Although I have never owned a wrist watch in my life (has to with my aversion of accessories) I have always been fascinated with mechanical watches. They inspire the engineer within me like no other object.
I have always been a fidgety individual but even during childhood I wood stand without a single movement as I watched the watchmaker repair wrist watches while wearing his eye lens. Even now when I pass by a watchmakers shop (their are so few left that its heartbreaking) I have this impulsive need to go in to check out the merchandise even though I know that I won't be buying.
My one and only purchase of a wristwatch was for a gift to somebody. It was a memorable one :-)
Lucky recipient no doubt...
You will love this short video about one of the oldest watchmaking houses in Switzerland.
Three words to describe this video - Epic, Epic Epic!!!
Although video starts with Antoine LeCoultre and then how his partnership with Paris based Jaeger developed but my fancy was caught by the tiny wrist watches for ladies of the 1920's era. To solve the problem of miniaturization they arrange the parts in split levels of two. This something that I as an electronics engineer used to in chip designing or even PCB designing - actually a quite common practice to have a multilayered electronics design. Seems like watchmakers were the predecessors to modern electronic design :-)
From Dual wing concept to Atmos to reverser watches.............. absolutely fascinating. So glad ..... so so glad that you shared this. Thanks.
Whoa thanks for dropping the engineering knowledge mane. I love the 1920s Art Deco era as well.
JLC is one-of-a-kind.