The insides of a good watch

[D2Cat]

What skills and qualities would be required to make something like this?

 

[Ebenezer]

I've got a big hammer.

 

[wbvs58]

A bit of Loctite so those screws don't come loose.

Ken

 

[Lee VanRoss]

What skills and qualities would be required to make something like this?

Why ? Do you have something in mind?

 

[D2Cat]

Nothing in particular. I'm just amazed at all the intricate parts, how they are all mounted, balanced and timed to work together. My fingers have difficulty replacing the condenser in a distributor!

 

[MurraysMutts]

M.i.m

 

[Chevy]

Thats amazing. I'd like to watch a dope head with that.

 

[TexasBred]

Scientists unlock mysteries of world's oldest 'computer'

The 2,000-year-old mechanism has baffled experts since it was discovered on a shipwreck in 1901.

www.google.com

 

[Caustic Burno]

What skills and qualities would be required to make something like this?

I have several Railroad watches. Some have been in the family since the 1800's.
I have collected Hamilton, Elgin and Illinois like those in the picture for years.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Nothing in particular. I'm just amazed at all the intricate parts, how they are all mounted, balanced and timed to work together. My fingers have difficulty replacing the condenser in a distributor!

It's just not the fingers, my eyeballs are trying to thread a needle to fix my backpack for my adventure. Hahaha

 

[D2Cat]

It's just not the fingers, my eyeballs are trying to thread a needle to fix my backpack for my adventure. Hahaha

Yep. I sometimes, when in a store, have to take a picture of the label of something so I can enlarge it so it's legible. But that doesn't work for threading a needle!!