TIMEX watch "crystals" - from Scotland - hidden treasure found :)

[MechanicMike]

2 hours ago, JerseyMo said:

BTW - here is an example of the snoopy

those spring bars look huge! Fatter than Seikos!

[AndyHull]

@JerseyMo What hands would this "Curse you, Red Baron!" Snoopy have had?

[JerseyMo]

On 12/4/2020 at 7:11 PM, AndyHull said:

@JerseyMo What hands would this "Curse you, Red Baron!" Snoopy have had?

white baton hour and minute which easy enough to find. but the seconds is a plastic disk with printed graphics. I've never come across one in any NOS stock.

[AndyHull]

Just now, JerseyMo said:

white baton hour and minute which easy enough to find. but the seconds is a plastic disk with printed graphics. I've never come across one in any NOS stock.

I presume there is a Foker triplane with the Red Baron  on the seconds disk.

 

[JerseyMo]

2 minutes ago, AndyHull said:

I presume there is a Foker triplane with the Red Baron  on the seconds disk.

 

yep.

[luiazazrambo]

New shipment. Also bought little plastic bags so I will be able to store the dials properly. 

[luiazazrambo]

I did not need them, but could not resist. I don't know the type of the movement they belong to though. Maybe later when I gain a little bit of more experience, i learnt a lot just in one day by reading and watching videos and cleaning a movement. If you will ever need one, I am happy to send you one or two for the cost of P&P. ( I hope it does not violate the no sales rule. )

 

[JerseyMo]

6 hours ago, luiazazrambo said:

I did not need them, but could not resist. I don't know the type of the movement they belong to though. Maybe later when I gain a little bit of more experience, i learnt a lot just in one day by reading and watching videos and cleaning a movement. If you will ever need one, I am happy to send you one or two for the cost of P&P. ( I hope it does not violate the no sales rule. )

 

the plates are nice but, I have doubts they will be of much use.  This is because there are many missing parts. But, the real issue would be for the springs that are riveted in place.

 

[luiazazrambo]

40 minutes ago, JerseyMo said:

the plates are nice but, I have doubts they will be of much use.  This is because there are many missing parts. But, the real issue would be for the springs that are riveted in place.

 

I actually was thinking about the same after posting the pics. I have to set up a Timex factory now.

[JerseyMo]

17 hours ago, luiazazrambo said:

I actually was thinking about the same after posting the pics. I have to set up a Timex factory now.

It is the trap of this hobby. One becomes many be fore you know it.

[Poljot]

17 hours ago, luiazazrambo said:

I actually was thinking about the same after posting the pics. I have to set up a Timex factory now.

Aim higher! Steampunk factory!

[AndyHull]

On 12/20/2020 at 4:26 PM, Poljot said:

Aim higher! Steampunk factory!

Be careful with that idea. Before you know it your living room will end up looking like this.

.. or maybe this..

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by AndyHull

[Poljot]

2 hours ago, AndyHull said:

Be careful with that idea. Before you know it your living room will end up looking like this.

.. or maybe this..

 

Who says it's not looking like this already?

On a smaller scale - watches, tools, parts, parcels - it's like a minefield!

[MechanicMike]

5 hours ago, AndyHull said:

Be careful with that idea. Before you know it your living room will end up looking like this.

.. or maybe this..

 

I have been known to call my shop The Dark Crystal. Think I just dated myself. Oooold reference..

[MechanicMike]

On 12/20/2020 at 10:26 AM, Poljot said:

Aim higher! Steampunk factory!

Bravo! Did you seriously make that? Steampunk is awesome!

[Poljot]

33 minutes ago, MechanicMike said:

Bravo! Did you seriously make that? Steampunk is awesome!

Oh, God! No! I did not have some many failed projects! (YET!) One day, when I collect enough broken / useless parts - perhaps, but not now.

[MechanicMike]

8 minutes ago, Poljot said:

Oh, God! No! I did not have some many failed projects! (YET!) One day, when I collect enough broken / useless parts - perhaps, but not now.

Hey you never know! People actually buy this stuff by the gross just for that purposesome of it is very interesting.

[luiazazrambo]

As far as I understand these are Timex hands. Some of them are used most of them are NOS.

[Poljot]

56 minutes ago, luiazazrambo said:

As far as I understand these are Timex hands. Some of them are used most of them are NOS.

Mostly Hour & Minute Hands, not so many Sweep Second Hands. I find them a bit problematic as they are tubeless. I had to use my staking tool to reduce the hole diameter as it was too large placing the Sweep Second Hand too low / close to the Minute Hand. Without a tube, again, they require a bit more skills to set them parallel to other hands without pushing too low. Who does not love Timex watches, eh?..

[AndyHull]

6 hours ago, Poljot said:

Who does not love Timex watches, eh?..

Love 'em or hate 'em, you gotta admit, they are "interesing".

The manufacturing tolerances are not as fine as a quality mechanism, but that is part of their appeal from an engineering perspective.

They do have some clever shortcuts in order to keep the price down. Furthermore despite their built to a price nature, they also seem to have passed the test of time remarkably well.

I'm not sure the same can be said for some of the more modern offerings. Cheap quartz mechanisms tend to be a lot lest robust than clunky "clockwork toy" Timexes.