300 Years of Watchmaking History | Horology Forum

[@dannysimenauer5745]

Professor Mosso is in the house! I can't imagine the time it took to do the research for this presentation. Hoping Tim gets invited to other watch associations to share this information; especially, the Horological Society of New York (HSNY).

[@philokevetch8691]

Phenomenal presentation.

[@scottstone7010]

Incredible history lesson. Truly impressive!

[@weitsufan1903]

What a the virtuosity in horological scholarship! I was very fortunate to be there in the audience and met Tim afterwards.

[@joriantp]

What a great video, clear, consice and an entertaining overview.

[@jimmillett9224]

Fascinating, insightful and brilliant presentation by Tim Mosso. Are there no limits to his talents. How has this got so few views so far!

[@the.curator]

Well done for introducing 19th-century American industrial watchmaking in the presentation.

[@davidmulligan42]

Great presentation, thanks Tim!

[@SVH89]

This is some good stuff!!

[@the1916companywatchreviews]

Hi all, just a quick note. The Essex was ram sunk by a whale in 1820. Details matter! That's all I have to add. Best, Tim

[@UnseenHero]

Great video that I will have to come back to a few times

[@Velociphile]

Harrison's H4 used the Flamenville escapement.

[@the1916companywatchreviews]

Thanks for watching. It's considered a modified variant of the verge for historical purposes but also somewhat unique. Most escapement styles come in a large number of variations depending on who made them, when they were made, and whether they are detached or frictional rest,. Best, Tim

[@lrfantiquewatcheswwitrench5127]

Tim, I found it rather strange that you would credit Rolex and the 1926 Oyster when it comes to waterproof wristwatch technology (minute marker 44:24), as nothing could be further from the truth. Rolex's story of being the world's first waterproof wristwatch has been completely debunked. Charles Depollier's 1918 Waltham Depollier "Field & Marine" Waterproof Wristwatch, that featured a screw down crown, was tested by the United States Army Engineering & Research Division and by the United States Bureau of Standards for waterproof ability in 1918. It PASSED their 500 hour submersion tests with flying colors. Then on December 5, 1918 Depollier signed a contract with the United States War Department (today the DOD) for 10,000 waterproof wristwatch, with screw down crowns.This happened 3,275 days before Mercedes Gleitze failed to swim across the English Channel when Rolex claims the "birthday announcement of the waterproof watch" on the cover of the Daily Mail. Depollier had an independently tested waterproof wristwatch before Rolex even moved to Switzerland! Just in the past month articles have been published in the New York Times, Perezcope, Hodinkee and Time & Tide stripping Rolex of their self proclaimed title, now crediting Charles Depollier. Even the official Rolex Wikipedia page has stripped Rolex of the title of being the world's first waterproof wristwatch. Charles Depollier is now credited, citation #65. I'd be glad to send you a digital copy of my latest book that has all of the official U.S. government reports and the Army documents that are clearly date stamped 1918. The book even includes the transcript of a federal lawsuit where the entire time of events in this saga are clearly laid out. These document lay out in black and white the 1918 MIL SPEC for the world's first waterproof wristwatch. I'm sorry to say but Hans Wilsdorf was a lair who stole credit for horological innovation from Charles Depollier. There is no doubt about it any longer. You can contact me through my webpage, LRF Antique Watches for the free copy of my Depollier book. Horological history has been rewritten Tim. Stan Czubernat

[@the1916companywatchreviews]

Nowhere in this video do I claim Rolex was first with water resistance; both the slide and the narrative state "made famous by Rolex in 1926." Rolex popularized the type with a widely used approach to construction. Clearly, it wasn't first with automatic winding, water resistance, or wristwatches, but it mainstreamed all of those. Best, Tim

[@collectible_watches]

Tim, when you said luxury watches started around 1985... Do you mean all brands went that direction ? Cause a Patek 1518 and 2499 are as you know a few decades older

[@the1916company]

Of course, but the mechanical watch as luxury by default was a post-quartz development and necessity. The ubiquitous low-grade mechanical watch (think Roskopf) essentially became extinct outside of China and - much later - the oddity of the Sistem51. From roughly the mid-70s utilitarian watches almost always were designed with quartz technology. Best, Tim

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