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Showing off my latest flea-market find. A Camy Jet King 908 from around the mid 70s I think. The 'speedometer' seconds hand is typical of watches from this time. The seller wanted MYR80 (roughly USD20) but when I pointed out that it was not running (the seconds needle was as dead as a dodo) he came down to MYR70, claiming it was just serviced. I bought it anyway because the dial seemed good under the scratched up crystal and when I advanced the time the date advanced as it should. Below pics are after the crystal has been sanded and polished. The caseback has the typical Camy design.. I have another one where the central portion is the same but in gold (just like a Grand Seiko!). The crown seems to be original and has six notches instead of fine lines, similar to Omega. And inside is a FHF 67 movement. When I bought it I just stuffed it in my jeans pocket and when I got back I was pleased to see that it was ticking. Sometimes this is due to heat from your body thinning the old oils enough so that the watch can run. This usually means a service is in order. When I got home and opened it up however, I found a dial screw loose in the watch. On examination of the movement I found it was clean and running well so I just reinstalled the dial screw and tightened up the other dial screw (it was loose). Luckily the wayward screw did not get caught up in the hairspring. The movement was in pretty good shape, even the area around the crown release screw has been spared the butchering you usually see on older watches! The sellers claim that it has been serviced seems true and apart from the dial screw everything else seems in order. A quick polish of the crystal and some cleaning of the case and it's back together and on my wrist! have a good weekend guys! Anilv

I will say you are better off with the Timex Electric. Which BTW is not a model 84 nor from 1967. rather it is a model 67 and from 1963 - 1965. Here is the model 67 in a factory made exhibition back ( 2 known to exists) I have one the other is in the Timex archives up in Waterbury. Followed by the tech page and my collection of all the model 67's.

Ok here is what i did. I used a crown with a long pipe. I put it in my lathe and got rid of all but the very top edge so you can grip it with your nails an pull the button out. Ta Da:) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I suspect that it's a front loader. Every Tissot that I have worked on that referenced a key to open has been a front loader; there's always an exception though. It's quite possible that the case is made in two parts which are pressed together for the ease of manufacturing but they are not intended to be separated. You quite often see this with front loader gold plated cases that have stainless steel backs.

Have you ever made a push button on the lathe before, no matter its shape or model? I think that only by trying first you can assess yourself the feasibility of such a task for your current machining skills and equipment.

Boy do I feel stupid... while taken the pictures I saw this stamped on the back ''Open Through Crystal"! Wow what a way to start off on a new site! Duh... sorry Ladies and Gentelmen!! Embarresed in Massachusetts!! Mike

Cuervo Y Sobrinos translates as Cuervo and Nephews and as the name suggests was a family run jewellers in Havana cuba established in 1882, The watches they sold where private label watches so makers such as Longines, Vacheron and Rolex produced watches for them under the Cuervo name. The watches have become very popular among collectors and fakers, the watch you where looking at looks suspect to me the engraving on the back looks like laser etching to me its just not deep enough to be engraving by conventional means and does not look original to the watch. And the engraving of the name on the movement is again very much like laser etching its just too shallow and does not look of the quality you would expect it to be engraved. It is very tempting for fakers to buy cheap Landeron based chronographs and alter them to add value and cash in on the name I would say that most of what you see on ebay are fake and franken and best avoided.

Today Zenith introduced a completly new kind of escapement consisting of only two high tech silicium parts. http://www.zenith-watches.com/campaign/defy-lab/index.html Here are two additional links (sorry, main article in german language, but some good pics): https://www.luxify.de/weltpremiere-zenith-defy-lab/ https://player.vimeo.com/video/233528319 I didn't really make up my mind right now about that thing. On the one hand it's fantastic brain work and unbelievable performance for a mechanical watch. On the other hand...well...I don't know how to put it. With all this high tech computer-developed material and manufacturing it feels a little bit cold, without emotion and craftsmanship. What do you think?

TheWatches.TV has a video out too