Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

I've had this lying around for ages and would like to make it useable and wear it. I  just love the style of these old watches. I know it's small by todays standards but watches did seem to be smaller back then so I'm not altogether sure if this might have been a gents or ladies timepiece. I'm not too bothered either way as it don't think it would look out of place on my slim wrist. What might I use for the missing pin for the strap?  Any idea what era it would date from, 50's?  Looks as if it might have had something engraved on the back at some point.  

IMG_0277.JPG

IMG_0280.JPG

IMG_0276.JPG

Posted

Hi Dave  50s styling, jeweled movement,  Probably unisex  although they didni know the word then.  worth doing for sure,  you can get a strap bar assirtment or measure between the lugs and get some from Cousins, needs some case screws,    cyma 334 on the plates  but check under the balance.

Posted

My first mechanical watch was a similarly sized 15J Cyma. Turned out to be a WWII Nazi officer's issued watch, complete with battlefield repair scars (tangs nicked in around the crystal to hold it in place after it fell out), and case back scratched all to hell to get rid of the D# stink. I had no idea when I got it. The existence of such a thing hadn't occurred to me. I had it serviced (the watchmaker clued me in), but the water resistance is negative due to the poor seal around the crystal. I still have it (and have no intention of letting it go), but never wear it due to the relative fragility of it sans water resistance/shock protection. 

Posted

Cheers spectre6000.  What an interesting story. Just goes to show, you never know what a random eBay purchase might turn out to be. If these things could only talk, the tales they could tell. 

Posted (edited)
On 2/11/2022 at 9:41 PM, Davey57 said:

I'm not altogether sure if this might have been a gents or ladies timepiece

Gender fluid? 🤔

Edited by VWatchie
  • Haha 1
Posted (edited)
9 hours ago, spectre6000 said:

My first mechanical watch was a similarly sized 15J Cyma. Turned out to be a WWII Nazi officer's issued watch, complete with battlefield repair scars (tangs nicked in around the crystal to hold it in place after it fell out), and case back scratched all to hell to get rid of the D# stink. I had no idea when I got it. The existence of such a thing hadn't occurred to me. I had it serviced (the watchmaker clued me in), but the water resistance is negative due to the poor seal around the crystal. I still have it (and have no intention of letting it go), but never wear it due to the relative fragility of it sans water resistance/shock protection. 

Cyma? Please confirm. I have a Para with a Precimax P300 which I am also sure it was a German officers watch. Also 15J.

I have partially restored it but still missing parts in the keyless works due to rust.

Edited by LittleWatchShop
Posted

Cyma, and confirmed. Image in the linked thread. I even got in touch with Cyma at the time. They confirmed they provided watches to the German government during WWII, but that all records from that time were destroyed many years ago. 

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Hi All, I’m having a hard time finding a balance assembly or even a working donor movement for a Gruen 330.  Any leads appreciated.   Gruen doesn’t stamp the caliber number of the movement but lust in the case back.   
    • Why do you think this is Fontainemelon ?  The balance staff you will need to source separately.  But first it's important to accurately identify what you have there. Research Ebauches Sa, see who was in group, to find the brand that made this movement. 
    • Hi Watchrepairtalk, I have some questions about part sourcing I was hoping someone here might be able to help with. I'm working on an FHF 180 movement with a broken balance staff, broken regulator pins, and damaged cap jewels (both top and bottom). Some Googling says that this is similar to other FHF calibers like 150s, 160s, 180s and so on but I can't figure out what the functional difference is between these movements.  Is there any reason I wouldn't be able to acquire a donor FHF 150 or similar (with no shock protection) and use parts from that or would it be smarter to source replacements individually? Also are there any sources someone could recommend to get bulk cap jewels like this? Thank you for the help!
    • Hello and welcome to the WRT forum.
    • interesting video nice to see the machine what it can do now I wonder what it costs and I'm sure it's not in my budget. Plus the video brought up questions but the website below answers the questions? What was bothering me was the size of his machine 4 mm because I thought it was bigger than that? But then it occurred to me that maybe they had variations it looks like four, seven and 10. With the seven and 10 being the best because way more tool positions in way more rotating tools. Although I bet you all the rotating tools are probably separate cost https://www.tornos.com/en/content/swissnano   Then as we been talking about Sherline. Just so that everyone's aware of this they have another division their industrial division where you can buy bits and pieces. I have a link below that shows that just in case you don't want to have the entire machine you just need bits and pieces. https://www.sherline.com/product-category/industrial-products-division/   Let's see what we can do with the concept I explained up above and bits and pieces. For one thing you can make a really tiny gear very tiny like perhaps you're going to make a watch. Then another version the center part is not separate it is all machined from one piece. Then fills gear cutting machines have gone through multiple of evolutions. A lot of it based on what he wanted to make like he was going to make a watch unfortunately eyesight issues have prevented that. Another reason why you should start projects like this much sooner when your eyesight is really good or perhaps start on watches first and then move the clocks then local we have from the industrial division? Looks like two separate motors and heads. Then it's hard to see but this entire thing is built on top of a much larger milling machine as a larger milling machine gave a very solid platform to build everything.   Then like everything else that had multiple generations are versions the indexing went through of course variations like above is one version and the one below was the last version. Now the version below I mentioned that previously and somewhere in the beginning to discussion and somebody else had one in their picture. As it is a really nice precision indexing. Then I wasn't sure if I had a the watch photos here is his unfinished watch. No he wasn't going to make a simple watch like none of his clocks were simply either what would be the challenge and that.    
×
×
  • Create New...