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  1. WATCH REPAIR DISCUSSIONS, HELP & ADVICE

    1. Watch Repairs Help & Advice

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    2. Your Walkthroughs and Techniques

      Post descriptive walkthroughs of watches you have stripped down and serviced and/or repaired, parts you have made or techniques you wish to share.

      This is an interesting section where we post our challenges and how we have over-come them. You can also post walkthroughs and share your techniques.

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    3. Your Current Projects and Achievements

      If you would like to discuss your current projects or show off your latest watch repair achievement and it is not an actual walkthrough please post here.

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    4. Tools & Equipment

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  2. WRT LOUNGE

    1. WRT News & Announcements

      Updates and news regarding Watch Repair Talk.

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    2. Introduce Yourself Here

      New to the community? We like to know who we are chatting with :)
      So why not introduce yourself here first!

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    3. Your Watch Collection

      Show us what you are wearing today, or any watch in your collection - or even show off your whole watch collection. What watches have you purchased recently? :)

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    4. Watch or Horology Related Videos

      Post an interesting watch or horology related video here. Please write a small synopsis or description of why you think the video is interesting. If the video was made by you please say so.

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    5. Chat About Watches & The Industry Here

      Discuss anything about watches and the watch industry.

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    6. Relax Zone: Chat About Anything Here

      Talk about whatever you fancy within the forum rules, not just about watches.
      BUT: If you wish to start a topic relating to watch repair then please find the appropriate section here.

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    7. Help & Support With This Website

      Help and support using this website. If you are having a general problem with the site then please post here. If you are having a personal problem with the site that you do not wish to be public then please contact a moderator or open a support request.

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  3. CLOCK CORNER

    1. All Things Clocks

      Post all things relating to clocks in this forum. Yes this is a watch forum, but we still love all things that go tick and that includes clocks.

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  4. WATCH REPAIR TUTORIALS & INFORMATION

    1. Watch Repair Course   (21589 visits to this link)

      Details on full watch repair online video course

    2. Watch Parts and Tools Suppliers   (7251 visits to this link)

      Listings of known watch part suppliers around the world. Please contribute if see a supplier not listed.

    3. Resources and Articles   (4157 visits to this link)

      Watch repair articles and resources.



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      Hello

      Welcome to the forum, enjoy
      clockboy in Introduce Yourself Here
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      Hello

      Hello and welcome.
      RichardHarris123 in Introduce Yourself Here
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      Hello

      Welcome to the WRT forum.
      Nucejoe in Introduce Yourself Here
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      My first true project watch. Really nice condition vintage Seiko 7006a. Non running.

      I have a BB press. it's really nice. Someday i might get a robur. THey do look nice. THere's no reason this press shouldn't be able to put a plastic crystal in.
      Birbdad in Your Current Projects and Achievements
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      Thank you gift for long serving employees

      You should of been a lawyer. Hehe.
      RichardHarris123 in Your Current Projects and Achievements
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      My first true project watch. Really nice condition vintage Seiko 7006a. Non running.

      Most of the videos I've watched use one of these. Google it.
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      RichardHarris123 in Your Current Projects and Achievements
    7. 5

      Mainspring trouble

      @HectorLooi, states most Russian watches have T bridles, have you got the correct one?
      RichardHarris123 in New to watch repair ** Safe Zone For Learner Watch Repairers **
    8. 1

      Thank you gift for long serving employees

      Hey guys, My wife and I started our little company in Borneo back in 03. When covid hit and things got crazy, I stumbled down the horological rabbit hole. I fell HARD. Next thing I know, I'm on this forum, modding, assembling, and restoring old watches. The wife, bless her heart, she put her foot down and said I cannot buy or make any more watches for myself. Well, a horological addict is still a addict and I am no quitter. So I figured, why not make some watches for my employees who have been with us for over a decade, they deserve something special. It sure is not for me. So the planning started early this year, scouring the interwebs for parts that will scratch this itch and make my watchmaking dreams come true. It was a tough slog, looking at all those tempting parts, dials, hands, cases and movements. I think I managed to gather all the parts that I needed and with some waiting, elbow grease and much choice swearing, I think I put together what I want to gift my guys and gals. So here's what is wild. I got about 40 of these things to make by the middle of the year. FORTY. Its like I got a whole watch making factory in my actual factory. Wish me luck folks, I am on a watchmaking mission, and nothing is going to stop me. Except maybe the wife, if she finds out how many watches I'm really making. Stephen
      suomaf in Your Current Projects and Achievements
    9. 37

      Polishing screw heads with diamond paste

      Do you need to return the tin / zinc / plexiglass surface to flat once in a while, and how do you do it? I can imagine the surface becoming concave in time, or does that not happen because of the embedded abrasive?
      Klassiker in Watch Repairs Help & Advice
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      My first true project watch. Really nice condition vintage Seiko 7006a. Non running.

