My 1969 ARSA swiss air railway pocket watch died.

On the same day i got my 992 back from the watchmaker for a warrenty repair too.

It ticks for a few seconds then stops, fully wound.

I haven’t worn it that much if at all, only since november last year but not for 2-3 months of this year.

Not sure what my next step should be? i bought the watch off a user of this forum circa 2019, name was journeyforce.

I’ll do the honours this time and open a thread for the new month.

Currently wearing my Enicar Sherpa Star that has recently come back from my watchmaker. I always wanted one of those, with the “volcano / bark skin” finish… I also lucked out and found an Enicar bracelet that is a 90% fit (with a slight gap to the case, and a hammered instead of “bark” finish… but hey).

Sorry for not setting the date to the first, but being May Day, I was a bit lazy 😉

Wishing you all a great start to…

Vintage pocket & wrist watches for May 2025

Every watch has a story, and this one had a nice payoff for the amount of time I invested. I picked up this Omega in 2019 for a cheap price because the dial was bad. 14k, with a bad dial, which I tried to clean up, and immediately made worse!
This is the original dial:

and how bad it looked after I tried to make it better:

I thought about sending it out to get repainted, but didn’t have any confidence that it would…

Omega success story