Man, unlike alot of watch channels that are more or less "styling watches" this channel actually helps one understand the aspects of mechanical watchmaking, to some degree. I find it fascinating and I'm able to appreciate the work that goes into it. Bravo.

Wow! This channel never ceases to provide great information.

What I learned from this episode is not to shove a potato into my watch.

For those people griping about Marc Andre talking with his hands, 9 out of 10 times a person doesn't even realise that they are using their hands when they talk, more common than you think. Also if that's the only thing you get out of this WONDERFUL video by Marc, then you have bigger issues. Ignore the haters Marc Andre! GREATEST fine watch coverage on the planet!! Respect my friend from Kevin in Louisiana USA.

Marc, please please please please please please please please please please please please please please PLEASE do more of these components videos! I know most of us know this stuff but SEEING it makes all the difference and it is vital for the growth of the Chanel that you take in more people who want to know but feel intimidated! Thank you so so much

This video could have been an hour long and I'd still be glued to the monitor. Thanks.

Excellent video. The key takeaway is the sorting process. No matter how much they control the manufacturing, in the end there is variation and the only way to get the best results is to sort and match hair springs to balance wheels through actual testing. This is the same way they make super precision ball bearings and high performance CPUs.

the video and audio quality of this, even besides the great content, is phenomenal. kudos.

Very detailed and very easy to understand video. You did it once again Marc.

Bovet one the best pioneers in the business. Greatness.

I'm so fascinated with watchmaking and the hair spring is one of the most important part of this watch that brings the watch to life

People who love mechanical watches almost always love fountain pens. The better ones are also handmade. Maybe you can review this item also?

Super video about a hair of balance !!!!

Fascinating, more videos like this please :)

BEST VIDEO ON THIS CHANNEL!

Engineering never fails to amaze me.

fantastic report marc (and the team)

New to your channel. Fantastic content. Thank you Marc.

Who on this planet is voting thumbs down on such an excellent report? Huge thumbs up.

I just can't understand why this channel doesn't have more subscribers! Love your videos!

Bravo, I love your show, Mister. Great talk.

Once again, fantastic coments, very profound, you really help me to know much more about the very tiny details which make a watch work. A sping is not just a spring. It is already a masterpiece of state of the art technology and handworkship. Thank you, thank you.

Excellently executed and explained Mr. Marc. Thank you sir.

Thank you for sharing your passion. And always I found your video to be informative and entertaining.

Always something new to learn. Not flat but round makes a difference. Must try to get better picture why this is so. Oh yes ,Thanks for the clip. Also, the precision and craftsmanship of a high quality watch translates to the pride of having a finely made tiny machine on ones wrist. A quartz movement will likely out perform it for accuracy but somehow soulless.

I love these little insights into the finer art of watchmaking Marc.....look forward to the next one.

I want this guy to wash my hair and massage my scalp. I think it will be the best wash and scalp massage I've had in a while...

Yup.More of these videos please!

Sûrement une des vidéos le plus claire et concise qu'il m'est été donné de voir sur le fonctionnement des montres mécaniques. Toujours pertinent et enthousiaste , il semble que vous soyez, en plus, un excellent vulgarisateur .

Thank you for the video , Marc !

Very informative 👍🏼

Coolest backdrop on KZfaq!

A really amazing video. Thanks for sharing.

Fascinating video

I love watch and repairing hairspring , the best relax therapy

Another great video. Thank you very much😁

Am continuing to spread the word about this great channel.

And here we have part of the answer to the question "why is that watch so expensive?"

It's impossible not to be in love with this industry. Great video like always. Keep up the great work! Best regards from your best fan from Bolivia!

Wow! Great video!

Very lovely !!

Absolutely fascinating. It reminds me of the beating heart for the clock. thanks for sharing!

Best youtube channel for watch aficionado

A blued hair spring, escape wheel and pallet fork look killer. Great video, Marc.

The beat goes on.

The best watch channel ever

Cars, homey. Nicely explained video.

I want to be your assistant , to be around those magnific watches makers , your Chanel is amazing . you are blessed with a lovely job ....CONGRATULATION

There's no way I could ever be a watchmaker. I would get too frustrated working with the tiny parts and toss it all off the table.

Please make a video on different types chimes, repeaters etc. explaning grand sonnerie, petite sonnerie, westminster chimes and all of that

Fantastic!!!

The wall behind this man is 👍👍👍👍 ..

Gerar video. I hope to see more videos like this one. Gerat job guys!

awesome video ! you do a superb job with your videos.

