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I have 3 Movado watches that I replaced the movement , The ETA 902-002 and each one of my customers come back in days or weeks later and say it is gaining, losing or not working at all yet when we have the watch it runs fine each time after the third time the watch came back to us I took all three into NYC to our Watch Maker we do business with and he had for two weeks and found nothing wrong with them. Now I have one customer coming back in our store with watch saying it ran fine for 2 weeks than in 1 night it gained 20 min. Have anyone else have this experience?

hello, I am a retired dr of dental surgery. I am finding the hobby of watch repairing quite fascinating . The skills required are very similar to my profession. I have been using many of my dental instruments and work under my 20-40 power microscope. my topic is TIMEX mechanical watches circa 1959-. I thought I was getting better dissembling and reassembling many movements like the ETA 2824 ETC. Then I started with my neighbors 1959 TIMEX self wind-I can't put it back together! I can see where the movement is not of the quality of the other movements I have played with. I guess part of my learning curve is running into these roadblocks but some of my ego got a bit injured. I was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I really enjoy this website. I also have great interest in photography-especially macro so I am blendinding watch repair into my other interests. Thanks to Mark

Can post a picture of a similar crown in a few days. Have a Seiko Pouge on the way. But you can find a lot of pictures of the similar crown and stem with gear and spring on the net. Stem need to be shorter then on the picture. But the exact length you need to find out when the parts arrive.

I would use two pair of tweezers because there is only one noch (the Novodiac has three). Do it under a zipper bag the first 20 times

Think so to. But start with the stem and get that working? Then you have at least all the parts to make it complete? As you say. Service can be done later. When you have accomplised the skills to make the service. 6119 movement isn't that much different then the 6319 .

Hi Johnnie, You say it runs when shaken? These watching cannot be hand wound (hence winding-stem is actually a misnomer), you need to shake it for about a minute to get a decent amount or mainspring power on it. Having said that, if the crown has been missing for some time it would be best to service the movement as a lot of dirt can get in thru the hole. Anilv

There are two more ways in which this could be done: 1. With thin pliers hold the stem next to the lid tab. Unscrew the crown and pull mov.t out. Or 2. Remove hands and dial to access the stem release.

Everite is a brand name used by H Samuel... you could try asking their customer service department...

That should read "Lift the cock" not cocktail [emoji2] Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

The biggest utility is being able to make spare parts for things that are incredibly hard to find, vintage Seikos come to mind. An SLA printer would be a huge asset to a clockmaker. I don't know all of the ways a watchmaker could use it, but being able to print out custom movement holders on demand, complete with pushers built in for chronographs with zero assembly required can save quite a bit of money in the long run. Have a stubborn case back? Well 3d print a nylon rig that engages all the notches on the back to open it with zero chance of scratching it. You can print custom spacer rings on demand for movements too, and also any kind of tray or dust protector you need. It's a very useful tool in many areas.

Welcome to the forum Ted. This might help you; http://primrosesupplies.com/Swiss Tech Guides/Omega tech Guides/1310.pdf

I had a similar experience with a customer who kept magnetising her watch. I found that she had a magnetic bracelet and was wearing it on the same wrist as the watch. It took a few weeks before I resolved this issue. The other issue to be aware of is how the customer wears the watch. Some wear the watch with the crown facing away from the hand some even wear it on the reverse side of the wrist. This knowledge is useful when regulating the watch i.e. getting the best setting for how they will use/wear the watch.

This morning I could pick my latest goody for my collection. A Certina Club 2000 from around 1968 in absolutely amazing unworn conditions. I don't dare to wear it! I haven't checked yet but it is supposed to have a Certina 25-661 manual winding movement and of course it is a "Pre Hayek" Certina.

I would have thought that watchmakers would have a code like "this is a difficult customer' or 'cash only' to warn future watchmakers! But these issues would only turn up when the watch has been cased up.. Anilv

I'm so sorry to hear this, and sadly it's not the first time I have rear the horror with dealing with eBay as a seller. I stopped selling on there a few years ago as I, like you lost a lot of money. Lesson learned, I only buy from there now.