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Arrived yesterday and doubt that it will be coming off the wrist any time in the near future...

I still have my very first watch, a Scooby Doo watch about 30 years old and it hasn't worked for the last 25 or so it's just been living in various drawers for a long time. I finally plucked up the courage to try and get it going again after my recent successes, after all I couldn't make it any worse anyway! Obviously it's a very basic movement in there, no jewels and the dial has bend tabs on it so I'm pretty sure it was never intended to be serviced. There are no bridges, just one plate holding everything in place, it was pretty tricky to line everything back up. The ratchet wheel was held on by a copper coloured clip and there's a very odd keyless works in there, everything was a bit alien to me! A good clean and he runs again! Finished, very happy. As soon as it started ticking it brought back memories. I remember looking at it in bed with the torch light on a Christmas morning waiting until 5.00am because that's the earliest my brother and I could get up to open our presents!

just something to bear in mind, if something does sit properly i would look at if anything is obstructing it such as a incorrect screw which is protruding. Also with the wheel.

Thanks Jim! I appreciate it. Don

ROFL! :P

QUICK! Someone get me a bib ... drooling over yourself is embarrassing :huh:

Thats a good reading, just a tweak more & job done.

Spent some time tonight with the few tweezers I found in the drawers of the watchmakers desk. They were pretty rusted and I didn't realize they were all Dumont. Two of the 3c tweezers are in good shape but one has one of the tips slightly broken off and the 5 is a little deformed as you can see in the picture. Glad to finally have some quality tweezers.

I presume when you say by hand you mean using a Jacot tool. The rubberized abrasives I have never used & looking at the pics I would say they are too course. I use as little force & grit size as possible. This is one area where watch & clock repairers prefer different methods. Unless the pivots are really bad I prefer to use a burnisher & oil slowly, slowly on my lathe making sure I keep the burnisher absolutely square. I have finished polishing clock pivots before with Brasso but not watch pivots. If the pivot is really badly scored I use a brass slip charged with diamatine. For really bad clock pivots I start with a buff stick. There is a lot of information & ideas on this subject on the net. However a good point to remember is the following when working with pivots: Polishing removes metal , burnishing moves metal.

The Marvin arrived this morning and has been duly drooled over. I'm allowed to wear it for today - then it has to be locked away in a secret vault deep in a dark cave at the bottom of a vast mine in a faraway country. In other words, somewhere in one of the drawers in madame's bedside cabinet. Fresh pics below - and click the link for a spot of Marvin from 2011... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vnY6m8HM0E