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Welcome Bobby, your personal watch therapist will be assigned to you shortly as an added service to all timepiece addicts that join us during the month of June! :) Cheers, Bob

Sorry guys. I use my samsung note for forums. When I was tearing down the PW, I used my regular camera and put the teardown pictures on the computer. Here's a couple I have on my note also.

I got this at a junk shop for $25. I tore it down, replaced a broken mainspring, cleaned her up and she actually ticks fairly nice. This is a Waltham model 1892, 18s, 17j, A.T.& Co.

Here are a couple of my accutrons that I have. The first is a 1974 Spaceview that a new crystal and a battery and she hums beautifully. $5 Junk find. The next is my 1973 Accuquartz. $30 and a new battery and humming beautifully.

I love a cheap watch! Especially when it's a technological marvel! Good stuff Bobby!

Retired from that but I still fix my friends computers. One thing I love is restoring old photos in Adobe Photoshop.

For me finding the reason for a fault & fixing that fault. A real sense of achievement :woohoo-jumping-smiley-emoticon:

I've sometimes wondered just the same thing. The display backs were used mainly by salesmen for the watch companies' retail outlets, but I've no idea what percentage of regular, ordinary customers would buy them. Perhaps they were considered too fragile for everyday working use.

Hello peng99. The first are tools used for altering timing screws on a watch balance wheel. 2 & 3 look like chamfering tools, but I'm not sure about the looks of some. I wonder if some are for work in dentistry. 4, Although a little fancy I would say there purpose is the same as 1. 5, Is a screw plate with what looks like small taps. 6, Broaches these are used for opening up the worn hole and fitting a new bushing to the worn hole. 7, Don't know apart from dentistry tools. 8, Look like centre punches or scribers but they don't look thin enough for scribers. 9, The four small tools are what they say there from a KLF kit for shock absorbers all to do with the balance of a watch and its jewelling. Bergeon tool I'd like to see the other side. The last one I don't know apart from some sort of gauge. I had a lot of old dentist drills and chamfering tools and darn good they were, they would go through anything. I think you're going to get some really good suggestions on what they all are.

Welcome, Bobby. Great collection you have going. :)

First swing of the balance has to be right up there, but what about that feeling when you finally track down that elusive part after 3 hours on the Internet? S

I start to get upbeat on reassembly when checking the fork for locking/unlocking. The best part is when the balance is dropped in and starts vibrating even before the bridge gets screwed in.

Another use! The picker upper is brilliant for removing these annoying particles that stick to dials, even after using a puffer. Black dials in particular are particularly bad for showing up every dust little particle.

I see what you mean Jim. It is probably is just an aberration due to the lens and the angle the photo was taken. The watch starts easily and is holding excellent time, so I don't think anything is amiss. When I strip I get around to servicing it, I'll have a closer look.