Can someone help with the right term to search for, a name for those ghastly wavy metal washers some manufacturers use to create compression when the caseback is screwed on? When squished between caseback and spacer ring, it holds the movement securely…

Hello WUS,

Looking for a donor FE4610, 11, or 12 movement to purchase. message me if you have one available.

thx!

I made a watch crown out of natural green jasper.
The phone's camera distorts the colors. In the first two photos, the colors are accurate.

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Hi watchmakers and anyone else who knows about this movement.
Everything I've read (on WUS and the net) tells me this automatic movement uses a unidirectional rotor (if I'm wrong please let me know).
I have a simple question.
Does the rotor w…

As I've been getting into watchmaking as a hobby, I've wanted to post a thread similar to this probably a dozen or more times, but I knew that the most likely answer was that I simply poor hygiene or lubrication, since it took me a while to g…

TLR ???
Do NOT get into watch-making

You need a few basic tools, and a few things in your space between your ears, and that includes geometry, and the lingo that describes it.
You do not need to learn Greek, but you need to know the terms in use.

I…

Hello WUS,

I was working on my first Omega ever recently and ran into a bit of a road bump. The movement in question is this Omega 520. Long story short, the pivot of the escape wheel broke off during reassembly. Its a pretty obscure movement from wha…

Have not yet watched the entire vid…been having trouble…

BG

Hi all,

Anyone else having issues using the JB legacy parts database? When I select it a blank page opens and it says loading, but doesn’t load.

Mike

As I continue to service vintage watches, I am becoming more and more aware of the differences in build quality, as well as the extra features of a watch, that lead me to expect better performance.

Of course, though, "better" performance is …