Watches

YouTube - How a Mechanical Watch Works

the painstaking art of luxury watch making

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How It’s Made](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6zNWUI-Ydo)

QUARTZ VS. MECHANICAL WATCHES

Make list of watch parts:

• Mechanical watches are art. Remind me to be creative

• they are a piece of history “The world’s first mechanical clock was introduced in the 13th century. Fast forward to 1510, and Peter Henlein unveiled the first-ever mechanical watch—that only worked when worn around the wearer’s neck or belt!

Up until the 1970s, all watches were mechanical. That’s not to say they don’t remain a popular choice in a market filled with other options. Upwards of half a billion mechanical watches are sold all over the world on an annual basis. “

• they show how valuable time is
• feat of engineering. Remind me of engineering
• motivating with the ticking
• reminded of fragility
• remind me to be perfect

Types of watches:

• mechanical: wind up watches
• automatic: automatically wind up based on movement
• quartz watches

how they work

Journal

• 2020-12-24 Created file