I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am a new member and also the chief watchmaker at the storied firm of Breakem & Flingem Watchmakers Ltd. I have held this position for almost two years and have advanced strongly in the te…

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First off, I don't do any watchmaking but I like to tinker with my watches. I adjust bracelets, change the battery on some of my watches and such. One thing I also do from time to time is to touch up the acrylic crystal on a couple of my …

So, I have this late 40s Seiko cal. 10B "Chronometer" watch that I received in what was described as running condition, and with a supplied photo of a relatively clean-looking movement. I have another Chronometer Seiko (identical movement) fr…

I recently got my hands on one of my grail watches.. A 16030 Buckley dial with the sweet, sweet, patina that only comes from being around since the Jimmy Carter Administration.

Its obvouse that the lume on the minute hand has been falling off for som…

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Having watched a number of vintage watch repair videos online recently (perfect slow TV) and been utterly fascinated by the variety and complexity of the inner workings of (especially) mechanical watches, I have caught the bug and wanted …

The pallet fork of the 321 movement is broken, the shaft end snapped. There are no new or used parts for sale. Has anyone used any other movement pallet with success.

My watchmaker that has Service Centre status with many brands told me that his machine can only do WR tests to 11 bar. Yet I’ve been testing my watches for wr with them for years and recently my Planet Ocean failed a test and they changed a few parts i…

Hi can any tell me the Omega part numbers for the standard link (114ST1998) pins and tubes on the stainless bracelet 1610/930, I've looked at the documents on Cousins etc. but there are a lot of different variations (of pins and tubes) it's i…

Has anyone purchased crystals from Tip Top Crystals?
Tip Top Crystals, Vintage watch crystals

They have a wonderfully comprehensive listing for vintage crystals (especially G-S fancy cylinders) but NO "buy" option.

I reached out through the…

So I wore the Seiko Lord matic I serviced myself for about a week and a half with no problems; the daily rate was a very consistent -20 secs/day with amplitude between 240-270 across all positions. Unfortunately, it suddenly stopped dead in it's t…