Phillipe Dufour simplicity is just filled with warmth and love

This is why a quality timepiece is not about telling time, but "owning" (more like caretaking) something truly special.

I just bought a Victorinox Swiss Army Infantry Vintage with a ETA 7750 movement. Nothing special to most watch enthusiasts, but I've spent many months (and years) saving for a fine watch, and It's the most beautiful movement I can afford... It was a stretch for me at $500. Owning a fine watch is a lifetime relationship for me

Dufours simplicity is exquisite!

This movie reignited my watch "problem," and it's beautiful -- thanks!

Dufour is by far the master here. I'm just getting into watches and this is mind blowing. His Grand and Petite model is magnificent.

Many look disparagingly upon diamond set watches, but after viewing how painstakingly difficult this process is or was, I can't help but be in total awe of the incredible workmanship. Absolutely incredible!

Dugout is an absolute master craftsman who lives a very simple life and yet the art he creates is priceless. Absolutely beautiful!!

As an amateur mechanical sculptor, these guys are gods... Major technical skills merge with incredible patience, a strong sense of tradition and love. Having some appreciation of the difficulty of hand making reliable machines I was surprised to see any nay-sayers here... These guys do nothing but inspire me.

Beautiful Land.. Lovely People.. Amazing art.. Perfect Craftsmanship.. Worthy & Everlasting Products. I respect the nation and the people..

I could only marvel at the time, patience, and love put into these beautiful timepieces. Only independent watchmakers have earned the right to critic (if they dare)!

The incredible skill and patience to set those micro diamonds is really impressive. I am in awe.

I love that during a period of watchmaking that focused on extravagant set diamonds or flashly complications and tourbillions, Mr. Dufour went utterly against the grain, focusing all of his efforts on absolutely perfecting the finishing and craftsmanship

Damn.....these men sure do work round the clock!....

If ever there was a video that needs to be in full 1080p HD (or above) it was this one. 480p just doesn't do these masterpieces justice.

Micro engineering at its best. How you folks work on these seriously complicated instruments has me in awe.... Amazing talent and skill...Thank you for sharing..

Bloody amazing skill and dedication to the craft.

So Glad to see this incredible art form getting its dues in today's society. Ive seen a real increase in timepieces in the past few years. To me, This is the best art form today

Dufours watches look pretty nice I love how complicated the mechanisms in the watch look and how much attention to detail he has!

stardust.....i love it,, such a special work of art,,

I do not understand how anyone can downvote this video. Superb.

These people for sure have some great skills, and it is fascinating to look how complicated wristwatches are designed and put together. I am happy for these craftsmen, and the bigger brands, that there are enough customers out there that are willing to pay the costs, and keep them busy. I'm a mechanical engineer myself, and love the design and mechanics of such watches, but i feel no need to put 1000's of dollars into purchase of such. just looking at videos and pictures is enough for me) More interesting to put that kind of money into something that gives more action, like car, motorbike, boat.

Each of these watch makers are sharing a skill. Whether you like diamonds are not is beside the point. The care and compassion and love of their craft. Criticizing their skill because of Diamond encased or whatever is not called for. Their imagination and Skill is what amazes me.

The skill, talent, care and love put into these watches is inspiring! One day I hope to have one of my own :)

Simply stunning. A true artist. I'm blown away at the work of these fine time pieces.

The skill and caring devoted to each masterpiece is awesome and warms the heart, I enjoyed this presentation more than you can imagine. Thank You all for this

I miss this time period of cable TV. I miss the HD Net channel. I miss the In Focus series, and a bunch of others. I also miss this narrator. This channel really took advantage of high definition as it was just starting to gain traction with more mainstream viewers. This particular episode of In Focus was my favorite. Great stuff.

I love watching craftsmen and their masterpieces and I have watched this video several times but I would still not have a clue how to begin to make a watch

Amazing work, tradition and dedication makes huge difference

The skills and creativity of these people who can fashion tiny pieces of metal and jewels, shape them into parts of fully functioning, accurate watches, plus the intricate craftsmanship of adding works of arts into their timepieces is just mind boggling. That indeed is God given talents. I watch in amazement as they create every tiny piece and then combine them to create such beautiful, and accurate watches that are famous all over the world. I give my utmost respect to these people.

