I‘ve been using brass file shavings when I heat blue watch hands, its worked well and usually get pretty even results.
I used fine sand this time and I think it worked a better, as in the consistency of color and even heating. Just thought I’d share.

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I need a 9015 movement and welcome recommendations of a place to get one.

A while ago we had a discussion about being able to see the remaining reservoir between the cap jewel and the balance jewel. For quite a while, I had been fooled by the undercut in the main jewel into thinking that shadow was the reservoir until one of…

Hello everyone!
I’ve been on the forums for a while but this is my first post here in this section. I have a Watchdives NTTD WD007 with an hour hand slightly twisted. Maybe it’s my OCD kicking in but it drives me crazy and I was wondering how to pos…

Decided that the speedy homage that was taken as part of the robbery was one I wanted to replace, but this time with a black case rather than a silver stainless case. Parts arrived yesterday and today I started work on a dial. Playing with the design o…

Hello,

I just bought this (probably) early 40s Tavannes rectangular watch with the water resistant screw-down “clamshell design off eBay. It is rough around the edges, but the buyer accepted a pretty low offer on it, so I figured it was worth saving t…

I always try to support watch material houses when ordering parts.
But some places sure do make it hard to buy from them.

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I think I’d like to try my hand making a watch. Probably a diver style for my adult son. I’d appreciate advice on where to go for parts, kits, etc. Thanks in advance.