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My son asked me to do a watch for him and his best friend to celebrate their exam results which are out in a week or two, so I let him loose on my 'to do' watches and he picked this one for his friend which is a Seiko 7S36 from November 2003. I was quite relieved that it wasn't a junker....but looks can be deceiving. I knew it was a non runner but there were a host of other hidden issues... Watch before: Gotta love that arm cheese When I came to remove the movement from the case it was very stuck... then I realised why... the dial feet were snapped off and the dial was glued in place with some kind of double sided tape which was sticking out and sticking the movement inside the case: Next I noticed that the crown wheel screw was sheared off, probably by someone not knowing it was a left handed thread... after a good clean I set about installing new dial feet: I then polished up the case restoring the correct finish, and here it is all back together and doing well on the timegrapher (no before numbers as this was a non-runner) - the amplitude isn't bad, and I expect it to improve in the next 24-36 hours... fingers crossed New crystal (broke 3 getting this one in - need to work on my technique) and new strap and here is the finished watch: And yes ... I contemplated keeping this for myself instead of handing it over to my son to give to his friend!

1973 Bulova Oceanographer 'T'

unfortunately technical literature is often extremely difficult to find. For this watch I looked in the usual sources and I can find nothing. this is where you make use of other watches that are similar including other brands or anything you can find because that's all you're going to get. I'm sorry that somehow I've offended you and you feel I talk trash let's solve the problem forever. If you roll your mouse over somebody's name I suggest you do this for me a image will pop up just like this you'll notice I circled something if you click that you go to another page it looks like this the analysis of this discussion is my method of communication conflicts with yours. As I didn't recognize this and I still don't recognize exactly what I've done the easiest solution to this is to avoid these unpleasant situations forever. then yes message boards have these features for these type of situations it solves a problem permanently

Unfortunately, technical documents for the various Orient movements are difficult to find. Likely, your only approach will be to study other technical documents of Orient movements (like when I serviced the 46E40 calibre) and then use your general experience and knowledge of oiling. If unsure of a particular part or section, take some macro pictures and I'm sure some experienced and generous pros like @JohnR725 will be happy to share their expertise. A certain amount of humility is a good way to get professionals to share their knowledge.

Hoping to sell this to a friend today. It's a rather nice Citizen Automatic. I was considering keeping this one, but I am between paychecks and extra money would be good right now. A friend called, asking if I had any vintage mens automatics. And this was the one I had so I will be showing it off. Fresh from a COA, and all polished up and sporting a new crystal. Lume is still bright, day & date move forward perfectly, and the rotor weight just glides. I have the calibre written down somewhere but, whichever it was, this is a fine movement. I'm only going to ask him for $30. Wish me luck. Update: alas, it was not his style. He prefers Swiss. Off to Ebay it goes.

I did give that a try, but for my miniature hands, it was just a tad too large to wield accurately

I was asking my material house once for something Seiko related and give it to any of the upper end lines basically know she cannot get them and don't even think about asking about the grand Seiko. I believe grand Seiko has a website and even the normal Seiko site in this country where there do the repairs you get pricing for all your watches if you look at the pricing it says anything grand Seiko goes to Japan. So my guess is if you need case parts or anything else for grand Seiko you're going to have to go to the grand Seiko website and ask nicely because that's going to be the only way.

(Looks around left, right) Yep, true enough, we are all hippies here in San Francisco. I guess I was so into yelling "Give me an F!" with Country Joe that I failed to notice Carlos, every time I listened to the LP. Or maybe his Captain Tripp candy made him invisible to some people, I know it's happened to me before Anyway @Razz, there's one @oldhippy here (I told him that is an oxymoron) who told us to stop talking about music here. I will start a music thread some day in the Anything Goes section but so far cannot figure out the right question to start with. When I do, I will come lay some fairy dust on you. If you start it first, I will be much obliged .

I just use a spring bar tool as it already has a V shaped notch on one end. Every time I order a watch strap, bracelet or spring bars from AliExpress, the seller would include a free spring bar tool. I have a box of them already.

Yes but think about the newels you could turn out for that amazing four poster bed you've been promising the missus, that will take her mind off the other

good and bad of your question? The reason I'm saying that is I looked at this and I thought what the heck is this no pictures but because you didn't give me a picture I did a search for the exact part I quoted up above and it's always amazing what you can find online by doing a search like for instance this. I assume you'll find what you seek their.

You will find at some point you will need to adapt tools when it comes to some repairs, it happens to us all. Part of the fun in having a lathe is being able to make tools for your work.

Try: https://www.topwatchparts.com/products/watch-case-screw-set-for-audemars-piguet-ap-royal-oak-offshore-42mm-chronograph-watch-bezel-case-back-screw-26470-25940 or https://www.amazon.com/bezels-Audemars-Piguet-Offshore-Insert/dp/B07Z62N3FQ or: https://watch2parts.com/products/inner-hexagon-watch-screws-for-audemars-piguet-ap-royal-oak-offshore-schumacher-watch-bezel-case-back-screws

EBEL 18k Gold Modul-O-Quartz Beta21 movement 1970

Hello and welcome.

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum. We all look forward to your contributions and continued involvement. You might find this helpful. 704789946_TZIllustratedGlossary(2).pdf

Hi Richard, Thank you, I'll take some photos and share. I'd say the only thing that's noteworthy is the Omega, but also I have a couple of project seikos too which I hope to repair by replacing the movements. :) Hi Old hippy, it's good to meet you! I've been interested in watches for a while. I don't have a lot of experience in proper watch repair but hoping to learn more and I have a couple of old seikos I'd like to replace the movements in. The most I've done is replace a movement and circuit board in a tag heuer professional for a friend. Hello Nucejoe. Hi Ross Jackson, it's good to meet you. Although the Omega does require service, it's probably something I won't be sorting out any time soon and it's not really a watch I would wear regularly. I do have some minor watch repair experience, but this has been as a "parts fitter" rather than any genuine repair. This has included replacing an ETA 955.112 on a tag heuer, then replacing its circuit board on the new movement was faulty. I've done some minor work to the omega which included replacing the crystal as it was cracked, replacing the crown for an official omega one as it had a non-oem one fitted, replacing the strap for one in the correct style (not a genuine omega one), and fitting a genuine omega gold plated buckle (there was also a solid gold version but went for the gold plated one as I was a student at the time). I know it's a 610 just from opening it as I wanted to find out more about it. I think realistically I wouldn't be confident in attempting any service to this watch due to its sentimental value. I do have a few project seikos I would like to repair. These were given to me recently in a huge box of old seikos as my friend asked if I can fit a movement to one of the 7002-700As then I could keep the rest. Most were not of any interest to me (many were gold plated style quartz seikos which I wouldn't use and didn't love so couldn't see me spending the time to replace movements/repair etc). The box was overwhelming to say the least so I've kept a hold of: 3x Seiko 7002-700As (I'd say there's potential to make 2 functioning ones, and the 3rd one is really just a case, bezel and faulty movement. There's only 2 dials/hand sets. 1x Seiko quartz diver style watch (need to double-check the model). I'll be able to get some photographs of the omega and others so will put them up shortly.