The Nick Shabazz take on Mechanical Watches: How they work, what they can do, and what they do well
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2016
- Today, we'll follow up on my Quartz watch video (below) and talk a bit about how mechanical watches work, what they do, what features are around, and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
It's simplified, and the horologists are way deeper into it, but it gives you some basics for next time, where we'll talk about mechanical vs quartz for EDC, and for my upcoming review of the Sinn 104.
Here's the Quartz Video: • The Nick Shabazz take ...
And a great disassembly video of a movement like in the watch pictured: • How to service an auto...
One of the best explanations on the 2 types of mechanisms I've seen. Candid humour is also a bonus...thanks Nick!
I never really was a watch guy so I found this to be Very helpful to a world I know little about.
Nice presentation ..unlike some who are more interested in showing themselves rather than watches.
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I thought you said 'mock the passage of time'.
I have been doing that all my life by saying 'I'll do it tomorrow.
Now I am old and not mocking now as my power reserve is too low. Only escapement is death when the movement stops.
A really informative video well explained. I can't afford a high end watch but do have a couple of Seiko 5's with display caseback and enjoy watching the cogs and wheels moving in them making the watch look alive and more interesting, this can't be done with a quartz watch. Thanks for posting this.
Sold my Submariner, and now am hooked on the accuracy of quartz. Any old quartz watch is stunningly accurate. So, if you don't open the watch and look inside it you shouldn't care if it's mechanical. Yes? No? Maybe? Thanks.
No.
But you will know it deep in your heart.
Nick, you're so smart!
Love your insights.
Please talk more about things outside of knives.
+Sanjay Ra'veh On it!
I have a couple casio watches the f91w 7 year battery 10 dollars cheapo but hey it tells time and battery last 7 year's
Gotta love this mans take on watches.he knows more than he lets on.that fast paced breakdown (is it nu joyzyee accent? I'm from London U.K. wadoo I no?) he's like on Broad street talkin' out the corner of his mouth ,his eyes dartin around while he drops knowledge on the current 'must have' that wont break the bank or your marriage up but will still get you the nod from the heavyweights in the top flight.could sell a watch to a guy askin' for the time! Go getum Nicky!!!!
Why do you think that Casio won't be running in 20 years? Only reason I could think of is if the battery leaks.
I have G-Shocks from the 1980's that are still running.
Because it's that stereotypical "new things won't last" that older guys love to tout.
Bought my first auto watch last year... Breitling Superocean Heritage 42 with the Ocean Classic bracelet. Love it. Has been in the ocean in the Philippines with me, Hawaii, Guam and Mexico. Keeps time extremely well.
+Phil Ott Nice choice!
+Nick Shabazz funny how guys never grow up. We need our toys from childhood through senior care.
thanks for your useful videos with eye opening insights brought in a captivating and occasionally hilarious style. i have been considering getting a mechanical watch, but thanks to your videos i now know that it won't be my thing, since accuracy is very important to me.
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If you get one, you'll be hooked. Is 5 seconds a day really that big of deal?
Thank you for the informative Video!
Hello Nick. Would you mind telling what watch were you wearing at the Why Automatic Knives? knife banter with Ben from BladeHQ?
Nice presentation and quite honest !! :)
I think we need to discuss about Seiko or Orients watches which sort of address the price part.
Wow! Thank you for this video. I love how you explained everything.
But do jeweled movement mechanical watches also require regular maintenance? I'd imagine only the spring would go bad eventually.
That 104 is a really classy piece, sadly it's a little too big for my puny wrist. Will get a 556i instead, same tech!
My automatic Seiko SARB033 is 2.5 seconds fast a day. Cost me $400 Australian Dollars. :)
I have a 150.00 dollar day/date mechanical watch. I've been winding it some nightly, is that needed? A Nick-pick, not zeroing the second hand takes some getting used to.
really good video :) informative!
