Mechanical Filming

3D product & mechanical animation studio

We animate how machines work.

Engineering-accurate films of mechanisms: watch movements, gear trains, engines and products. Built from real drawings and measurements, then lit like a product shoot.

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±0.3 mmmodelled from source drawings
4Kwidescreen & vertical
Every partnamed, layered, explodable
Now showingMainspring, wind & release

Selected work

Every gear where it really sits.

Each model starts from the manufacturer's drawings and parts lists. Nothing is eyeballed; parts mesh, springs wind, levers pivot where they should.

3D render of a hand-wound watch movement with copper bridges and sunburst steel wheels
Vintage calibre, built to specBridges, train and balance from factory drawings
Close-up of a sunburst-finished steel ratchet wheel
Sunburst steelRadial brushing, polished screw, crisp teeth
Ratchet and crown wheel teeth meshing
Gear meshWheels sized from real centre distances
Balance cock, regulator and hairspring
Balance & hairspringRegulator, jewel and coils
Ruby jewels in gold settings on a grained bridge
Ruby & giltJewels, settings, grained bridges

3D product animation · technical animation · exploded views

Films that explain the mechanism.

01

Product explainer videos

Show buyers what's inside and why it's worth the price. Launch films, sales pages, trade-show loops.

03

Vertical shorts

9:16 films cut for Reels, Shorts and TikTok, with captions and sound, ready to post.

Why it looks right

Built from the drawings, not guessed.

  • 01We work from factory drawings, parts lists and measured photographs, rectified to true scale.
  • 02Gear trains are sized from real centre distances, so wheels mesh and turn at true ratios.
  • 03Every part keeps its own name and number, so labels, highlights and exploded views are exact.
  • 04Physically based materials: grained steel, polished bevels, gilt settings, real ruby.
Dial side of a watch movement showing motion work and keyless works, modelled from a factory photograph

How a project runs

Five steps. One sign-off frame.

You approve a single still before anything is animated, so there are no surprises at the end.

  1. Step 1

    Brief & drawings

    You send the drawings, CAD or the part itself. We agree the story and the formats.

  2. Step 2

    Model to spec

    We build the mechanism to true scale, part by part.

  3. Step 3

    Sample frame

    One lit hero still for your sign-off on look and accuracy.

  4. Step 4

    Animate & score

    Motion, captions and sound design.

  5. Step 5

    Deliver

    4K masters plus every cut you need: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, stills.

Commissions open, a few projects a month

Tell us what moves.

Send the product, what it should show and where the film will run. We reply with a plan and a quote.

hello@mechanicalfilming.com