Incredible documentary, I come back and watch it a few times just to be inspired by something we all value as a hobby or beyond that.

Bravo to the both of them :). May you both continue filling the hearts of all the watch lovers across the world with endless joy. I really loved then both as with Phillipe's Simplicity, I could compare it to a Patek :).

As a watches lover, i have to say this is a very interesting video about independent watchmakers. All that delicated and complicated work in produce each piece is incredible and wonderful. My favorite timepiece is that simplicity watch made by Mr. Dufour...simply amazing. Thanks for sharing this video and my best wishes to everyone from Chile. José Luis Romero.

Astonishing craftsmanship! Beautiful pieces of art and dedicated hand work! Brilliant watches !!!

Watching the watchmaker building up the parts for that beautiful diamond watch is like watching a surgeon doing complicated surgery.

Dufour's watch.. pfft, no words for that beauty!

A beautiful orchestra of micromechanics. WOW!

Thanks for uploading this. I remember seeing this on HD net back when I had satellite TV. This was the program that got me interested in watch making.

I'm amazed that watchmaking has been a tradition in Europe for over 500 years.

incredible craftmanship, you have to appreciate thoose wathces but most of all the skilled craftsman that buils thoose works of art

If Ahmed's clock was a bomb, then Antoine Preziuso and Philippe DuFour constructed the Death Star.

This is amazing. Such steady hands, I got nervous just watching it!

Both men are very talented i like how they used makers of opposing style that being said it's obvious Dufour's watch will be around and functional for a much longer period of time.

Simplicity is a beautfully elegant watch. Definitely less is more is no cliche here. Considering the price the customer wants a design thats not cluttered or will go out of style. They want something that is timeless if you pardon the pun. Dufour designed a watch that i think will look just as good 50 or even a hundred years from now so hats off to him. Hes as good a designer as an engineer. These cabiniteers really have to be polymaths they need a number of important skills. It must be enormously satisfying to go from the drawing board all the way to the convention and recieve such praise from dealers and customers

EXELENTE DOCUMENTAL DE DOS GRANDES PERSONAJES DEL MUNDO DE LOS ALTOS CALIBRES AUTOMATIZADOS DEL RELOJ DE PULSERA,MIS REVERENSIAS MAESTROS DEL TIEMPO.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a Heaven in a wildflower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour

Excellent workmanship with brilliant concepts and inspirations.

Seriously ,some great craftsmanship and some real beauties.

Fabulous works of art and skills. Thanks for sharing the video i didnt know this world existed. Glad these guys are carrying on the tradition. I dont wear a watch but have still have one. I use my mobile phone for time keeping. The prices are crazy but everything is made by hand and they are unique. I used to be inversely snobbish about expensive wines until i learned about there rarity with low yields and long maturation times.

Not a big fan of watches with diamonds at all, but watching the process, effort and focus it takes just to places those tiny 0.5mm diamonds in place is incredible!

"There is no room for error" *WHACK* .... "The escape wheel is not damaged"

These are beautifully designed field watches! I really like the faces/dials and the addition of titanium to your line is wonderful. This may very well be my next purchase.

Besides being artsts they are also cientists who produce works of art that also tell the time evryday in a very fancy way... Thanks for sharing a magnificent documentary

This is like magic, though it is fully developed from and inside physics: Love this !

Beautiful Art!

You are not buying an expensive watch, you are buying a life story behind the watch.

This was so amazing to watch I saw and learned a great deal. Also got to see the first macro lens of its kind. That is so freaking cool considering that today you can buy a macro lens for you iPhone. And the reason it works on your iPhone is because of the technology in the iPhone camera has come so far since the making of this film. THATS SO FREAKING COOL!!

amazeing craftsmen...

Amazing skill, true engineers.

Amazing. Satisfying just to watch the work be done.

Great documentary. Its amazing how much work goes into this watch.

