Watchmaking Podcast with Reuben Schoots Making the George Daniels Pocketwatch

[@ReubenSchoots]

Thanks for the great conversation Dean. I have great respect for you, your Watchmaking and your content creation. Talk again soon. Reuben

[@DeanDK]

Thanks Reuben! The respect is mutual man. You are doing amazing work and content 😁 looking forward to the next chat man

[@geoffreylotz3661]

Watched one or two of Rueben's videos in his early days...his hair was longer....this was a very cool chat to listen in on, man. Two young guys doing their thing and sharing their stories, offering to help each other...and not trying to sell a gajillion dollar watch to me whilst they are doing it, or talking about a watch I will probably never afford to buy. Very nice to hear Rueben opened a shop and now is very busy. Gives me hope and inspires me, big time! George Daniels also inspires me, but for different reasons. I say more strength to you two guys. I really appreciate the video and the time and effort you put into making it, Dean. Ta, mate. And best wishes for your journeys, both of you.

[@petelarsen721]

right on i get to hear from two of my favorite watch makers at the same time thanks

[@DeanDK]

Thanks Pete!! 😁

[@ReubenSchoots]

Thanks for watching Pete!

[@newbernwatchmaker3604]

Hey guys thanks for letting us in on your conversation, it's cool y'all aren't too far from each other. My instagram posts are also very unpolished but if all we put up were perfect shots of finished watches we wouldn't be sharing much at all considering how long they are in the making. Good luck to you both!

[@DeanDK]

Thanks for listening in 😁 I agree, you’re right! Wishing you the best of luck too!

[@ReubenSchoots]

Thanks mate. You’re right - too many will hide their work until it’s at its 100% finished state.

[@shannontracy7487]

Interesting stuff guys.

[@DeanDK]

Thanks for listening in 😁

[@TheVIndings]

To both Reuben and Dean ... this was an awesome video and posted chat, and you should do stuff like this again ... I just love the work you both do, and really really enjoy your content, you are two amazing guys ! .. I’m learning a lot on my own journey from you guys :) .. i was also contemplating trying my luck at creating something from the bible of George Daniels watchmaking book, but looking at Reubens beautiful rendition of a his beautiful pocket watch, and with the deepest respect for his work, I think it would be wrong to attempt a similar endeavour

[@ReubenSchoots]

Too kind. Thanks for watching and for your support.

[@DeanDK]

Thanks for your awesome message! You are also doing great work on your journey! I think Reuben would encourage anyone to attempt the GD pocket watch if your heart desires man! 😁

[@TheVIndings]

@@DeanDK Thanks man ... i might try my luck in the future :)

[@aldesova]

Very informative podcast from the two greatest independent social media watchmakers! :) Really loved how you both put some more personal background in here, makes the whole journey much more human. Thanks a lot Dean & Reuben!

[@DeanDK]

Thanks for watching and commenting Alper!

[@ReubenSchoots]

Thanks as always Alper

[@ogn1583]

Big fan of both of you, would love to see more collaboration like this one :)

[@DeanDK]

Thanks so much! It’s a very likely possibility 😁

[@maxlemesurier]

Thanks for the video. You are missing a h on the link for Reuben's YT channel. The link doesn't work as is.

[@DeanDK]

Thank you for watching and picking up my mistake, I have now fixed it 😁👍🏼

[@theselectiveluddite]

Nice chat Reuben and Dean; Thanks for sharing it with us all. In regards watchmaking books, I can suggest archive.org as a spot to search. They are linked to universities and libraries around the world that have scanned in historical books; ones out of copyright are free to download in multiple formats. If there is a choice of institutions for any given title, and Getty is one of them, they tend to have a higher level of quality in their scans. One example of watchmaking is Paul Hasluck's 'The Watch Jobber's Handybook' from 1889 (archive.org/details/cu31924031263134 ). The earliest book I've got from archive.org is 'The Artificial Clockmaker' from 1696! Spent about 200hrs cleaning up the pages in GIMP before printing it out :D In physical print, Donald de Carl doesn't tend to assume prior knowledge in his work. His book, 'With the Watchmaker at the Bench', from the first half of the 20thC, is a good example of this. All the best to you two from another Aussie getting into watchmaking (though my interest is more in the 1600 - early 1800's ). Cheers Duncan

[@tanial.williamson8082]

Take on an apprentice!!!! :).

[@DeanDK]

Hopefully in the future :D