What are mechanical wristwatches made of?
Mechanical wristwatches take brass, steel, stainless steel, glass and leather directly. Trace them back and you pass 32 made things on the way to 26 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 26 raw materials
- Silica sand through glass
- Limestone through glass
- Cattle hide through leather
- Rock salt through leather
- Water through leather
- Copper ore through brass, copper
- Air through brass, zinc
- Zinc ore through brass, zinc
- Lead ore through brass, lead
- Tin ore through brass, tin
- Crude oil through brass, aluminum
- Coal through brass, aluminum
- Iron ore through steel, manganese
- Dolomite through steel, magnesium
- Manganese ore through steel, manganese
- Natural gas through steel, manganese
- Chromite through leather, chromium
- Nickel ore through stainless steel, nickel
- Trona through glass, soda ash
- Sulfur through brass, zinc, sulfuric acid
- Bauxite through brass, aluminum, alumina
- Quartz through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Timber through steel, magnesium, metallurgical silicon
- Corn through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Sugarcane through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through glass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 27 things
Metals 13
Chemicals and fuels 11
Oxygen gasQuicklimeArgonSoda ashSulfuric acidPetroleum cokePropaneAmmoniaCarbon dioxideCaustic sodaCharcoal