      And in normal me fashion everything is going south. My amplitude after running for a day is around the 220 to 230 mark 2 hours from a full wind. At full wind it's about 250ish. Not ideal. I re-oiled the balance and it didn't do much. I"m gonna double check some things and see if i can get that amplitude up unless people think that's acceptable for a 55 year old watch/balance. If i can't get it up and that's not acceptable i might just put the new balance i got on it but i'd REALLY like to keep the gold balance wheel. THen there's these f'ing things. How on EARTH do you get them in? I double chekced and it's the exact same dimensions of the one that came with it. I can press that one in with my thumbs. I already broke on eof the two i got trying to get it in with a press. I can't find anything other than they go in easily with a normal crystal press. I have one more shot to get it right. I've been trying to round over the edges and sand it down a bit to get it in there. Any tips would be greately appreciated.
      Birbdad in Your Current Projects and Achievements
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      Hello

      My name is Troy and am just starting to get into watches. I like to learn new things and am here to do just that.
      TroyS in Introduce Yourself Here
    12. 5

      Mainspring trouble

      The other way can do it T end spring is to wind it into your mainspring winder but leave a little bit out. Then you put the winder and a little bit into the barrel get the T over the opening. Push it into place and then hold that in place like the end of your largest screwdriver then you can push it out and it will stay. But otherwise if you try to push it out of a Winder without having it locked in place it will never stay wherever it's supposed to be. This is actually quite a common problem with American pocket watches because they have all sorts of interesting ends that normally have to be in place before you push the spring out. Did you do anything else in addition to the mainspring?
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      JohnR725 in New to watch repair ** Safe Zone For Learner Watch Repairers **
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      Squale 1545 crown steps

      Hello! Bruno bere from Brazil. First time I get a Squale model 1545. Very solid and very well finishing. But not used yet with the crown setting. When I pull it to date position (1) or further to the time setting position (2) it doesn’t go back following those steps. I mean I have to press the crown againt the case until the yoke seems completely disengaged from the stem. If I slightly push the crown it doesn’t back to position 1 (date)and on. Well it’s something I can live with but looks differently compared to others with screw down crowns. Anyone faced something like this? osvaldo Bruno
      brunomartins in Your Walkthroughs and Techniques
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      Home Made Watch Parts Cleaning Machine

      This is my home made, self designed six stage cleaning system plus a clean jar with some absorbent paper in the bottom to blow dry the basket for 10 mins. I could have used an inexpensive drill press holder instead of making the drill stand but they seem to be all on back order. I made the carousel from three layers of 3/8" particle board laminated together. I used some rubber shelf liner material in the bottom of the holes so the jars would grip. I bought an inexpensive 3/8" drill that reverses and I just spin the basket one way for about ten seconds and then reverse the agitation. I do a 2 min detergent wash in a warm water based degreaser (modern non toxic non flamable eco friendly that I've used to clean paint brushes) or non water based ZEP 505, a spin out and three stages of IPA rinse, a final spin out then under the blow dry for 10 mins. This was my beta prototype but it works so well that I didn't bother to "pretty it up". I've serviced two dozen watches with it in the last two months and it has help me bring some DOA's back to life. I don't spin train wheels for fear I could snap off pivots and I also clean the pallet fork and balance separately in something hexane based.
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      Watchoutnow in Watch Cleaning Machines / Ultrasonic Cleaners / Case Refinishing
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      Watch Running Slow

      Resurrecting an old thread here but I'm servicing a Smiths watch and had this problem, did a search and came up with this page and thought I'd share my experience, after re-assembly the watch was running -715 seconds according to the timegrapher. Thought about using the regulator but of course there is no way the regulator could make up that amount. I had a look at the balance spring to see how it was running and the spring didn't appear to be in the curb pins. Which is number 13 on the list above. I very carefully with my finest tweezers placed it back in, put the regulator at the centre position, gave the watch a full wind and put it back on the timegrapher, running at -20 seconds.
      wheelnut in Watch Repairs Help & Advice
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