Nothing beats Masahiro Kikuno's design.

AKIRA YOSHIMURA THANKS FOR THIS MARVELOUS VIDEO! SEP 10, 2014

It is Antoine's mastery and original artistic concept that equals this contemporary Masterpiece. A marvel to behold, I just hope that with all this new camera technology They take their time next year, research it better and work harder at artistic Direction. Look forward to the next program.

My sincere sellute to both the watch scientists.. Waav what a making..

It is amazing passion and skills are passed to next generations, despite setbacks in this trade.

Did the music need to be this epic all the way through?

1:35 Mmmmm... table

Increíble destreza la de estos grandes maestros relojeros!

Excellent. I enjoyed this video very much.

I appreciate precision work. Inspiring!

Beautiful.. Beautiful.....

In this short video we see the descendants of the men who were responsible to take the world from a primitive collection of philosophical concepts with no proof, to one where the human mind created useful relations between shaped elements which produced the most harmonious exact function and actions at the time. The link of such elements with a balance wheel whose inertia was rather heavy, relatively speaking, decided the rhythm of the music created to measure time . It was the watchmakers who showed the world the links and the rhythm that later on created the engines that power the world. Now these descendants turned their skills to gather together, engineering , art, and social harmony that helps people move from a primitive instinctive creature to a civilised cultured people. Only those nations who have such descendants of watchmakers amongst them can claim that they have harmony within their society to live together in peace. Congratulations to all watchmakers for the harmony you create in your creations which overflow into a social harmony of your nations. Other nations are the proud owners of what they buy , and that is not good enough to produce the social harmony, one cannot buy the latter component. The lady narrator seems to be enjoying her work as her voice seems to be smiling while she appreciated the masters of time at their work. They certainly deserve a glass of wine to celebrate their compounded human feelings. Well done all.

Beyond beautiful.

I have a Hublot big bang watch and i love it keeps great time to thanks for the video.....!

A Genius' Masterpiece to eternity, Amazing Watch Makers!!!...

I've always loved watches. Ever since I got my first Timex as a Christmas gift. It was the cheapest of all of the Timex watches but I was so proud of it.($6.96 in 1967 out of a Spiegel catalog, I think) I own a Rolex that is a collectors watch right now. If money was no option I would probably own 25+ watches. Everything from Franck Muller to Roger Dubois. Would I wear them? On occasion, But they would probably just sit in my safe and collect dust and just give me something to talk about on with other people that can fully appreciate the complication(s) of the movement.

beautiful art is pure and amazing

Very interesting video, thank you for uploading

ものすごくいいドキュメンタリーだった…！！これを日本のNHKがつくってるのすごい。独立した時計職人ほど地道でかっこよくてうつくしい職業はない。

Хорошее кино. Мне нравятся ваши часы. Хочу иметь мастерскую и делать шедевры!

Realy amazing Work...

un gran trabajo y un arte

Thanks for sharing it Akira!

Amazin' 'n Wonderful...

I love automatic mechanic watches !

Beautiful

Dufour = understated beauty Prezioso = Bling

EXELENTES MAESTROS DE LA RELOJERIA SUIZA MIS REVERENSIAS PARA ANTONI PREZIOSO Y PILIPPE DUFOUR, SON LO MEJOR QE TIENE SUIZA

This doc is 20 years old…HDnet was one of the only HD channels back then…I paid $3,500 for my first tube HD television back then…

Is.. is that guy eating the table?

No wonder these watches are so expensive! I have a cheep Steinhusen watch and I love it! keeps great time.

As soon as she said "tourbiLon", i raced to the comments section. Not disappointed!

Very Good, Compliments

Absolutely amazing. I would love to do this someday, but I do not have the steady hands for such delicate work. Maybe I'll try my hand at doing this with cars. Gears are a bit bigger :P

Wow I like that that alarm is better than digital watch

My addiction is watches, can't stop buying watches I don't even wear them I just buy them look at them and that's it

Very cool documentary, I quite liked the swiss meal time.

Impressive 👍

Good video