A good teacher fixes a students mistakes and let's them learn a lesson from it. An excellent teacher shows the student what they did wrong, shows them how to fix it, and then let's the student experience fixing it themselves. Strong work sir

Viewer: *sends a jumble of watch parts, desperate for help* Good guy Marshall: *sends slightly better organized pile of watch parts back to viewer*

This is BY FAR the best video i’ve ever seen on youtube, taking it back apart for him to learn and reassemble was priceless. I hope he can get it back together with your help.

You know you're a watch pro when you can correctly interpret a pile of parts. So impressive

I started smiling like a damn idiot when Marshall took apart the watch. Now Clint has that reference video, and the parts he actually needs! Time to learn for that hobby! =D

When Marshall disassembled the watch again, I lost my mind!

I am so moved when you start disassembling it! I can totally feel your passion into watchmaking, and how you’d love to bring more people into this hobby.

This reminds me of electronics technical school when the guys next to me in the lab said the instructions to breadboard a simple AM radio circuit were incorrect as they couldn't get it to work. The instructor sat down and pieced it together from the instruction diagram and showed that it worked on the scope. The guys thought they lucked out and had it built for them. The instructor then pulled everything off the board and put in a pile and said "OK. Now you know it can be done. You guys do it". It was beautiful. I thought they were going to cry. :)

You gave Clint a watch kit, an assembly video, and spare parts. With patience, and a steady hand Clint can have a working watch that he built himself. He can be proud of his accomplishment. You are very generous in sharing your expertise.

That was really cool that you disassembled the watch again, because you are right! It is indeed a learning journey and had you not striped the watch again he might never have gave it another shot, whereas now he *has* to give it another go if he wants his watch back in working order. A true teacher.

Hello Sir, I just want to give you some background first. A year ago I became disabled and bedridden. I never had an interest in watch making and somehow the algorithm suggested your channel. Please know that the sound of your voice and engaging narration, not to mention your amazing talent and skill at watch making brings me much comfort. While watching you work with watches it reminds me of the many worthwhile endeavors life has to offer and helps me forget the challenges I face everyday. I’m almost motivated to take up the hobby, but I’m not sure how much time I have left. God bless you sir. I truly enjoy all your projects! 😊

Taking the watch apart again at the end was BRILLIANT! A true Master at work, ensuring that his pupil is off to a great start! That was absolutely epic.

Gotta admit my heart sunk when you pulled it all apart again, but you are right man... It's all about the journey, and he's got a map now;)

This content is incredibly well done. I was just curious how a mechanical watch worked. So when I clicked on the first video and saw it was almost an hour long I thought, I am not gonna sit through an hour of this. That was four videos ago...

I pull maybe 55-60 hrs/week in a very cerebral line of work, nothing manual there. It is very stressfull and I find your videos incredibly relaxing! The meticulousness of your craft, your voice, your sense of humor, the history behind each watch, etc. Very well executed, Sir! And thank you, Marshall, for this one in particular. I love to see you tackling challenging projects and how you problem-solve. I was half hoping you woukd take this one apart again, and then, boom! As a former Teacher, loved the didactic approach! Also, I see you wearing different watches, would love to hear about your own watch collection sometime. Or if you could take about your favourites. Im especially interested in the lesser known Swiss watches at the “bottom of the food chain” (under 1000$) 😂

My Dad was an electronic instrument maker who went from spitfires before ww2 to 747s. I watched him take apart a watch clean lubricate and reassemble with such focus and precision it amazed me. I love watching your videos as it reminds me how incredibly capable we are to create and work on such precise machines and of course watching my Dad.

This is such a great video! I was shocked when you took the watch apart, but the more I think about it, the happier it made me. It's special to see how much you love watch servicing and how you want to share that passion with others and are so willing to help them learn!

That was incredible! I’m dying laughing at the end, Clint needs to post a video of him putting it back together again LOL

The climax had me in stitches!!! 😂 Just imagining buddy who sent the watch viewing the end of this video, as you quickly, in fast forward proceed to disassemble the watch once again, unleashing a sinister laugh while at the same time explaining how it’s good for him because he needs to learn! - 😎Excellent

Man the emotion in this one was real. I felt genuine pain for you when the train of wheels wouldn’t align to the plate, and you just about got it, then knocked it. Then the end, I was rolling! But it makes absolute sense to have done what you did. Great teaching moment!

