Marine Chronometers & A Fine Example Of The Beauty Of Mechanical Art

[@-JohnGalt-]

Awesome, Marc. I can not recommend strongly enough that anyone with an interest in horology, and especially marine chronometers, read Dava Sobel's book, Longitude. One of the greatest stories most have never heard, and one of my all time favorite books ever. Viva watchmaking!

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks a lot for sharing this with everyone 👍👍👍 the very best to you

[@phmwu7368]

Also get " The Quest For Longitude " edited by William Andrewes containing all lectures of the 1993 Longitude Symposium which took place in Cambridge - USA

[@-JohnGalt-]

@phmwu7368 thank you for the recommendation. I have not read that yet.

[@ilanpi]

Thank you for highlighting the Omega wristwatch marine chronometer. It refutes the commonly held belief (as expressed by other KZbin watch channels) that in the 1970's, Switzerland were behind Japan in accuracy and generally uninterested in quartz watches. On the contrary, this watch shows how the Swiss watch industry realized that quartz was the "holy grail" of watchmaking, and what took scientists and watchmakers two centuries to produce, the marine chronometer, could finally be placed on the wrist. In my opinion, it is one of the most significant historical timekeepers.

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks for sharing your opinion with all of us and I fully agree with you and main reason I really "needed" to have one. According to the serial number, it's apparently one of the prototype series which makes it even more special.

[@johnburgess6572]

I love this marine chronometer ! Thanks for the exposure to this wonder !!!

[@watchestv-com]

Glad you like it and thanks for your comment 🙏

[@007-i6z8v]

That Dent is magnificent! Love it.

[@watchestv-com]

Oh yes, totally in love with this meaningful piece of mechanical marvel, the accuracy simply blows my mind away, really amazing!

[@HRM.H]

Great episode !! I would love to see a similar style video on stopwatches. I know that seiko even made some mechanical stopwatches in the 60s that had a beatrate of 360.000 SOH, pretty insane.

[@watchestv-com]

That’s indeed quite crazy!!!!

[@johnmoorefilm]

What a wonderful video - love love history pieces Marc, thank you

[@watchestv-com]

That's very kind of you and really happy you liked it, thanks so much and have a lovely Sunday.

[@SinnerAndSaint]

Awesome timepieces! Really enjoyed this episode. As a watch lover in general there are of course some topics that I'm more, some that I'm less interested. But I ALWAYS watch all of the episodes and I'm NEVER disappointed by any of them! You have the blessing to present all of those different timepieces from different eras in such a fresh and interesting way! Thank you so much for creating such great watch content!

[@watchestv-com]

Waou, that's extremely nice to read and sincerely can't thank you enough for it 🙏🙏🙏 have a great sunday

[@BobAndersson]

Congratulations on owning a beautiful timepiece. 🤩

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks a lot, love the meaning of it.

[@JamesAlexander14]

Awesome historical content Marc. Very informative and thank you❤️🙏

[@watchestv-com]

Many thanks and glad you enjoyed it

[@dougschofield7653]

Hi Marc. Another awesome video. Did i see a Panasonic RF2200 on a shelf in the back near the end of the video?

[@watchestv-com]

No, that’s a Patek electronic mother clock

[@dougschofield7653]

@@watchestv-com there was definitely a shortwave radio at one point in the video.

[@TimG--]

Nice video Mate 🥃

[@watchestv-com]

Thanks and cheers to you 👍👍

[@jeffreypowell2552]

Love this! And I want that Wristwatch!

[@watchestv-com]

It's pretty cool right ;) all the best

[@rasheedpm1063]

Beyond words ❤️👍👌

[@watchestv-com]

Oh that's nice!

[@sky173]

Such simpler time, when you call on a landline to get the time... "The time is 10:20 and 40 seconds... beep" lol

[@watchestv-com]

Yep, those were the old school days!!!

