Beat Error adjustment and the theory behind it.

[@CaptainJerry-]

I am watching and learning! I just brought down my 9ms Beat Error to 0.1 and +480 s/d to 17 s/d! I used to work on cars before I was injured and disabled in the Iraq War. This is filling my need to fix stuff and make it look pretty again!

[@mountainsriversandtrees1474]

I was a piano technician for almost 20 years. I now have a couple of Swiss-made automatic watches and am interested in keeping them running smoothly. This is so fascinating. Though a Swiss watch is a little more complex, this all reminds me of how a piano action is regulated/adjusted (the action inside a piano also uses an escapement mechanism for quicker repetition of the note without having to let the key return completely to rest). By using the model, you've made it easily understandable. You got an instant subscribe with this video.

[@Tapioca674]

You’re a fantastic teacher! I’m grasping the theory better than I expected because of your skill. Thank you!

[@bvburnes]

Thank you so much! I've had a hard time visualizing how power is transfered from the drive train to the balance wheel, but now it seems so obvious to me!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Wonderful!

[@kswaminathan5439]

Sir, I can't say anything except that you are genius at watch making. Such in depth knowledge you possess .

[@user-rk2ek5jm4k]

Thank you for the lecture, and all of the information. I think I will watch this video 3-4 times again just to get all of the little details, and carve it to my brain 😊

[@danielebeling1663]

wow I cannot explain how badly I needed to understand this, thank you Kalle! A great teacher, in my opinion, is someone who does not judge. Having seen plenty of your videos, you seem to never judge or expect anything when conveying your collected knowledge. These qualities are priceless and I'm having such a wonderful time learning the craft further. Like earlier commented, thank you so much for taking the time! Keep it up my guy.

[@carlorobazza7569]

Thank you! I finally understand what "beat error" is and your demonstration with the large model finally clarified a grey area of how a watch worked. Thank you thank you thank you!

[@nikprice2067]

Bravo. It’s a pleasure learning from your explanations.

[@JJPanozzo1]

I feel smarter after each video. Thank you

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

That is such a nice comment, you made my week Joey!

[@bernardrocchia9935]

Fantastic video! I learned the importance of beat error the hard way. I restored my father's watch (venus 175 chronograph) which had a breguet hairspring. The adjustment is much more complicated but also taught me the importance of having the impulse jewel centered between the banking pins. Thanks so much for sharing your extensive knowledge.

[@allenrussell1947]

If you don't have and adjustable hairspring pin you have to rotate the hairspring collet on the balance staff. A little trickier as you have to remove the balance to make the adjustment. But doable with care and patience.

[@bradpigott8883]

Late to the party, but I just subscribed! Watched so many clips on timegraphers, servicing watches etc, and beat error has been explained but nobody mentioned how to adjust it. I look forward to watching more of your clips. Great work thank you!!

[@PaulBletzer]

Once again Kalle you’ve done an AMAZING job of demonstrating and explaining important information that all of us amateur watchmakers have such a hard time finding through the myriad of KZbin information we sort through. There are now three channels I go to regularly when I have a hard time figuring something out or when I think I’m ready to take my skills to the next level and your channel is always right on top. It seems to me that your explanations are always geared towards us that do this part time, taking the time to explain what we are seeing and why things happen in a particular way. You never assume we know more than we do and do a great job of teaching us how and why something is done a particular way. Keep up the great videos and you’ll always have me as a subscriber. Thanks and cheers from Boston, Ma. Paul B.

[@VWatchie]

Excellent explanation and demonstration! Even though I've been an enthusiast repairer for six years I didn't realize the importance and the impact of the beat error before seeing this video. Thank you very much!

[@ZippletTech]

This is the best explanation of beat error that I have seen so far. Thank you.

[@vichardy3504]

Just stripped and reassembled my first practice movement, and ST36 and decided to put it on the time grapher and was surprised to see the BE at 5ms and time way fast. Now I have some knowledge. Great video, thank you.

[@davidworth4692]

My understaing improves with each installment. These are excellent tutorials.

[@leonilanikolaevna1058]

Thank you very very much for this video! This is brilliant how detailed you in the explanations. Bravo! Big respect for this huge work!

[@MrRoomba2321]

Suddenly so much has clicked for me. Amazing explanation! thank you so much!

[@mikeallen2292]

I do enjoy listening to a person that has elite knowledge in their craft. Thank you.

