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One of the great things about collecting and repairing is that feeling of taking a bunch of parts and making a working watch again. This restore begins with a scrap pile of cases from a former Timex repair center. I chose a late 1960's Marlin case that is missing the stem tube. So to the parts stash and one issue resolved. Off it than goes to get a bath in cleaning solution , polished, new crystal added along with correct case back. Next I service a used #24 movement also from the same lot the cases came with and the assembly begins. Since the hands are chromed, I just use an old eraser pencil to bring back their shine. The sweep comes from NOS stock. Grease the stem tube, set lever, insert a NOS stem\crown, snap on the case back and there ya go. Will give this one a wear to test its time keeping.

I had to make a balance staff for a 16S Hampden PW. Cutting the balance was the first step. The next step was to stake on the roller table, that also holds the balance. I then had to mount the balance on the roller table. Because I had to cut the material off to take it off, the only option was to glue the balance arms to the table. I used some krazy glue and on the arms, Aligned the balance and then staked it on. All good except one issue. I forgot to ensure the impulse jewel was at 90 deg to the balance arms. It is under one of the arms which means if I need to re-shelac it in: very difficult. So next step will be to true the balance and then work the pivots down to the right size. The last step will be to stake on the safety roller and then adjust and Mount the hair spring. Will report if it works and if it does not work and I need to start again. All good....learning to step back and look at the big picture as well:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

old hippy is right, but for clarification high dome acrylics = crystal lift, low domes = press, but the method is different from pressing a mineral/sapphire/tension ring, with a low dome acrylic you basically have to use the dies to make the crystal curl in on itself slightly, then slip the case/bezel into position and then release the pressure so that it locks in place to the bezel/case. It's probably been properly demonstrated or explained somewhere around the forum before, but i could just imagine someone trying to puzzle that out from scratch.

That's a quartz clock, isn't? So start replacing batteries.

A wall clock stops working after a few hours. Pls help!!! Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk