EXPOSING THE TRUTH behind Jacob & Co Watches!

Guys, we're starting now with part 2 of our workshop with Jakus. If you haven't seen part 1 yet, watch it again now. In this episode we will see how the watches are made, how the components are made for it and how they are assembled. All the hard work behind it. There have never been cameras here, no one has ever seen that. So that's exciting. We are now with Jakob and Valerian at a very special place and will see how the extremely complicated watches are made. You can watch how one of the watches is assembled. How long does the assembly take? That depends on the clockwork. When we talk about the chrono, it takes a watchmaker a week until he has assembled it, as soon as we have all the parts. But that does not include the manufacture of the parts. No, no, no, just the assembly of the clockwork. That's the assembly. That's the solar. Yes, absolutely fascinating. That's what she built together here. That's the solar. How many parts does this clockwork have? Oh, almost 400 for this one. Isn't that a lot? 400 parts. At Chiron there are about 500 pieces. Period. The entire Astronomia is made in this factory. That's the engine for the Chiron, isn't it? So that's the clockwork without a case. Yes. So these two watches are finished. Looks like an engine. That's amazing. It's so cool to see that they are ready to keep the case. And all these five here are half-finished, half-finished. Yes, about 40% finished. Absolutely amazing. Here is the casino. So that's the watch I won, but I never picked it up. You have it, don't you? I do. Yes. Do you remember when Michael won the role? Eight. Oh my God. That's an eight right there. Okay. Let me see. I just won the watch, but that was the first time. It was the second time. Unfortunately, I would have, if it had been the first, one of these. That's crazy. So that's Astronomia up there. We have the SF24 Tubon or something. Oil pump. Period. Yes. And I've never seen this one before. It's brand new. Maybe I should ask Jakob to explain this to this watch. Jakob, what is that? Which? We see this one here. Absolutely beautiful. Oh, that's a brand new watch. It's called World is Yours Dual Time Zone. It's beautiful, isn't it? Beautiful. The dial is extraordinary. Yes. It actually has the curvature of the world. Exactly. May I touch it? Yes. Can you press it into my hand? I'm scared. My father gave me a watch with two time zones when I was 13 years old. And that's how this idea came about, and I've repeated it now. I've put it back on. Beautiful. Do you see the back? There. In the back you can see the rest of the world. That's amazing. Nobody gets angry there. Why isn't my country on the map? That was finished this morning. So, no. This was finished this morning. Yes. Wow. So these are the different steps of the assembly. Right. Yes. These watchmakers here are always responsible for assembling the watch from A to Z. Here you see a solar clockwork. Not complete. Not completely finished. But they're running. They're already running. They're testing them. They're testing them right now. Yes. And everything is done by hand. Everything is done by hand. Even the small, tiny screws are made. He even makes the screws here. You really need a macro lens to show the complexity. So tiny. Here. Here is the little casino right here. I mean, look at them. You can't even see them on the camera. So this is the Torbjörn cage. You can see the main boards, the call springs, some bridges, here the upper board. Do you see these tiny, little things? Look, there are two in front of him. Do you see them? How small are they? Oh, look at that. That's so cool. Oh. These are screws. Yes. Eh, these are not screws. This is the bumper. We call it bumper when the call spring moves in the watch. Yes. If you drop it on the floor, the axis of the bumper can break. So this part protects it. Exactly. It's about a millimeter big. To be honest, I don't think you can see it with the camera. I would assume he would see it through the microscope, but he sees very well. You have great eyes. Try to make this little part. How do you make it? I don't understand. The smallest turntable in the world. Yes, right. Amazing. That's incredible. Please. Thank you. So, here we make some input. This is an epic X. Maybe you can change your glass. Oh, yes. Even more. Yes, yes. Let's do that. So, tell everyone what you are doing. Okay, period. So. That was ... I don't want to call it a prototype, Jakob. Well, it was the first prototype. The very first. Comma. Functioning prototype. That's why the signature was made in silver. White. Yes. And then the actual production was in gold. So that's what you want to change, right? To replace this crystal with a golden signature. Why? Why do you want the series version? Well, I want to keep the original. But I want the series version on the ... He likes gold. So, just exchange the crystal. On the back with a signature. Add a few diamonds while we do that. Oh, that's ... You have the crystal on storage. No, that's a different case. This one is not the same size for the glass back. Ah, okay. So, we flew over. We can check and come back later if you want to change it. But at the moment we