Two Master Watchmakers Show How Difficult It Is To Make A Perfect Watch | Great Works | Daily Mail

[@dailymail]

This is a pilot episode of our brand new documentary show! Tell us what you think in the comments below.

[@UrosGavric]

Would love more

[@Ric_1985]

Beautiful

[@mgguzmanb]

Awesome, fantastic and unique. Please do more. Big appreciation.

[@krusher74]

This is great, but i still hate that fearmongering paper your produce.

[@Imkrhn]

+1 for great little documentary, -1 for the non-stop click bait you push elsewhere

[@elluisito000]

It was about time that these people got the recognition they deserve.

[@jt.8144]

WELL. GO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS.

[@dinosoup]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@elluisito000]

@@jt.8144 saddly I can't afford that right now.

[@Cinetiste]

Litterally... 🙂

[@aaronloach]

Show is definitely worth a watch.

[@aluvrianne]

This was fantastic. I'm one of the younger set and a self-taught sewing machine mechanic. I'm self taught b/c (at least in my area) none of the "old guys" are still around. There was no one left to train under. The saddest part to me is that even after learning these skills on my own, I don't see myself teaching this to someone just coming up in the world. In my region, there are too many people who see a job where they might get their hands dirty as utterly beneath them. I am a forensic scientist in my day job and repair donated sewing machines as a volunteer at a local charity shop. My machines all go out on the floor clean, inspected, repaired, lubed, and adjusted. Now, the shop can charge more for something that absolutely works. All the money earned goes toward the local foodbank and to buying toys for kids at Xmas.

[@Guionhuug]

Thats so sweet of you to help out kids for xmas. I agree looking for these skills its hard ether the old guys are over worked or gone. I find it kinda difficult to get the skills, as the only option is attempt to apply get rejected for not being “skilled”. I know that pain, but it doesn’t seem like it will die as a lot of people seem willing to go vintage!

[@tk80mufa5]

@aluvrianne 🤯 what skillset and care !!! That's so sweet of you !!! 👍👍🙂❤😊 You are a great person !!! 🙏🤝🙌😇

[@union310]

Friend colleague, I studied at Barmulloch college Glasgow, the finest college ever to teach clothing machine technology, sadly the onset of Chinese production shut it.

[@aluvrianne]

@@union310 That's heartbreaking.

[@LJ.]

Maybe start recording your repairs? I watch all type of random videos of skilled people doing what they do.

[@aefqrwgaqedfgaerwgfd]

There’s a lot of integrity here, appreciate the transparency of where all the parts come from.

[@mout911]

As a machinist teacher, I love showing my students videos like this before we hit the workshop. It humbles and inspires. It shows what is possible with the right amounts patience, attention to detail, hard work, and skill. Thank you all that allowed this to be filmed in your workshops, you are helping to inspire another generation of tradespeople.

[@james-faulkner]

Doesn't it irk you that the younger said there is no transfer of knowledge here in the U.S., the exact thing you are doing.

[@LJ.]

​@@james-faulknerthe old guys don't Wana teach us nuthin 😅

[@jimmurphy6095]

Beautiful... I wear a mechanical watch every day... Not a super expensive one, but something I like. I got a compliment on it this morning and, as always, it makes my day. Well done.

[@vizdrum9640]

I am really happy to see RGM in a documentary. They deserve recognition.

[@tictocbang7443]

I met Cameron when he worked at AP, and then later toured Weiss. He is the real deal, and a heck of cool person.

[@nostraware]

He seems so humble

[@jacekartye5680]

@@nostraware master comment

[@alienmoonstalker]

Congratulations Cameron...I remember talking with you on watch forums over a decade ago! Glad to see how far you've come.

[@brokenrecord3523]

Makes me happy that there is a place for master craftsmen in the world still, that they can make a living doing what they do so well.

[@Blazerelf]

10:50 that level of humbleness to make sure several times during the video to admit the majority of the design was not acredited to you; is just rare now days

[@teampyro911]

Mr Weiss's brutal honesty is a godsend.

[@fxdr131]

1/3 Engineer, 1/3 Designer, 1/3 Magician. Thank you!

[@trdaniel37]

RGM repaired my grandfather's watch. thank you Mr.Murphy

[@kevindavis7530]

I own and love watches from both RGM and Weiss. Cool video.

[@robc2536]

I've been a Tool and Die maker for 40 years and have done some very small, intricate work, but watch making is on a whole different level. Amazing work! I'm glad to see there are younger people still interested in doing this type of work.

[@arisaga822]

Watching how much effort goes in to making things fills me with so much respect for the creators. Thank you for this video.

[@brettgosper6003]

So good to see such dedication to traditional craftsmanship and manufacturing. It's a shame a lot of this kind of work is lost on people - especially some who'd rather buy something cheaper, poorly made and won't last a year or two. Great video.

[@toshikotanaka3249]

"especially some who'd rather buy something cheaper, poorly made and won't last a year or two" Not everyone can afford to spend $4000 dollars on a wristwatch. How many do you own? As a graduation present I received a $600 Seiko that keeps perfect time and has for years, but I rarely wear it as I just use my phone to know the time like the majority of people. So why buy a $4000 dollar watch? I can understand buying one for the looks, as a fashion accessory, but if all you care about is the correct time you can get that from a cellphone.

