How is the current job market for watchmakers?
I've inherited enough tools to probably open a workshop after I got some training.
But I have a friend that said don't even bother training because the industry is dead.
He was a watchmaker wo…
Continue readingThis is #12 in my series of basic watchmaking tips.
Combining two shorter topics here, because of a need I see on the forum for one, and a request was made to me via PM for the other.
First fitting a new stem. Now this is just the way I do it – you …
Continue readingI bought this new tool a few weeks ago. When it arrived, I thought, "it will never work." Tonight, it lifted the bezel right off a Citizen watch!
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Continue readingI am going to swap out a clasp on a metal band and will need to remove the friction pin (has a tube and two friction fitting pins for either end. This is the pin that inserts in the clasp holding the link to the clasp as well as holding the safety fl…
Continue readingHello, so iam a proud owner of Seiko SNK803, its has been almost 5 years since i got it (2020), survived high school with me and now i want to get it serviced. Friend of mine does this, so i got really good price (60€). But i decided i want to also swa…
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This machine is in my late father in laws workshop, it looks like a lathe but I don’t see a cutter.
There seems to be some kind of sensor connected to an electronics box.
This was in the collect but got broken as I removed it because I can’t figure out how the collet is opened.
I own complete standard vintage Seitz (pre-Bergeon) set and a genuine Horia jeweling tool. Horia is 4mm both ends, so I can use the anvils and the pump pushers from the vintage Seitz set.
For the sake of science—and taking advantage of Amazon Prime Days—I picked up an obscenely cheap Chinese copy of the Horia tool, complete with an expanded 48-piece set of pump…
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I have a Stowa Antea 365 A10 which has an issue with power reserve. After it came back from its last service a few years ago it would stop overnight even after a full day wearing it. Manually winding it seems a bit grating and also seems to red…
Continue readingWhich brand and size of hand levers do you prefer for removing chronograph hands?
If I recall correctly, @Archer uses the VOH 1.6mm and 2.5mm levers, but it seems these have unfortunately been discontinued.
My goal is to use the best possible tool fo…
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