Manfred, along with his colleagues Helmut and Maik, as well as all their tools and equipment, were flown into Singapore at considerable expense. They gave demonstrations of their craft, in addition to assisting guests in hands on practice the various skills of watchmaking, engraving etc.
Manfred Weber, watchmaker extraordinaire, displaying the balance of a Lange movement
It's so small the camera cannot even capture it.
Even at zoomed in, macro mode it's miniscule. Manfred handles these parts with superhuman dexterity.
Manfred's tools, most of them are little changed as compared to decades ago.
Manfred explaining to a journalist the function of some of the movement parts.
The unwound mainspring freed from the barrel
To install a mainspring entirely by hand into the barrel is an immensely difficult task, as such Manfred uses a small tool that keeps the mainspring in a coil as it's slotted into the barrel.
Concentration.