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By Terrinecold · Posted
Thank you everybody for the replies and advices -
Yesterday evening I was trolling the net ( as we all do) when I stumbled on this vid. Last month there was a debate on are Chinese tools worth purchasing and I gave my thoughts that being the biggest differences is the materials used to make them and also they are not built to the Swiss fine tolerances. The tool he shows to compare with the Seitz jeweling tool I am sure is Chinese and shows the point I was tring to make. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIqQcVLgtB0 -
Good afternoon. More than once I've damaged balance staffs because tight steady pins necessitating force to get the balance cock in place. I assume the steady pins get slightly deformed over the years by over enthusiastic balance cock removal. So now I take the lesser evil of using a smoothing broach on the steady pin holes so I get the feel and control back when fitting the cock. Is this the best option or am I missing a trick? Thanks all. -
By levic900rr · Posted
I dont have any personal friends who are watch nerds so I have to share my joy with y'all 🙂 If you saw my other thread I had bought a Elgin Sportsman to start learning on after getting fairly proficient with my practice movement. I ended up stripping out some threads in the main plate and abandoning that project. I was able to clean it and get it running again so I learned a ton. Next up, a Gruen Precision that I got off ebay. This project took forever and after realizing the balance was no good and buying a donor movement I was able to get it back in working order. I dont have a time grapher yet but I've been wearing it for 2 days and its keeping pretty dang good time! - Disassembled, cleaned and reassembled / lubed the entire movement. - Pressed in a new crystal - Replaced the strap - Replaced the crown (the old crown was just destroyed) One thing that really killed me was that I scratched the dial with my hand levers. I was just rushing because I was frustrated (had to take the hands off a few extra times because they weren't flat) lesson learned. Next up is a Seiko that I also got on ebay. This will be my first automatic, and my first date complication. Super excited and so glad I found this hobby! -
By Terrinecold · Posted
Well I actually looked more into it and I think the answer is the following: ST36/3600 is not a clone of ETA6497 it is a clone of OP XI which is a derivation of the ETA. And when you look at both they are actually complete clones (the beat, the bridge shapes even the decoration).
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