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Warning, Mugshot alert.. DSC07795 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

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What a mass of information, I think they have downloaded Old Hippy's brain!

Jules Borel is showing them in stock

Hi Peter I got some FHF 30 parts if you need anything? Balance staff and setting lever and some springs? And some stems for FHF 30 also. No hairsprings found yet? Have a big box of old watchparts that i am going through: So there could be some balance in there somewhere?? Let me now if you need anything and i will have a look? Roger

I have posted the bridge off the 2452 and a 2824 with the hope you might be able to rob a jewel out of one of them that will fit. I have also put the friction wheel in from the 2452, it doesn't say it's comparable on that PDF sheet and might be a different train count but worth a compare whilst I was sending other bits, if it fits but it's a different height I have put the centre wheel and hour wheel in to match so you might get away with just altering the height of the hands if not too far off, but again check to see if wheels are the same. Just post back what you don't use when you are ready, no rush.

Yes - I suppose the moc-up looks better than a blank DVD On another note - this is an absolutely fantastic find: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-vintage-ESEMBL-O-GRAPH-CHRONOGRAPH-WATCH-COURSE-BOOK-set-27volumes-HOROLOGY-/311808052882?hash=item4899354e92:g:tXwAAOSw~AVYpP5O

Absolutely fantastic Mickey. Looks cracking!!

Got a 2452 here in my graveyard, not sure if the bits off that are any good to you.

My Dad repaired watches for half a century and played lead guitar and mandolin on weekends for just as long. He made both look easy... My sisters and I sometimes helped him pack up his instruments after a gig. One time, my sister put his Les Paul behind the car... he thought she'd put it in the trunk (boot) and he backed over it. Yikes!!! He bought another guitar and gave the broken guitar to his friend, who rebuilt it and played it for years. By some miracle my sister is still alive.

I also combine the two been playing since i was about 12 but I,m now learing how to play again after my stroke last year it is smashing therapy tho gets your brain working again. luckily it was on the right side so my fingering hand wasnt affected but strumming sometimes is a pain but the pickings ok for lead breaks sort of lost the use of my wrist.

Not exactly combining the two but I did build a custom strat once - it was fun, but i ended up taking it to a pro in order to adjust the neck and frets, he did an amazing job.

...pardon me while I get my Elmasolvex running to wash that puny jewel... Are you serious? It takes a couple of hours for me to clean a movement - pegwood, brush, ultrasonic, naphta, IPA, etc, etc... And you are just flashing this Elmasolvex in front of us? You want us to drop dead, or what? I seriously envy you! p.s. congrats on your Elma, I hate you!

Back again ! Stripped the whole movement till the last screw and spring. Demagnetized every single item, screws, bridges, balance assembly, pallet fork, you name it, apart from the main-spring which was too awkward to handle through my demagnetizer, which is build on the same principle as the motor in this internet picture; Inspected every item, re-assemble the movement, re-oiled cap-stones etc. Let it run for 18hrs, wound it fully and it ran one hour before taking measurements. Ignore the timegrapher jump in DD and some other odd off-line dots, that's interference from the computer-fan and at one stage (CD) me moving my hand over the table top; Dial Down; Dial Up Crown Up; Crown Down; I would say this is a HUGE difference and as far as I'm aware off, my procedures didn't change apart from demagnetizing, I didn't find anything wrong and so magnetism seemed to have been culprit. If that's indeed the case, I can not say anything else that I hugely underestimated the influence of magnetism and for sure will take demagnetizing up as a standard part of servicing a watch. Considering the watch has just had a full service, the amplitudes look good, the beat-errors look fine (I even doubt the 0.5ms in DU, on the graph it looks better, but I'll re-measure) and the daily-rate spread in the different positions seems acceptable to me. There is still a very slight wave pattern, but compared to what is was ..... that's peanuts. The chronograph parts, dial & hands can go back on and see how it runs ....... Thank you all for you help and I just learned a great lesson !! If there are any remarks or suggestions left, I'll be delighted to hear.......

Watch for the timex electrics and electronics, they come available every so often and are not as pricey as some others. Electronic just means that they added a diode The movement models are 40 and its variations 41 and 42, and 50 and its variations 51,52,and 65 I'm sharing the service manuals here - Timex Documentation The manuals are pretty complete for the electrics, and have some nice diagrams explaining how they work If you have any trouble accessing the docs let me know.

Swatch Vs Cousins 1/3 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr Swatch Vs Cousins 2/3 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr Swatch Vs Cousins 3/3 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

Third and last part of the dissassembly videos: Enjoy.