How time works seems to be a rhetorical question, but today we will try to answer it, talk about watches, what they are made of and how they work, and we will organize a real master class to figure out how it is made. Hello, my name is tam. I know that watches are made in belarus, i would like to know how its made, hi, hi, im pasha, im tamar, its very nice, i see youve prepared with all your might, youre taking pictures of the watch, yes, there are such great plans here, here you go look, how handsome, yes, beautiful, you are so professional you take photographs, well, this is my profession, seriously, tell me a little about yourself . I am originally from syria, i received citizenship, i am married here, i have a wife here from belarus, we have a large family, how many . Three, two boys, twins and one girl, i came to belarus in 2005, i came here to get an education as a cameraman, colleague, but do you take photographs for yourself, for your soul . I started working in digital art in 2012, during which time i managed to organize professional exhibitions in minsk, i am now , one might say, with a real an artist, with a real master of art, thank you, i wanted to be like that, you are very interested in the topic of time and clocks, and what is the most famous clock you know, big b, which is in the uk, but we are in belarus, this is the largest clock in our country , let s come closer, yes, yes, of course, lets find out how good it is that you and i met at the station, because i want to introduce you to one amazing person, this is nikita, a pibr or the keeper of time, this is a belarusian of syrian origin, tamer and he is very wants to know how time is created in general, you can even say such a word, time in belarus, especially the main clock, we have a clock station there, so it consists of several components, it gives out. Digital impulses that you pass through, its all good, the story is interesting, but i also wanted to ask a question, is it possible to go up there, i always wanted, of course, when i look from below to go up there, well, it worked out, nikita, this is our watch , yes, well, it turns out that they are, yes, wait, who stole the watch, who stole the watch, Century Technology stole the watch, there used to be a large mechanical watch, there was a mechanism, it was two floors in size and yes, it used to be serviced by a whole team of watchmakers, in fact it is unreliable, because constantly, well, in the end, it is a mechanism, these are constant breakdowns, yes, this is always the wrong time, this little box, its essentially a small computer, here the actual hours, minutes, this sound are set, we constantly hear something, the hands change, and the hands change, and whats left . Historical watches, but i know, i read that they were generally received as a war trophy, yes, yes, the case itself, and the dial, the hands, thats all, yes, thats what they brought after the war from germany, yeah, yes, and i see, you have a thermometer here, a thermometer, yes, some kind of heater, this is for a watch, if suddenly it happens that the temperature drops below the steering wheel, the heater turns on, you feel like some kind of fixer who could get inside some device, have you ever been inside a watch . And i was, you can say a historical moment that i will remember for many years, what a pity that this clock is not visible from here from the roof, but its a pity, but when foreigners, tourists. Come to our station, the first thing they see is this very clock of ours , in fact, this is considered the calling card of minsk, they are called that, the gates of minsk, now we can look through the eyes of a clock, if we approach this issue so philosophically, at the tourists who come and wave their hand a little, but carefully, because i wont go any further, i i cant get any closer, either, well, take a couple of shots and i suggest we go down. Timer, we are now going with you to the factory. Cool, watch factory, what did you want, what do you even know about this factory . I know that it was in 1953, not that it appeared, but they decided, they thought about creating it, on the market they wanted more wrist watches, pocket watches, you are perfectly prepared. Now the journey through time begins, how this process happens, how it is created, who starts first, what the details look like inside, in general, im looking forward to tasting this we have a metalworking workshop. Here there are turning milling machines, which actually process metal to make cases, the first one is this kind of workpiece, it is made on a lathe, it is absolutely like some kind of pipe, yes, well, in fact it is, its like a piece, which is separated on the machine, and what kind of metal is it . Stainless steel, and stainless steel, the main bodies are made from it, or yes, all our bodies are made of stainless steel, after that there is such a design, that is , on machines that. You see, it processed from this position, to this position, the result is Something Like this, yes, this is, roughly speaking, a blank of a finished case, and what is the standard diameter of the watch, well, the standard for men is somewhere around 41 mm, the diameter for women is 35 , but they vary depending on the design, as far as i understand, that is, everything is done by automation, workers, well , workers. To debug the machines, of course, of course, but the machines work offline, how long does it take, as we saw , the first one is this one a detail, zero, lets say, until the final one takes from half an hour to an hour, it was interesting to see that on some machines there is a small tv, that is, i immediately somehow put it in my head that people here turn on the tv and work for pleasure, also i noticed that there is a mouse, yes. Its like the same one as on a computer, its also cool, that is, there is such a machine and then such a mouse, well, something is pouring there, by the way, its pouring, everything is fine, everything is fine, everything works , this is a new generation tacking machine, this is what you see inside, you might think that the parts are washed there, but roughly speaking, they are there in oil, there they are not water, there yes, no, no, this is oil of a special concentration, the parts are cooled there. Since metal tends to expand when heated, they need to be covered so that there are no errors in dimensions. To get into your hands, a watch has to go a long way, and this is what i want to tell you. This detail you showed there how the machines were made, but here this one, what is the correct name for it . Boron how it measures, but you can find out for example, the thickness of this part separately, yes, of course, try it, you can put it there, yeah, if you believe this device, then we have 3. 