A Gruen, a Waltham and a Timex watch walk into a bar,
The Gruen says, I have the most supple soft hairspring of any watch! The Waltham sneers and says, I am the first in the world to be mass produced with interchangeable parts. The Timex just laughs …

A several months ago I purchased a Dietrich Gruen & Son pocket watch. On teardown and inspection I came across a chipped exit stone.

I thought I would share how I went about replacing it using my microscope camera and its built in measuring tools…

This is a repair I did a couple days ago that I'm really proud of. I bought this Seiko watch new last year, and it had really severe positional variance. It was running about +10 sec/day in the dial up position; and in the vertical positions it wa…

Hey guys. I have been slowly gathering my tools and researching what loupes to get, and am thinking of picking up two horotech loupes 2.5 and 3.5 to start tinkering.

What are you all's thoughts on this? I know a lot of sites recommend a 4x mag f…

I'm having trouble figuring out the correct case back removal tool for a Maen Skymaster MK2. I bought the thing in working condition or so I thought, only a few years old but after the second time hand winding prior to wear it locked up. Everythin…

So ETA has these 2 movements which I understand are basically the same except one has a date disc and one doesn't (see links below). And they both take the same battery. Am I correct to understand that everything else being equal, the no date disc…

Today I’m working on a Enicar calibre 1140😎

I spent some time looking around my local flea market and I found these items! I like sharing this stuff with you guys because I know you appreciate what can still be found out in the wild.

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Yes, I said it…watch fixing…not "making".

Lately I have been approached to help out friends and acquaintences about fixing broken watches. This is all due to word of mounth advertising between folks I know and family members that have be…

Hi all,

Does anyone know of a good supplier for short-length watch hands? It needs to be based in the U.S. I need 6-10mm length hands for a 25mm dial. The only place I can find that sells them at that length is Cousins UK, but I don’t want to risk …