Jump to content

New Toys

Cad101
 Share

Recommended Posts

dadistic Distinguished Member

dadistic

Posted
Posted

Cool! You're either going to have a lot of fun, or (like me) you're going to get really aggravated when you find out that the serviced watches you were so proud of aren't running as well as you thought they were :huh:

I think you'll probably have fun :biggrin:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bobm12 Distinguished Member

bobm12

Posted
Posted

Very nice toys! How is your progress so far with them? I got the same equipment (timegraph 1900 actually but very, very much the same). The demag tool requires some practice but it works fine. When I gave some MRI treatment to my watches in the timegraph most of my Seikos and some ETA were really off. I'm still getting there with them...nevertheless, the brand new one was behaving perfectly! Here is one ready for servicing:

20160205_111915.jpg

Cheers,

Bob

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cad101 Super WRT Addict

Cad101

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Mostly off by a couple of mins a day as I expected except a seiko sportsmatic which was .1ms and the Roamer popular which I'd serviced the night before but not cased up that was .1 too all the rest are way out. So I'm having fun regulating about 30 watches I'm getting used to the demag its pretty much the same as my old one that was my grandads and was a antique and was quite scary to use and has probably done me irreversible  damage :D

Mick

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Recently Browsing

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • nevenbekriev
      Winding pinion making

      By nevenbekriev · Posted

      This is a flying cutter, usual one. The cutter itself is shown in the pictures in the first message, it is made of broken tungsten carbide drill bit. I asure that all the angles of the cutter are as they should be. I have video - little older one - that I made when onse making the same kind of winding pinion for a Poljot 2200, which is even smaller than this one. It is not easy to see in the video, but the tool rest moves about 1mm towards the object in Y direction and then returns back untill cutter is rotating. Then the spindle is rotated one tooth ahead and everything repeated untill all teeth are cut.
    • Trav2004
      Help Identifying movement

      By Trav2004 · Posted

      After a bit further research could it possibly be an AS 970?
    • Bonefixer
      FHF70 balance jewels settings

      By Bonefixer · Posted

      Latest project was a non-running ebay purchase with an FHF70 movement. I stripped and cleaned it, reassembled it, and got it running. So far so good, nothing damaged AFAIK.  I was oiling the top jewel on the balance (the one in the cock) which was a slightly unusual shock setting. I removed the spring (3 leaves) which was part of a chaton holding the cap jewel. This left the hole jewel behind which I retrieved with rodico and then lost it. I was taking it off the rodico, very gently as I thought, with tweezers, and then it just disappeared.  Fast forward a week, I got a donor movement, non-running, with the plan to just take the shock jewel that I’d lost. It was the same movement but had standard incabloc settings, and was steel rather than copper/brass.  I changed the cock and balance complete and it ran, not very well. I switched the lower jewel setting, cleaned and oiled both jewels and the replacement balance. Without the pallet fork the balance swings very nicely with a puff of air. With the fork in place, balance out, it flicks side to side nicely with power in the mainspring.  Put them together and it doesn’t run. The impulse jewel sits in the fork and it stops.      Any suggestions how I proceed? In case you didn’t follow that I have 2 FHF70 movements, nothing broken as far as I can tell, but mixing up the balance wheels and jewel settings results in a non runner. 
    • Neverenoughwatches
      Part swapper to part maker

      By Neverenoughwatches · Posted

      Oh and this almost perfect third wheel pivot and slightly set mainspring  Ah ok yes i see what you mean, good idea. I'll try that if i fluff this one up. The image isn't great quality but i like the idea though.
    • RichardHarris123
      Part swapper to part maker

      By RichardHarris123 · Posted

      Why cut the paper, cut a square around the image and grind to it. 
×
×
  • Create New...