10, and you do this for every detail, or, yes, of course, of course, absolutely every the part undergoes quality control, it is then sent to a separate laboratory, where some measurement processes take place, but this is the initial stage, the body is not even completely ready, but it is already checked here to ensure the parameters. Now we have arrived at the leg welding shop, but what about the legs . Yes, welding a knife to a watch . This is to they walked yes, so they ran away, so they ran away, how does it work . We already have a blank number plate, but the number plate fits into the body, thanks to special legs, they are inserted here, it is clamped, there should be some kind of drill here, yes, so no, no, look, here these are very small. The parts are the legs of the dial, the leg is taken with a very small pincer, but special employees insert it there, you can try, that is, you need to get here, yes, yes, insert this little leg there at the bottom, that is , two legs for one, two legs for one, it was very difficult to hold this small leg, a small detail, it is the size of 1 mm, probably, that is. But it did not it turns out that when i put it on, it just jumped out of my hand and flew out, lets try, lets try, its very difficult, there is a special pedal that, when you press, a current is applied, and in the event of a collision, the leg ends up falling against the dial itself, that is, without any impact it wont be welded, of course, well now well turn off the power to the machine time, so that it works for you, oh, look how wonderful, i. Watched how he makes a timer and holds this little leg with tweezers, and i immediately analyzed it, i understood how it should be held correctly, it should be held sideways, then i have already succeeded, in the same workshop we also check the dials, well, in general, the watch is water resistant, now i will demonstrate it to you, with pleasure, lets go, lets go, timer. I really love these experiments, quality checks, how they happen, what exactly i love about them, i love these subtleties, how they work we came up with some way to check exactly this, we test the part, hang water on top, there is a camera there, and there is a Pressure Gauge here, i watched and waited, now a bubble will come out or a bubble will not come out, and then there will be two bubbles came out, thats normal, dont look, here we go, lets go, you can see there, there, there, there, heres the pressure, here, you see, heres the pressure down to zero, and we see that there are bubbles at the junction of the key, what about it says, it says that there is a leaky housing in this place, that is we need to look into it, or is it time for there to be some kind of defect here, yes, one might say, right . There is such a cartoon, there is a seagull flying , screaming bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, that is , when they came out, i thought that there was just water, and the sea and a seagull flying, bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, now we will go to the airbrushing area, where we will learn more well be able to see how our numbers are painted, it will be interesting for you as an artist to see, mix, and try out the colors. You can clearly see how it turns out, that is, we have more details here shown, this is what the dial blank looks like, yes, which you have already seen, the first stage of painting, here is the second, that is , of course, these are examples, there can be an infinite number of colors, as you can see here, colors are mixed manually, yes , of course, colors , thats it, your eyes are burning right now, you can see it, i think any process is connected with colors, its magical because its mixed by eye, that is, specialists select small proportions, mix, color is the paint of our life, paint is ours compare with the template and output like this perfect, lets say color. As i understand it, some kind of very highquality paint, yes, of course, this is just an average paint for cars, roughly speaking, yes, because, of course, its not watercolor, not gouache, so lets take it first, by the way, im very i love these colors, i love the sun. When i saw different colors, i went back a little in time, i started as an artist, a painter, i studied in damascus, i mixed different colors. I painted in oils, its the same here, tamer completely immersed himself in his profession, and now ive gone into to the side and just watched with an open mouth, we dont have anything darker, but then we can add yellow to make it lighter, in principle this is how it works, the people who work in this workshop, they have the eye of an artist, how can they mix paints like that way to hit the eye, this is skill, i wanted to put my hand on the watch, you did, the more i paint, the darker it becomes, but of course it paints several stages, that is, it is not painted at one time, they then dry out and are applied again, limited collection syrianbelarusian motives, now it turns out that this is so. 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I took as a basis the fact that in the word demarcation there is, well, the root of the word marking, which can lead to the fact that this is really the process of marking the state border. What kind of delimitation process is this . Calculate here is it possible only on your own . 