[@clintonshiells3095]

You did an amazingly clear job of explaining the concept of beat error, how it relates to the alignment of the balance wheel, pallet fork, and escape wheel, and exactly why this is important for the proper functioning of the movement. I also understood the concept of the impulse from the video. Many thanks for this!

[@charleswinning4182]

Such a great explanation and terrific visuals. Makes me want to fly to the Netherlands and take you to lunch!

[@dimitryhodorkovsky4501]

Dear Kalle, you explanations is a jem! thank you. i come from the world of hydraulics, chemistry and mecanics of plastic injection. you and your colleagues that share the knowledge making my new adventure with fine mechanics of timekeeping possible.

[@goranheldesten7760]

I've been searching for a good explanation of this, and this really made it click for me. Tack så mycket!

[@lobdsk]

Great explanation. Mark Lovic said many of the same things you did however, with your model you understand how important beat error is. You will also save your pallet fork by proper adjustment of beat error

[@rossjackson3670]

The finger walk!! What a wonderful explanation. The whole video was so down to earth. So pleased I spent the time to view. Thank you

[@stevecuthbert8856]

This is the kindergarten class of beat error adjustment. Very clear explanation Kalle. I very much enjoy your videos as well as the humor in your teaching technique. I am in the beginning stage of this craft so everything you teach is valuable to me.

[@spotsterjon74cu]

This video is a revelation and helps immensely, I am waiting for a balance wheel spring and staff to arrive from abroad, this information gives me a fighting chance of success. Thanks

[@GarryJakes-gl9sw]

Thanks for a very informative video on beat error. I will put what you have taught into practice and check all my watches for beat errors .

[@kazochrymowicz3076]

Like you have said . It’s rocket Science but made easy to understand by you. Thanks 🙏. That is why I keep coming back to watch your videos twice, three times .

[@viewsandreviews180]

This was very informative. The model you used as well as the your additional explanation nearer the end clarified many issues I’ve been wondering about concerning time regulation.

[@henrikholmkristensen759]

Thank you so much for the explanation of beat error correction. Now I got it.

[@jackallread]

Great video! Thank you! An excellent description of how self starting works and the general mechanism! Thanks again!

[@markhammerschmidt5315]

I've learnt more in the space of this 23 minutes than I have for several years! Thank you so much for contributing so much of your expertise. What a pleasure to watch.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thank you for your kind words and support Mark!

[@markchancellor-maddison5528]

Hi Kallie, very well explained and it makes more sense know. Please make more of these types of tutorials. Many thanks Mark

[@lawrencetoddverrnier302]

i already knew all about beat error but really enjoyed your explanation. you are a great teacher.

[@carmichaeldale4477]

Thank you, thank you &,.......thank you! Great video, magic happens at 14.30 explaining Swiss escapement! Never seen this before! The best tip is ifrom19.25--->21.00 as I was unable to put my watch in beat as my timing machine broke down! Guess what? It was self starting and finally my watch gains 8 seconds per day! You always need to play around with beat error especially when replacing balance in etachron system! Keep these videos coming! This is true education -NOT SCHOOL!!

[@diydad7704]

Thanks for the lesson. Wonderful explanation: i'm now highly motivated to get out the timegrapher and go to work... 👍

[@caligula57]

You are the best at explaining, to an ignorant like me, how it works and what it means.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

That is so nice to hear Fernando!

[@stefanodellagostino5047]

I's difficult to make some topic easy to understand but I think you made it well!

[@SarcastSempervirens]

You have an excellent style of teaching, this is the perfect amount of detail and info I'm looking for - to understand EVERYTHING! :D

[@renobrowne5118]

Happy to have stumbled upon this channel. Great content!!!

[@danielowens4789]

I have a 100 year old CYMA that needs the D impulse jewel repositioned. Thanks for this great informative video.

[@bangy55]

What a great resource! I'm glad I found your channel. Your enthusiasm is infectious and your explanations make a somewhat difficult subject easy to understand.

[@theflyingdutchman787]

Amazing! Most comprehensive information about watchmaking I’ve found.

[@amp8592]

I recently reached your channel, as a humble watch fan I can´t thank you enough for the incredible knowledge, the effort, and the time you are sharing for free; just want to express how grateful I am and how I can feel your love for mechanical watches, there's magic in that little time machines. So fascinating how and when this technology was designed and created and you explain it perfectly and let me say doing that it´s not an easy thing.

[@sugmasigma]

Love your videos! Wish I could go to school for this.

[@colsanjaybajpai5747]

Very nice analogy of stud adjustment. Great video

[@robertcraigo6394]

I love the content. You are are great teacher. Your explanation of the beat frequency was great. Thank-you.

