![]() Our courses are arranged in modules, containing your lectures and special features.Each module's lecture lasts for approximately one hour.Our pre-recorded lectures are filmed with documentary-style production values, taking you on a narrative-led journey through your chosen subject. Online courses are designed for students to study when it is most convenient for them.The Christie’s Education Online Course Experience ![]() Watch our trailer video for an overview of the course Registration is open for this course, you can register today by clicking on Enrol Now against your preferred course dates in the Course Dates tab. You will have gained insight into the considerations of collecting mechanical watches, and seen how the market for vintage watches has grown.You will have an understanding of the significant changes that the development of quartz watches provoked in the landscape of mechanical watches, and how craftspeople-watchmakers have brought a new focus to the design and manufacture of mechanical watches.You will have been introduced to important watch brands of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.You will learn how the timepiece evolved from pocket watch to wristwatch, and how the design of the wristwatch changed over the twentieth century.You will know the major watchmakers, inventors and scientists who contributed to the development of the watch from 1700 to today.You will understand the function and working of the watch mechanism, including the balance, escapement types and automatic winding, as well as complications.Interviews give students the opportunity to hear from designers and historians as they elaborate on their brands’ inspirations, philosophies and achievements. Including exclusive special features filmed with: Emmanuel Breguet of Breguet, Pascale Lepeu of Cartier, Stephen Forsey of Greubel Forsey, Richard Mille, and more. He is a Liveryman at the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. ![]() Andrew has written about watches for GQ, Hodinkee, Watch Journal, QP Magazine, Calibre, and others. This course is written and presented by Dr Andrew Hildreth, independent watch consultant. This course provides a historical introduction to the development of the watch and how it functions, and discusses in detail the brands and designers who have made the mechanical wristwatch the object of desire that it is today. The mechanical watch bridges science and art, and understanding the development of the watch requires insight into both the engineering challenges that have been overcome, and the artistry seen in the design of mechanism and case.
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