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Recommended as an absorbing masterpiece of craftsmanship, often raised in threads about watches and clockmaking.
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.
“It's also a masterpiece, just in a different medium” (HN, 2022)
For those wondering about Clickspring, here is a link: [this video] I advise you not to click on it. It will eat up your time and it takes your complete attention.
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: [this video]
Specifically this playlist where he builds a desk clock in an estimated 1000 hours: [this video] The last video in the series summaries everything in 12 minutes: [link]
Playlist building a desk clock over roughly 1000 hours
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