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Parallels in Cars and Watchmaking

799 views · Published 7 May 2018 · 6:43 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: The 1916 Company · 2018 · Howto & Style

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In this Split Seconds, Mike Michaels is back to sit down with Justin Runner of Bent Metal Customs in Lansdale, PA to talk mechanics. They draw comparisons between the world of watch making and custom car restoration to see what the two worlds have in common.

For the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DxuSaftxxQ

In the full episode,  Watches, engineering, movements, cars, watchmaking, custom builds; is anything off the table when two experts in restoration and building meet? Mike Michaels is back to take us inside the world of custom car restoration featuring Justin Runner from Bent Metal Customs based in Lansdale, PA. The duo dive deep into the conversation and parallels between the challenges and victories found when working with the mechanics of cars and the mechanics of watch movements. They get into the nitty gritty details of their crafts and the world of watches and cars collide - lovers of engineering on all scales gotta see this!

Don't worry if this doesn't have the heaping helping of watch-only knowledge you're looking for - we have thousands of other videos to check out! We're going to start trying to showcase the parallels of watches and other industries to explore a new depth of knowledge while still bringing it back to what we're all here for - the watches. We assure you, there's plenty of watch-centric videos planned for this new wave too, stick around for old and new content all the time from The 1916 Company.

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