Which movements do you hate working on? And for professional watchmakers – which movements would you rather not work on and why? (problematic movements, boring as hell, etc)?

Somewhat old, but interesting. There is a table at the end of the article with some especially interesting entries – submissions of the ETA 2824-2 movement is one example and the FP Journe results.

The next event in 2015 marked the triumph of Tissot. Only 10 brands entered, three anonymously and 18 school watches. The school watches, with old-fashioned 2.5 Hz movements, all…

Interesting Article About Chronometer Trials

I've expedited ordering some stuff that was sitting in my basket for a while. Oils/greases are the obvious ones, but also some mainsprings and such that I use or expect to use in the next few years.

I own complete standard vintage Seitz (pre-Bergeon) set and a genuine Horia jeweling tool. Horia is 4mm both ends, so I can use the anvils and the pump pushers from the vintage Seitz set.

For the sake of science—and taking advantage of Amazon Prime Days—I picked up an obscenely cheap Chinese copy of the Horia tool, complete with an expanded 48-piece set of pump…

Genuine Horia vs. Chinese copy – side by side review

If I recall correctly, @Archer uses the VOH 1.6mm and 2.5mm levers, but it seems these have unfortunately been discontinued.

My goal is to use the best possible tool for safely removing hands from high-value chronographs—minimizing any risk of damaging the hands or the dial.

From what I understand, a key advantage of the VOH levers is the extended flat section after the initial curve…

Favorite Hand Levers for Chronograph Work

Help! Parts Interchangeability Question.

Where to place useless jewels in a movement…

Here is the picture of the device used to vibrate hairsprings. It requires some good skills to actually vibrate a hairspring (new one vibrates in unison with the reference one in the glass platform.

An article from a few years ago that mentions this…

Hairspring Vibrating