Clint is a lucky guy. A dedicated 40-minute instructional video specific to his exact project and its particular challenges. Very nice. 👍🏻

When I saw the watch assembled and working flawlessly, I taught to myself: now disassemble it again and send him the part, because now he has a video and this time he can't possibly delete it! You did and said the exact thing! I love you.

You gave the guy back exactly that what he was trying to purchase when he bought the two broken watches. . . . . Thank you, on behalf of that guy, thank you very very much for being a propper upstanding gentleman of a teacher. All respect to you sir for not only fixing the watch buy also for the repair job you did to the viewers attempt at a hobby. . . . . You are an answer to a prayer i tell you. . . . TGC Blessings in abundance:)

You really made my day, and I needed it!! When you started to take it apart, so he would have to reassemble it, I busted up. And oh how right you are. Thanks for a very entertaining video!!!

As always I love the narration you do and how genuine it feels. It really feels like I’m sitting right there next to you while you’re working.

That was really cool of you to help him out like that man, and to prove that it works, and then send it back with a video guide and all organized like that, so clint can get the satisfaction he originally looked for. Super cool. Subscribed!

What a gift. 💖💖💖 I hope Clint was able to re-assemble it.

This is so fun. I'm glad I got to see a master taking time to teach. The way time is captured by these pieces is cool as well. Thanks for the videos!

What you did for that fledgling watch repair hobbyist was so Super Cool, I can not express my happiness at the outcome. You even managed to further blast my mind to pieces, when you sent it back to him in pieces, AFTER you successfully assembled and got it running. I think with your many other video's, of showing where to oil and grease the parts of the movement and the gems, Clint ? can properly oil and lube the watch as he assembles it for good this time. I hope you get a email, or letter from him, letting you know how well the watch is working, maybe, with a few pictures of the watch with a band, all ready to wear. OH .. By the way .. The NEW crystal ? That was a very mentor, old sage thing, to do for him. You are as good a person at heart, as you are a watch repair/restorer. God Bless you for what you do. Cheers from Michigan. P.S. I thought I would relate my one and only attempt at learning about time pieces. When I was but 8 or 9 years old My parents got me a wind up alarm clock, the kind with the two big bells on the top, with the metal clangor that rang back and forth between them. Very old school. It had to be wound every day, and it was not very good at keeping time. ONE day, when I was sorta left alone in the house, I had the bright Idea to see what made clocks work, and took apart my alarm clock, piece by piece. LOL .. I never was able to get it back together, as I had no clue where anything went. When My Dad got home from work, I just knew I was going to get the whooping of my life ( it was back when kids still got spankings for times they really messed up.). When I finally worked up the courage to tell my Dad what I had done, he smiled at me, and asked me, if I was going to try again to put it back together, he said he would help me if he could, but that clocks and watches were very complex, and people who fixed them have to spend years and years, learning how to disassemble and reassemble them correctly. I was in shock that I was not going to have to get my rear end taught a lesson. We both never did get that clock back together again, but it was fun, as we both tried to figure it out. Later in life, I learned to do a lot of things thanks to my Dad's patience with me, as I learned the things he was able to teach me. I miss him ... he went to sleep in 1999, Alzheimer's took him away from me, a few years before that.

This was honestly one of your best videos so far. I appreciate what you do here.

I absolutely love that you figured out the watch, and then disassembled the watch for Clint to learn to assemble it himself which was the original goal! Great teaching moment!!!! Not everyone would have had that idea. I know I wouldn't have! So cheers!!

This was the best video I have seen from you so far. It made me feel like you are a true master of the craft by figuring it out for a student, then taking it apart for them to learn to do it themselves. See one, do one, teach one. Well done.

Confident is what a man feels before he is made aware of all the facts.

What I learned most from this as a noob is how to identify parts based on function. Hearing Marshall describe how he knew what part was what by the type of pinion, etc., has helped me understand the workings better.

Yes, loved that ending. Ide love to know if Clint was able to get it back together for himself. Looks like quite the doozie to start on

I'm glad you did what you did by sending back the pile of parts to let him put it back together. You are truly a mentor and a super swell dude!

Love how your voice went up in lightness just a little at the end as you took pleasure in disassembling the watch and sending it back 😅 Cracking job there! Good to watch 🙂

At the end when you took the movement apart i laughed so hard but you are right :) now he can learn . I love the story behind it all. its amazing and thank you for helping him and sharing the journey.

It has been at least 30 years since I even thought about wearing a watch but I find your channel to be fascinating. Calm presentation is such a big plus for me and I can only assume that patience/calmness and working on watches go hand in hand. Your editing is first rate. Subscribed.

