Looking over the shoulder of a watchmaker. (video)

wimp.com ^ | 7-22-2014 | wimp.com

[servo1969]

Watchmaking is a noble tradition stretching back hundreds of years when they would make all the parts by hand. While technology today has lightened some of their workload, it's still a fascinating sight when a watchmaker creates another mechanical beauty.

[servo1969]

http://www.nomos-store.com/en/Watches/Model-series/Tangomat/

This watch appears to be a Tangomat model. Price: 3280 USD

There's a write-up on this company here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/hannahelliott/2011/08/04/nomos-glashutte-the-perfect-real-wristwatch/

[Diana in Wisconsin]

BFL.

[T-Bird45]

One of a very few watchmaking programs in the United States:

http://go.osuit.edu/academics/watchmaking/

“Since 1946, some of the best luxury watchmakers in the world have received their education through OSU Institute of Technology’s School of Watchmaking. With a heritage of more than 60 years of watchmaking instruction backed by Rolex, students at OSUIT gain the knowledge, skills, certifications and connections to industry necessary to excel in this profession.”

[mylife]

Love it! I was just whining the other day about lost arts and technology.

[Mrs. B.S. Roberts]

True wonder is watching a 6’5” gentle giant repair a tiny
women’s wind-up watch that was originally made in the mid
1940’s. True wonder is watching that same man figure out how to manufacture watch parts for a large railroad pocket watch from the 1880’s - watch parts that no longer exist.

A video of machines/assembly line building of a watch is not
a true wonder. (interesting but not a wonder) Old world craftsmanship by a man who cares about the owner of the watch as much as he does the watch itself, that’s true wonder.

That watchmaker, a fellow FReeper, is my dad. He has been a
true artisan for 70 years (he apprenticed with my great-uncle at age 10). People worldwide make sure he is the one
who takes care of their precious timepieces. Precious in memories is more important than monetary value.

I guess I am passionate about this subject. He, with the help of my sister, will be publishing a book soon telling the stories of individual watches and their owners.