[@wilsonyap2619]

Thank you so much for the video!! Your explanation is excellent and easy to understand.

[@julietdeltapapa]

Brilliant! Such clarity of explanation. Your videos are inspirational and you have provided me with the impulse to pursue watchmaking. Thank you.

[@TrailBlazer5280]

Super informative, I had no idea this is why the stones are slanted at the tips. Such an incredible design

[@MisterB88]

I've only just found your videos but I really appreciate your way of explaining things. It really helps me to understand the concepts. Thank you

[@tattooyu]

Many thanks for this video! I've only recently started getting an interest in these videos and am thinking about diving in myself. I can't wait to see your other videos to gain a good theoretical knowledge.

[@bkxit]

OMG...... Beautifully explained, many thanks

[@bobpowell2058]

Watched beat error, very interesting. Explained alot.

[@humbertoperinni]

Thank you, sir. You are the best. I am a mechanical engineer and a watchmaker hobbist. I have a much better understanding of the systems when I watch your videos. Thanks again, hugs all the way from Brazil.

[@djganton]

Fantastic video! Your way of explaining complex topics is very helpful. Thank you.

[@johnbyrne9900]

Well explained! Your model couple with your explanation was very well done. Thank you for the effort and passion put into your video!

[@thebuggy736]

This is nice, I learn a lot. It is all demonstrated from a watchmaker with professional equipment. You could never learn it from a book. Watching your clips I can feel your enthusiasm and joy to demonstrate watches, tools and technics, always with the amateur watchmaker in mind. It is authentic nobody can fake this. Very nice.

[@deanwoods9294]

Very helpful. I have an automatic watch that needs a shake to get going even after being fully wound. I think this is probably why

[@paulschumacker9901]

This is an excellent and very clear explanation. Of course on watches that don't have a hairspring stud adjustment, it's a bit more labor-intensive because you have to remove the balance and manipulate the hairspring collet, and repeat this procedure until the watch is in poise. An important thing I learned here is that beat errors will diminish amplitude by disrupting the contact between the pallet jewel and the escape wheel. Many thanks!

[@whmitty1]

Thank you! Excellent presentation and I look forward to learning more from your instruction.

[@henrysiegertsz8204]

I wanted to know how to adjust the beat error on my ETA 2834, movement after replacing the balance wheel / hairspring and balance bridge assembly, as I don't own a Timegrapher. So by geometric alignment of the Pallet and the rested balance spring with no mainspring power, I can get my watch to a pretty reasonable beat error by my interpretation of your absolutely brilliant explanation. Well deserved like and subscription Kalle!

[@cozininja]

You have outdone yourself with this video Kalle. Funny, entertaining and packed with easy to understand theory. Believe me my friend, you never have to say “I hope that makes sense.” Everything you say makes perfect sense. Would you consider making a video on how the guard pin and the roller work together or what lift angle is? Cheers Kalle, again… great video👍🏼

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

The lift angle video will be ready this week Michael!

[@KRColson]

Very interesting and a great explanation of beat error and how it can be adjusted. Thank you.

[@petejones1957]

Been interested in timepieces since reading Humphrey Quill's "John Harrison, The man who found Longitude" ( sadly no longer in print) 50 years ago, I think Harrison would be proud of your description of Beat Error! Wonderful teaching, thank you very much

[@piano4014]

Thank you for being wonderfully descriptive. its all making some sense now.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@rajshah7918]

Very good explanation and guidance.

[@arvinclassics]

Excellent information! Understanding how this works at a base level has been a great help in getting my watches running well.

[@kthwkr]

You make adjusting it and how it works understandable. But I am amazed at the research that went into the design in the first place to shape those pallet stones and the teeth on the escape wheel. And they did that over a century ago with no computer models.

[@globally123]

I am new to this great hobby,thank you for the valuable tutorial,cheers

[@JamesTherrienboulder]

Superb description/explanation. Many Thanks!

[@gnashings]

Amazing!!! I have learned so much!!! Fascinating and very well presented!!!

[@dodabartman123]

Thank you, great insight to watches core functionality. Am now watchin your oth videos. Bart/VA

[@LBCAndrew]

Excellent video. I'm currently practicing adjusting beat error and timing on a replica submariner (a good fake, not a garbage one) and have the timing reduced from +9 sec to 1.8 sec and the beat error i've reduced from 4.8ms to 1.2ms which seems pretty good for a knock off. Now that i have a decent understanding, i'm going to put what i learned into my first timepiece repair, my great grandfathers Elgin pocket watch that was made in 1890. I've completely disassembled it, cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner, and replaced the mainspring. It's now assembled except that it has a broken hairspring that i'm currently looking for. I have a feeling that installing the new hairspring is the easy part. adjusting the timing will be the tough part.