What a brilliant instruction video. I spent two hours this afternoon, on a pocket watch, looking for the piece that stops the mainspring barrel from unwinding. There was a circular spring underneath, and when I unscrewed it, it went flying across the room ! I got two sticks with magnets on and carefully swept the room. No luck. I then spotted the tiny plate and looked for the spring. After an hour, I gave up. As I was clearing the dust and bits of general rubbish, there it was ! I have repaired two mantle clocks, one of 6 travel alarm clocks, and I have 5 pocket watches to put back together. I also have a few wristwatches. Videos like this are great, and Marshall is excellent at what he does. I said I would take up watch repairs when I retired in 2019, and I am 74 now so the eyesight is not great. Maybe I will buy a Braille watch to fix😊. I have a little bit more confidence now. Thank you.

As I said on the Mickey Mouse watch… A. ETAs most complex movement a first year apprentice watch maker - strip down clean reassembled and regulate in an afternoon B. Ultra cheap movement… even Dr Daniels has to take two or three days of hard concentration to repair C. Why… cheap movements were not designed to be repaired

That was so fantastic that you simultaneously gave him a manual, simplified his task, and improved his final product while also facilitated his learning. I've been watching your videos all day while working as they're so relaxing and informative, but this video was frankly just so impressive!

That was awesome! I can see how that was made: the gears and train were all installed on that plate and pins ran thru the holes and aligned everything. That plate was then raised up to the wat movement and then screwed together. INCREDIBLY cheap and easy way to mass produce a lot of watches, but assembly by hand is a SUPER PAIN, as you found out lol! This was an awesome video!

Marshall, you're awesome. I found myself smiling so hard watching this video, and the ending is perfect. Thank you for the content!

This was awesome, even tho I was a bit sad you didn't put the assembled watch onto your timekeeping accuracy meter thingy. Would've loved if you showed that, as it would probably be quite bad, but would really show the awesomeness of your other projects - like putting a 'regular' marathon runner in the olympics once in a while.

Beyond genius. You are an extremely talented individual. Can't believe you disassembled it again but I understand 😂. Extraordinary skill.

What a hoot! I don't know a thing about watches or watch repair--I don't even wear a watch!--but this video has all the mystery and adventure of trying to unwrap a mummy. Thank you, Marshall, for introducing me to your fascinating world.

Best video on your channel! Love it! Clint got into the hobby watching you. Now you are his teacher… what an honor. As you have said, many times, it’s all about learning, and doing it for yourself. Fact: You never learn if someone else just does it for you. When you started taking it back apart… like everyone else watching - I just couldn’t stop smiling, and giggling. Loved every second of it. Finally -> You have always talked about how one of the biggest parts of this hobby are the watches themselves and their stories. Now Clint may have a “cheap” watch, but… it’s a watch with an AMAZING STORY!!! Even has video proof / provenance / and authenticity for it. A pile of parts, confusion, frustration, giving up, and failure - has now surely become a prized and priceless possession. Well… provided that Clint was able to get it back together. Please - Please - Please update us on whether or not he was able to get it back together. Thanks. -> Clint… I’m rooting for you!!! CHEERS!

As one Clint used to say: "There's two kinds of people, those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig..." Now, this Clint won't dig, but assembling this watch may prove to be even harder than digging.

I am into electronic repairs and building from scratch and I could never return a radio or something else in pieces even if better organized. However, that said, I just about bust a gut laughing yet nodding my head in agreement for how you returned the parts as a learning project/lesson. Well done sir :-D

i can imagine him going absolutely crazy after buying a second movement and deleted the video 😂 the amount of patience you should have with anything related to the movement is unimaginable, i remember my frustration of screwing in the dial feet to the movement but the tiny screw kept falling off 😂

Respect. I only found you a week ago and am busy going through the back catalogue. My husband and I cheered when you sent this watch back for your viewer/student to reassemble.

I love the twist at the end of this video! This channel is an absolute diamond in the rough! Thanks, Marshall!

I’ve always worked on vintage digital watches and wanted to learn how to assemble a mechanical watch this popped up on my suggested video feed and I’m so glad it did I have subscribed and look forward to the next episode :)

Dude... I was ready to throw tools down and take a break in frustration at that wheel train, and I don’t have any watchmaking tools! Your patience and perseverance are amazing! Excellent work, and thanks for the video!

