I'm pretty new to servicing and the forums. Who else services their own watches? I have done a few Seikos now. Automatic. Day/Date. I have not had the guts to try a chrono yet. What is your setup/workbench like?

I'm thinking it might be useful to pick up a pressure testing machine so I can do it myself, after I change a battery and for periodic testing. There are machines available online which say they test up to 6ATM starting around $60. These seem to l…

I'm always looking for a better way to keep/store my watches. I've been using a DailyWatch Suitcase for the past year and have been, for the most part, 'happy' with it. I recently gave my 'old' (orange interior) suitca…

Like a lot of you, I got tired of winders that spin every watch the same way
and tell you nothing. So I built my own controller.
Each slot has its own profile: turns-per-day, direction, rotation mode, and
"active hours" (so a piece I actually…

It may be a while before I get to reading these.

So I decided to include one of these tools when I purchased a new watch band. I've looked at Amazon etc, and the pricing seems to be all over the map. I paid $26 which I think is reasonable, and it's advertised as the Swiss version of the Ber…

Ebauches S.A. was created in 1926 as a holding company, with the initial members being A. Schild AG (AS), Adolphe Michel SA (AM), and Fabrique d’Horlogerie de Fontainemelon (FHF). In 1927 Hora SA, Sonceboz, Charles Hahn & Cie, and Landeron – along …

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Folks, I recently purchased a watch that has the ETA 2824 movement and I'm going purchase a watch winder. What settings are required to wind this movement?
Direction (CW or CCW)?
TPD?

I have had two episodes of watches being magnetised in transit and if I put a compass near some of my watches I observe a small deviation of the needle.

So, I I have ordered a de-magnetiser , you never know when you need one.

Do you have a demagneti…