So how to do it; First, you have to have a pretty good watch that's adjusted pretty close to zero. This one:

A Breitling Galactic 44 that I picked up at the Tucson…

How to Keep a Watch Spot On

One of my purchases was Bergeon's finest oiler set, the 7013-4:
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New Oilers

Fortunately, they are a bit less expensive than 214 Index Wheels and I bought three. The 214 wheels were properly packaged in original Bulova packaging:

I opened one and the wheel was in a…

A Fun Little Exercise

I tried to pour the piss out of the boot by reading the instructions on the heel?

Here's it's big brother:

Fortunately, the tool itself doesn't seem to have an affinity to vectors. Future experiments will tell…

So, as the Bullwinkle narrator once said "On with the show!":

My newest favorite supplier sent me this fabulous "Anger Ball":

I tip my hat 'cause I have an eight-inch wrist and it's sized for an eight-inch wrist, not one of those cheapy little things that were made in China and sized for a six inch wrist. Of…

Anybody "Buy" Anything Recently?

Just within the last week, I was looking at Möbius’s 90xx offerings and saw the dark blue version of 9010 and wondered if it was to serve my purpose; to allow me to see what’s left.

I also know they…

Anyone Use Möbius 9010-B Dark Blue?

Segue to my desktop; I'm running tests and while they go, I'm reading "Horology" by Barry B. Kaplan, 2022, Shiffer Publishing Ltd., New York, and he outs it.

It's a process called DRIE or Deep Reactive Ion Etching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_reactive-ion_etching where ions are accelerated in an ionized gas toward the subject and etch where not masked. Since they are accelerated toward the work by a…

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