How To Make A Watch

How To Make A Watch – by ORIENT

Ever wondered how automatic watches are made?

Here is an incredible video that takes you through the process … it’s sped up too! Imagine the patience of this horologist.

Here are some Youtube comments on this video …

“High end Orient & Seiko are the best watches in the world. Nobody can come close to the obsessive compulsiveness of Japanese quality!”
I bought an Orient watch last year. This automatic watch is amazing. Its accuracy is about +/- 5 secs a day. I paid about 200. What a value. The Swiss better look out!
The precision of the technician installing the peices is like that of a surgeon.

Pretty cool stuff.

2 Comments | Comment and Win a Free Orient Watch
By Walter Turchyn on Jul 23, 2009

Thanks for your video. It was very interesting. I’d also be interested in seeing how the small parts are made. I have a small metal-working lathe, but cannot imagine the size of tools needed to fabricate the gears of a watch!
By RobG on Jul 26, 2009

Good grief…that’s a lot more work for an individual piece than I thought it would be. I do a fair amount of fly-tying for fly-fishing and can appreciate the time labored over small parts and details. Very hard to automate all of it.