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

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@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.

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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. )

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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. )

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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.

 

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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. ?

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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!

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5 hours ago, AndyHull said:

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

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.. or maybe this..

 

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

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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 purpose?some of it is very interesting.

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56 minutes ago, luiazazrambo said:

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

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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?..

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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.

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