Hi to all,
A friend has a Hamilton that is fogging up under the glass and is looking for a recommendation to have it serviced in kyiv, Ukraine.
He is leaving in a few months directly for a new post in Africa and would prefer his watch to be serviced …
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Next is a Sandoz, with another 17 jewel AS 1890/92 shock protected movement. Also as you can see it has “Henri Sandoz & Fils etched onto…
Can anybody shed some light on the question of if the lever mechanism on this escapement can be used to adjust the rate of the movement, or only the beat error? Do the screws on the balance wheels only control the posing of the balance wheel or do they…
Continue readingAnyone got any recommendations on a fully comprehensive kit/combination of kits? Not just a few screwdrivers and some rodico, I mean everything from that down to crystal pushers and pressure testers.
The end goal is to restore vintage pieces myself, for my collection and my friends/colleagues (and hey, maybe some of you…
I have a Stowa flieger with the ETA 2804-2 hand winding movement that is 6 years old. It seems to be running fine and winding smoothly. Yet it’s been recommended by someone that it should be oiled due to its age and possibly having dried out. Thoughts…
Continue readingI finally get the chance to see how they feel, and I hope they are worth it. I found a set of brass curved tweezers from Italy.
Does anyone else use curved, and how do they feel compared to straight? I know the huge difference will be how to hold them and grip small items (of course). Guess I’m feeling a bit leery about my first…
I’m very new to this universe of watch making/restoring. I’m getting my hands fixing and restoring simple movements and i have a situation recently that I cannot find the root cause and would love to get some advice from experienced watchmakers from this forum 😉
I’m trying to fix an automatic Tissot Seastar.
The watch works totally fine when the hands are off. Ticks very well and very precise.
As soon as I mount/attach the hands again, the balance weeks slows a lot and…
I have been building “Seiko mods” of late with AliExpress sourced parts. (Successfully, lol)
Stupidly, I got a dumb idea in my head to build a watch based on a VK67 mechaquartz….but unfortunately there are no dials available. Let’s make one, “how hard can it be?”, lol
I’m an engineer by trade and have a nice home workshop/machine shop…but it’s not exactly tailored to making small stuff.
I’ve spent the last few weeks messing about with my CNC router and came up with this…
Without any backstory, I need to make a GMT hand to work as a minute hand on a NH35 movement. I think my plan is to cut the hand off a minute hand ring but leaving a slight bit on the ring, then cut the ring off the GMT hand and cement it onto the stub…
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