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I've been posting on instagram more than WRUW threads and I've been having an orgy of Elgin Horizon models, so I'll post them here as there isn't enough Elgins Lord Elgin Anthony Lord Elgin Everest Lord Elgin Meridian Lord Elgin Meridian Lord Elgin Briarwood unIdentified Horizon model Lord Elgin Panaroma Lord Elgin Panaroma Lord Elgin Cranston Lord Elgin Celestial Lord Elgin Stratford Lord Elgin Skyliner Lord Elgin Vista Lord Elgin Pasadena

Tony, If you make it to melbourne, I have the largest known collection of Elgin Electronics, happy for you to have a fondle. heres a page on my site which is about the first publicly shown battery powered watches in 1952. https://www.elgin.watch/enwco/events/watch-of-tomorrow/ The LIP R148 is a great design and robust to this day. LIP sure did learn alot off someone.

Its Chinese in origin do a search for a st6d automatic, who makes them I dont know but they are found in countless Rolex knock offs

Does your impulse jewel rest centrally between the banking pins of the pallet fork when the watch is at rest the best way to check is to remove the pallet fork replace the balance and check. Mark has a video on the subject.

Go for it, nothing ventured etc!

I would take it to a Longines agent. Find a jewelers that deals in Longines Watches.

Thanks! The horizon line was released in 1957 and the last model (Lord Elgin Anthony) released in 1960. Elgin developed wrap around crystal technology that fits to the edge of the Bezel, they shared it initially with LIP who called it Panorama and Timex also released some wrap around crystal models a few years later. This is the Lady Elgin Midway in White The Lady Elgin Skylark in 14k Yellow Gold The wife is starting to enjoy vintage watches and has the benefit of someone hunting and restoring them.

I modified a "Shepherds Hook Spring" Cousins do a section pack for approx. £2.

What, like this? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Balance-complete-SEIKO-310-660-bilanciere-completo-721-NOS-/161879681014 Cousins also has them at £14.25 plus VAT and p&p According to Jules Borel there are many movements which use that balance, presumably all based on the Seiko 66 series http://cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=T_[E]JS

Might have known this would happen, you've got me looking a them now!

Well, the my mistake, started cutting the left pivot before finishing the balance rest. Then the staff was braking from the collet before finishing the left side. It was a good practice But the other pivot was turned to 0.14mm. Here a 0.2mm drill is put next to it as reference.

Alum and Vaseline would not work. The alum crystals need to be dissolved to form an aqueous solution. An analogy is mixing plaster of Paris with Vaseline. It just would not start to react without the presence of water.

You could try the lipped recess type of dye that you would use on the bezel for the case back. Near the edge but enough substance of the dye on the case back not to splay when pressure is applied. If not I like the freezer idea Sent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk

Hi, I don't want to get involved in the watch side of this, except to say if you are in the Uk and that part has failed during warranty period, if the manufacturer (tag) will not play ball then discuss making a claim under 'latent defect'. You will be surprised how many corporations soon give you their full attention and you will soon get satisfaction. Look up 'latent defect claim' on google for more information. Good luck and I hope it helps Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Off to a family gathering tonight so i thought I'd power up my favourite watch the old Sportsmatic 6601-1990 manufactured May 1965 which makes it a year older than me and it works better and looks better than me too.

I'm very pleased, having got it back together and it's ticking away nicely. Thanks for your guidance Marc; once I'd put the crown wheel in the right way up it all worked a treat. Just a bit of fiddling with the stem which didn't want to go in all the way at first. Here's the ticking movement: And here's the final outcome, on a cheap ebay bracelet until I find something better: By the way my wife tells me it IS blue, but it still looks green to my weird eyes. Cheers, Kevin

I hope that the knowledge that I pass on helps those on here that are interested in clocks. By turning it into a sort of game, makes learning fun. As you can see there is devil of a lot to learn when it comes to Longcase clocks, I have only scratched the service.

Hi Kevin That's a very nice SCUBA Dude you have there. That little washer looks suspiciously like the washer that goes on the crown wheel screw arrowed If it is then it means that the crown wheel screw must be adrift somewhere in the movement which could be the cause of the stoppage. Beware when it comes to dealing with this screw though as it is a lefty even though it isn't marked as such. Have a look here for a walk through on another 2416b Amphibia (also a blue SCUBA Dude); Just ask if you have any issues when you do yours. Good luck, and enjoy.

First question: make sure the impulse jewel is in the pallet fork (between the two tines). Last question: try and remove the automatic works as a unit i.e., try not to disassemble it, you'll have a lot more work if you do.

I have two references there are other websites out there but both of these are good. the first one is the contents of the book minus the pictures. So the physical book has pictures of nearly every single watch that's referenced on the website. The second one to give a clue of a lot of the electric watches I don't think that's all of them necessarily you want to look at the gallery page. So electric or electronic watches go through multiple generations. Early ones that are just mechanical contacts usually with a diode. Then transistors integrated circuits finally evolved to quartz watches but along the way we end up with a whole variety of clever interesting and bizarre designs. http://doensen.home.xs4all.nl/index.html http://electric-watches.co.uk/