10 to the 15th power 8 it will be 1 0 0 0, it doesnt matter how many zeros there are. Technologies for the mechanization of agribusiness, which makes a significant contribution to food security; batswana is also aimed at expanding cooperation with belarus in the defense industry. The potential of the grodno region is presented in the belarusian pavilion at vdnh. What surprises muscovites and guests of the russian capital . The grondina region is opening up new opportunities for allied cooperation. Several agreements have already been signed with russian regions. On at the exhibition you can see complex equipment, painting easter eggs, weaving baskets from wicker, admire exclusive ones. 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Around the nineties, now they are naturally created on a computer, now there is a lot of technology, tell me, before the minsk sentry clock factories, as i understand it, were very popular in the soviet union, yes, yes, well, lets start with the fact that there are not many factories in principle , there were watchmakers, and that is, if before a watch factory supplied watches, as if for the whole country, huge ones could produce up to 1 million watches in year. Now, of course, the number is smaller, since telephones have appeared, which are still being replaced, that is, the need to have a watch with you, it has disappeared, it is more like a luxury item, an accessory, my eyes run wide, to be honest, yes, i i dont know where to look, we have this the collections are basic, there are limited collections, and there are special orders, as each designer takes his own. The lecture is developed by its completely visual component, the dial, and the color of the case, what kind of straps will be there, what the idea will be, the idea, how it will be implemented, the finished visual is approved by such an internal design council, this visual is transferred to the designers and then it reaches the stage of printing the dial, but when they told me that more than 170 collections already exist, they are constantly being improved, something something new is being produced, i would be really impressed. There is a lot of time here, you already saw this dial in the previous section, for each element of the design, roughly speaking, there is its own matrix, on which a certain color is applied, here , lets say, 12 layers, that is, they were stamped 12 times to get Something Like this drawing, if i, for example, draw something in a special program and bring it to the factory, ill say, i need such a drawing, yes this is possible, yes we can, ill tell you even more, now we have a competition, where any person, designer. The artist can send his work based on the design of the winner of the competition, we bring life to life, we are making a limited collection of watches with his design, and you can also come and make it as a special order, everything is at your discretion, but only from ten pieces, the fact that any design is possible print it on a watch, of course its very interesting, it should be some kind of design that i wont get tired of looking at all the time, what if it even becomes a popular brand . And it will be put into mass production they will name a collection in his honor, its so small, how many parts are there in a watch . There are mechanics, there are mechanics with automatic winding, and there are quartz watches, so you cant count all the details, if down to the smallest, well, maybe about a thousand, watches are assembled by hand, a very painstaking process, it is very concentrated, i see these devices, they are what does the clock measure . They measure the accuracy of the move, a mechanism is inserted there and the device checks how accurately it moves at different angles, this mechanism repeats the movement of the hand, uhhuh, uhhuh, if it works, then they insert it into the case, close it with a lid, cover it with a glass dial, so i understand that the result is such beauty, and the output is beautiful, the color is also interesting, and the combination is golden, purple, for some reason i expected some kind of huge scale, i never thought that it could occupy several such offices, well, a really cool production, listen, everyone is responsible, after talking with people, i can say with confidence that they love your business, you know what yes, well, i know that there are different types of glass used in watches, yes, but how can i check that it is highquality glass . Well , look, there are essentially two main types of glass, this is sabhire mineral glass, you cant say that it is of high quality, lowquality, that is, ordinary glass will scratch faster, like glass, say , on a window, sapphire glass, it is not susceptible to scratching, that is, sapphire glass in 5 years will look exactly the same as it does now at home, check whether it is real or not, lets say its a fake or there is no sapphire, not sapphire, there is such a life hack, drop a drop of water on ordinary mineral glass, the drop should just wash the glass, it is used, if i am not mistaken, nanotechnology, i will use this life hack, i have a lot of clocks at home, i will definitely go home ill come today and drip on each of them. Well, well, well, tamer, show me what youve done, look, i like all sorts of different instruments, they create very interesting compositions in the frames, yes, and you and i have come a long way, yes. Exactly 1899 for the first time held a monocole, it feels like some great professor, oh, you cant see anything, you cant see, like that. It seemed that initially it was necessary to clamp it tightly, but no, its so perfectly designed that it fits our a recess for the eye, so he holds on calmly, i think they are already so accustomed to looking into these monocles that they probably dont even notice whether they took it off or not, its here at this factory muleya, no, if you want to look, yes i want, class. When you get carri