Breitling Bentley Chronograph Video - Stripdown, Assembly And Lubrication

[Mark]

I have finally finished editing the Breitling Bentley chronograph video. Featuring a stripdown, assembly and lubrication of this ETA2892-A2 movement with the dubois depraz module.

 

The first part will be published today on Youtube at 12pm GMT

 

You will be able to see it on the watch repair channel at Youtube or http://www.watchrepairtalk.com/page/watch_repair_videos.html/_/watch-movement-servicing-stripdowns/part-1-breitling-bentley-service-eta-2892-a2-dubois-depraz-watch-repair-tutorial-r35

 

 

[WillFly]

Good stuff as usual, Mark - I look forward to the next instalments.

[MUTE]

Dear Mark,

 

As always, thank you so much for your labors. It generally takes me a few times watching your videos to pick up on the knowledge contained. I'm sure I'll be watching this one more than once.

 

It makes me happy to see things like this. In the modern era of atomic watches and $1 quartz movements, true timepieces cannot survive on physical properties alone. Much like other fine arts, horology will live and die by the passion and accessibility of its practitioners. Perhaps a bit philosophical for an internet forum, but videos like this go a long way towards that goal.

 

Take care, all the best,

 

Mute

[DJT2]

Thankyou Mark, I always look forward to your videos & this is no exception.

With the time & commitment it must take to produce such a professional & informative video, I'm more than pleased to become a $10 per month patron. Keep up the great work.

Just watching the uncut 1hr 53min video by pool on holiday. A great way to while away a sunny afternoon.

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Edited June 20, 2015 by DJT2

[oldhippy]

From one pro to another very well done. Looking forward to the rest. Any chance of a video repairing a fusse pocket watch. I'm sure the folks on here would find it very interesting as they are so different to any wrist watch. 

[omgiv]

Great video Mark!!! I haven't been able to sift through the entire video yet. Hoping to make time to watch it all. Were you following a tech guide for the oiling instructions or using your gut? Just asking because ETA usually recommends swapping the module rather than servicing it. Thanks again!!!

[Geo]

ETA usually recommends swapping the module rather than servicing it.

Is a service exchange they recommend, or just bin it and buy new? Service exchange would be bad enough, but binning it seems ridiculous to me.

[omgiv]

I'm not really sure of the actual procedure Geo since I haven't done it personally.  I would guess that you send in your old module and receive a newly oiled one for a fee.

[Mark]

Good stuff as usual, Mark - I look forward to the next instalments.

 

Thanks Will - appreciated :)

 

Dear Mark,

 

As always, thank you so much for your labors. It generally takes me a few times watching your videos to pick up on the knowledge contained. I'm sure I'll be watching this one more than once.

 

It makes me happy to see things like this. In the modern era of atomic watches and $1 quartz movements, true timepieces cannot survive on physical properties alone. Much like other fine arts, horology will live and die by the passion and accessibility of its practitioners. Perhaps a bit philosophical for an internet forum, but videos like this go a long way towards that goal.

 

Take care, all the best,

 

Mute

 

Thank you Mute - I have been wanting to put up a Dubois Depraz for quite some time.

 

Thankyou Mark, I always look forward to your videos & this is no exception.

With the time & commitment it must take to produce such a professional & informative video, I'm more than pleased to become a $10 per month patron. Keep up the great work.

Just watching the uncut 1hr 53min video by pool on holiday. A great way to while away a sunny afternoon.

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Thank you DJT2 - I really appreciate your support - more great stuff on the way. And I am glad you are enjoying the vid.

 

From one pro to another very well done. Looking forward to the rest. Any chance of a video repairing a fusse pocket watch. I'm sure the folks on here would find it very interesting as they are so different to any wrist watch. 

 

Thanks @oldhippy, that really means a lot. I have plans to do a Fusee video, in fact, I am excited to do one but I don't get many of them in and so I will have to wait until I have a good candidate in the workshop.

 

Great video Mark!!! I haven't been able to sift through the entire video yet. Hoping to make time to watch it all. Were you following a tech guide for the oiling instructions or using your gut? Just asking because ETA usually recommends swapping the module rather than servicing it. Thanks again!!!

 

It was Anthony Cousins who recently stated that he believes this is the way the Swatch Group are headed. Sending a watch back for service will basically mean getting the movement swapped out - logically this may be the only way they will be able to handle the workload.

 

I service these using the Omega 3220 A service sheet.

[deanloveswatches]

Wicked video Mark - thanks so much for your incredible efforts and easily digestible teachings - they've been a great help to me.

One question I've been meaning to ask - how do you remember which part goes where ? Is it purely experience ? Or do you have a 'system'. I have found that I do ok with a reassembly but always seem to struggle getting the keyless works back together - and am trying to think up a system (that doesn't involve millions of drawings or photos) to help me make sense of all of the springs and odd-shaped metal pieces - if you have any advice that would be awesome !

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[oldhippy]

Wicked video Mark - thanks so much for your incredible efforts and easily digestible teachings - they've been a great help to me.

One question I've been meaning to ask - how do you remember which part goes where ? Is it purely experience ? Or do you have a 'system'. I have found that I do ok with a reassembly but always seem to struggle getting the keyless works back together - and am trying to think up a system (that doesn't involve millions of drawings or photos) to help me make sense of all of the springs and odd-shaped metal pieces - if you have any advice that would be awesome !

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With me it was experience. It sort of came to me one day and I never looked back. My master taught me. I started on clocks first just basic 30hour alarms, then built up from there. With the strike and chiming clocks he taught me how to lay the parts out so as not to get them mixed up, but after a while I knew all the wheels and parts I never bothered I knew which part went where. So when it came to watches with me it was easy. With today's technology you could always use your camera so you can fall back on if you get stuck or ask on here.  

[Legarm]

I have watched the uncut version............. and I have to say it is .................

 

"Tantamount to Horological Porn" ....... :)

[Mark]

One question I've been meaning to ask - how do you remember which part goes where ? Is it purely experience ? Or do you have a 'system'. I have found that I do ok with a reassembly but always seem to struggle getting the keyless works back together - and am trying to think up a system (that doesn't involve millions of drawings or photos) to help me make sense of all of the springs and odd-shaped metal pieces - if you have any advice that would be awesome !

 

As oldhippy said. Keep taking photo's (back in the day we used to make sketches) and refer back to them as you go along. Eventually you will not need to as you will see the same principles transferred over many different calibers and it will become second nature.

I still take pictures now if it's a caliber I have not worked on for a long time and is a bit unusual.

When I first did a 7750 I followed the service sheet religiously (no need for pics if you have a service sheet). Years later and countless 7750's under my belt, you can give me a bag of all the parts and I would put it together without reference - nothing special about that, it's just that you get to know the movement well and the rest is muscle memory :)

 

 

I have watched the uncut version............. and I have to say it is .................

 

"Tantamount to Horological Porn" ....... :)

 

You have a way with words :D

[Mark]

In case you did not know - part 2 is up.

[oldhippy]

Thank you for part 2 Mark. Not the easiest of movements to undertake having so many parts and parts that just sit there. Certainly not one for the faint hearted without having plenty of knowledge under your belt.