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I found it took me over an hour to put this back together, must be old age poor eyesight and having the shacks. It’s a 250 piece jigsaw

Just a quick one, I'm sure many of you are wise to this or something like it, but when it comes up in conversation I normally see people advising the use of emery paper/brasso and such. That was my method for a long time, however, I just discovered for myself that acrylic crystals can be polished effectively/quickly/cheaply by polishing motor/dremel. I saw the pricey bergeon compound for this and started reading the descriptions of other compounds, sure enough, trusty dialux has a compound, white, that is described for use on plastics, I thought "no... that would be too easy, surely" but i ordered it anyway and experimented, and sure enough it does a great job, my preference is loose cotton, on a fast setting, but chamois on a moderate speed was effective (if prone to leaving a ripple in the surface if not kept moving) and I suspect felt would also be effective but maybe overkill. That's it, one polish, one stage and you're good to go, works scratches out and leaves perfectly clear.

I was wandering around ebay (you never know what you can find) and I spotted a few pocket watches. While I fully admit not being anywhere remotely close to having any expertise in pocket watches, I thought some of the pocket watch experts here would get a chuckle. I found this one, apparently an Omega: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-WWI-Imperial-Russian-officers-award-Omega-pocket-watch-NO-RESERVE-RARE/302504949895?hash=item466eb33887:g:Mg0AAOSwEOpZ9OwF This one a Lange & Sohne: https://www.ebay.com/itm/German-General-award-A-LANGE-SOHNE-A1-GRADE-CHRONOMETER-silver-enamel-watch/322111062708?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D48736%26meid%3Dc2edbb2340cf4c76b8ce5137abeca126%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D322736087928&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982 A "one of a kind" Patek, only 99,000 US https://www.ebay.com/itm/WOW-The-earliest-known-Patek-Philippe-Perpetual-Calendar-Moon-Phase-watch-c1866-/302506227233 a "ONE OF A KIND WWI Imperial Russian Submarine Captain's Chronograph award watch" https://www.ebay.com/itm/ONE-OF-A-KIND-WWI-Imperial-Russian-Submarine-Captains-Chronograph-award-watch-/322836262374 But my personal favorite is this one: The ad states : Important Historical WWI German Officer's Iron Cross award silvered pocket watch the seller wants ...harumpf... 5,775 US dollars for it. There's a just a teeny tiny problem with the description and watch... just a little one....well maybe more than one, but this one is a problem. The picture on the watch is quite famous, it appears in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge#/media/File:German_soldier_Ardennes_1944.jpeg it's from the Ardennes Offensive aka the Battle of the Bulge which occurred in .... 1944 well after World War 1

Fools and their money are easily parted, the Bulgaria seller has been at it for years he takes some very high end watches and ruins them in a bid to add value by giving them spurious provenance . Other favorite themes include the 1936 olympics , doctors watches, memento mori always featuring skulls. I cannot see Ebay dealing with him any time soon he as been making good money for years and I should think continue to do so. Other widely faked watches at the moment are Breitling and Cuevro Y Sobrinos chronographs all derived from 1940's and 1950's landeron based chronographs with dials refinished and movements and cases laser etched once you learn to spot them it is surprising how many are floating around Ebay especially among Italian and American sellers. Ebay "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious"

I've reported these items to eBay and promised that it'll be taken care of. Hopefully with all of us, joint efforts, it'll make it harder for criminals to operate and abuse innocent people.

Hi I am David, a retired engineer and have just joined your forum. I am near Oxford in the UK. Been playing with watches and clocks for many years. I am secretary of Oxford Branch of the British Horological Institute and still have lots to learn. Cheers

Was about to say, mark put a post and link up to a motor he uses on his lathe, I took his advice and bought one myself, nice and quite and comes with a foot pedal, all for £30 brand new

it might be cheaper to just buy a new lathe . vin

You can't protect naive. Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk

I've been using both box wood tipped and carbo tipped tweezers for dial work. Defo would use box wood tipped for hand placements. Gluing and placements of batons and other decor, I use the carbo tipped. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

According to Louis aka Longbike from WS, he got his from http://labanda.com.au

They're actually not going to do anything to him. He's gonna keep doing this for a long time... Double standards on eBay's part...

It is right to report sellers of fake or wrongly described items to Ebay. However in case of this seller riaerica2000 I would be cautious, as on his side are 2185 positive feedback (100%) since 2004. And with PayPal handling the payment and routinely siding with the buyer, it's not so easy to pull scams for for a long time.

I have also bought a watch for repair at a flea market for about $5 which turn fake. I guess in a way as beginners its part of paying our dues for getting into this hobby. About the watch keeping time, I have Chinese watches that I've bought for less than $5 about a year ago and they keep time perfectly.

a good project would be "use a treadel sewing machine frame" to drive a small lathe. and use a candle for light. vinn

Nice lot, in fact I'd wear the Hamilton for a night out, magician suit and all

I screw them back into the hole they came out of once the the part that they secure has been removed. That way, so long as the screw was in the right place in the first place, it will remain in the right place. It also means that all of the screws go throuch the cleaning process and there is little or no likelihood of them getting lost. The only negative impact is that it means that the threads that are actually engaged don't get quite the same free flushing of cleaner that they otherwise would, but then why would they need it? there should be no oil or dirt in those threads as they have been engaged to pretty much the same degree since the movement was last cleaned. If, whilst dismantling the movement I spot anything that warrants different treatment then obviously it is dealt with accordingly, but that is a real rarity. This is just a habit that I got into when I first started this game and haven't got out of. In truth you will find that with experience you will be able to identify which screw goes where with only the minimum of trial and error, even with a movement that somebody else took apart (I have done this), but I like the extra security in the cleaning machine that my approach provides.