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Here is another T&C which got its service yesterday, 
I wasn't surprised when it got in line for a date wheel replacement, it still gets to be aired today while it is in the hospital queue.
 

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I'm waiting for a 20mm Milanese bracelet for the Timex LED I showed recently. This watch for all its simplicity is actually quite striking, and both fun and enjoyable to wear.

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In the meantime I popped it on a nice padded chestnut leather band, which is so comfy I may use the Milanese for something else.

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This 19 jewel USSR era Raketa 2609HA based Sekonda  turned out very smart. I didn't have a full high dome crystal for it, and had to settle for a more square profile one from my stash, but I can live with that. The watch itself looks hardly worn, despite the terrible condition it arrived in. None of the usual grime, and no apprentice marks round the case back or round the edges. A quick service, some delicate hand straightening work, a clean and it is as good as new.

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This is what I started with. Note the "interesting" shape of the second hand. My worry was that the impact that caused that damage might have done some serious destruction inside, but fortunately not.

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Naturally for a watch in that condition there wasn't much interest. :blink:

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Today I'm finally able to wear my newly acquired Art Deco Gotham. It has an AS 340 beating inside. The case is amazing! I love the two tone gold and chrome scheme with enamel detailed engravings. I also love the swinging lugs. I've read these were called Driving watches. It was a bit of a challenge getting it to run consistently, but I think I have it sorted out. I'm not 100% sure what year it was made, but according to Ranfft the movement was produced from about 1920 to 1935...or there abouts. I'd guess about the mid 1920's for mine. If anyone knows how to date these older A. Schild movements, please let me know. 

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A blue dialled EB8800 based 17 jewel "JWB Sur-a-Zal" is on test today.

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It was suffering from a serious dose of hairspring salad with a side order of mechanical neglect.

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Although it now runs, I'm not 100% happy with it. The beat error is still a little high, and the amplitude is too low for my liking. 

I'll see if it manages to limp through the next 24hrs. Hopefully the cleaning and oiling will encourage it to pick up a bit. If I can get it to settle down, then I'll replace its crystal, but in the meantime I've just given the original one a quick polish, which is why it looks a little hazy.

The 19 jewel Sekonda on the other hand (literally) accompanied it today, and is still performing nicely.

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I needed a Lorsa P75A for a custom build and I saw a little watch on eBay, quite ugly but with the right movement and a nice bracelet ...

Bought it for €20 shipped ...

The Lorsa ticks great at 5s/day so much better than I expected ... customer will be happy ...

And the bracelet looks !!! great !!! on my Ingersoll Sealion ...

Today is a happy day [emoji16]

 

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Envoyé de mon moto g(7) power en utilisant Tapatalk

 

 

 

 

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More USSR keyless work repairing this evening.

I've finally run out of spares for the keyless work on these, so time to start hunting for more donors. I actually stripped the necessary parts for this example from a basket case Raketa 2609A, which has almost identical keyless work, but I'm not sure if it has much else in common with the 2609HA.

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The 'HA'

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.. compared with the  'A'

The strange pink lighting effects on the dials is just some weird digital camera artefact, they are in fact both white, although the one on the left did need a little bit of a touch up just above the 12 O'clock mark.

Other than the dials, these two are virtually identical  Raketa 2609HA engines inside.

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Picked up the Swiss case from eBay, brand new but from the sixties I believe. Unfortunately can’t source a 10 1/2 mechanical movement so fitted a Swiss Ronda quartz movement. The dial is a genuine 1963 uncirculated half penny which I machined down to .5 mm and then silvered. 

I made it for my wife's birthday who was born in 1963. She absolutely loves it

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A classic Seiko quartz rises from the junk pile today.

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This was missing its crown and stem when it arrived, but otherwise it was in excellent condition, so I decided to trawl through my large pile of random stems to see if I had something suitable, and my luck was in.

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I then couldn't decide whether it would look better with a silver or gold crown, but settled on the silver one.

Too much bling with the gold one I thought. Looking online,  all of the similar Seiko watches with silver cases have silver crowns and gold cases, gold crowns, so I think I made the correct choice. 

A little bit of a polish and a fresh leather strap, and it makes a very handsome addition to the 404 club.

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Picked up the Swiss case from eBay, brand new but from the sixties I believe. Unfortunately can’t source a 10 1/2 mechanical movement so fitted a Swiss Ronda quartz movement. The dial is a genuine 1963 uncirculated half penny which I machined down to .5 mm and then silvered. 

I made it for my wife's birthday who was born in 1963. She absolutely loves it

Just normal dial silvering compound 

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Today I'm letting may father's US government issue GG-W-113 stretch it's legs. It has a genuine Hamilton 685  manual wind with hacking. I got this for him last year as a father's day gift. The date on the back of the case is June 1969, the year he was there, and exactly 50 years since he was there plus the month Father's day falls on. I can be thoughtful... No matter what my wife claims!:D 

It had random issues that I thought were minor, but then it flat quit on him. It has been on my bench since before Christmas waiting on me to troubleshoot it. Yesterday, I finally had some time to dig into it. Turns out the lower balance jewel Chaton had moved and just needed to be pressed back some. I had to guess as to how much to move it. Unfortunately I don't own a jewel press, very nerve wracking trying to push on the Chaton and not over do it. But it seems much better now, no stalling or anything. It's keeping excellent time. I gave the Crystal a better polish too. My first attempt was kinda half assed. So, I'll hang on to it and let it run down and sit for a week or so and wind it to see if it takes off. Fingers crossed.

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1 hour ago, FLwatchguy73 said:

Today I'm letting may father's US government issue GG-W-113 stretch it's legs. It has a genuine Hamilton 685  manual wind with hacking. I got this for him last year as a father's day gift. The date on the back of the case is June 1969, the year he was there, and exactly 50 years since he was there plus the month Father's day falls on. I can be thoughtful... No matter what my wife claims!:D 

It had random issues that I thought were minor, but then it flat quit on him. It has been on my bench since before Christmas waiting on me to troubleshoot it. Yesterday, I finally had some time to dig into it. Turns out the lower balance jewel Chaton had moved and just needed to be pressed back some. I had to guess as to how much to move it. Unfortunately I don't own a jewel press, very nerve wracking trying to push on the Chaton and not over do it. But it seems much better now, no stalling or anything. It's keeping excellent time. I gave the Crystal a better polish too. My first attempt was kinda half assed. So, I'll hang on to it and let it run down and sit for a week or so and wind it to see if it takes off. Fingers crossed.

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good show !   there is a site here for military watches.  vin

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