Clockmaking - How To Make A Clock In The Home Machine Shop - Part 1 - Making The Clock Frames

Clickspring3 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
696K views · tutorial · evergreen · Uploaded 2015-02-17

The first episode of Clickspring's series building a John Wilding skeleton clock from raw stock in a home machine shop. It covers making the frames along with the tools needed for the job.

Recommended as an absorbing masterpiece of craftsmanship, often raised in threads about watches and clockmaking.

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3 comments from Hacker News

@KGIII2017 · in “One of the most complex wristwatches ever made”

For those wondering about Clickspring, here is a link: [VIDEO] I advise you not to click on it. It will eat up your time and it takes your complete attention.

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@MengerSponge2022 · in “Mechanical Watch”

This is lovely! While there's a lot of watch content on YouTube, I'm amazed that no one has called out Clickspring's skeleton clock build. It's also a masterpiece, just in a different medium: Full build playlist: [LINK] Direct link to the first episode: [VIDEO]

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@xdennis2024 · in “Making a watch from scratch”

Specifically this playlist where he builds a desk clock in an estimated 1000 hours: [VIDEO] The last video in the series summaries everything in 12 minutes: [LINK]

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