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  1. Just got this running today after 6+months looking for parts and I had to share! Ollendorf watch from 20-30's with AS 635 movement. Sorry for the poor pictures, the movement looks so much better irl. Rose Gold plated gears for extra loveliness. I absolutely love this watch.
    4 points
  2. I printed the 2nd lens tube and have started to print the first of the two bottom housings. So far so good. I may stick with the red colour of the plastic, or perhaps I should go for the distressed metal look.
    3 points
  3. My 1970s Zodiac Super Seawolf. This thing can double as an anchor it's so heavy! Zodiac just came out with some reissues and the Super Seawolf was one of them. Nothing beats the original.
    2 points
  4. One of the great things about collecting and repairing is that feeling of taking a bunch of parts and making a working watch again. This restore begins with a scrap pile of cases from a former Timex repair center. I chose a late 1960's Marlin case that is missing the stem tube. So to the parts stash and one issue resolved. Off it than goes to get a bath in cleaning solution , polished, new crystal added along with correct case back. Next I service a used #24 movement also from the same lot the cases came with and the assembly begins. Since the hands are chromed, I just use an old eraser pencil to bring back their shine. The sweep comes from NOS stock. Grease the stem tube, set lever, insert a NOS stem\crown, snap on the case back and there ya go. Will give this one a wear to test its time keeping.
    1 point
  5. A long video I put together that eventually has the cleaning of a vintage Waltham 15J Pocket watch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
    1 point
  6. Not sure why I didn’t spot this earlier.... is it a Vertex Cal 59? I have spares if so!
    1 point
  7. Hi Luiz you are a braver man than me the only wound up working clock in the room Is a 400 day she cant hear that tick all the others are banished to the dining room at the other end of the house The ticking ones are in my workshop ther are three wall clocks and two cuckoos running. Whats with women and ticking clocks Any one know ?
    1 point
  8. Apologies, it was 60 Squadron. My dad just sent me this!
    1 point
  9. UPDATE (Final) After a couple of trial uses, everything works. But as we are in lockdown and I have much time on my hands (and I was already thinking about a Mark 2 version), I wanted to make a few modifications. So - This is not exactly a Mark 2 but a Mark 1.1 CHANGES: Changed the shaft to hex bar. Changed the chuck to smaller version to allow working with smaller barrel springs and also to facilitate connection to hex bar shaft. Make the ratchet spanner more integral to the design and lock securely in place. I also provided an additional safety bar, which can be extended to hold the winder handle, instead of just relying on the ratchet. For example: when inserting or removing main spring sleeves. I had to saw down one of my ratchet spanners to use in this way, but the result justifies it (in my view). It is secured by a rebated wooden block which is screwed to the base, and then reinforced (and also as a cosmetic touch) adding a piece of aluminium profile, separately screwed into place. I think that's all for now. It's been a fun build and I have learned a lot along the way. Maybe it does not need to be quite so long now - For example, I don't really need the central bit supporting the axle. But it's staying the way it is, until maybe I get bored again. Then - Mark 2! But for now, I have a Roamer in bits and the spares have arrived today, and an old Hamilton Pocket watch that a good friend is sending to me, to have a look at. So I'll be plenty busy for a bit. Stay busy - Stay well - STAY IN.
    1 point
  10. That looks amazing! I especially love the little flowers along the bottom. That's some very impressive engraving!
    1 point
  11. That's great, he was in the RAF, around 40-41 it was. There Squadron was invaded and moved back to India i believe. He was in the 63rd squadron.
    1 point
  12. My advise would be go smaller. Better to open the hole then try closing it, You don't have much thickness when it comes to closing. Just be very careful when opening the hole, the most difficult I found was holding the hand, even with proper hand holding tweezers it is hard, a little lube on the broach will help.
    1 point
  13. The problem is we can't have all the different movement holders to support the hands so most of the time we get by without having a problem. If you look at the tech sheet that I attached up above it specifically says you're supposed to use a specific movement holder with support so is not the damage anything. It would be nice to have a picture of the backside of the movement to see if we can see if the jewel has been knocked out of alignment.
    1 point
  14. Before we actually run out of masks, I thought I'd rattle up a little bit more PPE on the sewing machine while that lens tube was printing. I ripped up a couple of old pillow cases, a blouse with double buttoned sleeves, and a pair of jeans to give me some material to work with. Here I am wearing the latest in recycled stripey pillowcase face fungus fashion. I was tempted to dive in to my wife's patchwork quilting material, but I think the resulting earache might have been worse than the virus, so I stuck with the scraps bin. While I was ripping things up and sewing them back together I also took the opportunity to make myself a couple of small tool roll style bags from the double buttoned sleeves. This does of course increase the likely hood of misplacing, not just one small screwdriver, or pair of tweezers, now I can loose them all at the same time. Stay safe everyone.
    1 point
  15. Neither am I and normally I also aim for effectiveness and simplification but especially at this time of long days at home I become really fond of my small lathe (not a watchmaker's) which is giving me a lot of satisfaction.
    1 point
  16. They have the most of the tech shhets still online, but some of them which have been obselete for quite a time is taken away. https://shopb2b.eta.ch/?___store=en Up in the left corner you just choose if you want the quartz or the mechanical tech sheets. The 579.002 is one of those movements that is no longer supported and it was replaced with the ETA 902.002. https://shopb2b.eta.ch/902-002.html#technical-documents
    1 point
  17. I just updated my crystal supply and added some watches to my 404 club. All from local online auction.
    1 point
  18. New project, a bow milling machine from Germany. Mr Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster Nr 30400. Incomplete as two gears are missing, but will do my best to restore it as much as I can.
    1 point
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