Collection · 17 films · 4 h 34 min
The independents
The small workshops that keep fine watchmaking personal.
The foundersThe next generationIn the workshop
The library
Collections
Subjects worth following in order — 10 routes through 139 films, each starting where a newcomer should and ending somewhere worth reaching.
Collection · 14 films · 4 h 01 min
How a mechanical watch works
From the mainspring to the escapement, explained before it is admired.
Start hereInside the movementAt the bench
Collection · 13 films · 6 h 05 min
Brought back to life
Neglected watches, restored one component at a time.
Start hereThe full teardownWhat a service involves
Collection · 13 films · 4 h 35 min
Inside the manufacture
Factories, dial rooms and the hands that finish a movement.
The factory floorDials and enamelFinishing
Collection · 15 films · 4 h 05 min
Complications, one by one
What each one does, and why watchmakers keep chasing them.
The chronographThe perpetual calendarThe tourbillonThe minute repeaterThe moonphase
Collection · 14 films · 6 h 12 min
Vintage, from the beginning
How to look at an old watch, and the stories that make them worth it.
Learning to lookThe storiesLiving with vintage
Collection · 14 films · 5 h 11 min
Conversations with collectors
Long talks with the people who buy, keep and trade watches.
CollectorsDesigners and foundersThe dealers
Collection · 13 films · 3 h 25 min
Under the hammer
Auction rooms, record prices and what the market is telling us.
The auction roomRecord breakersThe market
Collection · 14 films · 6 h 30 min
A history of the wristwatch
Documentaries and stories, from the marine chronometer to the icons of today.
DocumentariesBefore the wristwatchHow the icons came to be
Collection · 12 films · 3 h 32 min
Tool watches
Made for the sea, the sky and the field — and why they stuck.
Under waterIn the airIn the field