Viewer gets a working watch, WR gets a video+its revenue, win/win situation.

@@Tunkkisand we get relaxing entertainment. Win, win, win

Yeah, I don't even wear watches, nor do I own one. I just stumbled over this channel, and it's really nice to watch, ;)

@@RustyXXL Me Neither, never liked to wear watches when I was younger as opposed to a lot of my School Friends. Since watching about 5 or 6 of Marshall's videos. I'm actually tempted to buy one now. Certainly will have to be a low end watch to suit my current budget though.

@@georgemcmahon78 I have an extremely basic Casio watch that my father bought me on a family vacation to Greece (first and only time - thus far - that I've been outside my country) but the sentimental value is far higher. I usually don't wear watches because my skin is sensitive and having something wrapped around my arm can make me uncomfortable when I'm stressed... but I make an effort either way.

Nah, he makes it look easy... but don't forget, the screws are small enough that you could lose one because it's stuck inside your nails...

Setting them back up to work correctly is harder than it looks here.

@@aserta Agree, yesterday i opened my first watch and things doesn't look big as in the videos! 😅😅

Definitely not lol

Watchmaker here also. Absolutely not. It's less about understanding the mechanism itself, which for a simple 3-hand watch aren't complicated; and more about developing the fine motor control and dexterity. It takes _many_ hours of practice and much patience to get to the point where you can competently work without worrying about losing or damaging things. This channel is however better than most in being clear and concise in both narration and work! That being said, there are watches that even after 20+ years I hate working on. You haven't lived til you're faced with a vintage $30k triple-date moonphase chronograph that a client wants repaired, serviced and restored...

@@rogiervdheide he's kind of the grandfather of video tutorials, i think it's a glorious title

@@rogiervdheideThe huge number of people that Admire Bob Ross, perhaps?

Have you seen some of the recent sale prices of his original works?@@rogiervdheide

@@rogiervdheide He was a great dude. Huge compliment.

@@rogiervdheide Why would being the Bob Ross of something be a negative??

You've managed to beautifullly capture my thougts/experience watching this video. So mesmerizing!

i literally went to the comments to say this exactly at 24:45 and just wanna say ur a great dude

The title got you and now you are here

💯

sometimes people lies so much that they even dont know the stupid figurure theya re doing, they realy believe in their own dellisunional lies. "He Wore This Rolex Every Day for 53 Years".

So funny completely in the same boat! I have seen this same comment on this channel a lot

Fuck I watched it to the end and didn't even realize how long the video was.

Damn I just realised that it was that long after finishing it

I read this comment before watching the video, and I thought you were overreacting but it seems like you were right all along.

Yes. This was fascinating

wht nobody is talking about is that hes now made this watch worthless by fixing it they should have sent it back to rolex

2 million views. He WANTED to do it free. Stories aell

@@BGraves My thoughts exactly. Kids don't understand the world.

He offered to do it for free because he knew how much the video would be worth.

you do realize this video has 2 million views right?

The ad revenue more than pays for the service. The watch owner also is a Patron.

Nevertheless, he made the watch completely free of charge. Sure, he gets money from KZfaq, but the owner didn't have to pay anything, especially as he is a voluntary Patreon member

He got 2,4Mio views ... i think the "generosity" pays off quite well ... ^^

Whoa, what a story it carries! Thanks for sharing

I have wathced a few of these types of videos and there always seems to be an old vietnam war veteran that has bought the rolex. Why is that? did they have a store in vietnam that everyone just went to?

@@maxgronros6728 Soldiers purchased goods while deployed via the PX (post exchange) and among the many things they could order were Rolexes, which many did. Depending on model I think most paid between 100 and 300 USD. They're completely legitimate.

@@GlennWatsonHome Yes I saw that as well, the guy fell over when he was told it’s value.

Love the story. I bet that was the least surprising, but best gift you’ve ever received (same circumstances, it would have been for me).

I seen that and went straight to the comments to see if anyone else seen, and would’ve said something! 😅

I do not know about that 11:57 but at 14.59 I believe I saw a clip of some sort go bye-bye see you later let's see if find that one. Someone else said it is so relaxing watching these videos and I absolutely agree I love watching them. But I did notice that spring clip thing at 14:59 go way never to be found again.

@@JustMM1 I noticed this too and was happy to see the spring clip in the upper right corner of the screen at 19:40; the display of cleaned parts.

I rewatched him scratch that wheel at 7:30 a few times.

Its like when an SMD component goes ping.

He only had to replace the crystal and the seals. Every other part was still good!

Them Swiss can only make watches run For Half A Century+!? Where's duh Quality Control?

@@joseph7105 you're joking, he's taking about, sapphire glass with is just lab grown sapphire, or plexiglass en that is plastic or just a lab grown crystal of some kind.

