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  1. Hello All, Greetings. This is Sid. I am from India. I am an Information tech. professional and an aspiring watchmaker. I am fascinated by mechanical watches and addicted to the science of precision (I am a complete beginner though and know nothing about machining yet) Two years ago in my wildest imagination, I saw myself making watches by hand and began a quest to seek right tools, right people and right places to bring my imagination to reality. When I recently visited this forum it felt right to be here so, I joined it yesterday. I am excited and hope to get to know you better. Cheers and Thanks
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  2. Today, is my Vintage Hamilton 600 Cape Horn stamped compressor watch.
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  3. Pictures.. my metric calibrated eye only works with pictures. Oh.. and what is the model number of the watch?
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  4. That's why a wrote "a bit". Anyway, a 1.0mm stem can have a 0.2 or 0.25 pitch, which means a crown tapped 3mm deep takes like 15 or 20 turns to full screw. One can have undercut 2mm and still have enough threads to hold safe.
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  5. This brings back such horrible memories of double latch belts, polyester slacks and Untrimmed facial hair. Oh the horror!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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  6. Snoopy got an upgrade. According to various internet sources, originally the 1978 Timex Snoopy watch had a "Denim" style watch strap. I spotted a very similar one on some of the cheap novelty watches from China that pop up constantly in my ebay feed. The novelty watch cost less than I pay for a leather strap, so I ordered one, and that particular slow boat from China must have arrived today, so as a result, Snoopy gets another outing as my "Watch of Today". I replaced the "silver" buckle with a "gold" Timex one from a rather scruffy leather number in my scrap box. I think it now looks pretty darned close to the original.
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  7. It seems to me that India must be overflowing with watches.all you really need is a few good tools,good lighting ,magnification and the good will of the fine people in this forum.
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  8. Welcome Mr Sid sir I am also interested to see the watches you have in India. I am sure the rest of WRT members are also. Do you have a collection or the start of one?
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  9. Zodiac Sea Wolf reissue today.
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  10. Thanks for advise jdm. I introduced myself
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  11. thi is how this forum works, a lot of knowledge ready to share...welcome mate
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  12. Thank you for the suggestions..I tried the wd-40 over night but still can't get it to budge. I can turn the bolt screw in and out as though I'm using the crown, but it won't turn past that. The suggestions you provide are way past my level of comfort so I'll just take it to a professional and see if they can fix it! Thanks again for the tips!
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  13. Love the watch. Not a fan of the band. Kind of like putting a sports can in the garage...[emoji851] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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  14. No need for glue. Tap slightly just around the hole with a flat nose stake. It can be done even without a staking set.
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  15. It means to bore slightly the part where the collet goes. It can be done on the lathe itself. I suggest that you get a lathe first and worry later about what, if anything, has to be adjusted. BTW we have a section on the forum where it's considered polite to introduce oneself before asking questions.
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  16. Tighten prongs of a stem vice on the canon pinion, pull out.
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  17. Today, I felt like sporting my Benrus Sky Chief circa late 40s or early 50s. Decided on a unique bund strap keeping to its aviation history. Very beautiful IMHO and the Venus 178 Movement timeless.
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  18. More Russian fun. A before and after picture of the Sekonda which I posted about previously. This arrived as a non runner (as most of my watches do). I cleaned and serviced it yesterday and have been wearing it most of today, to let the lubrication bed in. When I got it going initially it showed evidence of previous tinkering and was sitting with a beat error of 14ms or more and rattling away at +85 sec/day or so. I just checked it again, having left it at +70s/day yesterday, in the hope that as the lube settled, the rate would fall, as indeed it has. Dial up Dial down As you can see it is slightly stronger dial up, but I'll let it run a bit longer, then set it around -5s/day dial up and see how it goes for the next 24hrs. I'm pretty pleased with the results so far, including the date change which fired at almost exactly midnight last night. Yes, I am sad enough to have sat and watched it. This particular caliber the Raketa 2628.H also has a date quick change by pulling the crown to position 3 returning to 2, rinse, repeat etc.. A bit of a novelty when you have been dealing with ancient Timexes, with all of their fiddling with spinning backwards and forwards of the hands round midnight to get things set correctly. The 17jewels.info page has a partial tear down which gives a hint about this feature, which you might not be aware of. All in all, this is another pretty nice watch, especially considering its pocket money price.
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  19. I have 13 lathes now...an addiction I think. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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