Timex

[Deggsie]

Anyone think this little guy is worth reviving. I think it just needs a long overdue service

 

 

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[FLwatchguy73]

If nothing seems to be broken, I say go for it! I have brought dozens of Timex's back from the dead and they have been well worth the effort. They're simple and robust and a bit of tlc works miracles with them!

[watchweasol]

They are always worth doing, people look down their collective noses when you mention timex,  Go for it it deserves a make over.  In their time they were revolutionary.

[Deggsie]

I’m not really excited about Timex as a brand. I think it’s the lack of twiddly things called screws, but I’m sure there are guys out there who love them.

I hope I’m not infringing any rules here, but if anyone would like this timex please pm me. I will put your name in a pot and get one of my daughter’s to draw it next Sunday at 5pm. If you are in the Uk, no postage. If you’re overseas I’ll let you know how much postage will be. Just to be clear, I’m giving this watch away. I’ve got a lot of help and knowledge from here and would like to start giving something back every now and again.

Let me know if I’m infringing the rules and I’ll ask for it to be taken down

Keep safe all

King regards
Deggsie


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[JerseyMo]

late 70's  Marlin, Taiwanese made model 105. 

[Deggsie]

late 70's  Marlin, Taiwanese made model 105. 

Thanks JerseyMo I always thought timex was USA? Shall I put your name in the hat?

 

 

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[JerseyMo]

2 hours ago, Deggsie said:

Thanks JerseyMo I always thought timex was USA? Shall I put your name in the hat?

 

 

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I appreciate the offer but this one I will pass on.

 

[Deggsie]

And the NAME out of the hat is ........... (imagine drum roll........ continuing on to enhance the suspense)......


ANDY HULL

Please pm me with your address and I’ll post it on to you mate.

Kind regards
Deggsie


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[AndyHull]

On 5/17/2020 at 2:11 PM, Deggsie said:

Anyone think this little guy is worth reviving.

The "little guy" in question arrived this morning, thanks @Deggsie so I took a quick look at lunch time.

Nothing major wrong with it so far as I can see, but it needs a click spring, and I'm currently clean out of them.

Here is the offending spring. There should be two teeth on the left hand end, but one is missing.

Here is a comparison with the older arrangement of click and the L shaped hole for the "encheapened" more modern version.

I'll have a dig through my scrap movements this evening, but this is a common failure mode for this mechanism, and I'm pretty certain  a I've robbed the click spring from all of the scrap movements already.

@JerseyMo I may need to purchase a couple more of these to get this going and have one for stock.

Meantime, here for your entertainment are a few more random teardown pictures.

Note today's dial protector is sponsored by KitKat.

This watch is a front loader from 1979 and interestingly this one is made not in Dundee as a lot of the 1970s watches are but rather, this is one of the early Taiwan versions.

One thing they do seem to have improved on this version is the dial tabs, which are fairly substantial compared with quite a few I have seen.

[JerseyMo]

unfortunately, I'm out of them too!

[AndyHull]

2 hours ago, JerseyMo said:

unfortunately, I'm out of them too!

No worries. I have a few other options.

This for example, is coming in the mail. I may sacrifice its click for the greater good.

I also may try fabri-cobling together something from click spring wire, as I have a small pile of that which is not currently doing anything useful. A little creative wire bending may be all that is required. It is only a Timex after all, not a Rolex, so a little creativity is permitted I feel. 

[JerseyMo]

that will have an M24 inside and have the old style click.

[AndyHull]

@JerseyMo You are of course quite correct, so since it wasn't a suitable donor, I did the decent thing and cleaned and serviced it.

It 'aint no great looker, age hasn't been kind to it (made in 1971),  but at least now it is no longer a biohazard, it keeps time,  and small children don't run away and hide behind the sofa when it enters the room.

The finished article.

All of the grime removed (with the exception of the etched in thumb print on the dial) crystal polished, you can now see through it once more, a quick rub down to remove the polish and hey presto. Perfect... well as perfect as it is ever likely to get. 

If patina is your thing, then this should hit the spot. Optional thumbprint (not mine) on the bottom left.

[JerseyMo]

It was an interesting style. 

[AndyHull]

7 hours ago, JerseyMo said:

It was an interesting style. 

If the dial wasn't so beat up, then it would be quite a presentable little watch. Style wise, it is very late 60s/early 70s. Have you any idea what sort of strap it would have been on?

[JerseyMo]

I recall they came with a leather strap. You know the expression timing is everything?  well just a month ago I had a replacement dial for that watch.  Gave it away and now I can't even remember to who.  Guess my memory is getting just as patina-ed as that dial

[AndyHull]

10 hours ago, JerseyMo said:

Guess my memory is getting just as patina-ed as that dial

I know the feeling... Now where did I put my glasses... One sec while I put on my glasses to go looking form my glass.... err... hang on a second, what was I doing?

[Franktimex]

Hey did you ever get that watch going?

[AndyHull]

On 6/28/2020 at 11:58 PM, Franktimex said:

Hey did you ever get that watch going?

Its top of the to do pile. Just waiting on a click spring (and a rainy afternoon, the garden is top priority at the moment).