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I've been working my way through the various chronograph calibres over the past year and picked up this beautiful Favre Leuba off eBay just a short time back. The movement wasn't named but I figured it was a Valjoux VZH and I haven't had the chance to do a Valjoux service just yet. Turned out to be a Valjoux 71 which is the older bigger brother of the famed Valjoux 72. I couldn't be happier- this one is going to clean up nice I think.

I finally got round to mounting my new lathe last night and had a play, love it to bits, also purchased a boley 8mm lathe with loads of attachments more pics to follow.

Here is something you could do with your lathe that is not difficult at all. Your schatz 8day clock balance wheel, the tips get blunt due to wear, even though the cups are jeweled, take the balance out and by means of using a small arkansas stone and a drop of oil sharpen the balance so the points look like a pencil that has just been sharpened, clean out the cups, re-oil and put back, if done correctly the balance will rotate a lot better.

Well after some 30 years without a service this 1977 Seiko was in desperate need of tlc, luckily the cosmetics of the dial and hands are quite good and the inner bezel has aged like they all do . Timing is the same as it was the day it was made New favourite in my collection ( long overdue ) Not quite as nice as that Favre

I've always loved watches and always wanted to collect them. Knowing That most of the watches I'm drawn too are well out of my reach, I never started collecting. I'd wear what ever Quartz someone might gift to me and once it was beat to hell I'd just toss it. At, 45 I decided to try and rebuild my first watch, another long time bucket list item. That was my 1968 Bulova Oceanographer that I picked up at an estate sale for $10 purely by chance. After that one I had intentions of finding, fixing, and selling vintage watches. That was back in January. I've run into a slight twist in the plan though. After fixing and wearing for a day or two, I can't bring myself to sell them. With that said, I have now become a collector. Here is my modest collection that I have gotten much enjoyment from. 1968 Bulova Oceanographer 1976 Bulova Accutron 1975 Timex Automatic Early 90's Zarja 3105 Early to mid 89's Vostok Amphibian Vostok Kommandirski (unknown age) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Our great member, Geo offered to help me out recently should a UK supply company not shipping to Finland, Geo stepped up, and has proved his weight in gold, transhipping my order. Thanks G!

Aloha ro63rto , RyMoeller was faster on the trigger then me in asking how you can tell an original dial from an aftermarket one . I have read articles and seen forum speak from all the experts , and have seen the same issue discussed about the Seiko Divers . but what is your opinion on this topic ? I know member jdm probably has input on this also . I don't want to get into a heated discussion about this ,...I can get that on a couple of other forums . https://thespringbar.com/blogs/guides/the-seiko-6139-600x-collectors-guide http://forums.watchuseek.com/f281/how-buy-seiko-6139-600x-chronograph-collectors-buying-guide-140803.html http://wristsushi.proboards.com/thread/11128/6139-600x-aftermarket-dials-watches I have 2 Pogues . The gold 6139 - 6002 resist one I would say is original until it's proven to me that it's not . The blue 6139 - 6005 proof one is ??? Aftermarket assembly ??

You can't because some parts are not visible and there can be different failures. Test is done wearing the watch or on an auto arm.

A right-hand burnisher will allow the clock-maker to burnish the pivot from underneath with the piece being held and rotated from their left. A left-hand burnisher will allow burnishing from underneath while being held on the right. If the preference is to burnish from over-the-top, a left-hand burnisher is used with the piece being held on the left and a right-hand burnisher with it held on the right. This can add confusion as to which burnisher to purchase. Since most machinists will machine with the piece being held in a lathe head stock on their left whether they are right- or left-handed, it should first be decided whether burnishing will be done from underneath or over-the-top. e-top.

No service sheet found but found these. Noticed Cousins do carry some spares. http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?13&archimedeshop&0&2uswk&Movado_388

Very nice, new crystal + a service and it will be a real gem of a watch.

The cable was a 4 line game is an audio cable my opinion is that it is professional type. I removed a line and cut it in half an end I soldered it in my guitar pickup. Here is a photograph of the cable. A detail of the ends. The shielding on the cable helps a lot with the noise. Saludos. Guido

The time has come to repair the dial of my Nachtigall pocket watch.

So I've been wearing this Sekonda which the wife bought me about 15 years ago for a couple of days after finding it in the back of a drawer during a clean out. Popped a new battery in I was amazed I'd taken the old one out for storage and off she went. Its really comfy to wear but being solid Stainless it weighs about a half hundred weight.

7t34 Flightmaster on bespoke strap

All fixed now.

Yes. Another member told me about it this morning. It's not a huge problem but requires a bit of tweaking in my software. Should have it sorted within a few hours. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So, a lot of the guys on this forum really know their stuff and are heavily involved in servicing and the like. Some of the other forums have groups of 'fanboys' (I suppose they might be called) who will defend their brand of choice to the death. I got into horology through Seiko because of their low entry point (for mechanicals). To use an analogy, I'm probably still using stabilisers when it comes to knowledge. What I'm getting at in a roundabout way is....Should I be surprised that so many people on this forum love their Seikos so much? N.b. I've got several Seiko watches, so to mix it up a bit here's my Bulova Accutron Deep sea from 1970 (same age as me)

See no difference between then and now....