If you need accurate time above else, do not buy a mechanical watch - well said!
Hello. Great video. Your very good. What's best for me, a mechanical watch or a quartz watch and why? I want to buy 1 watch to wear and I want to keep it for the rest of my life. Thanks.
I love mechanical watches, my Seiko orange monster is my favourite watch in my collection
Nick these are great videos thank you
Your balance wheel is weighted o that it goes back nd Roth in a natural rate. You don't show the mainspring. Based on what I see it's still unclear why the mechanism keeps returning to it first position. Without understanding how a mainspring facilitates the balance wheel, this alone behaves like a perpetual motion device. Which it isn't. So, it's not clear about this balance wheel.
Sorry about those typos. " so that it goes back and forth"
The force of the mainspring, through the pinion of the escape wheel, gives a kick to one of the pellet jewels, and the movement of the pellet fork winds the hairspring via the roller. The other pellet jewel holds the escape wheel in check until the balance wheel swings back and the roller trips the pellet fork back the other way.
Then repeat...
Hey Nick! Just curious what your thoughts are on the 7750 movement? I bought this: czcams.com/video/y-tNttDIVOc/video.html a few years back and haven't had any issues but with an expensive purchase (to me), I'd like to make sure I made a good decision from someone that knows their stuff. Before owning this I used to dream about the comparable Tag Heuer version but could never afford it. This Tissot is basically the same thing but at half the price.
+Daniel VanDusen Tissot is good to go, by and large. Sounds like TAG's now sourcing their movements from Seiko, due to Swatch group Politics, but the 7750 is a fine movement. You did good. :D
Nick Shabazz Thanks Nick! Looking forward to Part 2!
Great video! Does the Sinn 104 sell with this bracelet these days?
+gom tv You can get it with this bracelet, but you can also get the fine-link bracelet if you'd like.
Nick, I'm looking to get into watches and I have a question. How reliable are automatic mechanicals? Do I have to really worry about whether they're winding themselves properly/consistently?
+Matt Boler The more you spend, the better they are. There are millionaires out there that cannot afford some auto's so put away a grand or two and you will not have to worry about it.
+Matt Boler Like Daniel said, it's all a question of cost. $500 mechanical autos will be good-to-go (think Hamilton Khaki Field). $300 Seikos should be fine. $100 no-names... maybe not.
The Sinn is perfectly reliable as an auto, but I also walk around a fair bit. Also remember that some watches (some of the lower end Seikos) are automatic only (no manual wind), so it's gotta work well. And all of them are going to have over-wind protection, so even if you're running a marathon it should work.
All told, the auto winding work is one of the least finicky parts of a mechanical, don't worry too much there :)
unasked for advice: if you love watches, go mech. lots more fun
Nick, should I get into watches?
13:52 I like it too! :P
Really cool video, interesting but hell I’ll stick with my Apple Watch
Not a bad video. There is one fact that needs clarifying- you have to spend a lot of money to get an accurate mechanical watch. This is not true. Learn to regulate a mechanical watch yourself and you should be able to get the $50-$150 watches to run between 0-5 seconds fast a day. I have plenty of sub $100 mechanicals that are 5 seconds a day fast or better.
Yes, and car maintenance is easy for mechanics.
...You gettin' this camera guy?...
I think Nick may be a little prejudice against the Swiss
+Andrew Smithens Nah, I'm pretty neutral. :D But I'm not huge on the Swiss Luxury Watch marketers. They're selling a whole bunch of silly.
Never really liked cowards myself, can't speak for Al "Shabazz" Capone though.
Ahhhh, Nick, mechanical's survive EMP, and the zombie herds!!!
+Randall Kelley Godspeed finding a Zombie Watchmaker to service it :D
why would you actually prefer such a complicated , delicate and inaccurate mechanism for timekeeping when all you really need is a quartz crystal mechanism driving a bunch of gears at one second intervals . i gave up on ridiculous mechanicals when quartz came out and proved itself far superior in almost all ways except perhaps the traditional snob appeal of big name watches like rolex and others where you pay big bucks for something you dont need to ......for just time on your wrist .
