recognising calibres

[gary17]

Hi

I know you get the calibre of a watch from the movement. But i also know a lot of these companies buy basic movements and add or change them.

A lot seem to be by eta. Is there away of knowing what eta calibre model it is.Or does this all come down to experience?

cheers

gary

[Chopin]

Sometimes you find the information mentioned on the internet other times you just recognize the similarities between the 2 movements.

Some movements are just branded with a different name, others are modified to some extent. 

Edited January 1, 2020 by Chopin

[watchweasol]

Hi Gary  As you appreciate most movements have logos and calbre  numbers but those that dont  usually have the same characteristics  of the numbered variatey The most common movement ported onto other manufacturers cases is as you say the ETA family  eubauches. the older unmarked  movements were identified by the flume or setting lever spring . The Bestfit books are good for this or there are specific books on flume identification, They are quite expensive. The Bestfit Books I and II were put on the site by OLD HIPPY some time ago and are mine of information, probably the watch makers Bible. There is no substitute for experience.       

[watchweasol]

Hi Gary we have a problem the file limit is 30Mb these are larger I will look for them on the site. or if you have anemail address message me with that and I will try as an attachment on there

[watchweasol]

Hi Gary  I found them   If you type bestfit into the search at the top right it will list all incidents of the word just step down them untill you find Old Hippy post with the two links, open the links and down load the books,  ok. They are in zipped format  for transmission.

[Lc130]

8 hours ago, watchweasol said:

Hi Gary  I found them   If you type bestfit into the search at the top right it will list all incidents of the word just step down them untill you find Old Hippy post with the two links, open the links and down load the books,  ok. They are in zipped format  for transmission.

The links have expired.

[watchweasol]

Hi Gary message me your email address  I have them as PDFs and we can try that way.

[WatchMaker]

The Old Hippy post mentioned above has an initial mention of links that folk had issues with and as a result was probably deliberately 'retired' ... and then further down an alternative reference to downloadable PDFs. Obviously go for the latter.

[gary17]

Thanks guys found copy on watchguy page