A History of Watch Advancements

The advancements made in watches is fascinating. There are many innovations that came out of necessity and desire. I go through these advancements in telling time from ancient times to the present.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Introduction
2:21 - The Beginnings Of Telling Time
6:07 - Origins of Mechanical Clocks
9:17 - Watch advancements driven by dive watches
11:40 - Water Resistant Watches
17:52 - Dive timing bezels and Helium Escape Valves
19:44 - Watch Dial Luminescence
24:32 - Watch Shock Resistance
29:08 - Watch Anti-Magnetism
36:26 - Combating Friction In Watches: Jewels and Lubricants
40:43 - Watch Crystals, Anti-Reflective Coating, Cyclops and Display Case Backs
46:26 - Watch Power Source and Energy Accumulators: Mainsprings and Automatic Watches
49:50 - The Watch Escapement
54:31 - The Watch Balance System
58:13 - Watch Hacking
59:04 - Conclusion
Reference Material:
- "The evolution of the waterproof watch" by David Boettcher www.vint agewatchstraps.com/waterproof.php
- "The History of Dive Watches" by David Bredan www.ablogtowatch.com/brief-hi...
- US Patent Search www.uspto.gov/patents/search
- Animation of Incabloc shock absorbing system • Incabloc Shock Absorber

[@manager6826]

As a teenage girl, i feel like i am not the target audience, but my fixation on watches has brought me this far lol

[@adventureswithtime]

Anyone who loves watches are welcome to this content. Have fun.

[@CanadianPhinsFan853]

NO WAY!!!! I have 4 daughters. I hope at least one of them eventually takes up watchmaking or at least collecting. YOU ARE THE TARGET AUDIENCE watch enthusiast.

[@mtbkmaniac1]

Welcome to the passion.

[@grandpabill1959]

You’ve joined at a great time in history. Though P/W are not in vogue right now. You have the complete history which the original owners didn’t know how there watches would be placed in history. I myself love railroad watches. Buy them now why’ll they are inexpensive. And save them. Remember all horological fans know. The real beauty was on the INSIDE. So welcome.

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That’s awesome!

[@MikeOBrien1945]

Bravo, Bob…Bravo. That took a lot of time and effort to research and produce and for that, we thank you. This was highly interesting, informative, and entertaining…well, to some of us, anyway. Also, I think that anyone who payed rapt attention to the end, can now safely describe themselves as a “watch nerd.” If the shoe fits….LOL. Thanks, Bob…great job.

[@adventureswithtime]

It was a lot of fun making this video ... and a lot of work. I hope to do another next year. Thanks for watching.

[@baoloc1160]

the longest and also the most educated video I have got for horology. Thanks a lot Bob.

[@adventureswithtime]

Thank you. It took a lot of work to make this video and I"m glad you found it helpful. Please share with your fellow watch enthusiast so that I can continue to bring valuable content.

[@Dragon_rls]

Hey Bob; Thank you for putting in the extensive efforts it clearly took to make this video. Yes I did watch it all the way through, and really learned a lot. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

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This video was well worth the time. I can't even count all the nuggets I learned from this. Thanks!

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Thank you. Just what I wanted to hear. Tell your friends.

[@shankz8854]

I’m up to 10:16, I would add another main reason for the popularity of dive watches - two words - James. Bond.

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Shaken not stirred

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Wow thank you professor Bob, I have been educated. Love you channel!

[@adventureswithtime]

More of an associate Prof; or maybe a teaching assistant. Still learning myself. Glad you found it helpful and enjoyable.

[@PhilipNeuer8855]

Clear, brief,well done. Brought the information together. Thank you ⏱

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[@The_Faubla]

Dear Bob, this is the best and most informative video in YT. It include picures, press releases and a a lot of information. Such a content takes a lot of time to research and prepare. Bravo! Thanks a lot for your time and dedication to share that to all of us

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Thank you. It was fun, and informative, to make. Tell your friends about this video.

[@MexieMex]

Really interesting stuff. Thank you

[@jimmydivine242]

This is a must watch for timepiece enthusiasts!

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I’m glad you found it educational. Please tell your fellow watch enthusiasts.

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very informative. I appreciate all the graphics and hard word done to help illustrate the topics.

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Thank you. I’m glad you found it informative

[@jorgeg5895]

Excellent video. Many more things i learned. Keeping this video as s reference. Thank you Bob!!

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Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully, now you have the tools to dig further into any topic that interests you. Thanks for watching.

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Thank you very much for you time and effort! *Mind blown*

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This was a lot of fun to watch!

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Thank you. Glad you found it enjoyable. Please share with your fellow watch enthusiast so that I can continue to bring valuable content.

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As usual...a perfect review!!!

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Thank you for your continued support

[@mg1906]

Excellent job sir. Thank you!

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Thank you for watching. Please share with your watch enthusiast friends.

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Good gravy so informative, thanks!

