As I continue to tinker with regulating my own watches, I assumed that doing so would not necessarily affect the precision of the watch. That is to say, I have been adjusting the regulating level with the goal of improving accuracy, assuming the precis…
Continue readingOpen source timing software.
Hi guys,
I have a more or less usable version of my timing program that is ready
for initial testing, if anyone is interested.
First the goodies. Here are Windows binaries
http://ciovil.li/tg.zip
and here is the full source code
https://github.com/v…
I serviced a movement and now getting odd readings…
This was a working but very sloppy NH35 movement I decided to service. I actually thought things went well for the most part, but I’m getting odd readings. The picture with 0.8 BE was a bit before the second pic. When I first put the movement in the timegragher, it rear +175spd with a BE of 8.5.
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I waited 24 hours and this is the closest I can get it. But the amplitude runs high at times, then back to normal, then as…
My tools arrived!
Hello forum, good evening.
Continue readingCONTEXT: I live in Europe, more precisely in Malta.
I work in the igaming industries and I’m done with it. Two months ago I decided to start study watchmaking (with focus on Swiss Mechanical) as a possible future business.
Since there is nothing regards this here in Malta I had (and have) to import almost everything.
So, last month I bought the complete kit and it arrived today.
The unboxing (don’t mind…
Power reserve – automatic movemnet
Wondering potential causes of limited power reserve on an automatic movement.
Continue readingReceived a new Chinese NHxx movement for a build that only runs a few hours, have to set it every morning.
Has zero beat error and +- 5 sec/day.
The only thing I could guess is broken or overlubricated mainspring but being new to this hobby I’m looking for experienced opinions.
Easy enough fix for me, just gonna swap the movement and disassemble the one from the watch to learn…
Replacing ETA 2892/2893/SW330 with C07.661 possible?
Hi all,
Continue readingI was wondering whether anyone tried replacing ETA’s caller GMT movements with the true GMT C07.661 movement? There is not much info on the internet about dimensions of these new movements and whether anyone already tried swapping these, so I was wondering whether anyone here might know whether it is possible.
Used sand when heat blueing hands this time
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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Continue readingSource of Miyota 9015
I need a 9015 movement and welcome recommendations of a place to get one.
Continue readingAnyone Use Möbius 9010-B Dark Blue?
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…
Continue readingCrooked hand
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…
