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Recently I have been restoring a Roamer watch movement which had suffered from water ingress. The centre wheel was really badly rusted and although I have a donor part I thought I would try "Horosolve Rust Remover " Well the instructions suggest 10 mins or longer for badly effected parts. BUT I dipped it in the solution & because of family commitments I completely forgot about it for two days. ANYWAY see pics the centre part of the wheel was completely dissolved gone. I don,t know the formula/chemical in this stuff but it must be very powerful indeed. AFTER !!!!!! BEFORE (not the original,this is my donor part)

Greetings from Western Australia. I am a retired master watchmaker, who loves all aspects of what we do and I hope I can be of some help on this forum. So far I have found it very interesting and now I have more "time on my hands" for browsing!

Halfway thru Friday here in Malaysia and I'm wearing my Sandoz Auto. Its powered by an ETA2836-2 and is still keeping good time despite its last service being around 10years ago. It doesn't get much wrist time though, good oils and being stored in an airtight container helps. The band is from an Omega.. about one mm smaller than it should be. close up of the dial...some spotting but nothing critical. and here's the Case back...typical Enicar with the shark frolicking under Saturn. It needs a special tool to open but a generic opener can be used but it needs to be tight on the flats (in in this case .. valleys!). Probably be wearing this throughout the weekend unless I decide to go climb Everest or dive the Mariana Trench! Anilv

If bothered by battery changes, buy a solar watch.

Thanks @anilv, I haven't run across one of these yet, and having someone pointing out the tricky bits will be helpful when I do.

In 1971 Timex introduced the first battery operated Mickey Mouse watches. They were available in both gold toned and chromed cases. Here we have a gold toned case example I just bought as a BIN off eBay for $8.00. Based on the sellers pictures it was quite easy to see it was messed with at some point ( no hands or crystal). But, I figured for 8 bucks it worth a shot. So lets see what we have and what can be done. At this point it look promising since the balance and hairspring are intact. So I continue with the breakdown and do find one dial tab is snapped off. Not much of an issue.

Yes, the hands I used were salvaged from another Mickey that had a damaged dial and movement due to a battery leak.

I began the remaining tasks for the restore this morning. First was to clean out the movement and reapply lubrication afterwards. I decided to give denatured alcohol a try. Time will will tell if it was a good option. All cleaned and lubed, ready to put it all back together. Note the wear to the case, this is very common with Timex. I knew I had spare hands for this one which is one reason I bought it. I also noticed it was missing the dial ring. that is one item I have plenty of thanks to F.S. ( More about Fred in future posts). Fitted with a new crystal and ready for a daily wearing. I did have to adjust the sweep some as it was just touching the crystal. With a light bend down it looks to have taken care of that.

I purchased a large box of "junk" from the widow of a watch repairman who died several years ago. Among the things in the box, I found the tool pictured below. Can anyone tell me what it is and what it is used from? I apologize for not including something for size comparison in the pictures. To give you an idea of size, the box that this instrument is in measures about 4" X 3".

To conclude this walk through, here are the latest pictures of the Watch-o-Scope. I would have liked to see a bit higher Amplitude and perhaps / hopefully it will climb a bit further in time? A slight "wave-pattern", which is already visible on the graphs before the service. Again, not much to do about .... As for the case "Sunburst-lapping" and setting of the tachometer glass, I most likely need to source some professional help....... (under investigation) ...... Once all is build in, case done & glass set, perhaps a little more fine tuning of the Daily-rate; Dial Up; Dial Down; Crown Up; Crown Down; Doesn't seem too bad for a 42 years old movement ...... I'm happy with it ..... That's all folks ! Roland.

I think the issue is, as mentioned above, that these are build around electronic modules which can't be repaired or obtained. Not anything like liability, because in the end these are consumer products just like anything other watch, there is no law or regulation repairer responsability, at least in my country. Or do you think that Suunto would step in an pay anything more than a replacement, for any possible negative event involving their products

Fantastic stuff, not a bit of rust to be seen!

Depends on the watch and how much you "interact" with it. Sent from my Honor 5c

Looks like a watch bow tool. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pocket-Watch-German-Bow-Cutting-Tool-Engine-0-18-size/172654053481

Being a tool watch, the impact if it fails in use has to be considered. If this is not your watch then you may face liability issues. A factory repair will be tested and guaranteed (and they have insurance). Anils

I think you should sell it to me, happy to give you $100 US for it.

This is the type of winder I had. This sort will take out small clock springs up to the big fusee springs. The first picture. http://www.j-m-w.co.uk/tools8.html

I've attached some documents that will help you with your watch including the test points. 1342_complet_2302.pdf 1342_complet_4216.pdf Omega 1342 test.PDF