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I've not bought a watch for quite a while, partly because I've been doing some serious photography - with some serious equipment - and also because I had a yen to buy something of more serious quality and with a different feel to my usual vintage stuff. So I plumped for a new Christopher Ward C1000 Typhoon chronograph, which arrived this morning. Ceramic casing on a titanium body, modified ETA 7750 chronograph movement. Pics below - there's a hair on the bottom of the case back which looks like a scratch - 'taint - it's a hair! It takes a diamond to make a scratch on the ceramic case.

Hi, Well I'm back today with another update and a few more pictures. I got the automatic driving wheel in this week so I was able to get that part installed today. I am posting pictures of what I saw when I cleaned the automatic system. Today I put the watch back together and checked it on the timing machine, There is a beat error but I'm thinking that is because I didn't get the hairspring perfectly straightened when I worked on that. I'm thinking there is still a slight upward bend that is basically pulling the roller jewel a bit forward. I should be able to adjust that. Even with the beat error the watch is only 6 seconds a day slow so I am feeling pretty good about the project. I still have to adjust the new stem length a bit and of course adjust for the beat error, hopefully without having to touch the hairspring itself again.

Very nice Will, very nice indeed.

If you wanted to change the Lume on the chrono hand how about orange then it would sort of be like the original brought into the 21st century

Seems to be called a cattin 64 movement. I've got it back together but still no luck on making it actually work. Im enjoying learning and playing about with this though, may actually invest in some tools that didn't come out of a Christmas cracker to make this a bit easier on myself. Watchdog I like the idea of replacing the movement too, if only to keep the girlfriend happy while I play with this one, however I can't find one on eBay and have no idea where else to look. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

When I was (more of) a beginner (than I am now) in watch repair, I would use my cell phone camera to take a picture of the watch every time I removed a part. I would keep the removed parts in order in a multi-segmented box. I recommend that.

Cheers Geo. I'm not sure if this is the best thread to introduce myself, but I'm an ex telecommunications tech, with a degree in zoology, who drives buses for a living :) Yes, I've had a varied life. Oh, and my username was a typo :) My main interest at the moment is Russian watches, Vostoks, Pobedas, etc, but I'm getting a kick out of identifying fake Rolexes on that auction website too. Just to keep this post on topic, someone mentioned finding a part in their underwear. My wife's uncle lost his car keys a few months ago. Guess where he found them. I kid you not.

Welcome Rodralph enjoy the forum.