Channel: Victoria and Albert Museum

Category: Education

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Description: This video shows horologist Martin Matthews making an outer case for an 18th-century watch. Follow the process as a silver sheet is cut, shaped, soldered, the hinge is made, and the final object is polished. Process: Measuring existing watch case: 00:20 Cutting the silver sheet: 00:31 Silver disc is hammered and turned on a bow lathe: 00:44 Centre cut out of the bezel: 01:01 Wire shaped and joined: 01:10 Wire circle attached to bezel with binding wire and soldered: 01:31 Fine moulding turned on the bezel: 01:48 Hinge is made and soldered: 01:51 Catch is made and fixed: 02:40 Maker's mark imprinted on the case: 02:48 Polished using jewellers rouge: 02:57 Find out more in our Jewellery Collection: vam.ac.uk/collections/jewellery See the watch case in Explore the Collections: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O297395/watchcase-matthews-martin