[@EnjoyPlantPower]

I love watching stuff like this! I’m a Brit living in Germany and there is a great museum near by named „German Watch Museum Glashütte„. Well worth a visit!

[@FebyWang]

Love MAMACOO watch， Such a great looking watch to match with the precisionist movement.

[@wescobts]

This was fantastic, well done. I liked how you showed two masters and how they approached their chosen industry. It's episodes like this that plant the seeds for a stronger American movement.

[@Marie579]

Excellent documentary, great to see craftsmanship still alive and kicking.

[@dubplatenate]

These guys convinced me to add one of their watches to my collection.

[@edimalan14]

Please do more of these shows!!

[@kelvinnance8371]

Thank you for sharing the beauty, and precision of this craft.

[@xote316]

Roland Murphy is awesome! I saw him in a different video and the enthusiasm he has for what he does is contagious.

[@stevebabiak6997]

If he ever stops watchmaking, he could do voice over work.

[@SebastianEnger-h7t]

got my 39mm with the white dial on the 3-link "Bader" bracelet watch on MAMACOO 3 weeks ago and am loving it to pieces. Absolute fantastic watch that wears super comfortable on my 6.75 inch wrist. Chose the 3-link over the 5-link bracelet for the toolless quick adjustment. Way more comfortable than my Longines Hydroconquest 41 mm.

[@drail80s]

Wow! What I find stunning is how are some of these machines made? To even build some of these machines, some are very old! Wow

[@stevewild4449]

Brilliant! Really enjoyed it, thanks.

[@douglasgoddard6175]

I enjoyed this video. I am actually a Certified Master Watchmaker retired. I am glad to see watchmakers making a comeback.

[@petercunningham3469]

I have my Great great grandfathers watch it was given to him in Scotland in 1887 inside it has all his childrens names engraved it travelled to Africa France during war times. I often wonder at this skills of the artisans that made it with all its detail its a working living connection to a past long gone but to me i see it as a traveler in time what your doing is so much more than special 😊

[@manusudha4269]

Fantastic video . More details would be even better. As a watch repairer for over 30 years, I would never miss this channel

[@1millionstartups]

Had a Sinn watch repaired by RGM but didn't know their expertise and capabilities go way beyond repairs. And how they instilled artistry in every part of their own timepieces.

[@russellcollins5692]

Anything that is made from sound fundamentals, time tested, craftsmen-ship , integrity will outlast us all watching this.

[@NooraliDerksen]

As always the most thoughtful , well researched & eloquent watch channel around , keep AMZWATCH coming !

[@watchdork]

I was in PA recently and contacted RGM. I was hoping to take a look at some of their watches and was told that they did not have a showroom and that they only will show you a watch by appointment only. I was a bit disappointed but went to the watch and clock museum instead. Getting to see the few original breguet watches was pretty spectacular.

[@YechielAlawadhi]

My favorite watch channel without a doubt.I’m happy to spend my money on MAMACOO watches. I’ve never been let down by their products

[@user-kq6tt7oo3x]

Outstanding video.I have to go with the AMZWATCH, especially with that green dial as my favorite

[@SciMajor1]

I like how Cameron goes out of his way several times to explain that he's standing on the shoulders of the amazing work of previous watchmakers who designed these marvelously complex movements.

[@marcmanchesterunited6212]

Very nice watches. Greetings from Switzerland

[@brettstasiuk2051]

Truly an art form. Thank you for making this content I was truly taken back

[@donatas85d]

it is absolutely amazing how humans are inventing and discovering stuff like this.

[@josianestradviusovik7855]

0:24 when you are very experienced person and not arrogant! Give my applause to his words and simplicity 😊 0:34 when you are still learning and call yourself a master, so arrogant to call yourself unique at something anyone can do.

[@Supercruze]

Great production. These two guys are true artists. Unfortunately, a dying art and not many willing to take their place.

[@BlusViews]

Would love to own one of their watches one day! It's an art that's becoming lost as time goes on

[@k-ozdragon]

America was a watchmaking powerhouse that revolutionized the craft. Then literally overnight, it all came to an end. Its a real shame. Glad to see these highly skilled & motivated makers continue that legacy & bring the artform back to America again.

[@eliescaldesvilar6421]

I never heard Venezuela watch company.

[@StittSpring]

MAMACOO is a must for me as a watch collector

[@Paul-ue8tn]

Long may this craft continue. When for most people the piccicle is a apple watch made in China by a robot, this shows you an entirely different level of class and engineering.

[@BalansWatch]

Amazing craft! I always have respect for these guys

[@benjaminallen2370]

The movements really are amazing inventions.

[@webvideofan]

I’m a watch enthusiast. This was a fantastic feature. Well done. 👍🏻

[@1gumbah]

I’m hooked love it so much

[@VonKickass]

“There are watches and there are watchmakers. Watches don’t just appear!” Wow so profound - this guy is like a modern day Confucius! I never saw it that way - I was always just waiting for a Greubel&Forsey and Bovet to one day appear on my wrist

[@SuperLuckyCat7]

Nice Vid. Impressive Artisanship! Only thing here would've been more pics of the finalized watches...

