In this video report, we are coming back on one of those very impressive timepiece seen over the last few years, the Academy Christophe Colomb, because we just wanted to understand better how this super complex mechanics works!
This gyroscopic escapement module is simply fascinating to look at, as it remains flat whatever your movement of your wrist. In a certain way, it uses the same idea of the gimbal seen on marine chronometers, but here it’s not the entire watch that moves, but only this very original and magical module.
Price: $9.99
Crazy Rich Asians
(17981)
Price: $2.99
Crazy
(432)
Price: $2.99
Crazy, Stupid, Love
(4855)
Price: $14.99
Crazy Heart
(1200)
Wich software 3:14?
Just another awesome video!! Amazing job and great movement!!
Btw, does anybody know which program is used for 3D modeling watch movements in a computer? I believe there’s a few of them, but wondering which one is used by Zenith for example…
how much is a service on one of those bad boys? or does zenith do it for free considering astronomical price tag.
Also is your watch mobile anything like the mystery machine??
I have wondered for a while how this works, thank you so much for making this video! Keep up the good work! Can’t wait for your Basel coverage!
Wonderful film
يا إلهي ما أجملها كم يبلغ سعرها من فضلك
2:30 A feast for the eyes! Gorgeous bit of engineering 🙂
I love your channel! I hope I can visit you in Geneva one day!
wow!! THAT’S INSANE! ok, Now I want to build a model of an escapement! For now I’ll settle on a single axis!
Amazing piece and great video!
Thanks for sharing Marc
This is the type of watch video that makes me take a break from my work in no time.
That movement is just crazy beautiful!
The quality of the video is too deam high!!!! Keep it up.
absolutely gorgeous
Inclusive now when is one the best pioneers in the business it’s designs always are futurist. Amazing. Greatness. Beautiful. With own soul and iconics. Wonderful.
gyrotourbillion!!! what will be next?
La vidéo ne pouvait pas mieux tomber, je pensais justement un peu plus tôt aujourd’hui au fonctionnement de ce système avec un ami ! Merci pour la réponse !!!
That looks incredible. Thanks for making these videos. Cheer!!
By the animation it looks like the actual escapement is swiss lever but it’s all mounted on a gyroscopic module.
Subbed! I thought a 3d tourbillon was already pretty crazy, but to integrate the entire escapement and mucbh of the hand gearing, is absolutely nuts. The only way this would be improvable is to make the tourbillon inside the escapement move independently, but that would just be showing off. This is already an insane achievement right there. Thanks for sharing!
Fascinating engineering.
this has to be on watch porn of 2017 :D… I think it is amazing
I really love your channel. Very informative and entertaining !.
Absolutely amazing, truly art and science in one piece!
So the evolution of this module is what Jean Claude wants to tell the world about (in June)…
Fantastico
Absolutely love your videos! O.o
Could you give us the link to these awesome beats in the background? ^^
this is amazing. I always wanted to know the exact working of this mechanism, and you did it. Thank you guys…
3 videos in 3 days
nice
awesome work
i like the detail of the timer on the top left corner of the screen
Switzerland is definitely on my bucket list! This watch in particular is so amazing, yet I have a feeling that it is also rather uncomfortable as the sapphire under the cage sticks out a bit. But I do love the concept!
Quick question why is it the Great Britain falg and the Rolling Stones logo when Christopher Columbus was from Italy? I know there is many different versions but still, doesn’t really make sense to me 🙂
Interesting
Do you maybe know how accurate this watch is?
Your channel is unique, Marc André. The access you have to the horology temples and their masters is formidable. I thank you so much for the opportunity to virtually visit all this wonderful world. I didn’t understand how the magic occurs in that mechanism, but I’m happy that it works! See you in the next video!
Zenith is moving the ball down the field. Amazing mechanics. I couldn’t get my head around the actual function trying to read subtitles and look at his computer and model, but I’ll look at this more as it is out longer, there’ll be more info about it. Very intriguing.
This watch started my big passion for watches! Its just am magical piece of haute horlogerie.
Is it true that the management of zenith was sacked recently? and that guy from tag heuer took over?
Truly in a class of its own. Great video!
love it! very intriguing as first they introduced it as a tourbillon but nevertheless I love it! Saw a few times and it’s breathtakingly beautiful and unique. But one thing though, I think witschi can’t record the accuracy of this piece because no matter which position of the watch is, the balance always in the “dial up” position compared to “normal” mechanical watch our a tourbillon, the position did changed when the wrist/cage is rotating so virtually we could see how was the chronometric performance in each every positions. Another example was the Astroregulator by Cartier with balance and escapements are placed in automatic winding that act like a gymbal, eventhough it’s still needs to be regulated at least in 3 positions like dial up, down, vertical in 6 o’clock position. And this Christophe Colomb mechanism is GENIUS as it really takes the advantages of movements in their dial up position, as the point of gravity only being centered at the bottom of the balance staff…. Thank you so much for this video! I expect to see a lot soon! SIHH2017 is around the corner!