Newbie To The Forum

[Odyseus]

Hi chaps,

Nice to be here :)

I love playing with watches and I'm (slowly) learning how to service my own small collection of watches containing Asian7750 and 2836 movements..

I have setup my own blog, documenting my strip downs at

wwww.watchstuff.org

I always find re-assembly of the dial, dial spacer and watch hands the hardest part.

The other day I started a strip down and used watch hand levers to remove the minute,hour and chrono second hands.

but the blinkin chrono second hand tube was left in the pinion and the rest of the hand came off :(

Maybe presto watch hand remover would have been better ???

Anyway, it's a fun hobby, I think ??? :) :)

[Craig]

Hi Odyseus

 

Welcome to the forum hope you find it as informative as I did and still do, there is a lot of knowledgeable peeps on here and they'll be only too keen to help you out.

 

Nice nick btw.

[autowind]

Welcome to the forums,  There are all skill levels here from enthusiastic tinkerers to top class experts.  Any questions you have should get answered.

[Odyseus]

I think I posted this in the wrong forum - doh.

 

Hopefully, I can get some tips on hand/dial removal and re-fitting ??

 

For me it's a bit hit and miss, sometimes I do it perfectly, sometimes the dial gets marked or the hands get scratched because they won't go back onto the pinion cleanly etc etc.

 

One thing I have learnt is to wear a clean pair of surgical latex gloves when starting the rebuild :)

 

All the best

 

John

[Blacklab]

Welcome to the forum. Excellent blog, very informative. Regarding watch hand fitting, I find the Bergeon 7404 type (I use the anchor copies) easier to use than the presto type as you have more control should you need to adjust the clearance slightly.

[Odyseus]

I prefer hand levers but the other day while removing some hands the chrono second hand tube was jammed on the pinion and the hand was ripped off the tube when all the other hands were lifted up by the hand levers :(

[Odyseus]

I've just uploaded the final part to the 6497 watch build (including movement strip down) on my blog www.watch stuff.org