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  1. here is a link showing how the Microstella regulation works http://www.watchwallpapers.com/ms.htm
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  2. I just looked at Mark's case back opening video and it made me think about a watch I was given by a relative who advised me it had stopped working and that they just had a battery replaced and the person doing the work had a problem putting the back on again and used a press or device like pliers but apparently worked up quite a sweat doing in. It had since been stopping and starting randomly. 5 min job I thought - battery ?. When I looked at it the little lip to get the knife under had been bent right back into the casing leaving nothing to gain purchase on. I think he had used the wrong dsort of die ie not a flat one. It is gold plated and I spent an age with various blades trying to widen the gap without marking it and eventually succeeded after much profanity then found the wrong sized battery (too thin) floating around in the cell holder and on checking the battery was live but not making contact. Mark posted the pic And I saw this on the Bay: I know George has something like this in his kit - this one is £20.00 free post from Red Rooster though there are probably other suppliers it seems like it may have been useful with that watch I mentioned. Question, has anyone got one and would they give it a thumbs up ? Cheers, Vic
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  3. Because some watch repairers think watch repair is for the chosen few and not to be meddled with by us mear mortals. Post your pics oh wait a minute will it upset people if we help naaa who gives a @#$¥.
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  4. Maybe it is a mile out of beat. Was it running ok before the service or was it a non runner.
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  5. be shure the jewels are seated properly. i have had problems with installing the same cock and balance. the jewel on the front plate (under the dial) was loose and the pallet fork was hard to line up. not as easy as the more modern pocket watch. vinn
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  6. You need to make sure you have the jewels but back in the same as you took them out.
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  7. There can be many possible reasons. First, just put back all together except the cap jewel and see if it is ok.
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  8. Thanks for reminding me I totally forgot about the horrible beeping sound that you always turn off because can't stand to listen to it. Having actual audio of the watch ticking is really nice when you're looking at garbage on the display. Often times you can hear if the hairspring for instances bumping into things that makes a interesting ringing sound. What would be really nice is to find out who actually makes the 1000/1900 timing machine and have a talk with them. A lot of the additional things we want is basically software. Then for display even the Swiss machine I would really like to have twice the number of pixels and the screen is too shiny. It's very very hard to get a picture without getting lights reflecting on the screen a reflection of me the camera something it's really hard to get a picture of.
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  9. I think it's called pride in workmanship, it is better than most of the bikes I saw in the SanDiego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park. I must send you those pics. Then again I am not really surprised. lovely job George. Vic
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  10. Hi all, Just signed up! Been following Marks Video's for awhile now. Hope to learn more
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  11. There are differences beyond the display size of why someone would pay roughly $3000 versus 225 for a 1900. But for most hobbyists you're never going to notice the difference. I have actually done side-by-side comparison with a Witschi Watch Expert II and the 1000 1900 Chinese machines. Overall for the money the Chinese machines are outstanding but if you're really going to nitpicky about it the Swiss machines have some differences. So let's look at one of the most interesting features I find with the Chinese machines which is who actually makes them? For instance Swiss Timing machine company witschi You can look them up them website they physically exist they have distributors if you had a problem somebody could help you with it. The Chinese machines it's almost impossible to track down where they actually come from. Not that that's a problem because at the price who cares. Then the internal software to run the machines seems to come in two separate types. To explain that I have a image below. So some of the Chinese machines have limited ranges versus the 1900 or 1000. Then if you look at all the different physical sizes their actual characteristics don't really change is not really much advantage of buying a bigger machine. Although as pointed out above if you get the right machine you can use a printer with it. But if you are planning a getting a machine with a printer get it at the time don't plan on adding it later as I've seen the machines without printers don't have the right software to run the printer it's a separate chip. So one of the features missing from the Chinese machine found on the Swiss is frequency mode. Suppose you're doing American pocket watch someplace swap the hairspring or it's missing a timing screw it's running hopelessly fast slow or something not even close to 18,000 beats per hour and frequency mode It will tell you exactly what frequency it's running at.. Other things External audio noise such as an electric shaver in my case. The Chinese machine was showing absolute garbage on the screen the Swiss was working fine. But if the noise is large enough the right frequencies all the timing machines while problems. At work we had problems with one of the cleaning machines so is banished to another room. Then this one I've seen before if the amplitude is too low sometimes the Chinese machine will pick up the wrong part of the waveform giving the impression of a much higher amplitude. So I'm attaching some images. For those of you who like naked electronics like I do the inside of the 1000, 1900 and watch expert II. Then two examples of what the timing machine shows timing of the same watch. Yes if you're clever you can clip both microphones on the same watch at the same time. You don't always get the exact same results because both machines are averaging at slightly different places in the waveform. So you can see the Chinese machine in this case the 1000 is doing very well on a watch that's magnetized. The peculiar sine wave is an indication of a watch that's magnetized. Then we see another example of the extremely low amplitude the Chinese machine is confused.
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  12. Shame dadistic, probably down to the old gits who run the BFI still bearing a grudge about your lot stealing their girlfriends in WW2. Hopefully it might end up on Yootoobe one day. Geo, I found the antidote to the music - go & listen to some full volume thrash metal in the bathroom, trouble is it might make your ears bleed or kill you.
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  13. Old school 80's 18k and diamond Piaget Polo....unfortunately it doesnt fit me anymore but I just can't let it go
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  14. Many Timing Machines with paper strip from that time can test tuning fork watches. I use a software based version that also can test them. You may have a look at this: PC_Timing_Machine_info_eng_V2.pdf Regards, Frank
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  15. This would work? http://www.bmumford.com/mset/modelwatch1.html
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  16. Clear lacquer is what you need. That's what is used on French Carriage clock cases if there not gilded. Use a very fine artists paint brush.
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