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Alright, here's the update: It appears as though the VC11 is a direct interchange for the V401. Both the stem & hands fit as they should, the holes for the dial feet are in the proper places, and the watch is working perfectly. Not sure what the deal is with the misinformation from Boley and ST Supply. Thanks rogart, and I hope this helps anyone with the same confusion in the future.

Dear svorkoetter, These days with my failing eyes and ears I have given up working on watches and confine myself to pocket watches and clocks. I find that I can deal with the larger components easier than watches now. One thing that has always been very time consuming is the regulation and having come across your site a few weeks ago I sat down and constructed your pre amplifier and microphone. I used RCA jacks instead of the 3.5mm audio jacks as good quality RCA cables are plentiful in my house. I get a very clean signal and all I can say is Wow. The accuracy with which I can regulate a railway grade pocket watch is just phenominal. A Railway pocket is supposed to be good for 5 seconds a day and I have now been able to set one at under 2 seconds per day using your program. I do not post on forums and I have specifically joined this one in order to thank you sincerely for an amazing job that you have done. Not just producing the program but for making it available to anyone who wishes to use it. My tool of choice prior to the advent of Watchoscope was a stethoscope. I would count the ticks over a 15 second period, multiply by 2 and by 4 and then by 60 to get BPH I would then compare that with what the BPH should be, get it as close as I could by ear and then do the fine adjustments over the following 2 or 3 days. Now I can regulate a clock to perfection in under a half hour. Truly amazing so thank you again. I particularly find the Raw field incredibly useful, by observing the variation in the timekeeping ability of the watch, I have been able to diagnose several different problems with multiple watches so I know before I even strip them precisely what to look for. Again, truly amazing. Because I have grown up using BPH as a yarstick for regulation, If I hace a wish list for your program ,it would be to have a field showing real time BPH on the scope page. If you ever make this addition, please post it on this sie so that I can download the upgrade to the program. I see from your profile picture that you are into flying, light aircraft, Even at my old age, I still fly my Titan Tornado at least 4 times a month, It keeps me young. Thanks again. Best regards Parrick

very nice. large and pilot. my two favorite things in a watch.

Here the weather is terrible, too wet. Raining and overall crappy. So I got a little thing in my wrist -- 44 mm -- to brighten the day...by yours truly! :) Cheers, Bob

The Omega is now at my watchmaker, being restored. In the end it will probably cost as much as just buying one in excellent condition, but where's the fun in that? In the meantime I am learning to use tools and disassembling old pocket watch movements. I have learned, to my sorrow, that there is something called a 'cannon pinion' which doesn't just fall apart all by itself. steven

I've seen the first item for sale before (think I might even have one somewhere :D ) listed as balance screw & timing washer holder. I imagine the idea is when working on the balance to keep the washers with the screws they were on, and in the right order. Then it can be twisted closed to keep them safe - that's what I'm going for anyway. Stephen

Updated snap with the cousins lamp Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

A few weeks ago I purchased off the Bay a non working/for spares Bulova with 6CL movement. However I encountered a couple of gremlins with this watch and thought I would share. On the strip down the first gremlin I noticed that a previous repairer had screwed the train bridge without aligning one of the wheels & left this nice divot. Luckily no damage to the wheel pivot. The second gremlin was the mainspring had some kinks in it However when I measured for a replacement I found that the wrong size spring had been fitted. The height should be 1.40 with a strength of .08 but the spring fitted was 1.25H & strength of .06. This movement was dirty but is quite a simple in design so I have added not to many pics of the assembly. Also apologies re- the pic quality but they were taken with my mobile. Gear train Gear train with bridge fitted it was a bit fiddly to fit Barrel bridge & assembly fitted Keyless side assembled Dial up reading on the Timographer Watch finish just needs a nice strap to make it look really nice Job Done