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Timex 1970 Electric Diver - Built with a combination old and NOS parts. old - Caseback, movement cover, bracelet, eleapsed time bezel ring NOS - Dial, hands, movement, stem\crown, crystal Althoguh the dial came with correct hands, the lume had cracked over time. So with a mixture of white glow in the dark hobby paint and some clear nail polish I replaced it. It does glow for a few seconds. The rest is the typical parts assembly so not much to talk ablout there. But, what to do with the strap or bracelet? I found this NOS black plastic bracelet in one of my parts bins and added the "Timex" clasp for a final touch. Brite was a supplier to Timex so the look and fit is great. Time keeping has been dead on for 4 days now. Going to be hard to let this one go. But than again I built it to sell so on to the next project.

Picked up this Caravelle Superdatomatic, with a Cattin calibre C66 in need of a new balance staff and a new crystal

Your posture is very important. Your workbench and your seat has to be the correct height for you. If you are finding problems now, you must correct that, if not you will end up with neck and spine trouble. Speaking from experience it is very painful, it left me with spondylosis, when I was 50 my doctor said I had wear and tear of someone who was 80. The two pocket watches are doing fine.

Pictured yesterday, this early ‘60s Josmar, a brand founded in 1928 by Kocher Freres of Bettlach and entirely unrelated to modern watches of the same name. Josmar used various movements in their watches, this one having a 21j Oberon pin-lever movement, a subject for another day. Regards.

Re painting. I have used acrylic on hands and dials with satisfaction, but found it could get damaged easy if used on case/bezel. I tried a special matt black BBQ paint from local B&Q which was better on cases/bezels but still not very tough. I eventually used a black epoxy aerosol paint of the bay, and this proves to be very tough. It must be applied to a very clean surface and in light coats, allowing each coat to thoroughly dry/set, to build-up a good finish

CousinsUK quoted me £250 just for shipping on the Durston bench! So I started looking at other options... Just bought this bench on eBay from Germany! Absolutely delighted with the find

Works on this project are done. Here're the results below. It's my second project of the 8110A movement. I am very impressed about japanese design and engineering. What was done: - dissambly movement, cleaning, oiling - repaint bezel and fit new glass - repaint all hands -relume hands - new gaskets and springs for the pushers - new signed crown - little case polishing - assemble Now it's time to enjoy and wear it on the wrist. I'm verry happy cause this watch is small timepiece which fits to my narrow wrist just fantastic. Cheers

It's mind boggling how little you get for €1000 in the world of watches. Not sure where you're based JDM, but Beco make a pretty basic model here: https://www.beco-technic.com/einrichtungen/werktische-fuer-uhrmacher-417/ergolift-mobile.html Also Flume: https://www.flume.de/en/tools-supplies-facilities-compressed-air-and-vacuum-watchmaker-tables-design-without-containers.html https://www.flume.de/en/tools-supplies-facilities-compressed-air-and-vacuum-watchmaker-tables-vector-variable-arm-rest.html None of which got back to me with a quote... so I went for my eBay special There is another on Ebay.de if anyone else is on the lookout! https://www.ebay.de/itm/Uhrmacher-Werktisch-alt-gebraucht/223650865631?hash=item3412a161df:g:HpQAAOSwYFdc3Fs7

If you remove the pallet fork, and put balance back in, does the balance run freely. I had a similar problem with one of Jewels to the Balance Wheel was dirty, even though looked fine at a glance.

Probably not directly related to the lack of amplitude you're experiencing, but if you are talking here about the balance wheel I recomend you not to use alcohol to clean it nor the pallet fork, as it might melt the shellac that glue the impulse jewel and the pallet stones in place. Low amplitude can be caused by quite a few things as others have mentioned, also wear or faulty pivots, dirt or improper oiling. I hope you didn't oiled the pallet pivots/jewels, did you?

Today a 1956 Longines with a 12.68Z movement.