How to make a watch

The development of the watch industry

In the past, watchmaking was done manually in a difficult and complicated way, as it was sold at exorbitant prices. However, technological development came and contributed to the development of the watch industry and the multiplicity of its forms and types, as it became available in the markets in abundance and at very low prices, competing with what it was in the past and surviving for decades, as the production market attests. Watches have witnessed significant development and competition due to the emergence of smart digital watches and the increased demand for them.

How to make a wall clock

• We take a piece of cardboard and draw a circle on it using a compass, then we cut the circular shape.
• Using a number of old, unnecessary song or movie records, we arrange these records on the cardboard, one above the other, so that each record covers half of the record below it, and so on until the cardboard is completely covered, producing a fan shape.
• We can form into types and colors of cylinders to obtain a beautiful shape, or use a single shape and color according to what we find beautiful.
• The best way to stick cylinders to cardboard is to apply wax or silicone.
• We can buy a clock machine from a watch shop, or use an old clock machine and attach it to the middle of the back cardboard, after making a hole in the middle of the clock in order to attach the clock hands to the machine.
• If we do not have enough cylinders that we can dispense with and replace them with beads, pictures of family members, colored threads, or shell pasta after dyeing it in a beautiful color, the field is open for you to be creative with it however you wish.

How to make a wrist watch

• If you want to make a wristwatch, you can do so by using cardboard. We will begin by cutting the paper into a thin, long rectangle, so that it is of a suitable length so that we can wrap it around the hand.
• We decorate the cardboard with beads, rubber, or spray it with bright colors.
• We attach a small magnet to one end and wrap the rectangle around the hand to take the correct measurement.
• We attach a small, flat piece of metal to that point so that it attracts the magnet so that the watch wraps around the hand without it falling.
• We can make use of an old watch dial and stick it to the new watch, or we can buy a new watch dial that matches the size, shape, and colors of the watch from a watch store and stick it to it.

You have the freedom to choose whether you want a digital watch or an analog watch. These watches will be a beautiful idea for a special gift to give to a friend or a dear person, especially since they are your personal efforts and you can make them a special gift for the person by adding his picture to them or decorating them with some items that belong to him.