Commonly Encountered Movements

[grsnovi]

For those of you who regularly work on watches, in your day-to-day work what are some of the most frequently encountered movements?

Mostly interested in manual or automatic mechanicals.

Thanks!

Gary

[spectre6000]

Baumgartner BFG866 seems to pop up pretty frequently in older watches. It was used a lot for inexpensive time only, but also a handful of complications (i.e. jump hour and other interesting dial/displays). 

For newer watches, 2824, and whatever the workhorse Miyota/Seiko movements are of the period. 

[Paul80]

I suppose it would depend on the individuals target market/audience, are they just working on their own watches or taking in customer work.

Are they known for Vintage work or just watch repairs.

Anyone just doing general watch repairs and servicing to the general public probably sees a high number of ETA, Miyota or Seiko movements in the average day, if they specialise in Vintage then it will be something else.

A quite specific question with a rather general answer I am afraid 

Edited April 28, 2022 by Paul80

[nickelsilver]

14 minutes ago, Paul80 said:

I suppose it would depend on the individuals target market/audience, are they just working on their own watches or taking in customer work.

Are they known for Vintage work or just watch repairs.

Exactly. The bulk of what I do is chronographs, the rest is vintage which is a real mix. One Seiko (chronograph too) in the last 10 years. Rolex once or twice a year. Lots of JLC. Modern ETA stuff from time to time, not counting 7750. Also some clocks, but that's mostly really nice Le Castel or Zenith Neuchateloise clocks, they're sooo nice to work on.

 

I imagine that's quite different to what a lot of other pros do.