Vintage staking set

[Cad101]

A couple of days ago Mr Postman brought me this a near complete vintage staking set that id bid on on the bay and didnt expect to win. It looked like it had spent the last 20 years in a damp shed every punch had welded itself into the wooden base and were in a little rusty but after 2 days ultrasonic cleaning and polishing are now nice and ready to use. I've had to dry the base out slowly in a very low heat oven and then re-drill every seating hole but for £40 and a bit of elbow grease I'm now the happy owner of something I didn't own and will stop me bugging the local professional watch repairer for the use of his which I'vs always been very grateful to him for.

[Endeavor]

I'm jealous ! Seems a very nice set, for a very nice price and in a very nice "wrapping" !!

Did I already mention "very nice" ?

Edited May 26, 2016 by Endeavor

[Cad101]

Yes it is very nice 

[szbalogh]

Nice set! What is the diameter of the punches for a common staking set?

[Cad101]

These are about 5mm I had to re-drill holes 5.5mm but could be 3/16ths its that old.

[rogart63]

Very nice staking tool. Looking good. And if you polished that crystal you can see in to the future

[bobm12]

1 hour ago, rogart63 said:

And if you polished that crystal you can see in to the future

...and drink wine in the meantime.

I love that set!

Cheers,

Bob