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After I watched a couple of Mark Lovicks videos on making a watch with parts sourced on eBay I figured I'd give it a try. I made two. This is my favorite. It's a divers watch with an eta 2824-2 movement. I'm quite proud of it. I picked up an H link shark mesh bracelet. I'm calling it the deep blue desk diver. Lol

Recently picked up some new (old) tools, including a nice Bergeon/Favourite crystal press, Bergeon demagnetizer, Steiner Jacot tool and a seitz jewel gauge I've been looking for for ages. Sharing my excitement!

Speaking of crystals. The blue Adrem EB88XX based watch with the wierd steel strap finally got its (NOS) crystal. Here is the result. Today's WOT.

Not enough O's in OOOOOOOOH ,to describe your find.

Very nice haul, I really want a pivot gauge like you just got.

That's some nice stuff! The Steiner is the best jacot tool out there, and it looks in terrific shape.

Super nice!!! Congratulations!! [emoji322] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciated Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Finally, the parts have just about dribbled in. I'm awaiting only the replacement dial and it's on US soil, inbound to me from the port of Los Angeles. It might reach me by Friday. So far, the case has been stripped, cleaned and polished. I've replaced the stock bezel with an aftermarket coin edge stainless steel model. After installing a new bezel gasket and a green insert, it snapped into place easily with a press. Next, I replaced the original flat mineral glass with a double domed, blue AR coated sapphire version. I have the replacement movement (Seiko 7S36, 23J) ready to go with the exception of installing the hands. They finally arrived from Australia after being in transit 39 days. I'll show them after the new dial is fitted.

Calibrated eyeball...

Seiko ProspeX SRPC39J1 Ordered this over the weekend & what a deal !! 258 buck$ + free shipping & no tax !! (Actual baby turtle not included.)

My latest: It's a Geckota K-01 Pilot featuring a fully polished 44mm case, screw down crown and embossed back cover. The movement is a Seiko NH35 with hacking and stem winding but no date. The sterile dial with large numerals and seconds can be read easily. Amazing lume! The back shot is from the mfg's web site as I didn't want to disconnect the bracelet for a proper pic. Oddly enough, I've had my eye on this one for quite some time. The mfg'r just put these on sale last week. I was browsing another watch forum when this one was posted for sale at half the current discounted new price. The seller felt it was too large for his wrist so I snapped it up. As only 100 of each of this model in brown or blue dials were made, it isn't going to be common. The watch is also offered with ETA movements with other options. Additionally, the packaging was over the top. The box is wood, highly finished and leather lined. Oy!

Well spotted.

There is a golden rule of electronic fault finding. "Thou shalt always check test thy voltages". Check that the new battery works with a multimeter, then check the battery contacts to see if they are clean and corrosion free, then check the movement to see where the battery contacts route to on the circuit board, and using the multimeter again, check to see if the voltage actually appears on the circuit board. Often movements will have test pads (little exposed, often round pads) specifically for checking the voltage, (and sometimes other things, like the oscillator). Start with this, since if you have no power, then no amount of "fiddling with the gearbox" is going to get things moving. If the battery is good, and the oscillator "oscills" then move on to the mechanical side.

Working again . Crystal is not aligned? But that is not anything i will do anything about. And i am not going to work on this kind of watches again. Pain in the .... The movement had a special locking screw that i couldn't transfer from the old to the new. But i works good when i crank down the case back. I will loctite the pushers when i see that the watch works okay.