Started this youtube, looked at the clock on my computer to see 3:57, looked at my Victorinox mechanical watch on my wrist that I bought a few months ago to see a reading of 3:39. I knew it was losing time but it seems to be getting worse. What a POS.
p.s. This video is very informative. Thanks!
+gwcgwc1 Oof. I get antsy when I'm a minute off atomic, damned-near-20-minutes slow would probably kill me. Shame it's not running well, you might be able to get it regulated by a watchmaker to make it perform a bit better, though!
if you have a mechanical watch you need to service it around once every ten years but you just need to be smart with it, I have a 1927 Elgin pocket watch that hasn't had any repairs for 90 years and only a few services, and it is more accurate than quartz
This infers that mechanical watch accuracy has seriously declined in the last 90 years, and this is most certainly not the case. Current mechanical watch accuracy is the best it has ever been, and there is still a significant disparity between this and the quartz watch. Please provide proof that this pocket watch is more accurate that a quarts watch.
Rose tinted glasses also have thier limits. I bet you watch is precious with all that history but quartz is simply the best. A $600 light powered radio (atomic clock connected) watch is infinitely more accurate compared to he most expensive of mechanicals in a decades time without looking after, beating up, and then sometimes left in a shelf for months and then back out. My $600 watch has gone through all hell and a big gash in the crown and the bezel is scratched up. Imagine me doing the same to my dad's tag or omega? It would be in pieces. The fact that I keep the watch on top of my phone all the time and have been in an ambulance getting zapped alive with it on means I should have had at least 5 huge chances for it to be beyond repair as far as I can remember. My left wrist and both knuckles, where my hand rests has a huge scar on it. Getting into fights as a teen and under 21 was a rough time. My diver Swiss shit it self. The Casio I've been mentioning was my graduation present, has stood the test of time and we'll worth every penny. Japanese movement is fantastic aside from all the high tech radio control, perpetual calendar mess, and the time zone changes. I still wear it despite just a week ago buying my sexy hybrid mechanical watch
No, it isn't.
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Comparing quartz wathces to mechanical watches is like comparing present day cars to horse-carriages.
Not a particularly good analogy. It's more like quartz is a modern electric train, and mechanical is a steam train, and this metaphor would only hold true if steam train technology had continued to improve alongside modern trains giving us beautiful examples of 21st century luxury oriented steam trains. How cool would that have been? Well, that's what we get with the best of modern day mechanical watches.
More like comparing a Ford Mustang to a Toyota Prius
The fact that those watches dont show the same time really ticks me off.
9:25... LOL ! did he really say "chroMometer" ? oh yeah, he knows watches alright....
Alas, I don't talk too well
To compare mechanical watches to quartz is like to compare diamonds to broken beer bottle glass.
Unwatchable.
i didnt like how he said "Bad-Ass
its inappropriate for kids younger then 9 who watch this
+Aidan Donnelly I vaguely apologize, but they hear 10 times worse on TV any given day. And compared to most, I'm clean as a whistle. But kiddos, this is not the channel for you until you've heard a dirty word or two.
I hear your point but its just that some parents make their children watch vids like this so they can learn at a very young age and cursing on it will teach them to curse at a very young age.
My dad cursed around my when i was a todd and when i was 2 i was saying it like it was my language
btw i'm 13 so i have a lot of experience doing this
Aidan, the thing is, I'm not somebody who believes that a bit of salty language is necessarily a bad thing. Sure, there's a time and a place where it's unprofessional or less-than-ideal, but for the most part, I think it's a natural part of talking informally. That's a cultural difference, but I want to be able to speak naturally and freely, so, I give myself that freedom and follow my own cultural norms!
:)
good point you win
Aidan, stfu.