I'm servicing an old Benrus watch with an ETA 1281 movement. The escape wheel is wobbling back and forth, as you can see in the video. Looking at it through a loupe, it looks like it is the lower pivot/bearing where the wobble is happening, not th…

Finished the 2390 and it runs beautifully…. for about 30 min. Then it stalls and it's not easy to kick back up without manual intervention.

When I try to kick it back up again with a shake the balance rotates a little but the palette jewel doe…

Apparently Seiko SKX bezel inserts will fit the ubiquitous Citizen Promaster eco-drive BN0150-28E with a spacer. This is due to the SKX inserts being thinner and they will sit down too low in the bezel. Someone on Etsy is 3D printing spacer just got th…

I'm just getting started and have done a few quartz movements (hated them and those confounded magnetic rotors), three seiko automatics (2706, 6309, 6119), an Omega 660, and an AS 1950. About to start on an ETA 2390 this weekend. Plus a few pocket…

I have an Omega Seamaster Spectre, which has the awesome 12 hr GMT bezel, PLUS a bidirectional click spring. I didn't realize I loved the ability to set the bezel both ways! Is that a modification that can be made to other watch bezels to go from …

I really dislike working on Japanese movements. Also don't like working on pin-levers.
Run of the mill AS movements are boring. Vintage chronograph movements (Venus, Landeron, etc) are great to work on. Love vintage Omega movements, except cal 101…

I don't know if it's my bad luck or just an inevitability of vintage watch repair, but I always seem to end up with watches suffering from various hairspring problems. Since most of this is being done on practice watches bought cheaply, I&#03…

My Bulova Surfboard's battery died. I was stunned to find the Brietling-like 12 sided case back. I can't seem to find a tool to open the case back. Any and all suggestions welcome. Cheers.

I think these WOTB threads help to document the work I've been doing the last couple of years. It's kinda cool looking back to see where I've been in the home watch fixin' hobby.

Here's what I have for this week. These two la…

Hi all,

I have a vintage (c. 1980 something) non-running IWC with a JLC calibre 602 quartz movement (photos of the watch below).
I just got it returned from IWC as they wanted an astonishing amount of cash to 'rebuild the movement' as it has…