@@joseph7105 It's Rumored That Jedi knight Obi Wan Kenobi wore a Rolex & bequeathed it to his daughter, duh Princess Leia. Can anybody confirm & tell which Rolex model it was? Thanks.

I don't mind the occasional _conservative_ use of diamonds on a fancy dress piece, but 99% of the "bling" out there is tacky as hell. Also, unless it came from the factory that way, all those added stones ruin the value of the watch as non-original modifications if you ever want to sell it. A Rolex (or other high end brand) will always hold or even appreciate in value if it's well-kept and original.

@@J.DeLaPoerWatches won’t hold value while there is normal demand since a new watch is always preferable. What we have seen in the market are manufacturers who raised prices and a bunch of new rich people trying to show everyone.

@@chaotus Well, 25+ years dealing vintage watches says you're wrong. Not _all_ watches obviously, I'm talking about the high end/luxury brands (and especially the popular model ranges). I'm obviously not saying if you buy a new Rolex and sell it the next day that you'll get 100% of your money back either -- at least not until the watch is a classic model 30 years from now. But new-bought luxury watches will hold the vast majority of their value (~80% or more) for many years as long as they're kept in good shape, then eventually start to appreciate. If you buy a *used or vintage* luxury watch though, you _will_ get 100% of your investment back at sale immediately -- or even more if you wait a few years. Luxury watches are almost a static market as far as value retention: they retain their value, and slowly appreciate after about 10 years OR if the model in question is particularly popular. Watches that are already vintage, particularly Rolex, Patek, Omega et al, have also been steadily appreciating in value in the last couple decades to the point they often exceed the price of the current new models. Like anything else you have to know what you're doing, and I'm talking in general terms here. But there's an extremely large contingent of collectors out there who only want vintage. The used/vintage market in general has been in perpetual boom since the 1990s at least (partly because of the "premium pricing" constant-increase strategy of the major brands which makes buying used the best option for most regular people. That's exactly why the demand for new watches _isn't_ there for the majority of people who own luxury pieces. It's actually only a small fraction of the rich who keep the new market alive). The only other consumer goods I can think of that will hold or appreciate in value like watches are firearms. That goes for lasting multiple lifetimes of use as long as they're take care of too. Pretty much every other major consumer item from appliances to cars to TVs to smartphones takes a massive hit the second it's bought and becomes obsolete and basically worthless within 5 years -- no matter how expensive it was or what brand made it. Guns and high end watches follow a very different trajectory of value.

Why not, buy some cheap broken watches off Ebay and buy some tools and off you go! :)

So r u an auto/ diesel mechanic and a carbon composite "technician" (we just used to call it body work). Never met someone who calls themselves a mechanic but refers to themselves as a body work "technician"? Or do u fix composite working equipment (chopper guns, etc)?

@TrapperAaron automotive. Carbon composites was with Multimatic building the Ford GT chassis and Aston Martin Valkyrie. I've since moved on to do my own thing.

The mechanic side of me was thinking to fill the entire thing with automatic transmission fluid lmao.

Welcome to the club! Watch guys are often car guys and vice versa!

honestly, he and jerryrigeverything. at first, i thought the narration was done live. had no clue it was done after the recording, until i saw some comment mentioning it

if I am correct, Marshall does commentary professionally

Marshall Sutcliffe has been a Magic: The Gathering commentator for over a decade, plus has hosted a podcast since 2009. So is very comfortable with commentary.

Agreed on the commentary. Good job

how old were you when you bought it?

@@Jonas1998Skov I was 28.

I’ve got a Waltham pocket watch from 1904 and it’s in great shape. I have no idea how much it was used but for it to have floated around for 119 years and be near perfect is impressive.

Good use of puns

You lose the sense of scale after a while... Then his fingers come into the shot :O

I hope there are some therapists out there paying attention........

I love to hear it! Good luck with your watchmaking journey!

Thanks David, I appreciate you coming along for the journey with me :)

People have no clue what a good video tech Marshall is.....getting lighting and focusing correct at these minute distances.....NOT easy at all. He makes it look so easy so that's how we know he's goooooooooooooooooooood. 😳

You often forget how small the pieces he's working on are because it's so well filmed.

Can you imagine designing and machining all of this? Incredible feat of engineering vision.

Ah thanks for saying so Michael, hang in there!

When i discovered the channel a while back I was afraid it would get repetitive, but it's the total opposit. Every video is a new lesson on how watches work and I love the feeling of being able to name something before he does. It's always a good day when Marshall uploads.

yea a lot of vids you think well that was 30 mins i wont get back but EVERY video Marshall puts out the time flys carrying away stress and at the end it is always "wow that was an hour"

Yes, much of this is made on a lathe or very small milling machine, it's incredible