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Today It´s time to present some Swedish coolness, Lagonda. This brand was a mail order watch from the late 40's and onward to an for me unknown date. It was an OEM watch made for a mail order company in Gothenburg. They came with a wide range of movement's from Felsa, AS, ST, ETA and many others and up to a whooping 41 jewels (no idea where the amount of jewels would go). This watch is a Lagonda Amiral Sport, naval and sports what a great combo ! (Amiral = swedish for Admiral). Powered with an AS/ST 1950/51 it's hammering away with a beat of 21600 A/h against your wrist. A great fun for a great price..
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Hey, snap! Mines actually a tsar. I'm a sucker for jubes, so I put it on this Strapcode Angus Jubilee:
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... sorry, I didn't quite catch what you said there, I was too busy looking on ebay...1 point
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its more the skill to be fair, ive seen people in the watch world make pieces with make shift tools. that was the mistake a few years ago i made, spent a load of money on tools, but was lacking the skill. However... stunning piece of kit you have there,1 point
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Many pushers are held in by a tiny circlip, so you could be right.1 point
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I can recommend carbide drills from eternal tools. See my second to last video on YT, repairing a broken pivot. and you will see They cut through like butter. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk1 point
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Hi All, Now, to start with I should say that my watch repaires are nowhere near the caliber (......see what i did there?) of some on this forum, but everyone started somehwhere right? Up until now I have been into costmetically restoring watches that run but have been somewhat unloved. Out of that I have started getting into the mechanical side too, I'm currently building up a FL Twin Power movement (one that I did not take apart) using the age old "yep, that seems to fit there" and "hmm that doesn't look quite right" methods! Some resources on this very forum have also been extremely useful. I can get the odd dead watch re-started, but a full strip down, service and rebuild is where i would like to get to. As i say mainly cosmetic work, the interest for me is taking something that looks completely unloved and turning into something that will be cherished. My watches have been bought for birthday presents, wedding presents, something that's being bought specifically to hold onto and pass down to the next generation, and that's what it's all about for me. Anyway, some examples for y'all Hamilton Self-Winding: Stunning Louis Erard Triple Date: Longines: Omega Geneve (never did try to sort that bottom lug out just in case): Oris 15 Jewel: Oris Super: Roamer Popular: Rotary 17 Jewel GP: 70s Seiko Auto: Seiko SeaHorse: Tissot Visodate Seastar Seven: Tudor: Old Timex: Thought I'd leave it there as you're probably getting a bit bored That's probably about 10% of the watches I've done over the past couple of years!! In terms of my own 'keepers', I don't actually have that many. A couple below: Tissot Seastar that I fell in love with the moment i put it on: Oversized Tissot Antimagnetique, which i sold and then pretty much begged the buyer to sell back to me. Which he did.....but failing to mention that hands were fused together. So i wound it not realising, and it's now broken and slightly in bits In the future I'd very much like to aquire a genuine military issued chronograph, that will be my significant investment watch i think. Hope you like! Matt
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I have to stop looking on eBay !! Just stumbled over this CCCP 3AKA3 Komandirskie. It looks in excellent condition and original. For $25 it seems a steal to me !
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another fan of Russian watches...nice to see this collection....1 point
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I wonder if there is maybe a build up of oil oil or corrosion in there. You could try polishing it with an abrasive like autosol or brasso and then thoroughly cleaning before lubricating again. Or just buy a new part for £5.1 point
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Hi everyone! Apologies, I've been a bit quite of late posting. Thanks so much for the positive comments, really appreciate Someone asked about the dials, I've cleaned a few up in my time but I'm not a dial restorer by a long shot. The Longines, I sourced a NOS dial and swapped it over and on the Oris, incredibly, that dial was lurking under the faded crystal! Swapped the crystal and jobs a goodun. Thought I'd make up for my absense with a few pics 1) Old Oris before and after pics: 2) Lovely little Zenith that came through recently 3) Avia 'Matic' automatic 4) STUNNING 9ct sold gold Tudor I also decided to treat myself to a couple of new watches :/ It took me a while to figure it out, but Tissot are by far my favourite watch maker. There are more Tissot's out there that i like than any other maker i can think of/have come accross. I like their new stuff, i like their vintage stuff, they are generally affordable, but you can go really high end if you want/can. For those reasons they're definitely the one for me. With that in mind: Sublime Tissot Navigator choronoraph. The Mrs would literally kill me to death if she knew how much this cost!! Another Oversize (38mm) Tissot Antimagnetique, which goes really nicely with the one i already had (and must get around to getting repaired). Onwards and upwards Matt
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What can go wrong when airing a Timex after a long time. Here we see a Timex 4047-3167 with the bells and everything, enjoy.
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Are you a member of zodiac forum . Not that this is a great forum. It is. But there you have a how to thread . http://www.vintagezodiacs.com/zforums/index.php?topic=2097.0 http://lsyf.com/repairing-zodiac-offset-cannon-pinion/1 point