Great info*****

Great vid.

Thank you, Very helpful for my job. C'est trés bien explicate.

Very cool , and educational. I really apprecciate it. I just started collecting watches and I’ve worked on some already. Im an a industrial mechanic, and when i started looking into mechanical watches, it really caught my attention. So i’ve been learning for the past two months and this is really the heart of it. Thanks brother. Keep it up. Will be subscribing and hitting those like buttons...

Great video as always Marc!!!!!

Very interesting video. Thank you. Companies like Bovet are specialists and try to keep their main secrets, however there is a Chinese company that specialise as well. Never underestimate the opposition !!.

Marc Andre` thank you for your presentation, this subject dealing with precision watches requires one to become a master of the terminology that best refers to a specified object-matter, so not an easy task to master given that one must utilize the absolute correct terminology for each component. Very important. Yes, you do your presentation that is just so carefully timed that will allow the non-watch-function familiar persons.... to be able to comprehend.

Marc André: Congratulations on a fascinating and informative episode. Very well written! I can see why these guys don't get bored. While their world might look very small from the outside, it's really a whole universe of variables and measurable effects. There's also a lore that they share amongst themselves and no one else. They probably tell each other hairspring jokes. They are a priesthood in a mystery cult. Also, thanks for the potato warning. I'll keep them away from my exhaust pipe.

Very informative

Even though this is a few years old it was very interesting too WATCH! Pun intended!!

Very informative, Hands ..I mean Hans.

his hands have a life of their own!

You are the best bro ♥. Keep up your good work and giving us all this info.

Marc, thank you! Only the Swiss and Germans have the skills necessary to perform this type of high-quality work. Both countries possess what I loosely term: A Culture of Quality!

Totally fascinating! l always wondered how they make these teeny tiny parts!

I've always wanted to know more about watches. Today I subbed to you! Thanks.

is it impossible for this guy to put his hands down?

Great video as usual! Just received Louis' book in the post here in the US.

Fascinating!

An other great video! Thanks for the sharing

Great video, as usual! Very interesting subject and the first time indeed I see (part of) the manufacturing process of the hairspring! I'd liked though the video to be a bit more technical, talking about the introduction of the Spiral Breguet, new types of materials etc. Great however! PS. Je savais que nous avions l'horlogerie et l'aviation comme passions communes, mais il semble que l'automobile aussi! Bonne continuation!

i love your videos, they are fabulous :)

Probably use the small pink Barbie Magic Bake oven. Remember those? They are perfect for baking Hair Springs.

great video! it's amazing that you're talking those things without drinking any water at all... 😂😂😂😂😂 by the way... it's amazing that someone really gets into hairspring as I considered the hairspring exam is the most difficult of all....(I've attended a watchmaking school and finished last year)... too bad that you can't show any part of the production process of making the spiral hairspring ... as I really curious about how to do that (including the spherical hairspring found in gyrotourbillon 3 and several other timepiece)...

Do they also make their own jewel bearings?

Your video was awesome i wish you will give a tools for making clock this comming new year .

gun smithing, and law enforcement. those are the two occupations that come to mind for the passion of day to day repetitiveness. so much precision, and complexity for an otherwise simple concept. love this stuff.

The bigger the check the more enthusiasm you get out of a person.

loved this part 1 video.....seriously I need more to answer questions I have. So they start with four threads wound together then heated, when it comes out you have four springs that lay flat...how do they get them to rise up on each coil? I also want to see how they balance the balance wheel.

thank you jazz hands

Such a cool MB&F on your wrist there Marc ;)

I guess that showing the temperature of cooking would give away the specific compound of the steel.

This is damn accurate

"I don't know what to do with my hands" -Ricky Bobby

How would they make these manually in the past then ?

I really enjoyed this one and agree, this could have been an hour long documentary. I am really looking forward to seeing more videos in this vein. How about the dark art of mainsprings or hand making?

I'm in Love...

More like that, deeper, bebi!

That car analogy is merde. 😂😂😂

interesting...

Woah cool

ha green energy, good one.

I'm trying to listen but your hands won't stop shampooing your face and I have to look away to hear what you're saying

If I didn't know the basics of how a mechanical watch works, I would not have understood it from this. The car analogy is more confusing than enlightening.

They're frighteningly fine. Even the slightest 'oops!' when putting a watch together and it's into the rubbish bin.

The alloy is kept secret because Bovet has kidnapped superman, they just keep him chained in the basement and pull some hairs when they need material.