Greetings from metro Detroit

[SPC]

I work as an engineer in the automotive industry, but have had a fascination with watches since I literally can remember.

My first watch was (and is) a 1968 Timex Electric Calendar 91242 given to me as a gift for my first Holy Communion back in May of '68 from my Godmother.

It's the want of this watch to work again that led me to working on watches a few decades later.

The collection mainly consists of Bulovas from the '40's-'50's and Timex's from '50's-'80's (this includes two models from the inaugural year 1949... a Monroe and a Coronet).  You can also throw in a couple of '50's Longines as well.

I am currently working on a 1953 Bulova American Girl "Y" (for my daughter) as well as a '51 Timex Marquette.

I am grateful to Mr. Lovick having posted videos that have been a wealth of information (including proper oiling techniques, and identifying which oils/greased to obtain and where/when to use).  I had queried and searched for that info for quite a time, finally finding it in his repair videos.

I look forward to participating on this site!

[WileyDave]

6 hours ago, SPC said:

I work as an engineer in the automotive industry, but have had a fascination with watches since I literally can remember.

My first watch was (and is) a 1968 Timex Electric Calendar 91242 given to me as a gift for my first Holy Communion back in May of '68 from my Godmother.

It's the want of this watch to work again that led me to working on watches a few decades later.

The collection mainly consists of Bulovas from the '40's-'50's and Timex's from '50's-'80's (this includes two models from the inaugural year 1949... a Monroe and a Coronet).  You can also throw in a couple of '50's Longines as well.

I am currently working on a 1953 Bulova American Girl "Y" (for my daughter) as well as a '51 Timex Marquette.

I am grateful to Mr. Lovick having posted videos that have been a wealth of information (including proper oiling techniques, and identifying which oils/greased to obtain and where/when to use).  I had queried and searched for that info for quite a time, finally finding it in his repair videos.

I look forward to participating on this site!

Welcome SPC! As a former autoworker living around the D, I can tell you this is the best place for info and opinions on all sorts of watches. We do like pics, so if you get a chance share your collection and what you are working on. Mark has done a great job in his vids, simplifying service and repairs for those of us with less experience. Look forward to seeing your posts and don't be afraid to ask questions!

Dave

[dadistic]

On 4/4/2017 at 5:43 AM, SPC said:

The collection mainly consists of Bulovas from the '40's-'50's and Timex's from '50's-'80's (this includes two models from the inaugural year 1949... a Monroe and a Coronet).  You can also throw in a couple of '50's Longines as well.

Nice! Another Timex collector, and you have a couple of the grails, too. I don't think I've ever seen a '49 Timex, although I've seen ads for them. In case it's helpful, I'm currently fostering the document collection from the old Timex forum here -

Timex Documents

Have fun!

Edited October 2, 2021 by dadistic
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[Vich]

Hello SPC and welcome from me,

I noticed your reference to the Timex and personally I have an interest in the Bulova Accutrons which I have always found to be lovely bits of advanced engineering for their time.  This is a great forum and loads of help and good advice is always given if needed.

Cheers,

Vic