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I've been looking for a long time for one of these, and this popped up on the bay without much of a description, it was clearly being sold by someone who didn't know much about it, from the photos, it looked like a 7750 movement holder to me, so I took a gamble, and was pleasantly surprised when it arrived, in perfect working order, but above all, it sure is for the 7750 movement DSC07931 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr DSC07934 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr Think I may put it through my ultrasonic bath to remove the staining as its clear its been sitting unused for some time. All the pushers, pivot holders, and screws are free, so will remove those prior to that and grease them. Next movement holder I want to get it the dedicated 7753 holder, probably get that from Boley.

Just found three of those but decided to buy them for myself, my brother and my Dad. Will let you know when I see more

That'll be a chinese TY2867 then. The movement costs £25 plus postage from Cousins, and the only spare parts on sale are stems. So I guess a watchmaker is going to charge double that, plus VAT, plus 2-3 hours labour with the fiddling of adjusting hands, dial and stem to fit (ask me how I know). Parts are unlikely to be interchangeable between movements as what is ostensibly a standard movement is made by different factories to their own tolerances and minor variations. If you can do any work yourself then fine, and with the above info, the repair shop may (or may not) be more helpful, but these watches are available new on ebay for £150 - £200, so might not really be worth repairing.

Also, I hate to say it, but sometimes it's just not worth fixing. If it's a keepsake, just put it in a drawer somewhere and buy another watch. It can cost more than the watch is worth to fix it unless you can do it yourself; even that can cost quite a lot of money for parts. You can often buy an entire movement for what they want to charge for a balance wheel and hair spring. Dave

I took the stock pickups off my Epiphone Les Paul Standard II and replaced them with Gibson pickups. I am using the coils to rewind a quartz watch coil. Does that count as mixing Guitar repair with watch repair?

Anthony, OK, yes I have the "C" version of the plastic corrector wheel. I am in NJ and I think you are in NY? You may have it for FREE. I think if I tape it between two business cards and put it in a standard envelope it should be OK with just a forever stamp. If you want me to put it in a bubble envelope just go to USPS.com and send me a prepaid first class postage from 07930 to [email protected] ALTERNATIVELY you can have the whole movement for $25 plus postage. This was a brand new movement. It is missing three parts, the day wheel, the hour wheel, and the clip for the day wheel, otherwise perfect. PM or email me what you want to do.

Hang on to them. sort through them and catalogue them by movement, then you know what you've got. As a source of spare parts, jewels that can be harvested, potential projects for a rainy day, etc. you will have an invaluable resource

My pen pal , member ramrod , gifted me with a couple of vintage Bulova's recently including this 1957 Bulova Senator . The only things to detract from the looks of this little beauty is brassing of the case and a crown that has seen better days . I will keep my eyes peeled for a better crown . I put some file marks on this one so I could grasp it for winding . The dial and movement are in really great shape . I cleaned and serviced the movement which is an 11 ALAC , cleaned the case and watchband , sanded and polished the crystal , cleaned the hands up a bit and did a re-lume although I have to get a better lume kit soon . ..........Thanks , ramrod,.....as they say here in the islands , "you da best..."

Anthony. I should have day date corrector. I have b and c parts and I would just have to check to make sure it's a C part if applicable. Do you still need? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mate jump on ebay and search for "thewatchcollector" Ramon is a source of many seiko parts mostly used, he usually sells batches of old movements for very little, I grant you they are dirty and some will never run again but they are a cheap way of getting alot of parts, and he's based in US but the items come from the phillipines, but he is very trusted throughout the seiko community, myself included.

Warning, Mugshot alert.. DSC07795 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

Wow, a Rotary without a Chinese movement in. What a delight. If I'm looking right:- 6 bridges including the pallet fork? What a joy to work on. Absolutely love the watch even with replacement hands, though I would change them anyway as I prefer Batons. Sent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk

I would be more concerned about it only being tested to 3 bar, this is what you would test a fashion watch to that doesn't have a screw down crown and only has a push on case back. I would take all of these readings with a pinch of salt, it's not a true test for a water resistant watch that should be tested to 10 bar, ideally it should be tested to +10 bar pressure and -0.9 vacuum. I personally prefer the vacuum tester, it seems to find more leaks because it's effectively trying to pull the case apart unlike a pressure test which squash's the case together effectively nipping the seals tighter. Rolex supply a vacuum tester for accrrdited workshops that tests to -0.9 bar and gives a good accurate test for most things apart from the deep sea and suchlike that needs a more specialist piece of kit. This is just my opinion.