have to wait. So, maybe it's better. I can still change it in New York as soon as I have the glass. Okay. Well, it's not a problem. He won't leave his watch. He doesn't live without it. So I know him. Okay, so I saw something I want. What is it? How do I get this crown? I have a flat crown. Well, I told you. Give me your whole watch back and I'll update the whole thing. Did you hear that? Guys, did you hear that? Yes, so there are the diamonds in it. Yes, look. Oh, yes, you see. I was the prototype. And I think an inner sapphire bezel would be nice. Or, if we're already at it, the rainbow, rainbow bezel. Yes, yes, you heard that too. We can do that. It's on camera. What? Hey, that's beautiful. You are all beautiful. Yes. So the blue is the basis. The ... The content is only there to protect the clockwork. Ah, it's basically not. No. Basically, it looks like this when you expand the clockwork. Oh, I understand. This is the clockwork. This is the bracket. And each part is assembled by hand. Of course, assembled by hand. That's what I mean. But the parts are made by machine. And this is a finished piece. Yes. This is the chronograph. The work that goes into these clocks and watches is ... amazing. This machine now produces this kind of part. You produce this part. Not exactly this one, but this kind of part. You see here the side of the CNC machine to produce the smallest part. Amazing. How much does one of these machines cost? Uh, almost half a million. There are many of them. Half a million dollar expensive machines. See the robot. Take another one. The robot. Yes, I'm just testing it. Look at this. There is a part. Yes. He places the parts on top. But how long does it take to program this machine for this work? That will take three days. That's three days to program the machine and then another two or three days to set it up before I get the first one. Oh, the oil is crazy. What? You have no idea. No one would guess what's coming in there. And you also see that you can install up to 21 tools in the machine. Point. So every machine can have up to 21 process steps, because you can process them differently. When do you start here? Right. It feels more like we're making spatial parts. Spatial parts. It's incredible. These are all rotating parts here. I mean the screws, pins, axes, sprockets. Everything is made by this kind of machines. Can you explain to us how this works? Do you see the tubes here? Yes. Okay. That's where the material is. In fact, it's stainless steel. So it's as if a rod would go through the CNC machine to this part here. And you can see all the oil there. And there are tools to cut, process and rotate. The rods can be shaped there. This is the largest and smallest rotary machine in the world. Yes. You know, when you look at a rotary machine, a normal rotary machine, then the rod is that big. And this thing is 15 meters long. But it has the smallest cheeks I've ever seen. But that's also precision. Oh, that's crazy. On the micrometer, exactly. A micrometer. We're talking about micrometers. Yes. And this kind of machine can work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Do you see how small the screw is? How many screws are there? 1, 2, 3. There are about 10, 12 screws. I mean, you know they're small when they're caught in oil, so they don't just fall off. Right. Wow. So cool. Here we have more than 140 different guided machines in the factory. And you would use them all for a movement? We need them all to perform all the movements we perform. Wow. So this is the crankshaft in the engine of the Chiron. It is manufactured in this huge machine to make this incredibly small part. And this is the machine here. The machine that does that. It's extraordinary, Jakob. Extraordinary. How does it work? You program it. Really? You put a piece of metal in it, you program it and it cuts it and cuts the field. Basically, it does it. It's just like the C-machine we saw up there. The prey is carried through the tube here in the machine and all the tools are processed. I can see it. There are rooms and rooms and rooms. It's endless. This one goes to all these three wheels. The electricity flows through this one here. The swimming pool is real. And cuts the stainless steel, brass or any other conductive material. It looks like you would turn into a kind of superhero if you touched it. Yes, probably, but I don't recommend it. The Joker. Take a look at the parts here. All of this is cut by these machines. And then it goes to polishing. Polishing and disassembly. We have the gel, the pen, screws. There are 400 such parts in one watch. Yes, some watches, my friends. Some watches have much more. 600, 650 parts. We have such watches. They are tiny, small, tiny parts. I mean, guys, you have no idea how small they are. And every single one is crucial for the operation of the watch. Of course. Man. It takes a lot of patience to make a watch. Not just one person needs a lot of patience. Not two. There are 100 people. They go through all these small, tiny processes. Tiny micro parts are made for hours and then assembled. I can't do it. Could you do it, Adam? No. Me neither. No. I can't do it. This is the drawing for this part. And here we