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Just picked this up Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G925A using Tapatalk

Picked this up recently for a snip from an excellent fleabayer in Japan: A fairly clean item from August 1968 with a good dial. Being a bit of a fan of Sportsmatics, I haven't come across this particular model before & wrongly thought at first that it had a cyclops crystal retro fitted. Further research showed this to be the original configuration, however the crystal was in fairly poor nick & appeared to have been polished a few times in the past. After some more detective work the part number was obtained & amazingly Cousins had one in stock: So far so good, although the rotor sounds a little rough (not uncommon on these). Lets see whats inside: Bit grubby with a scraping rotor, but the bearings seem OK, so the rotor gets bent upwards slightly - don't frown, it's what Seiko recommends! Out of the case, dial & hands off, strip down the dial side. Note the broken setting lever spring, I have a donor movement from a previous project and will replace this: Turn over & rotor off: Remove the winding gear: Strip down the above, a bit of wear on the magic lever but appears to work fine, clean lube & reassemble: Onto the main stripdown: All in bits & cleaned: Lower Diashock dismantled, cleaned then reassembled: Then it all goes back together: On to the dial side, setting lever spring replaced: Into the case, reattach winding gear, rotor & caseback on: The original crystal was used before the previous step to protect the hands, this is now removed the dial is given a final clean before putting the new crystal in place, which pushes on under finger pressure. The crystal is held firm by the bezel, which is a problem to fit as all of my dies are shallow & bevelled, unable to push the bezel down, so 2 pieces of 40mm waste water pipe are cut to suitable length, one piece is then fitted onto a stepped flat die, the other has a section removed and placed inside the first: Works a treat. Finally, with a new tan alligator strap fitted: It looks like the crown has been replaced with the wrong one in the dim & distant. Hopefully this will be rectified in due course.

well I spent the first 721 day collecting the Elgin Parisienne line ( a guy collecting ladies models, weird I know) and now I'm in the process of getting them "presentable", which means getting them all dolled up again looking fresh and crisp. These are the ones I've done so far after numerous different failures trying different methods, so far I'm happy with the finished products The two middle ones are not Parisiennes, just needed some TLC on the enamel front. you normally seem them naked, like this one, which is the above on the left.

Hello! Could anyone help me with some more detailed information (service sheet, manual, etc) for a russian chronograph Molnija 81322? It was (and still is, from my knowledge) used in MIG 21 airplanes. Two links that I've found: http://www.abbeyclock.com/photos/mig.html http://www.cockpitclock.com/MOLNIA%2081322.html Thank you, Bogdan

look at this one by Mark

Here are the photos I took during the disassembling procedure: First going out ( after releasing mainspting load) was the balance wheel d pallet fork: the fly-back lever spring: the fly-back lever: (attention, it's a left-hand screw) operating lever: winding stem and pushers: after this, the movement can be removed (from the glass side) from the case: after the hands removed: now beginning the disassembling of the chronograph parts beginning with the coupling clutch: and driving wheel: then the hammer cam jumper and hammer: (the hammer cam jumper is already out in the next photo) the chronograph bridge and chronograph runner: the minute-recording runner: the sliding gear and minute-recording jumper: the coupling clutch spring, sliding gear spring and friction spring of chronograph runner: ... and so the chronograph parts are all disassembled. (to be continued...)

Hope it helps! http://www.measurement.ru/gk/vremya/03/07.htm

Today I'm wearing a 50s-vintage Shturmanskie. When I received it a few weeks ago, the minute had was spinning freely on its mounting, so apparently it had a hard time during shipping from Ukraine. So some TLC on the workbench got the hands sort out, and it's now running nicely. The movement, by Pobeda, is rather nice-looking. Cheers, Gryf

I need to buy a metal detector and hit the beaches around Melbourne. I'm sure a diver's watch will surface somewhere.

I would love to design a workman's full-front apron (like a barbecue apron) that is magnetic. The reason being that if you are working on a watch and something flies off (as often happens when I change a lug pin...damned annoying!) it will stick to the apron and not go into the guts of the carpet under your workbench never to be seen again.

Refurbished a 6139B last year and used Moebius 8217 on the barrel wall and HP1300 (wipe) on the spring. It seems to be working fine.

pie pans make for an awesome looking dial.

That's gorgeous!

This is a new one in my collection, been hunting for this model for years. Reference 168.0065. It's the last omega pie pan constellation, made in the 1970's, and to add to it's rarity was only ever sold in Japan.

Thanks for the kind comments all. Jdm - timegrapher reading as requested: Taken dial down, there is a little variance on other positions & I will give it another look in a week or so once its bedded in. The original readings before service were: Rate +/-13 seconds, Amp 194, BE 1.2

What grade is your LIP electronic ? R-148 ? very impressive, I'm yet to add one to my collection. everyone forgets LIP & Elgin were first to show off an electronic wristwatch in 1952 in Paris & Chicago on the same day, March 19th.

Oh, I'll try again.

I usually wipe the mainspring with D5, and lubricate the barrel wall 8213 braking grease. The braking grease is required to give the correct slip/grip between the spring and the barrel wall in an automatic. Have a read of this thread JD, it should help you. http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/2268-moebius-8200-for-automatic-mainspring-barrel/?hl=%2Bbraking+%2Bgrease#entry22801

I just press the Crystal out with the press. That way I avoid 1000 pieces of glass on the floor Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i didn't know that LIP made an electronic. that is beautiful - as is the pocket watch. i've seen a few LIPs on ebay, but never made a move for one. are they an in house movement?

Is this becoming an obsession, pocket watch movements in need of a home.

i have a room jammed full of parts i will never use. happy to pass them on to someone who will make use of them. especially for a family heirloom. luckily they are stored in some semblance of order, albeit a method that baffles and annoys my more than patient wife. Todd

Ro63rto, feel free to post it ;) Here a nice pic of the finished, working watch:

]I dunno , but those sure look nice . I've been , if not obsessed , then in a Mad Men watch phase . I have recently acquired a few Waltham's , Organa , Hamilton , and others . This Waltham came out real nice after I serviced it , cleaned the case , sanded and polished the crystal , and installed a nice vintage expansion band I had in my stash . The Organa is also nice after a service and case cleaning .

I've fixed pianos by dismantling them and reassembling again. No idea what I did. Probably something was loose or lodged somewhere and it just fell out without my noticing it. I once found a thumb tack in the only place it could possibly be to totally jam the action and it got there by accident. I couldn't sleep last night so I dismantled a watch. I was too tired to reassemble it again... What I think is really cool is that I actually know where all those little gizmos go now. It's fascinating and there's a lot to learn.