[@stevenhanaway920]

Hello Marc! Beautiful Marine Chronometers! I am a physicist and hobbyist watchmaker, and have been been tinkering with making my own electronics from scratch in my own lab, and was curious what electronics components your Omega Marine Chronometer 1577 needs, as I might be able to design and engineer appropriate replacement parts if you are interested. As a former US Navy Sailor, I have a great interest in marine chronometers, and their history, as I find them to be some of the most important devices we've ever made as a human species.

[@robinbeetv7589]

Hello Marc, perhaps an interesting episode in the future could be about Mr. John Goldberger's collection? I don't think there is a video/article online talking about his complete collection, so it could be an interesting episode! Thanks for your consideration.

[@watchestv-com]

Yes, that would so fantastic to do, but could for sure be pretty long considering the collection!!!! The best to you

[@chengsianglim4489]

Hello Marc! Thanks for sharing these historic mechanical marvels! Would love to own one marine chronometers pocket or desk clock! If you can point me the direction of getting one. Much appreciate and VIVA Mechanical Watchmaking! 😀

[@watchestv-com]

Sincerely ebay is not a bad option for such pieces. Thanks for the comment and the very best to you

[@juniortoledo8088]

Great video, I've owned a Hamilton and currently an Elgin Marine chronometer. They are great collecting pieces. And yes, as implied in your video, mechanical is long lasing and better.

[@watchestv-com]

Many thanks and will check this watch out. Best to you

[@5ringsaudits]

Love it!

[@watchestv-com]

So glad, thanks!

[@jeremyestevinho9425]

Comme à chaque fois, on écoute et on boit les paroles Merci 🙏 Cette chaîne devrait avoir au moins 1 million d’abonné C’est triste de voir que certains amoureux de montres sont bien plus attirés par du contenu plus récréatif 😢 Viva watchmaking mon ami 😅❤

[@watchestv-com]

Merci merci et malheureusement je comprends bien ce décalage… mais on reste sur notre ligne 💪💪 pas intéressé de faire la version télé-réalité de cette noble industrie 😉😉

[@robertlancaster8190]

When you stated the temperature scale on the marine chronometer was it Centigrade or Fahrenheit, couldn’t understand what you said…

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

I still use the radio broadcasts of WWV and CHU Canada for time setting signals. When they started the landline service, I tried it a few times, but there were times the signal was delayed over the landlines, and I stopped using it. As far as your Quartz chronometer goes, do you know the exact part that is bad? Because, anything that was made, should be able to be made again! Unless it is the drive coils for a Bulova tuning fork watch...

[@nekeke1]

Marine chronometer: great topic. Thank you!.

[@watchestv-com]

Most welcome!!!

[@elzippo488]

Swatch NJ has parts for these Omega Chronometers.

[@paulhiggins8774]

Great to see some British horological time pieces. Dam shame about the Omega, there must be some wiz kid who can repair the electronics for you, perhaps somebody here.

[@watchestv-com]

I really hope so, feels sad to see it standing "just" like this and someone did indeed give us an idea ;) The best to you and a lovely weekend ahead

[@peterdegelaen]

Exactly. That's why I also don't like the spring drive of Grand Seiko. It does contain a lot of mechanics but also electronics and if that part breaks and is not available anymore, well, good luck.

[@watchestv-com]

True, but seeing this second hand sweep so smoothly in nonetheless something really nice to look at. Still don't own one, but one day for sure! Best to you

[@peterdegelaen]

@@watchestv-com A classic quartz watch can also make the second hand sweep smoothly. As far as I can recall, there are some brands that do this without the Grand Seiko hocus pocus. Technically, it's not so difficult to make a classic quartz watch move the second hand smoothly (not continuously, but like in a movie, if the hand moves 25 times a second, the human eye will perceive it as continuous).

