Always One More Tool :)

[MrBeat]

Just recently i have been rather busy with a large intake of repairs & servicing, i figured since ive worked so hard ( and yet still have more to do ) id treat myself to another tool.

 

I know i don't really need it but i do like Bergeon tools and this one i picked up is in mint condition with original box. I normally use my Bergeon staking set but this will make a nice addition to my growing collection. Sad that a new tool makes me excited, or are you guys like me ?

 

 

 

Next on my list is the Bergeon hairspring collet tightening tool :)

 

Hopefully i should have some nice watch photos to upload over the coming weeks as i have had an Omega repair frenzy including a rather battered Omega RAF 1953 Cal 283 and also a return of a personal favourite 1956/58 Seamaster, and not forgetting a complete restoration of a Tudor Oyster Princess  :D

[rogart63]

That is a really clever little tool . 

[Geo]

Oh I do like good tools! :)

[Momentum1]

Mr.Beat

 

I guess I'm a lot like you, I love tools especially older high quality tools. I feel like to older tools live and by purchasing and using them brings them back to life. I know I'm odd but just love that the tools have history.

[oldhippy]

Bergeon tools are expensive, seams a waste of money and you say you don't really need it. It's up to you how you spend your money but if you think this could be an investment you need to buy the antique tools but make sure they are in very good condition. 

[matabog]

I am also a tool freak...

[SSTEEL]

Add me to the list, I too love tools, but where prices are overinflated for such a simple tool, I make my own tools.

[bobm12]

I....well, I'm not sure if my tool collection is bigger than my watch collection...never counted either one of them. I hope my tools are actually dead because I sometimes can be a little rough on them...although I have this specific oiler that always sting me viciously when I try to use it!

mmmm, 100+ watches....yes, I have more tools than watches, definitely...not counting the waiting/wish list....something like this:

 

or this:

 

 

[deeclee]

Nice one. I also get excited when getting a new tool or watch.

[SSTEEL]

I have just purchased a MTG-9900A to replace my ageing 1000 Timegrapher, which still works perfectly, but I have outgrown it, so will be for sale as soon as the new one arrives.

This is the beast, with automatic mic.

Next Investment by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

[deeclee]

44 minutes ago, SSTEEL said:

I have just purchased a MTG-9900A to replace my ageing 1000 Timegrapher, which still works perfectly, but I have outgrown it, so will be for sale as soon as the new one arrives.

This is the beast, with automatic mic.

Oh man. Now I'm drooling...

[SSTEEL]

It can test the Co-Axial Escapement, one of the main reasons I purchased it.

[OmarHaltam]

Congrats Mickey
post some pics when you start using the new tool[emoji1303]

[SSTEEL]

Will do, just heard the item is out of stock so need to wait until the end of the month now, sucks, but will be worth it.

[oldhippy]

That's an expensive piece of kit. Watch repairs must be doing well.

[SSTEEL]

4 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

That's an expensive piece of kit. Watch repairs must be doing well.

Very well, very busy, mostly work from the Nordic regions, but also further a field

[frenchie]

drool...

I usually kill my yearly watch budget by January 2nd... Yes, budget year starts January 1...

[SSTEEL]

And my new timegrapher has shipped, not the anxious wait begins.

[SSTEEL]

And its here, and working beautifully, sadly I don't have the space for it in our temporary apartment, so its back in the box until we move back to our own spacious apartment in the New Year

DSC08998 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

DSC08999 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

DSC08992 by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

[SSTEEL]

And here's a video of the auto.mic

MTG-9900A Timegrapher Test by Micky Aldridge, on Flickr

[GeorgeClarkson]

When I was younger, and I was at a mechanic doing some fixes on my motorbike, the old guy running the place had a corner full of pretty well organized tools, from small to big, from older to newer. I asked him if he used all of them, he replied he had used each and every one of them, but as new tools came along, he always bought the newest he could get his hands on. Yet he never got rid of the older tools, even if the newer ones could perfectly replace them. I asked him why, and he told me that they had become part of his body.

To make a long story short, the by then 60-year-old man made me understand that a tool (and a good quality at that) was not only a tool per se, but a means to do an action he needed to do, to fulfill a purpouse, to accomplish a task, and to, of course, earn a living. So tools were to be respected, cherished, loved, as you'd love your arm that brings the food to your mouth.

I love tools as well, and specially old tools, vintage tools, tools that have a history to tell, and that hopefully have helped people in the past to feed themselves and their family. My vintage Elma Record watch cleaning machine is the perfect example of what I mean, but so are the screw drivers I use, the tweezers and the oilers. Some new, some old. I hope the newer ones will someday tell my story to someone.

[oldhippy]

Its always nice to have new tools providing you need such an item and it will be beneficial to you and your workshop. I don't believe in wasting money on something just because you want it. 

[BUSAKAZ]

My latest purchase from the clock & watch fair at Birmingham yesterday a 8mm Marshall peerless, what do you think.

[SSTEEL]

Thats a beautiful lathe, pretty much ready to use, no?

[oldhippy]

It looks in very good condition. You have the cross and top slide as well and what a nice face plate.  Do you have the collets for it? and I don't see a motor. I would screw it to a bigger board, how about fixing it to your work bench.