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Put down your hammers and back away....Just kidding . Some members have stated thar's how they service Timex Watches . I picked up this Timex Electronic , back-set , front loader at the swap meet for $8 . It wasn't running and had an AG10 battery still installed , but with no visible damage to the movement . This one has the M87 movement with the date . This is a late 60's model called " The Blue Nebula " with a West German movement that was produced by the Laco watch company that Timex acquired when they bought Durowe-Laco at the end of 1958 to get into the electronic watch arena ..... http://electric-watches.co.uk/makers/laco/ I got home from the swap meet , opened the watch up and installed a new battery . The watch would only tun for a minute or less . I did some reading on this movement and started to disassemble it for a service . If you have ever tried to service a Timex you know why the hammers are used . I got as far as taking off the magnet and then the balance and then a voice from above said , " don't do it . Don't go any further "...so I didn't . What I did do was to clean and tighten any electrical contacts that I could reach , and put a light oil on any jewels and bushing in reach and assembled the watch again . At that point it would tun for an hour or two , and stop . I would shake it and get another couple of hour worth of run time . I left the watch under a light bulb for a while and it ran for approx. 24 hours . Back to the light bulb treatment that I may patent and the watch has been running for 5 days now and actually keeping very accurate time .....Honest . I had a watchband in my stash but have had to file some areas where the lug area of the watch was binding . I still have to smooth and buff those areas so it has a better finish .

Just got this today and it wears quite nicely. Love the lines and it's very comfortable. I did manage to get a Diastar going for a friend and thought I'd see what was out there and I was impressed, good quality and clean design. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

How many times have I been asked that question ? In all honesty , I don't know . From Rolex to Timex , I like them all . I guess it's kinda like being a parent ,...you don't have a favorite child . I wake up every day and try to figure out what it's going to be . I usually will wear about 4 watches a day so I can check to see if they are operating properly , or if they may need maintenance . If it's a work day the answer is easy . I only have about 20 [nice] beaters to chose from . For casual every day wear , there are a few I might wear more than others . I guess I have acquired an attachment to some of the watches I have repaired that gave me more of a challenge ,...some more than others . So I will share those for starters..... First off is a Seiko 6139 chronograph I bought in parts and pieces . I paid $58 for it if memory serves me correctly . I had to figure how to put the puzzle together , then how to get it to run , and finally , how to make adjustments and tweak it so it worked as it was intended to run . Next is a Bulova Accutron Deep Sea diver with a tuning fork movement . I bought it at the swap meet for $140 not running . When I got it home and checked out the movement it was rusty and the parts were stuck together starting at the crown , stem , and gear for the rotating inner bezel . The movement was ruined and I had to gather a few movements to make one good operating movement . With the cost of buying the watch and parts I ended up spending around $200 . This was my first experience with Tuning Fork watches . The rest of the watches had their own little roadblocks to get around , which the greatest obstacle was finding sometimes obsolete parts . The Citizen Americas Cup watch is a good example of that . I now have 4 of them with 2 working . The other 3 watches in this group shot is a retro Seiko automatic , A vintage Croton Buccaneer that for some reason , even though it has a smaller watch case , I like it . And last in this group is a Germinal Voltaire , which with it's offset pinion , ended up being a small challenge figuring out how to dismantle it . I broke some parts on this watch and a donor and had to ask for help on this forum . Then tracking down the parts was fun . Now that I know where to get the parts I am working on my 2nd Germinal Voltaire as I write this . So Now , let me ask You ,...What is your favorite watch ?

I found this at an antique store a couple of days ago and picked it up for $40. Pretty sure I did alright. She seems to keep excellent time. Can anyone tell me more about this timepiece? Date? Movement? Etc.? Sent from my SM-J327T using Tapatalk

About 6 inches . My theory was just to free up any old lube . It's still running BTW.

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Its a Zodiac Glourious introduced around the mid 1950's, the movement is a AS 1361 as already stated these where rebadged as a Zodiac calibre 1363, the movement is the correct type for the watch but the Zodiac movements had the name and calibre number on the rotor it could be the original but somewhere along the line has had a replacement rotor fitted.

I couldn't agree more. The vast majority of the watches that I rescue, service, ressurect or whatever are "less expensive" watches picked up at boot sales or from eBay. Things like Sekondas and Caravells which were aimed fair and square at the budget end of the market. It always amuses me when I find a greater number of service marks and codes in these watches than I do in the more expensive examples that come my way.

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Congratulations on getting married. If you go to wind the watch and the hands wiz round, it could be the pallets check the pallet stones a stone could be out of line, lose or even broken, missing or pivots could be broken, check the jewels for the pivots.

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I don't have a watch.

I have several favourites, for different reasons. My most treasured pocket watch is my Hamilton 992B. My most treasured wristwatch movement is my Hamilton Intra-matic.

1. Watch was working before you starting messing with it right? 2. When you started to regulate it, I believe you would have moved the pointer either to the (+) or (-). 3. It is possible that while doing this, the stud holder may have moved a bit when you moved rate adjuster. This will affect the beat or the 'tick' will not balance the 'tock'. These two parts revolve around a common axis and it happens. 4. Unless that you are really sure that you have not damaged the balance or hairspring, I believe your balance is out of beat. ways to damage your balance wheel.. -Inadvertantly applying pressure on the rim of the balance while manhandling the complete movement while its out of the case. -Pressing on the balance cock too hard thereby damaging the pivots. -Physical contact with the hairspring.. such as poking a screwdriver thru the hairspring? -removing the balance wheel and getting the hairspring caught in the regulating pins. Like Roberto said, get a second opinion. Anil

Have you got a puffer to blow air through the movement? If any debris has lodged in the mechanism through the case back being off a few times, then a few puffs of air might dislodge it. Don't blow into the mechanism yourself - breath contains water - just a puffer. If that doesn't work, it might well just be dirty and need a clean. I'm assuming that you took care opening the case back and didn't knock anything out of kilter? Not being rude - one has to ask these things!