[@AkbergLetheErcisKarasi]

how long did you grown your hair out to this length? I like it

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

My dad used to call l'horloge parlante, I completely forgot about this chapter of our history. We live in the future already 😂

[@watchestv-com]

Was once with a friend abroad and she was so homesick that she would call this special number to have some comfort 🤣🤣

[@frankmiller95]

Very nice job. As the most junior deck officer on my first ships, one of my jobs was to wind and record the "rate" of the ship's chronometer at 10:00 hours each day during my morning watch. The radio officer would tune in to the World Service of BBC for the hourly time tick, preceded by 20 seconds of the BBC, instrumental, signature tune, "Lily Bolero." l would listen on headphones in the chartroom behind the bridge and "conduct" along. One morning the captain came in and unbeknown to me until l was finished, observed me to his great amusement. We had a Wempe chronometer which l still remember with great affection, along the captain, CJ Gilbert, the best captain l had the privilege to sail under.

[@movax20h]

Cool video, wanted to see the some big clocks. About that Omega - higher frequency does not make it more precise. It makes it have higher resolution, it says absolutely nothing about precision or accuracy. Crystals (there are usually two, one for the real time clock and one for the system clock, so one 32768Hz, another 10MHz or even 40MHz) in your computer, will often have way higher frequencies, but are actually way less accurate than high quality low frequency crystals. Also the claim that this Omega is most accurate crystal watch is just a myth. Also crystals do age and drift, due to age, moisture, gases, and other things. It maybe was 1 second per year in the first year (and probably in a specific orientation and at constant temperature), but probably 10 seconds per year in a second year. There is a reason there are better clocks used today at seas.

[@7rays]

I’ve had a Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronograph Annual Calendar since I purchased it new in 2003, I wear it almost every day and it keeps perfect time 😊

[@watchestv-com]

Very nice and happy for you!

[@7rays]

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[@cryalc]

The same principle holds true for both quartz and mechanical timepieces, if the parts are available then it is fixable, if they aren't then it's not fixable regardless of whether the mechanism is quartz or mechanical. There are surely a great deal of mechanical watches in the world which are broken and unfixable due to a lack of parts.

[@watchestv-com]

I understand your point but a good watchmaker should be able to redo a part ;)

[@cryalc]

@@watchestv-com Likewise if Omega really wanted to, then they could have remade the mechanism for your Quartz Marine Chronometer. They just didn't have the parts and had no incentive to redo them just for you, that's on Omega and not a failure or drawback of Quartz movements ;)

[@garyboyle695]

Not true, you can machine a new part for a mechanical watch. You can't make a new electronic part.

[@seanpatrick78]

It is not entirely correct to assert that "Having the exact time was not as important as calculating your position on the sea. What was important was the precision of the interval between, let's say, eleven p.m. yesterday and eleven p.m. today. [...] Being one minute ahead or behind in real time does not matter for the calculation of your position on the sea." Those statements are true when it comes to "dead reckoning", the process of _estimating_ your position based on speed, direction and time interval. However, when finding your _true_ position with a sextant, the actual mean time at Greenwich, England must be known*. This is especially true for longitude, which is why there was a reward for anyone who could invent a method of accurately finding the time at Greenwich reliably at sea. Any difference in longitude can be converted to a difference in time, and vice versa. So, if the current time at the ship's location can be determined (which is relatively easy), and the time at Greenwich is known, then all one needs to do is multiply the time difference by fifteen to find one's longitude in degrees. (*Before using _mean_ time at Greenwich [GMT], the _apparent_ time was used [GAT]. Now, we use "Universal Coordinated Time" [UTC]. GMT and UTC are defined differently, but for most intents and purposes they are the same.)

[@mirzamohammadbeg1928]

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[@watchesaliswiss714]

hi marc

[@watchestv-com]

Hi there 👍👍

[@roadgent7921]

Come off it. Get an F91W. 😊

[@jandoerlidoe3412]

Quit shocking and incredible that Omega is unable to repair that Quartz chronometer they build in the first place...because some electronic components cannot be replaced... ? I suspect they are not interested in servicing your chronometer... so in the end this is just a unrepairable throw away device ? - just buy a new one... Yes ??

[@nekeke1]

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