Gerald Sussman - An Electrical Engineering View of a Mechanical Watch (2003)

burnto

Sussman is a treasure. I love how deep he goes into topics.

dekhn

I really enjoy this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival He takes watches that need repair, disassembles them to basic components, washes them, and then reassembles and tunes them, replacing any parts that have broken (often the mainspring).

It doesn't have the explanations or the math, but the cameras are high quality and you can really see just how jiggly the balance wheel and spring are, and how the watch will just "spring to life" when you install those bits.

Terr_

For anyone with a sudden hankering for "what does that mechanical bit do", an interactive exhibit:

https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

NoPicklez

Such a great website for his other illustrations as well

Animats

Valid link: https://videolectures.net/videos/mitworld_sussman_clock

CamperBob2

Also available at https://youtu.be/TWQN8Yf1g70

HPsquared

I remember watching MIT lectures in OpenCourseWare back in 2007, before I started at university. What an amazing resource it was at the time.

kylecazar

I did the same thing, at the same time! I'm pretty self-directed when it comes to learning, so access to the raw materials of a course was great and sufficient. Never missed interactivity. I tried Coursera years later, it was much more like enrolling in a real class virtually.

But yeah, great to see OCW still going strong. It's pretty remarkable no administrator has tried to mess with it -- although I wouldn't know if they had.

jcgrillo

What a beautiful lecture

Animats

Wrong TLS cert.

CamperBob2

I don't know about you, but boy, do I feel secure.

HN

Gerald Sussman - An Electrical Engineering View of a Mechanical Watch (2003)

Gerald Sussman - An Electrical Engineering View of a Mechanical Watch (2003)