Around 12 months ago I refurbished a landeron 39 primarily to see how a pillar wheel chrono works. The final job was to replace the balance staff which I did not get around to do. I have today sourced a nos balance without the hairspring so lifted the…

Been searching to the best of my abilities, but cannot find service manual, tech drawing or otherwise to answer a really basic question: on a Seiko 6N43 quartz movement, where is the stem release mechanism / how to remove and insert stem?

I can find i…

How hard is it to replace a given quartz movement with a different one? For example, replace a Miyota 2035 with a Ronda 515. According to the specs, both have the same hour and minute hand inside diameters, and both movements with battery inserted have…

Hey guys,
I’m rebuilding an old family pocket watch, and am trying to decide if I should polish the nickel silver (coin silver) case, or leave the years of tarnish in place.
The case needs cleaning for sure, I mean this has to be one of the dirtiest wa…

Hi guys! I was trying to bend this part slightly so that the battery would sit flat, but it ended up being brittle and broke at the head. It is the arm that goes below the battery, and connects it to the circuits. How would I go about fixing/replacing …

Hi all, I did a search and came up with way too many threads and nothing looked like what I was looking for, so please forgive me.

my wife dug up an 80s Seiko women’s diver she hasn’t worn in 30 years and the thing looks awesome. It’s a quartz, so I …