What's your favourite YouTube watch repair channel?

[rossjackson01]

Kalle tends to use these videos as a teaching platform, as he is passionately interested in passing on knowledge to others. I think that members of his staff do the cleaning and rebuilds.

Chronoglide, Alex Hamilton - Watch Repair Tutorials, Mark Lovick's - Watch fix, specialise in the teaching of basics and gaining of knowledge. Knowing and understanding problems, and the reasons for those problems, allows us mere mortals to advance. And for me personally, I am grateful so much to further my knowledge. It does help my skills as I know what I need to practice. 

I learn the methods of assembly from many great sources. They disassemble and assemble in a way that I can understand and learn from. However the tutoring of problems and their solutions by Kalle, Mark and Alex, allows me to follow in assembler's footsteps.

Great hobby

Ross

 

 

[Neverenoughwatches]

6 minutes ago, rossjackson01 said:

Kalle tends to use these videos as a teaching platform, as he is passionately interested in passing on knowledge to others. I think that members of his staff do the cleaning and rebuilds.

Chronoglide, Alex Hamilton - Watch Repair Tutorials, Mark Lovick's - Watch fix, specialise in the teaching of basics and gaining of knowledge. Knowing and understanding problems, and the reasons for those problems, allows us mere mortals to advance. And for me personally, I am grateful so much to further my knowledge. It does help my skills as I know what I need to practice. 

I learn the methods of assembly from many great sources. They disassemble and assemble in a way that I can understand and learn from. However the tutoring of problems and their solutions by Kalle, Mark and Alex, allows me to follow in assembler's footsteps.

Great hobby

Ross

 

 

The internet has given us so much in the way of learning. Being able to compare pick and choose different techniques and theories from so many professionals and amateurs. Imagine trying to learn from books only by yourself with no teacher, it must be been very difficult. 

[rossjackson01]

9 minutes ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

The internet has given us so much in the way of learning. Being able to compare pick and choose different techniques and theories from so many professionals and amateurs. Imagine trying to learn from books only by yourself with no teacher, it must be been very difficult. 

Have to agree. I bought my one and only book in my first week, Resold it two weeks later. never having got passed page 8. Being dyslexic, I could not understand the written word to my mental picture. Mike of 'My Retro Watches' opened the world to me. His Seiko 6309 'give away' session gave me guidance. He also told me about Mark. Been on the learning curve ever since.

As you say, It is very hard being on your own, no one to physically talk to, to spend time chatting. Hence my preoccupation with this forum. The guidance given is so good, friendly and directional.

Good innit?

Edited May 13, 2023 by rossjackson01

[Neverenoughwatches]

28 minutes ago, rossjackson01 said:

Have to agree. I bought my one and only book in my first week, Resold it two weeks later. never having got passed page 8. Being dyslexic, I could not understand the written word to my mental picture. Mike of 'My Retro Watches' opened the world to me. His Seiko 6309 'give away' session gave me guidance. He also told me about Mark. Been on the learning curve ever since.

As you say, It is very hard being on your own, no one to physically talk to, to spend time chatting. Hence my preoccupation with this forum. The guidance given is so good, friendly and directional.

Good innit?

Many of us would be lost without it. I wonder where we would all go if our forum ever closed up shop for any reason. Maybe we should have a meeting place set up.

[VWatchie]

On 5/11/2023 at 7:56 AM, Klassiker said:

Please post an instructional video of your own!

Not very instructional, but at least it shows how I move the burnisher.

 

[nickelsilver]

54 minutes ago, VWatchie said:

Not very instructional, but at least it shows how I move the burnisher.

 

Excellent. Proper stroke and speed. Only vid I've seen that I would point out as good technique .

[VWatchie]

36 minutes ago, nickelsilver said:

Excellent. Proper stroke and speed. Only vid I've seen that I would point out as good technique .

Thanks! Very, very happy to hear that, and perhaps more useful then than I would have thought! 

[Knebo]

On 5/11/2023 at 12:27 PM, VWatchie said:

I wish I had the time and resources for that. I'm not an expert at using the Jacot tool, but I get results satisfactory enough that I may try to make a video about it someday, maybe...

For now, I would suggest:

• Watch as many YT videos about it as possible. A few are good, others are decent, and many others are not that impressive.
• Read as much as possible about it here on WRT (Google "site:watchrepairtalk.com jacot tool"). For example, read the (long) thread "Jacot tool and pivot file burnisher question". Some posts are very informative (and some are less so).
• Get a Jacot tool in as good a condition as possible. Don't try to mix and match badly worn and cheap parts. It's my impression that the Steiner brand is some of "the best".
• If the Jacot tool doesn't come with a bow to drive it, get an extendable key ring with yoyo function and cord (avoid the types where the cord is coated with plastic as they tend to slip in my experience).

This is what my extendable key ring with the yoyo function looks like

• Get a vice to hold the Jacot tool.
• Get a good burnisher. I use the Bergeon 2933G Burnisher (Left Hand). If you are right-handed as I am that is what you need (it sounds contradictory, I know!). The cheaper Vallorbe is better suited for pocket watches.
• Get a Seitz jewel gauge, or some other method to determine the pivot size. Be careful not to measure small pivots (< 0.12mm) in a micrometre as it risks denting the pivot.
• Get a good quality eye loupe to see what you are doing while burnishing. I use a Bergeon ARY, Right Eye Clip On, I believe with x5 magnification.
• Don't forget to oil the pivot (thin oil) when in the pivot bed before burnishing, and remember to thoroughly clean the pivot (Rodico works well) before inspecting it under strong magnification (preferably a 40X stereo microscope). When done, the wheel should of course be properly recleaned.
• Finally. Practice, practice, practice!

For what it's worth, I made this short video where I operate my Jacot tool:

Great post! Thanks!