I absolutely love that you disassembled it and sent it back, i was a little freaked out when you didn't put any oils on any of the metal on metal pivots, but in the end i understood why. Love you're content, keep up the good work

This channel is just spellbinding! I know nothing about time pieces...but As somebody who loves taking things apart but often times never gets around to putting all the pieces back together, the logic and reasoning ability inspires me to have more patience and work through reassembly as you did. No parts breakdown, schematic or anything! An excellent, inspiring video and the narration is so beneficial as I could even feel the frustration you felt when the single cover wouldn't line up properly the first several times. Thank you, thank you!

I am using Russian watches for practice. They are cheap and easy, but if you managed to get them together then you have some really good watches.

What a great video! Best part is taking it apart and sending to your viewer to reassemble!! Found your channel recently, and loving your videos. I got into watch repair from Mark's watch repair channel but fell off. I'm happy to say that you have reignited my interest and I'm going to order the few remaining tools I need to get started! Thank you for the inspiration

28:35 maaan.... you like just saved a life of a patient whose heart is beating again... so much patience. Respect!

This is by far one of a kind video, not only does he show that an eBay watch can be brought back to life, but he showed one of his viewers a step-by-step guide on how to do it! I tip my hat to you good sir! 🎩

I appreciate the way you "put yourself out there." You allowed yourself to be vulnerable to your client's slings and arrows. This was an excellent video and reconstruction!

Absolutely LOVE this!!! Excellent way to teach someone! Marshall you have out-done yourself!

What a great surprise! Sure, disassemble and post the video! A great learning tool. Love this program. The sound is excellent and so is the video. Fun for both old and young. At 82, I was well able to follow you, thank you, and God Bless.

Marshall, I found myself holding my breath watching you struggle with those wheels!!! Such delicate work!! Love watching you and listening to you describe each part! Great challenging video!!🥰❤️

This makes me feel so good about watching this channel. Excellent teaching skills and remarkable generosity.

By far the best yet!. To hear thought processes and your frustration tells us more about this subject than watching the perfect tear down/rebuild.

My thought experience during this video: 1) Oh that's awesome, a viewer screwed up a watch repair and Wristwatch is fixing it! 2) Oh no.... he fixed it and now is disassembling it so viewer has to start over. 3) Oh wait... that's brilliant. Very good teaching technique.... never saw it coming. Hat's off

That's a Hamazawa movement. Was Japan's answer to Timex. Definitely has a similar automatic system to that of a Seiko movement.

You’re awesome, man! I love how you take the time to do these things, and have the heart of a great teacher - making sure that viewers understand what you are doing and how to fix it properly. Definitely subscribing. Thank you for such excellent content!

the fact that your disassembled it and sent it back is the best part of the whole video.

You're an inspiration. I have a box of watches I've accumulated over the years and you've inspired me to start inspecting and attempting to fix them. I think, if you haven't already, might want to get into a Watchmakers lathe, you have steady hands and this hobby, you have a gift for it.

Amazing, absolutely amazing….. I do not only like your skills to put such a movement together again into working condition. What I like mostly is your humour, the way you laugh about your own little mishaps…..so symphathic….. Bye the way, the quality of the video itself is outstanding. Hope I will see tons of these in the coming times. Thank you so much !!!!!

I loved listening to your thought process as you reassembled the Sears watch. Also I see why it's best to start with a bigger pocket watch that is higher quality then this lower end time piece.

Wristwatch Revival Marshall, I've seen several of your videos now and I just want to thank you for having your well-manicured and clean nails. Lot of other youtubers if they use finger COTS or not their hands are just like what's going on. So, I appreciate what you're doing and how you present everything including your hands. Seeing as they're visible in almost every video you post.

🎉The best video ever!!🎉 I have seen many of your vids and the ones you do for sentimental purposes are great and those I love the most but this is the best. You are a great explainer of the watch repair/restore. You don’t make this person feel bad, you don’t ridicule but you let us share in on your and his journey to fix this ‘simple’ watch, thank you 😉

Great job figuring this strange, cheap movement out. I didn't think it was possible. Nice that you could help him out. I have thrown away a few "projects" myself. We all have to learn the hard way. Good luck with the main plate, that's the tricky one.

One of the coolest watch repair vid I've ever seen so far... My heart seemed to have skipped a beat or two there when the watch surgeon suddenly start reaping the pieces apart after all the hard work done at trying to figure out how to make something identifiable as a time telling contraption of sorts and ending up with a watch proper in his hands...And working all right.... Geez!... But again, it was all part of a learning process for both the video maker and the viewer... It all made sense again!... Thanks! Nice vid, now I'll need some vacation...