polish the angle here. The eyes are finished. And here is satinized on top. It is completely handmade. Completely handmade. As you can see, the CNC machine first made a part. Right. And now it is made by hand. It is polished and satinized. This is the PX individual part. Dot. This one part. Only one part. There are many parts. A PX clockwork. It consists of about 360 parts. Three hundred and sixty. And every part is made by hand. Everything amazing. Man. Amazing. Some satin. But circular satin on the top. See, it is polished. You can see the circular satin. To make a clockwork. Right. And again people ask why clocks are so expensive. Well, that's the reason why every small part takes so much time and effort. You know, if you make a clock, probably 200 people were involved. This is from beginning to end. What do we see here? We see a bridge made of titanium and this bridge was decorated here. So we polished all the angles around the parts with diamond cast and then also refined the surface. If you play with the light here, you can see the shiny edges. Dot. So people think about polishing a case during the last grinding. This is a tiny, individual clockwork. And how many parts are there? 400 pieces inside the clockwork. And how many hours do you need for it? With this one, it's about three to four hours. Per part. One part. A part of 400. A single part. And it's in the clockwork. Yes, you won't see it. Basically, you will see it. Thanks to the magic of television and video production, we are now in the middle of the Swiss Alps. A beautiful place. And we are here with Jakob. We are here with Ellen. And Jakob will show us something very special. What will you show us? Right. In this business, we have specialized on Ellen. Ellen herself is a very, very talented watchmaker. They assemble the most complicated clockworks in this room. Some of these clockworks consist of 900 individual parts. Imagine, Ellen, how long it takes, for example, for a person to assemble a clockwork of the Twin Turbo Furious. For a clockwork, we need more than a month. A month, a person needs 900 individual parts. Just for the assembly. Not to mention the machines for cutting, to process each part. All parts are finished here. We just have to put them together to a clock, assemble and ensure that they work. And that's just one clockwork. Then we also develop here and assemble the opera clocks, the Godfather, of which I know that we have 630 individual parts. I think we could only assemble two pieces a month. Yes, that's not much. Because it also takes a long time to assemble and check if everything is perfect. And what is more complicated, assembling the Godfather or the Twin Turbo? I think it's the Twin Turbo Furious. Because the Furious also needs, don't forget, many, many complications. Let's take a look at it together. Please come in. You will see, eh, if you see this first desk, we have a bank. This gentleman is actually assembling the Twin Turbo Furious. He is almost at the end of the assembly. Most of the clockwork is assembled. And the parts he needs are taken out of the safe. See, he's just checking, he's just checking the mini-repetition. Does every watchmaker work on a clockwork or are there seven? Every clockwork must be taken care of by a watchmaker. He is responsible from start to finish. So that you know at all times who made this clockwork, who assembled it. We make notes about who which watchmaker was. Let's assume the watch is one of six numbers, the number 1 to 6, and was made by this and that. Yes, assembled by this and that and he is responsible for that, that's an incredible ... Quality and eh, that's a less complicated batman watch. And how many do you remember? About, eh, 500. 500, I think we could make like three or four per month or three per month. Three per month, assembly. How many components does an average watch have? A beautiful watch, a simple watch, let's say a normal chronograph watch. Yes, how many components? 300. The smaller one costs about two hundredths. The simple, simple. 200, so that's the double. The double, more than the double. Three times. Yes, that's three times. And Twin Driver Furious costs almost more than four times. That's a lot of work. Yes, eh, there is only one watchmaker. Because he has to be careful with every single bridge. Must be perfect. Yes, must be perfect. As you have seen in the other factory, every bridge is made by hand. So, I have a question. When a watchmaker starts making a watch, he has a puzzle full of parts and a technical drawing in front of him. He has a technical drawing in front of him, right? And he knows where each part belongs. Because if you put a wrong part in the wrong place, nothing works in the end. Of course, Alan monitors everything to make sure that everything works. He says he himself is also a great watchmaker. And the more they do, the more familiar they are with each watch. Of course, there are very special things about this watchmaker. Eh, there are two triangular torbjörns. And they are flying triangular torbjörns. And that's really not common. 