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Roughly a month ago I finally bought my speedmaster at the boutique in Zurich. It’s my first luxury watch and I just love it! However, I started noticing a gap between the bezel and the band, which is also larger on the left side compare…
Continue readingIm fairly new to watchmaking. What would be a good set to start with to have a stock of watch crystals for replacing? I have a handful of seikos that I am working on, but also Bulova, gruen, Waltham, etc. I know they all have their individual size…
Continue readingThis one is certainly not for the faint of heart, and I'm hoping that some of our resident watchmakers of the forum (bat signal going out to @Archer and @BenchGuy) might be able to give me proper guidance here, as I am at the extent of my knowledg…
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Today I am dealing with what I believe are some significant escapement problems, with a bodge fix previously attempted. I’d like to get to the bottom of what is going on here, but I will no doubt need some help from those more knowledgable than…
Continue readingAside from a landeron39 the other seven chronos I have repaired have been lemanias and while looking for an 1873 parts or repair watch to play with ( there are none) I came across this tutima 793 with a 7750 in japan listed as ‘ junk’ not working so a…
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I’ll try to keep this short. I‘ve been negotiating with a seller to potentially buy a Porsche Design 7176S chrono with a Lemania 5100. It’s very reasonably priced by today’s standards. The PVD coating is fully intact apart from some flaking …
Continue readingI have an inexpensive watch fitted with the NH34 and a screw-down crown. After setting the GMT hand, I depress the crown to screw it in. The GMT hand is still engaged and turns when I screw the crown down.
I wonder if there's something up with …
Continue readingI should no longer be allowed on EBay unsupervised.
I happened across what was billed to be a NOS Waltham A-11 dial for a reasonable price and nabbed it, thinking that it would be lovely to piece a Waltham A-11 together. If not, my thought would be …
Continue readingIm new to the site. Im also pretty new to watchmaking. I have made it thus far with vintage seikos using a sonic cleaner and a lot of time with small brushes…scrubbing…scrubbing…
I know there's other posts but im also looking to start thr…
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Today I wanted to highlight an odd feature of a watch I've been working on, and talk a little about troubleshooting issues from an amateur/hobbyist perspective.
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