[@marcodallitalia5927]

Simple explanation ! easy to understand & the most important very entertaining 👌 Good on you Kelle & Thank you

[@onebadwolf9123]

Thank you so much for your videos. I have been using a very good Android app as a timegrapher, but other than the BPH, the amplitude, and beat error, were aspects I never fully understood. I have learned a great deal through the internet, and read some very thorough technical explanations regarding amplitude, lift angle and beat error, and in a general way, I understood the basics of the process. After watching your videos, now, I not only understand the concepts, but now fully understand all of the information I had previously read. Nowhere have I ever seen the information about the straight line, such a perfect way to illustrate all the dry theory, and so practical, and simple as a both a diagnostic aid, and practical method of resolving beat error. You are a gifted teacher. Thank you Sir.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968]

This is the first time that I've watched your content. As a hobbyist watch maker I was taken by surprise by your great method of explaining the subject of beat error. I really appreciate that wonderful explanatory model. So, I have instantly subscribed and look forward to more of your superb videos. 😉👍⌚⌚⌚⌚⌚

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thank you so much for your support Gary and......Spread the word! ;o)

[@missakhaladjian]

Perfectly explained! now i can regulate my watches if need be. Thanks

[@Valery9128]

Very usefull and knowlegable information. Thank you a lot!

[@cosmalas7742]

Brilliant. Thank you. I think I understand the importance of the beat error. I will try (visually ) to adjust as at the moment the movement does not self start. Thanks again

[@peterboyce1422]

That was very useful, interesting and informative. I am sure you could teach anything!

[@michaelwebster8389]

Great description. I really learned a lot.

[@michaelwebster8389]

Also, I haven't quite picked up how to drain the power from the watch spring, but could you use the hacking function to line up the "D" shape with the pallet fork?

[@geoffdunstan8567]

thanks Calle, slowly but surely I'm learning and understanding...... regards, Geoff from Merimbula Australia

[@kyproset]

Beautiful explanation, now I understand. Thank you.

[@tiberiuvincze8288]

I knew that but I like how you explain in an universal language!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

I hope to reach the parts in the world where are no watchmaking schools so i try to make it more visual.

[@opal177]

Thank you very much. I have wondered why there would be 2 adjustment points.

[@carentanbr]

Great video! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@suprfurryanimal]

I have just watched this video and it is excellent. Thank you for making it. I am just starting with Horology as a hobby and have spent a lot of money on the tools (all the gear….some idea!). I have bought a time grapher, so the information you have provided is here is great.

[@michaellane7991]

Awesome video thank you for taking the time to make this video!!!

[@RocketSailing]

Ty Kalle! It took me some considerbly time to figure all that out. Including reading some old books. Seeing this earlier. Had saved me alot of headscratching. Very well explained. Including why amplitude goes up, or down. With beaterror. Dont forget the coffie now. Lol

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Coffee, the answer to a lot of questions ;o)

[@marekeos]

This is so informative!! Many thanks for posting. I struggle with best error with many of the watches I work on. Thank you!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

If you have any suggestions for future topics, please let me know.

[@marekeos]

@@ChronoglideWatchmaking Thank you so much. One topic which would be of huge benefit is the adjustment and theory behind adjusting banking pins, especially on pocket watches. People often mess with those (ughhhhh) and getting them back in their proper position is hell on earth lol . Thank you! I love this channel.

[@bobbytirlea]

It makes so much sense! Thank you so much!

[@markgardiner5150]

Excellent presentation.

[@DB-fs6eh]

Well this was extremely helpful!! thank you for that.

[@MrDon987654]

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with easy to understand explanations. Of course we like these tutorials and for sure would like to see more. Big thumbs up!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thank you for your support!

[@MrKkramme]

Very good video with visual metaphors!🎉

[@kyproset]

Thank you, sir, for the great explanations. I'm a violinist in my 60th year and contemplating taking up watch repair as a hobby. I still do have steady hands and now I'm trying to build a skeleton tool selection to get me started. As for a timegrapher, am I mistaken in thinking the WeiShi no.1000 is good value for money? A professional one like yours would be way more expensive and superfluous to my needs I believe. Thank you, for the videos, I subscribed and like every video.