24 seconds for the first turbulence, 48 seconds for the second turbulence, and 180 seconds for the third. As you can see, this and every other turbulence is inside the other. So a turbulence to the minute hand and one to the hour hand. Or how does that work? The energy is connected and goes to the two turbulences. Here I show you one of the watches. Pretty chic. Yes, here, too, we do the diamond work in another workshop. And this was built here. Everything was made in this workshop. Just a clockwork. Unbelievable, isn't it? Wow! How long would it take to put it together? About three weeks. Yes, for the assembly. What would a workshop by Jakob Movements be without a kitchen and a private chef to make the afternoon sound spectacular? Cheers! Don't film me eating. After the workshop visit, we got a fantastic lunch prepared by an incredible chef and were very hospitable. Thank you very much. You're welcome. And now let's take a look at some finished products in this beautiful room. Adam, it's just unbelievable. An absolutely beautiful conference room and in the background I see video projections of the clockwork. Unbelievable, just unbelievable. What do we have here, gentlemen? Here are some Astronomia clocks with clockwork. A clockwork with three axes and a case made of sapphire glass. You can see that this is the first clockwork that we have ever achieved that has a full rotation of one minute and still gives you three days of running time, which corresponds to a gear reserve of 72 hours. Yes, absolutely amazing. And look at the speed. It's not just running. It's like a time-lapse, right? And it's time-precise. Of course it shows the time. It's always pointing upwards and looking at it. The redstone is basically the second hand and the most important thing is the three-axis turbine that has a full rotation of one minute. Unbelievable. We always try to create something that has never been done before. You already know. We go to the limit. Exactly, go to the limit. Go to the limit for this model. I'm sure he really went to the limit because the secret lies in the gear reserve without making the clock thicker. There is no additional spring. It's not thicker than usual to achieve that. Very clever. And with this one, you broke the rules by using drumsticks as hands. Well, I don't think anyone has ever done that before. This is Michael Calhoun. You know Michael Blake. Guys, he's got something new. He calls me Michael Calhoun. Well, your father. Your father in the watch business. So funny. We can call you that too. That's funny. Then you see the oil pump, you know, from before. It's all made here and assembled. If you press this button, you have the Rec 2. The Rec 2 tries to get oil here. We are actually bringing a smaller size to the market this year. The 49 mm. We are bringing the 43 mm to the market. Oh, how nice. Yes, that's beautiful. Beautiful. I'll take that. Yes, that's like a rainbow Chiron. Point. It took a long time to do that, about nine months, to select the stones. It's sensational. Of course, if the insect presses this button, the start button, then this cylinder is set in motion. And you saw the parts today, how they are made. That's it. Now you have a completely different view of watches. Because now you see how much work goes into the production and what it takes to make them. Absolutely amazing. Amazing. And the second time zone. Two time zones. So nice. This is a brand new piece for you, isn't it? A brand new piece. I think it's 43 or 42 mm now. And it's an automatic work that's also made here. Beautiful dial with a stopwatch in the middle. This is the Chiron clockwork before it is installed in the case. Here you have Astronomia Sky in black. Then we have Astronomy Solar, in this case also an unfinished clockwork. Then we have a regular Astronomia clockwork here. And then we have the oil pump made of white gold here. And this is a very interesting watch. It is based on the South Pole and the North Pole. And this is a partnership with Johann Ernst. For example, he brought this stone with him, whatever is in the middle. He brought me a rock from the outermost tip of the Everlast. A piece of it is installed on top. He brought me water from the South Pole and the North Pole. And that's it. You have something of this water here. Installed in this watch. This is a very special astronomy. And there is something else. Yes, I have to show you your watch. The watch you are wearing. So this prototype is ... Something that the world has never seen before, right? No one has ever done that. Never seen. We donate this watch, this very first clockwork, just to observe this autumn. This is actually the prototype. So this is the first four-axis turbine drive. Right. Yes, it is the world's first four-axis turbine drive. Yes. And it rotates once per minute. What a performance. Gentlemen, I can't thank you enough. That was an overwhelming experience. Thank you very much for the hospitality and for showing us everything. Again. Cameras have never seen anything like this before. So this is a world premiere again. And we thank you, Jakob. Yes, that was a great day for you. And there will be another episode with more treats. So, we'll do that next. Almost. Yes. We hope you enjoyed it. You know what to do. Click on the subscribe button. Click on the bell. We want to win. That won. Bye.