So this watch showed up with a pretty jacked up hairspring- two significant bends out of flat, with several smaller bends out of round, and a couple coils touching. I have worked it into flat and what I believe is a good enough roundness to run, except…
Continue readingCrystal cutting in UK
Can anyone recommend a UK firm that cuts custom watch crystals?
I have an Omega Quartz LCD 196.0074 that requires a new crystal. The part no. is TN5297 but, as with most things Omega, they are impossible to source. It's a flat, rounded square, mi…
Continue readingETA 2451 Full Cleaning – Where did I go wrong? 900 sec slow
So I have a watch with an ETA 2451 that always ran erratic with low amplitude. I finally got around to cleaning it. Complete with new mainspring. Re-assembled and had great amplitude at around 270 but it would not track on the timegrapher. Turns out it…
Continue readingWhere should I look for an empty dive watch case with 2 crowns?
I'd like to change the case on my watch, from a Turtle with no outer bezel to a dive style with external rotating bezel. However my movement has an alarm, and so it has two crowns… one at 2 O'clock and one at 4 O'clock. Where should I …
Continue reading1908 Waltham Grade 620 pocket watch crystal replacement.
I just finished refurbishing a Waltham grade 620 in a hunter case.
It had a fair amount of issues that I had to work through, but probably the coolest part was fitting the new crystal. ( I got it with no crystal).
Now, I know I have boasted about Whit…
Help! ETA 955.112 – reinserting stem
I removed this movement from a Hamilton Khaki Field Quartz . Follow the instructions and push the right little button to take it out. But when re-inserting the stem, it moves in and out without resistance will not lock into place. Appreciate any and al…
Continue readingETA 955.112 accuracy
Good afternoon, so having taken my Certina Jubile (circa 1988) to have it's gaskets replaced, and a new battery fitted, I find it is running around 1 second fast per day. I decided to have a quick look inside the case to be certain of the movement…
Continue readingOmega 850 1562 clasp part missing
Hi, hope you are all having a great Sunday .
I recently bought a Speedmaster, but the claps doesn't work. I am not sure which parts are missing in the assembly. I assume a spring, a screw, and something else to keep it in place. Where would I fi…
Continue readingWhat’s a good way to regularly clean watches at home *without* an ultrasonic machine?
What can I use to periodically clean off and rinse my watches?
What kind of soap or cleaning solution, for example? Same detergent I’d use for handwashing dishes, or Windex, or something else?
Are there cleaners that would ruin gaskets?
Should I so…
Continue readingFINAL UPDATED Crystal Thickness–How measured
I have a watch with a crystal which is, I assume, boxed dome–it sticks up above the bezel by about 1.3mm and curves upwards so that the apex is about 2.25mm above the bezel. I googled the brand, a Steelflier SF733 (homage to Newman's Daytona), a…
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