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re the Movado. 1. Group the similar screw together, you should be able to identify the bridge screws by design and the number you need, eg 3 for train bridge, 3 for barrel bridge, one for balance cock. 2. Assemble the watch without wheels and look out for any screw which potrudes on the back-side. 3. screws which live deep in the movement have very shallow heads.. eg centre wheel bridge, pallet fork bridge. 4. Screws with a tapered base will fit into a hole with a tapered seat. A bit fiddly but doable, patience and an organised approach is all thats needed! Anil

These are before and after pictures of my just completed restoration Waltham size 18 15jewel 81 grade model 1883 sterling silver hunter case pocket watch. The only thing I didn't do myself was fitting the new balance crystal, because I don't have a set of staking tools. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Ok guys, posts not pertinent have been removed. Peace! Cheers, Bob

Hello all, A family member has a Tissot Bridgeport watch (Valjoux 7750 movement) that had stopped working, and, despite never taking a watch apart before, I decided to have a go at fixing it. Over the past few months, I've disassembled the watch (the problem was a loose screw, and another part that had come loose that stopped the chronograph reset from working) and I'm now ready to put it back together. Seeing as I've gone to all the trouble to disassemble it, it seems a shame if I don't take this opportunity to lubricate the parts. The ETA website has a very good step by step guide on how to disassemble and reassemble the movement (http://www.eta.ch/swisslab/7750/7750.html), including oiling points. I've had a search for those oils online, but if I were to buy them, it would cost around about £150-£200! I struggled to find the same oils on eBay. Seeing as this is a "one-off" thing I'm doing, does this community have any suggestions as to how I can just what I need to get by to do complete this repair project? Thanks, Amr

All, I've posted two new pdf versions of the complete eBook for K&D's 1910 "Staking Tools and How To Use Them" in my dropbox (download links below). The first is an improved version of the one previously available with high resolution (1200dpi) images only. I found a mistake in the front cover image and corrected it. Otherwise, the book is the same as before. I've also created a new lower resolution version with full text search. The images are 600dpi and still look good, but the file is now half the size of the high rez version and includes the ability to search the text. I tested the text search in many different ways and the quality of the OCR by Adobe Acrobat it surprisingly good. I couldn't find a single mistranslation. Neither of the files are small, but it's 163 pages so that part isn't surprising. Enjoy! Tom

To be honest I think that replacing a proper driver caseback with a see-through to show the rotor screw of (I suppose) a 4R36 is plenty already... I'd leave it sterile at least.

Seiko SRP275 with new dial, hands and chapter ring. Been wearing this one all week.

Breaking grease interesting substance. So it needs to hold the end of the mainspring until sufficient forces developed to allow it to slip or bad things will happen in timekeeping but it can't slip prematurely as that's equally bad. Then when it does slip it has to be a very high pressure lubricant so you don't grind the barrel itself. So I have a link to various types of breaking greases unfortunately it does not talk about applying them as the quantities may be different and how they are applied and how to test that the breaking greases actually working. Then the video shows what happens if things don't work right. Then when he's examining the barrel wall notice it's not smooth? Like everything else in watchmaking there is lots of different ideas not all mainspring barrels have smooth walls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KNTrHVD088 http://hiro.alliancehorlogere.com/en/Moebius_8201.html

Hi Eric, You should also read this... http://www.nawcc-index.net/Articles/BTI-The_Practical_Lubrication_of_Clocks_and_Watches.pdf S

Been looking for a table or something for several months to put one of the small table top watchmakers benches on without much luck. Decided to see what was in the local antique mall in the next town over and found this watchmakers bench!! WAHOO!! It is not the nicest one that Rosberg made but it is solid and has lots of character from use over what I assume was many years. Gonna mount my lamp to it today and get my meeger set of tools and projects moved and put away.