Beginner looking for some friendly advice.

[Sutcliffe]

Hi, this is the first place I found when looking for advice so I hope someone could advise me. 

Im completely new to touching watches but I’ve always wondered how they work. 
I’ve bought a cheap movement, an ETA replica to take apart and rebuild. 

Im thinking I’ll need some screwdrivers, tweezers, movement holder and a loop?

My goal is just to have a go first and see if I enjoy it enough before buying more tools. 

Do I buy cheap tools for now and get better quality tools later if I enjoy it like I think I will? or will the cheap tools be a pain and take some of the fun out of it? 

With quality tools being relatively expensive I’m unsure what to buy. 
 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Edited 8 hours ago by Sutcliffe

[watchweasol]

Hello and welcome to the forum, the best path to take is to get some medium priced tools , look at Cousins UK . They are a material house and are open to all. There medium priced screwdrivers are middle of the road and wil if looked fore serve you well into the foture I have added a little reading for you to help. 

TZIllustratedGlossary.pdf Watch_tools_tipps.pdf

[Sutcliffe]

52 minutes ago, watchweasol said:

Hello and welcome to the forum, the best path to take is to get some medium priced tools , look at Cousins UK . They are a material house and are open to all. There medium priced screwdrivers are middle of the road and wil if looked fore serve you well into the foture I have added a little reading for you to help. 

TZIllustratedGlossary.pdf 4.2 MB · 1 download Watch_tools_tipps.pdf 33.12 kB · 1 download

Thanks for your reply it’s greatly appreciated! I’ll take a look at cousins and get a list put together. I had a feeling that the cheap kits online would be a waste of my time.

Would you say my short list of tools is adequate for working on a movement only? Also, I’m unsure of the tool sizing as there are loads of options available.

Im just practicing at this point so there’s no case/dial, I’m interested in the movement first.  
 

Also thank you for the reading material  

Edited 7 hours ago by Sutcliffe

[RichardHarris123]

I agree with the screwdrivers, you can buy bergeon replacement blades pretty cheaply, I wouldn't scrimp on tweezers though, good tweezers make a huge difference.  Dumont are recommend, No 5 for general work. 

[Sutcliffe]

25 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

I agree with the screwdrivers, you can buy bergeon replacement blades pretty cheaply, I wouldn't scrimp on tweezers though, good tweezers make a huge difference.  Dumont are recommend, No 5 for general work. 

Thanks RichardHarris  

So a half decent, mid range screwdriver set, I can then replace the blades with Bergeon blades if need be. What are the most common sizes to start off with? 
 

And a set of Dumont No5 tweezers to start me off. Assuming I’ll get different sizes and tip materials when/if I start to work on better quality movements.

[RichardHarris123]

These are perfectly acceptable to begin with. 

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/value-screwdriver-sets-rotating-stands

Have a look under, resources, day one tools on here. 

Oil/ grease wise, don't tell anyone but I started of with genetic watch oil/grease.  My reasoning was, can I disassemble, clean, reassemble and the movement still runs. Once I could do that, I bought the correct lubricants. 

[Sutcliffe]

35 minutes ago, RichardHarris123 said:

These are perfectly acceptable to begin with. 

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/value-screwdriver-sets-rotating-stands

Have a look under, resources, day one tools on here. 

Oil/ grease wise, don't tell anyone but I started of with genetic watch oil/grease.  My reasoning was, can I disassemble, clean, reassemble and the movement still runs. Once I could do that, I bought the correct lubricants. 

I’m sure these will be good enough for me to take my movement apart a few times. 

Regards to oil, I’ve heard the specific movement I’ve bought often comes dry which obviously can be an issue although they still run.. I may also just use a basic oil as I highly doubt I will be using the movement for anything other than practice. Thats assuming I don’t break half of it on my first try