So suspenseful! Most suspenseful video yet. It was very hard not skip to the end and see what happened. How is this man laughing; the tension is palpable. This is literally the most suspenseful movie I've seen all year!

Marshall, I'm impressed by your patience, really. Thank you for all of your videos, keep the good work up!

He truly loves his craft. I am just starting off and this channel is just what I needed. Thanks a lot Marshall!

Okay, I finished this one (after my earlier comment), and GREAT JOB, SIR! It is gratifying to figure something out without help. I used to be like that but then discovered that watching KZfaq videos simplified and sped up the process of fixing something I had no real interest in, beyond getting it fixed. (Think HVAC and plumbing work.) It is easy today to be a great DIY-er with KZfaq helping you get it done, however, it makes it easy to forget how well we can figure stuff out on our own, sometimes.

40:00 - WHAT A TWIST! Fantastic video and story, thanks for sharing!

That watch is like putting together a 2500 pc jigsaw puzzle without the box photo to guide you!!I would think they had to have some kind of jig to put these together with if they were so mass produced, and if they were it would make sense to have a jig or tool that lined everthing up to just push it together and put the screws in. OMG I can't believe what you do at the the end!! that's priceless!!

This was just thrilling to watch. I admit I'm writing this (and have given the thumbs up) before having watched the complete thing. It absolutely appeals to the puzzle-solver in my brain. I was ridiculously excited to see a bag of parts! Lol. I couldn't/can't wait to see how you put this all together. And kudos to you for being a teacher to other watchmakers. Really is an exemplary moment in supporting this hobby.

Yay! So glad you took it apart again. That's the only way to learn-do it yourself! :D

“What did I get myself in to?” Yep, that’s what I’ve asked myself the last 4-5 cheap-o watches I haven’t been able to get properly put back together 😂. But, I am learning and am gaining confidence. Thanks for the inspiration, and the fallibility you’re showing here. It gives me hope.

second time i saw this video, likely not the last. i love the evolution of emotion you went through trying to get it together. also loved how you thought of Clint and his evolution in this hobby. it was both awesome and a touch evil which i can appreciate. we all need a bit of mischievous to keep things interesting. I'd love to know if he ever got the watch back together again. Hope he didn't give up on this. So easy to allow frustration to be a demotivater..

I couldn't understand why you weren't oiling anything. If any watch ever needed lubrication, this one certainly did. Then at the end of the video it all made sense. Good job sending it back.

Excellent adventure! Early in my watch repair journey I set out to service a vintage Swiss Roskopf “dollar pocket watch”, which looked simple. I don’t think it had more than a few jewels (maybe none) and it used a pin pallet escapement rather than the usual pallet fork. The watch came apart easily, but reassembly was incredibly difficult because the pivots just didn’t want to go back in the plate holes. So I feel your pain! And watch out for Roskopf “simple” movements!

You made me feel like getting into the watch making hobby. Your passion for teaching others about the hobby is very respectable. Hats off for disassembling the watch so that clint can learn how to re assemble it! Subscribed!

what a good dude taking it apart at the end for the true lesson

I've been battling a late 70's Timex with no jewels, day & date that i took apart, cleaned and now trying to put it back together has been a total nightmare... i've tried at least 50+ times without success! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ But i will get it!! Glad to see even a skilled person as you even has difficulty's once in awhile! 😁

Cant watch right away but droppin' the like ahead of time. Cant wait to settle in and watch this one. 💙

I'm on my third bout of COVID and your videos have helped me endure all three periods of isolation. I'm not even a watch guy but your calming voice, constant good cheer, and overall excellence are a great comfort. Thanks!

I was sitting there kind of bewildered the whole time like, “What about lubrication? And is he not going to clean the thing?” Now everything makes perfect sense, glad I watched to the end!

the patience that you have is amazing. I would probably have rage quite when you knocked the plate of accidentally

There is nothing like watching a new Marshall video on a Sunday morning: thank you so much. You could have left that one plate in place though. It is hard to imagine the poor beginner putting that back on.

That is one of the best videos u have done . I really enjoyed it - the best bit is putting the wheels in and the single plate and seeing you have to do it a few times . It’s what I’m used to when I (rarely) tinker around with watches . Just EXCELLENT MARSHALL - THANKYOU ! Best Rob

Wow what a great thing to do for him to put it together. Thank you for all you do 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