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  1. Elgin 428 restoration--a work in progress

    By LittleWatchShop,
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  2. Elgin Fancy Dial Grade 303 12s Pocket Watch circa 1923

    By Watchoutnow,
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  3. Couple of recent projects - Gruen and Seikoak

    By Charette,
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  4. Competition I Shock Absorber Qualco 11y2m8 Antichoc

    By Watchoutnow,
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  5. First (conventional) automatic

    By Charette,
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  6. Wyler Incaflex Navigator Restoration - My First Real Project

    By Jonno65,
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  7. Citizen Intellectus Et Fortitudo

    By mike3d3,
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  8. Looking for new projects

    By Levine98,   
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  9. Waltham A-17 Up and Running

    By rehajm,
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  10. 2 mainspring in serial

    By laith,
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  11. Completed Weekend Projects 7/9/2023

    By JerseyMo,
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  12. Smiths W10

    By rehajm,
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  13. Watch servicing and restoration of an OISA watch, the only manufacture completely Made in Italy.

    By WatchesFarm,
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  14. Tissot Seastar Auto 2591 #2

    By Razz,
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  15. A Revived Tudor…

    By rehajm,
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  16. Lip T15 service

    By LittleWatchShop,
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  17. Saudi Arabian pocket watch ?

    By Yogibear172,
    • 1 reply
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  18. Trouble removing movement Citizen 1 Jewel

    By Klutch,
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  19. Rolex 2135 - rotor axle issue

    By Knebo,
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  20. What next??

    By MarkF,
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  21. Waltham A-11 waterproof restoring.

    By WatchesFarm,
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  22. Buy them by the pound -

    By JerseyMo,
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    • 615 views

  23. Seiko 5606A Lord Matic

    By rjenkinsgb,
    • 1 reply
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  24. next on the bench, turning 4 2614 ha movements into one working watch

    By lucgyver,
    • 1 reply
    • 543 views

  25. Timex crystal replacement question

    By RickL,
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    • caseback
      A lathe with indexing that won't break the bank?

      By caseback · Posted

      I believe @nickelsilver has a setup like that.
    • LittleWatchShop
      A lathe with indexing that won't break the bank?

      By LittleWatchShop · Posted

      I posted pictures earlier in this thread. My lathe and mill are two separate instruments. I think I have seen examples of putting a milling head on a lathe bed...but not certain.
    • Rocco
      Watch of Today

      By Rocco · Posted

      Timex Camper, September 1994, new to me. Strap is an old perlon with "Germany" in script etched into the resin on the tail end. Not Horlon or Eulit I believe. History unknown, running strong, losing less than a minute a day. Goals for this: Wear it a ton! Buy crystal lift, clean out the gunk around the ring and under the crystal Eventually swap into a stainless steel case. I've seen a member who has swapped a Timex mechanical movement into the Timex J.Crew quartz field watch case.
    • JohnR725
      A lathe with indexing that won't break the bank?

      By JohnR725 · Posted

      One of the problems we would have with a watchmaker's lathe is they were made over considerable span of time and manufacturing in the early days probably wasn't as good as it was today. Then if you look at the older catalogs typically it was just the head a few collets and something to rest graver on. So basically a basic lathe with over time things acquired but acquired things may or may not fit. Order today you purchase a used lathe that all kinds of nifty bits and pieces from a seller that acquired from? This would come back to that the basic watchmaker's lathe was used for basic watchmaking like turning things with a hand graver. Then limited indexing is fine because you can make things like stems Which don't need a whole bunch indexing   In the link above the word vector is mentioned and at the link below you can purchase one. Then of course you're going to need the motor that's a little bit extra for the price. https://www.hswalsh.com/product/lathe-vector-watchmakers-48-collets-hl11. That you're going to need some bonus parts like these found this picture online show the classic way of classic gear cutting.   The lathe could have a much bigger indexing disk but it has to be mounted close to the edge. Otherwise you're going to have a whole bunch of smaller disks like this which I think has notches rather than holes. Then as wonderful as these pictures look actually cutting a gear with this is not entirely fun. Look at all is belts all pulling on things and this is a watchmaker's lathe lightweight with lots of bits and pieces attached. It would make more sense if you actually cut a gear with something like this and it tends to be it's not really the best way to do it looks nice on paper but it is not the best way to go. Reality for cutting watch parts would be a bigger machine is much better. Than getting rid of all those belts and pulleys also good. Here is an interesting channel I would've liked of found a different video but this was nice and short if you look at his video as he uses a stepping motor and worm gear assembly for the indexing plate. In this particular video it gets attached to the lathe at about one minute and seven seconds and it looks like it's hiding looks like he has a Sherline. I do know he's had other stuff you'll just have to go through his videos to find it. Then at about one minute and 22 seconds you find out if you set up things appropriately. It's always bad we end up with half a tooth at the very end. Then you will note big lathe yes he's getting a big gear but you could easily cut a watch gear with the setup. And it definitely way more stable than a watchmaker's lathe.         Oh here's a company they been in business since 1911 http://www.fwderbyshireinc.com/  
    • RichardHarris123
      Hello from the Philadelphia area

      By RichardHarris123 · Posted

      Hello and welcome from Leeds, England. 
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