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.
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the bestfit book refers to Revue as wittnauer and the fingerprint we have this. -
Maybe a little off-topic, but it still amazes me that most people (and myself before I got into this hobby) don't realise that the movement of their watch was (in most cases) not made by the name on the dial of the watch. This is especially true of many 'fashion' watches which use the cheapest of cheap movements ($4 each) which are completely out of proportion to the overall cost of the watch ($++100s). Usually the actual manufacturer is stamped somewhere inconspicuous on the movement, usually around the balance, and this is what you need to find so you can locate spare parts or servicing manuals etc. This is like buying a top of the line Rolls Royce Phantom and learning it has a BMW engine..... oh wait a minute, it does! (6.75-liter, 460-horsepower BMW V12 engine - reference) -
I have an image of what the case is supposed to look like disassembled. then an interesting website https://www.mybulova.com/vintage-bulova-catalogs there's all sorts of interesting things here for anyone in watch repair. but for the particular subject these are the two I recommend. You can see page 7 is where I got the image of the case. Then the word apartment technical manual is really a training manual of watch repair covers wristwatches and pocket watches everybody should have a copy of this.
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they are the same movement and under the same umbrella, sometimes you will see both company marks stamped on the main plate...... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.opswatches.com/a-complete-guide-to-watch-movement-manufacturers/&ved=2ahUKEwiXydnwsdqFAxVfRTABHaPZDPo4ChAWegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw1REXmYw__k9RBspLm7cmDV -
By RichardHarris123 · Posted
I agree, the bezel needs removing. If there isn't a gap between the case and bezel for removal, it's probably screw on. If so you need to grip the bezel itself.
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