Watch of Today

[Poljot]

Timex NOS movement had been fitted inside.

 

 

Edited December 6, 2020 by Poljot

[AndyHull]

Keeping warm by the fireside tonight while a Baltic wind howls past the chimney, so what better than a little bit of Russian company. No, not the high octane fighting potato juice, just a bit of submarine themed Vostok 'Komandirskie'.

[AndyHull]

A mid 1970s Baumgartner BF 844 based Ingersoll Sealion today. 

[Poljot]

21 hours ago, AndyHull said:

Keeping warm by the fireside tonight while a Baltic wind howls past the chimney, so what better than a little bit of Russian company. No, not the high octane fighting potato juice, just a bit of submarine themed Vostok 'Komandirskie'.

Beautiful dial! What could possibly be better than a Diesel Boat dial, eh?!

I will be searching eBay hoping to find one like yours.

Will covert my Generalskie into Komandirskie

 

Edited December 8, 2020 by Poljot

[AndyHull]

An HMT "Sandeep" joins me with a little light reading material by the fire today.

The dial on this is particularly difficult to photograph. It is a rather pleasing bluish grey, but that doesn't really come across on the camera. Digital cameras for some reason seem to struggle with rendering blues accurately. This one is from 1995 which makes it one of the newest watches in the collection, and it actually still looks very fresh.

 

Edited December 9, 2020 by AndyHull

[AndyHull]

This was going to be another "Timex Tuesday" watch, and then I thought I might make it in time for a "Timex Thursday" instead but it took a little more work than I expected, so I guess its a Timex Friday today - 1971 Timex Viscount (model 46660 3271). I lost count of the number of times I had this apart, but now its fully functional and clean as a whistle.

Edited December 11, 2020 by AndyHull

[AndyHull]

A Ronda 1217-21 based Ingersoll joins me by the fire today.

Its raining and "blowing up a hoolie" outside and we had a brief power cut earlier on.

A perfect excuse to sit by the fire with a cup of tea and a few biscuits.

[luiazazrambo]

This one looks slightly better than mine. 

[AndyHull]

I'll take a look tomorrow and see if I can find a suitable dial for you. What size is it? Where are the dial feet positioned? Did you get the caliber running?

Edited December 14, 2020 by AndyHull

[Poljot]

Almost as good as Timex

[AndyHull]

Its Sekonda time again, or perhaps (according to Auntie Google) "Время Секонды.".

[luiazazrambo]

On 12/14/2020 at 10:55 PM, AndyHull said:

I'll take a look tomorrow and see if I can find a suitable dial for you. What size is it? Where are the dial feet positioned? Did you get the caliber running?

Not yet. I took it apart and the only thing kept me going is that it seems i am a very bad watchmaker so a little bit of practicing was just one step forward in the right direction. I cleaned the parts manually because they were very dirty and some of them are rusty too plus my ultrasonic does not work anymore and the national watch cleaner machine project has not even started yet (apart from buying a cable and a corc sheet). I got some green stuff here and there which reminds me the stuff u get when a battery is leaking. All in all i think a new dial would be a waste for this movement, but I am going to try to put it together anyway. Going to post about the result.

[Poljot]

Lovely Tik-ing sound

[Poljot]

Waltham 18S 1892

Prettier than Rolex? You betcha!

[steve1811uk]

24 minutes ago, Poljot said:

Waltham 18S 1892

Prettier than Rolex? You betcha!

Wow, serious workmanship there.

[Poljot]

3 hours ago, steve1811uk said:

Wow, serious workmanship there.

Yes, indeed. Keep in mind that no CNC or 3D CAD were available :-).

[KarlvonKoln]

8 hours ago, Poljot said:

Waltham 18S 1892

Prettier than Rolex? You betcha!

Seldom can I find elsewhere a more beautiful blending of art and science.  These are the kinds of timepieces I could stare at all day.

[Poljot]

[zhtckr]

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bulova marine star

[AndyHull]

Today we have a big 'Q' of watches to choose from.

[Rdot84]

Today's casual watch is a Elgin Automatic which I assume is from the 70's. I know very little about it. I won it in a Goodwill auction for around $38 and it showed up not only running but keeping impeccable time as well. It has an AS 1916 movement.

 

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by Rdot84

[zhtckr]

[Poljot]

Alarm "clock"!

[AndyHull]

I decided to give the elegant little "Crown Watch" "Ancre 15 Rubis" an airing today.

This has a strange arrangement of "almost fixed lugs", in the sense that they have pins that roll, but are so tightly fitted that there is no way to remove them, so it requires a strap suited to fixed lugs.

I can't remember what the caliber is, but for those who want to know, here is a picture of its beating mechanical heart.

I would suggest it is probably from the 1940s or 1950s judging by the styling, but that is simply a guess, so possibly from the Bombay "Crown Watch" company, or.. possibly not.

Edited December 24, 2020 by AndyHull

[toptime810]

Handmade