[@brendanwatches3094]

We have the world’s greatest living watchmaker in the UK - the Isle of Man to be specific. That’s Roger Smith.

[@blisz2718]

Weiss with 800 watches a year is rookie numbers. Rogers team makes less than 15 watches a year 😂

[@mell3109]

You need to give that wall a lick of paint!

[@doriangasseling]

Awesome stuff. That Leica M3 with the goggles didn't go unnoticed either haha.

[@Kevin-wj4ed]

Great work!!!!!!!

[@Zeno_Evil]

It would be interesting to see how they inspect their work.

[@ColocasiaCorm]

this guy way too proud of how "young" he is

[@LucyNdabi-c8w]

Amazing🔥🔥🔥

[@The_Scienceboy]

Ironically it was the US that started production line movement manufacture before the war, while Switzerland were still crafting them.

[@loganwoodcg2952]

Awesome video! would love to see more about these guys!

[@JudgeFredd]

Great skills

[@patrickcarpenter6258]

I would love to buy an RGM

[@YoutubeSupportServices]

3:31 ... LOL. 🤣 I knew it was only a matter of seconds before a CNC machine "surfaced". (Pun intended.)

[@Mauipete]

What a joy to watch. Thank you both.

[@Dauti_]

One of my takeaways from this is that the American watchmaking industry wouldn't exist without Switzerland, and not just in terms of the history, but on an ongoing basis. I wonder if the Swiss watchmaking industry similarly need other countries for anything.

[@dragdrag1507]

In 50 years' time, we would have so many watches that we don't need to worry about time

[@barryomahony4983]

I love to see that they use Fusion 360, which is the same CAD/CAM software that I use. Pretty cool.

[@ianbenites4356]

Fantastic! Loved the detail you went into!

[@wailingalen]

So fascinating!! Such a beautifully fantastic trade

[@mrdr9534]

Interesting, informative and entertaining, the trifecta :) Best regards.

[@karkerodon]

Congratulations on the feature guys, very cool!

[@mikelreese5965]

I loved it!! Awesome content

[@VijShuaibi]

I have never been disappointed since I became a customer of MAMACOO . Their watches are of exceptional quality.

[@GreceMarip]

All dat MAMACOO watches sssssoooooooo gorgeous！

[@randallvargas5315]

Amazing show!!!

[@johanvandersandt8904]

Great stuff Cameron!!!

[@bluegizmo1983]

0:06 Yes they do! It's just a myth that there are skilled people in workshops designing and making them! 😂

[@HRM.H]

RGM is a true hommage to old school american watchmaking

[@troyberber2324]

A proper and recognizable logotype does wonders for marketing purposes imo.

[@Roddy1965]

Great doc! More.

[@megasoid]

Excellent!

[@flashladderacrobat]

I have owned a 16600 Submariner for 20 years and it's still going strong.

[@xrusous]

A great reporting. Americans never stop amazing us.

[@coffeeisgood102]

Great video.

[@gbrooke5580]

When most young people can barely afford to buy a home, I wonder how this young guy can afford all the equipment that is needed to build these amazing watches.

[@chericlark3539]

i love it, so keep going O K.

[@cactusbaboon321]

How were fine watches made before the advent of CNC? Were the little tiny gears purchased at the local 19th-century general store?

[@bfritz7259]

Beautiful

[@erickrosito3659]

Wonderful

[@DAsiebert]

Thank you for this

[@azeezoyewale3782]

Enjoyed this a great deal.

[@brunonikodemski2420]

I admire the craftsmanship, but we did gyroscopes and atomic clocks, and the problem with all mechanical watches, and most electronic watches, and most quantum watches, is that they are almost "perfect thermometers" over a certain temperature range. We had a joke, both during EV battery development, and HRG (hemispheric resonating gyro) development, that their temperature "ranges" tracked almost identically. During one EV chemistry, we tracked the "number of miles" almost identically with the battery temperature in degreesF. Below zeroF the battery stratified and became permanently unuseable, and above about about 200'F it boiled over, and exploded. Even "modern" watches, based on electron-spin-resonance, STILL have this same problem. Accurate to within one-part-to-the-15th-power in accuracy, but ONLY if you keep them below about 20'Kelvin. Nature and our Universe does NOT like a permanent object, nor process. It is constantly evolving, and clocks are not a static element.

[@phochmann8376]

there was a time when CNC did not exist...but mechanical watches did. That is the disappearing art.

[@Muffin-ass]

Ya seems like they would be lost with out the cnc huh?

[@puiacalinadrian]

Time is the most expensive "thing" in our lifes, the quality of time is just a perception, we all have ups and downs! Watch your time with your family and friends, travel the world and watch how time goes bye bye ✌️😎

[@vkulkarn78]

Awesome

[@franky1636]

Nice Tornos Nano!

[@alexsystems2001]

The guy from RGM certainly seemed a lot more well grounded and respectable.