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On our way back from Italy to the Uk we visited Milan & one of the tourist visits we did was the "Scala Opera house". A bit boring for me but then I spotted this. Maybe the first smart watch worn by Marietta Brambilla 1809/1875.

Ive been looking around and I saw some recommendations for a Co in Switzerland called, STP apparently owned by the Fossil Group who make very good movements by all accounts. Seeing Swatch and its band-wagon are picking up their marbles and going home, I thought I would see if they would deal with the likes of an amateur such as me... Looks like they will, as Ive emailed them after registration to gain a access-code, explained that I'm not a professional watch guy, just an amateur... IF they'll deal with me--I'm sure they'll be More than happy to deal with all you Real watch guys! Swatch can go stuff ETA where the sun don't shine for replacement Decent SWISS movements anyway... Not much, But its something.

Wonderful. I have one more advice from experience about movements that are slight slow like this. Observe it over 24 hours, fully cased, and in various positions. if stil below 0 s/d on average make run it a little bit faster, nobody stands watches losing time, but if it gains that's tolerated.

but then... No pain, no gain you got to learn somehow... the most important stuff you will learn from your own mistakes I know I did (and still am...)

Don't get me wrong, it is awsome when you make it work but it is terribly frustrating when you brake it. Let's face it - we are playing. People go to school and learn this stuff in months, if not years and practice after that....

Be carefull! One wrong move and everything will be ruined. IMHO leave this 2836 as it is (ok) and play a bit with some cheap scraps.

nice! I didn't notice the beat error before...

Took your advice JDM, stills bit more to do on it, but it's getting there, and I am learning loads

I wouldn't be able to eat for a month and sell a kidney if I had bought that lot in one go. Nice selection of oils tho now get repairing and servicing. What I don't understand tho is why synthetic oil has a shelf life it has no organic compounds to degrade. Maybe it's just another one of those Mr Big things making you buy more subliminal messages to your brain its on the bottle it must be true must buy more.

Think I may have found the right strap for this watch. There's a guy on another forum that custom makes leather straps to your size and design/finish. He just made this one for a member. I think I will save up and order this with green stitching to match the main chrono hand.

You won't regret it, though! Open it, clean it, inspect it, clean it again and again until spotless....and then put some god knows what oil on it... bleah! It is a good investement. I suppose that D5 broke the bank!

That's what I was telling you, first coil firmly in then others will follow. But let the flat of the tweezers do the holding work with the barrel on the mat, no need to hold iit hand.

Here it is.

Finally! This is actually a big relief that you finally got it in your hands.... Hope you are satisfied with the "treatment" it received in my hands (of course, not in Hermes hands...) and that the strap you find will make it pop on your wrist, like it deserves! It is a wonderful watch, and if Hermes people were not too rough on it during the shipment, it should last you decades more. Regards.

It's here, it's here, IT'S FINALLY HERE [emoji7] [emoji7] [emoji7] No thanks AT ALL to MyHermes [emoji35] Disappeared off their tracking on 18th July. Even they couldn't tell me where it was. A big thanks to George for the work he put in to get it running. [emoji144] Now the hunt begins for a worthy strap.

Thomas Tompion probably the king of clock making would have used whale oil, his clocks are worth thousands some still today have only ever been cleaned, no other repairs done, also the steel and the brass are a hell of a lot harder than the stuff today. In the really old bracket clocks the brass is so hard modern reamers will hardly touch the brass while with modern so called brass a reamer will go through it like a knife through butter.

Well I finally made the decision and I think I did ok for £127 plus £12 postage. The seller was selling his grandfathers equipment off. The staking set with jewelling attachment is pristine with no blocked holes and just needs a couple of additions like a sprung Jewel centre punch