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Fantastic video. Bravo.

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Thank you. Tomorrow I publish a watch challenge on watch hands. Give it a look.

[@johnny6171]

Wow! Thank you so much! I learned a lot!

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Glad it was helpful

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Thank you for sharing this information Sir.

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@@adventureswithtime I will definitely do that, have a nice evening

[@CaptainJerry-]

Nice information and entertaining!

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Thank you. Did you make it all the way through?

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Thank you, Sir👍👍👍. Highly Informative & Entertaining! 😎🙂👏

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I tried to be educational while sprinkling in a bit of humor. Glad you liked it. Tell your friends about my channel so I can continue to make content.

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What a great video.

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Thank you very much. Did you watch it all the way? 😬

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Nice informative video. A pearl lost in youtube. Thank you.

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Lost yes, but being found. All of a sudden KZbin has been serving this video to more people. Tell your watch enthusiast friends so they can enjoy it also.

[@erwinochoa105]

Thank you so much Bob for presenting to us your research on such an interesting topic as is watchmaking. I really enjoyed watching it and surely learnt a lot.

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Thank you for watching it. Did you make it all the way through? 😀

[@elefantrising]

Great video very interesting how much development went into something that is not even really needed anymore. Regardless they are so much fun to enjoy. cheers

[@adventureswithtime]

I love watches because they are such well engineered tiny machines and am amazed that mechanical watches can maintain their accuracy while being shifted around as we wear them on our wrist.

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Amazing video would recommend this to anyone getting into horology

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Great. Spread the word

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

But any how, very informative! Well done!

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Ah, thanks

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[@dr.omar.insights2000]

thanks for the great effort to make such info easily accessible . a question that always crosses my mind is what was the reference time people use to regulate their watches in each town and how was that time maintained accurate in the 18th and 19th centuries? thanks

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[@TheGreatTimSheridan]

I think glass can also be dipped in liquid boron to give it extreme strength.

[@adventureswithtime]

I know there are other hardening coatings used, but didn't know about boron. Thanks

[@majordendrocopos]

7.40 Galileo determined that “a pendulum would swing at a constant rate regardless of its length “. Not true. Long pendulums swing more slowly than short pendulums, you regulate the time on a long case clock by moving the pendulum weight up to speed up the clock or down to slow it down. Maybe you meant that any particular length of pendulum will swing at a constant rate?

[@jasonp3253]

BC and AD are the calendar we use. What is BCE and CE? There is no clock or calendar made with those times. Excellent video other than that and very informative.

[@adventureswithtime]

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it. BTW, BCE and CE stand for Before the Common Era and Common Era. They are non-religious terms.

[@mikemorgan-swinhoe7932]

Waltham were ahead of rolex making the first waterproof watch with a sealed case . Also zodiac was before the sub and fifty fathoms .

[@adventureswithtime]

Thanks for the info

[@AaronSchwarz42]

Citizen Eco-drive (Solar Quarts + Lithium Titanate Battery) or Apple WATCH SERIES 1-9 how the system on a chip clock works from quartz or similar timing mechanism in IOT or internet of things smartwatches & fitness trackers, Samsung Gear units, Fitbits, Garmin Smartwatches or many other digital watches. Amazing how all computers have a clock to synchronize electrical signals

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Some timing mechanism is always needed

[@Karifi]

23:10 scary jump alert

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Why scary?

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Glad you found it helpful.

[@Dr_LK]

Clepsydras also used in Ancient Greece! The name is Greek actually 😂

[@adventureswithtime]

Interesting. Thanks for adding to my knowledge

[@Dr_LK]

Moving your hand in water doesn’t increase appreciably the pressure on the watch! The difference is a fraction of a percentage. Unless you can move your hand at tremendous speeds which we as humans are nowhere close to! Is a myth being perpetuated for so many years... if you read some watch forums, there have been people who made the calculations to disprove this myth.

[@adventureswithtime]

Probably true. However engineers want to cover all possible impacts

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Put your camera lower on your table... lol.

[@adventureswithtime]

Why?

[@el3ctr1csix22]

Seems more like History of mechanical advancements... It's just missing a lot of time measuring instruments.

[@adventureswithtime]

Perhaps

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Or get a highter chair...

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Why?

[@NoMoneyHubby]

Bro that music...just dont

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Why? You don't like any music on videos or just the music I picked?

[@NoMoneyHubby]

@@adventureswithtime its just the music u picked for this video... that bag pipe or whatever is atrocious

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@@NoMoneyHubby Sorry you didn't like it.

[@gs2162]

Very interesting, but learn how to pronounce the manufacturer's names correctly. Ooh lees Nardan Reeshard Mil Vacheron Constanta

[@adventureswithtime]

Sorry

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Nice that you use BCE instead of BC for unhistorical non-messiah, and unoriginal, "Jesus" (whitewashed name). Shalom.