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  • 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • 15m
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The world's elite independent watchmakers are incredibly passionate about watch making from design to assembly, delicately bringing together hundreds of minuscule parts all by hand. The price for one such truly artistic timepiece can fetch up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Their phenomenal techniques stretching the limits of human capability are almost divine. Examples of their mastery include a watch that uses only wooden parts except for the springs, a watch without hands or a face, and a watch that shows celestial movement. This documentary series goes deep into the workshops of the world's expert independent watchmakers.

3 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

1x01 Vianney Halter & Kari Voutilainen

Series Premiere

1x01 Vianney Halter & Kari Voutilainen

  • 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z15m

In a world of inexpensive digital watches, Switzerland's famous timepiece industry keeps ticking. And the elite of the industry are the cabinoche, who make watches entirely by hand.

Enter a world where craftsmanship meets art at a microscopic level. For the first time ever, high-definition cameras equipped with super-macro lenses reveal the inner workings of some of the most delicate and exquisite timepieces ever created.

In a wry and timely commentary on the current rage for high-tech gadgets, this program spotlights the unusual skill, patience and passion underlying the "old-fashioned" art of handmade watches.

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