth wheel in the train turns once per minute meaning a seconds hand can be fitted straight to the long pivot of this fourth wheel. Equally simply by convenience the centre wheel turns once per hour due to the ratios of the wheels and pinions. When designing a watch the number of teeth on the barrel actually isn’t too critical (it only really effects the power reserve), the most important numbers of teeth are on the centre, third, fourth and escape wheels and pinions, these are partly what dictates the beats per hour of a watch and are why these wheels turn at the speeds they do.

    • @bronsondeliac2625
      @bronsondeliac2625 5 месяцев назад

      @@jackroom1261 Very interesting, thanks for the explanation

  • @m9b7v5
    @m9b7v5 18 дней назад

    Thank you

  • @SusanKenney-x8h
    @SusanKenney-x8h 5 месяцев назад

    Ever since I bought a watch from amzwatch , My question is if it's this hard to tell them apart, what is the point of owning an authentic watch?

  • @ultraboost9400
    @ultraboost9400 2 года назад +1

    Really cool video

    • @degriff
      @degriff  2 года назад

      Thank you very much 🙏

  • @GavoxWatches
    @GavoxWatches Год назад +1

    Thanks Master Jan

    • @degriff
      @degriff  Год назад

      Pleasure reading you here Mike!! And thank you for watching 😇🙏🙏🙏

  • @Spidouz
    @Spidouz 10 месяцев назад

    Did you use any specific movement for your 3D model?

  • @andre.bouchard
    @andre.bouchard 10 месяцев назад +1

    That's great. Is the narrator Québécois? I hear a slight accent.

    • @degriff
      @degriff  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you! Bruxellois 😸

  • @dhandapanipalanisamy8165
    @dhandapanipalanisamy8165 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good talk

    • @degriff
      @degriff  10 месяцев назад

      Thanks!

  • @RangeGleasry
    @RangeGleasry 10 месяцев назад +1

    How did they not burn the first watchmaker at the stake. This is witchcraft!!!
    Thank you for this video it’s AMAZING!

    • @degriff
      @degriff  10 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂 You are right, it never ceases to amaze me how they came up with this! Thank you VERY much for the kind words and the laugh 😁🙏

  • @simonmazzi1793
    @simonmazzi1793 7 месяцев назад

    So how can I set my watch without breaking the wheel train?

    • @SOPHIAFLYGIRL
      @SOPHIAFLYGIRL 3 месяца назад

      If you're setting the time on your watch and the hands don't move freely you need to have a professional watchmaker look at it.

    • @simonmazzi1793
      @simonmazzi1793 3 месяца назад

      @@SOPHIAFLYGIRL Please read the question again.

    • @SOPHIAFLYGIRL
      @SOPHIAFLYGIRL 3 месяца назад

      @@simonmazzi1793 Your question asked about setting your watch without breaking the wheel train?

    • @simonmazzi1793
      @simonmazzi1793 3 месяца назад

      @@SOPHIAFLYGIRL Let me rephrase. How does the keyless work disengage the wheel train from the balance wheel/pallet fork, so that the hour/minute hands can move freely without dragging the mainspring?

    • @SOPHIAFLYGIRL
      @SOPHIAFLYGIRL 3 месяца назад

      @simonmazzi1793 When the crown is pulled outward, it separates one set of small gears then, depending on complications, disengages the wheel train from the day-date wheels by means of a lever inside the movement. The remaining gears continue to turn while the day or the date are set.

  • @tissapathiratna7761
    @tissapathiratna7761 11 месяцев назад +1

    Its easy to understand how a mechanical watch works . But a Quartz watch not easy to understand ftom A to Z especially the intigrated circuit. Without the knowledge of electronics.

  • @theotful
    @theotful 8 месяцев назад

    Great animation but the background and music are super creepy

  • @Abcdefghijklm890
    @Abcdefghijklm890 2 месяца назад

    India's best watch old watch You're jumped it
    #HMT mechanic and Automatic watches

  • @PeepingTime
    @PeepingTime 2 года назад +3

    👀

  • @sanaalldevcon3078
    @sanaalldevcon3078 10 месяцев назад

    Energy cannot be created nor distroyed right???

  • @MexicoBeachFloridaLiving
    @MexicoBeachFloridaLiving 10 месяцев назад

    Second wheel = forth wheel...

  • @オルフェーヴルの夫
    @オルフェーヴルの夫 11 месяцев назад +1

    Imagine doing this much and still being worse than a 1 dollar quartz lmao

    • @cabracove
      @cabracove 10 месяцев назад

      I would much rather have a beautiful automatic than any quartz watch. Mine is +/- 2 seconds a day, and it's pure class. A work of art.

    • @mstcrow5429
      @mstcrow5429 8 месяцев назад

      We don't really compare them that way.

  • @kovokarota6282
    @kovokarota6282 5 месяцев назад

    Mechanical watch movement is not magic it's just mechanical. That's why they call it mechanical because it's mechanical.

    • @nigelwatzitooya
      @nigelwatzitooya 4 месяца назад +2

      Wow, your mastery of the english language is INSANE. Thank you so much for this input. I would have never guessed.

  • @stevensteven3417
    @stevensteven3417 9 месяцев назад

    you did not explain how it works not even 50%

  • @markkulyas2418
    @markkulyas2418 8 месяцев назад

    Video quality is pretty poor and very very dark