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Wearing a HMT 'Slim' handwind today. It's from India (HMT is an Indian watch manufacturer) and it's a new watch for around USD20 plus shipping.

DIal is an orangey salmon pink, not usually my first choice but I was attracted to the simple design. Even though its advertised as slim, its not really slim.. I figure its about 8mm thick, but it wears thin because of the case design.

The movement is based on the Citizen 0200 series movement, even the Citizen 'parashock' is used but the retaining jewel's mount is not as 'glossy' as on an original Citizen!

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Textured dial

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Citizen ancestry is visible but the finishing is not a patch on the original, pretty co**BLEEP** actually. I'm pretty sure dials will swap across, actual parts like wheels may not. Will probably try it one day.

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Its a chrome plated case so it may not last as long as a Stainless steel one but as an occasional watch watch it should be fine as long as I wipe it down with a wet tissue after putting it away.

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Performance wise it's fine, I strapped it on Monday morning and 24 hours later its pretty much spot on, thanks to that big balance!

Good value in my opinion.

Anilv

 

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1 minute ago, ricardopalamino said:

Nice one Shirley . Is it a mechanical or quartz ?

It's quartz.  All I've done to it is put a battery in it.  I just noticed tonight that the crystal is cracked on one edge, so I guess one of these days I'll replace it.  It doesn't show in the photo, but the dial is a nice iridescent mother of pearl with a blue tint.

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On 3/6/2017 at 6:35 PM, anilv said:

Wearing a HMT 'Slim' handwind today. It's from India (HMT is an Indian watch manufacturer) and it's a new watch for around USD20 plus shipping.

DIal is an orangey salmon pink, not usually my first choice but I was attracted to the simple design. Even though its advertised as slim, its not really slim.. I figure its about 8mm thick, but it wears thin because of the case design.

The movement is based on the Citizen 0200 series movement, even the Citizen 'parashock' is used but the retaining jewel's mount is not as 'glossy' as on an original Citizen!

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Textured dial

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Citizen ancestry is visible but the finishing is not a patch on the original, pretty co**BLEEP** actually. I'm pretty sure dials will swap across, actual parts like wheels may not. Will probably try it one day.

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Its a chrome plated case so it may not last as long as a Stainless steel one but as an occasional watch watch it should be fine as long as I wipe it down with a wet tissue after putting it away.

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Performance wise it's fine, I strapped it on Monday morning and 24 hours later its pretty much spot on, thanks to that big balance!

Good value in my opinion.

Anilv

 

I kind of like the salmon dial... but then, I am a girl...

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Picked up this Poljot Sturmanskie from the Bay the other day after following @Endeavor through his Poljot 31659 service.

I may have paid a little much but this one did come with the original box and papers and also the original bracelet (which is absolute garbage).  It's a 1988 model which should have the 31659 movement inside.  Most everything runs fine although the stem is bent as the crown wobbles and the hack doesn't seem to work.  It also sounds a bit tinny...  I'll have to get it properly cleaned and lubricated before wearing it.

I would offer up a pic of the movement but getting the case open is about as easy as getting into Fort Knox.  I'll have to figure out how to get inside without damaging the piece.

I'll post picks of the service when I get to it but right now I'm knee deep in another chronograph repair. ^_^

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18 minutes ago, RyMoeller said:

Picked up this Poljot Sturmanskie from the Bay the other day after following @Endeavor through his Poljot 31659 service.

I may have paid a little much but this one did come with the original box and papers and also the original bracelet (which is absolute garbage).  It's a 1988 model which should have the 31659 movement inside.  Most everything runs fine although the stem is bent as the crown wobbles and the hack doesn't seem to work.  It also sounds a bit tinny...  I'll have to get it properly cleaned and lubricated before wearing it.

I would offer up a pic of the movement but getting the case open is about as easy as getting into Fort Knox.  I'll have to figure out how to get inside without damaging the piece.

I'll post picks of the service when I get to it but right now I'm knee deep in another chronograph repair. ^_^

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It seems like a few of us have this model...... Let's start a club....Endeavor can be President since he did the service walkthrough...

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@RyMoeller Nice find :thumbsu: As in my walkthrough, IMHO best is to take a scalpel knife and a small hammer. Put the case on a scratch free "hardish" surface (so the vibrations don't get through to the movement) and slowly work, gently tapping with the hammer, the scalpel around the whole seam (360 degrees around), slowly opening the seam. After you created a big enough gap (you still need some dynamite) you insert your blunt watch case opening knife and it should "pop-off". Next to the damage I had already done trying it the "supposedly" way, this caused no additional, or minimum extra damage / scratches, but it may damage the flat O-ring (which isn't that hard to get, not the original, mind you).

The movement number 31659 should be stamped on the chrono-bridge, and the date on the balance bridge; at least that was the case on mine, which had never been opened since it left the factory in 1988. Having said that, I noticed missing screws in mine, so one never knows what the factory worker decided to do with your watch on that day :startle:

Oh, yes ......... you may need a 10 ton press to close it :D

@ricardopalamino Me president? :o

 

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Bought a lot of watches off the bay recently... nothing special just a bunch of 6309s and 700x.

 

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Well I finally got it, I knew the crystal was trashed but the dial seemed good. A lot I've seen have the chapter ring damaged and sometimes totally polished out. This seems fine looking beyond the crystal. Even the lume seems fresh with none of that black fungus stuff. I've seen these hand referred to as 'syringe' hands, quite apt.

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It has a 7006 movement .. higher jewel count than the 7009.

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Opening it up I found the rotor loose in the case but my hopes of a quick fix were soon dashed when I found that the rotor post had become detached from the plate. I think it was originally electro welded, not staked .

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I 'know' I have a 7006 somewhere which is in a poor case and I could easily use the main bridge off that but I can't lay my hands on it.. So a 7009 plate will have to do for now. I always thought that pivots for open jewels are different from pivots which run in capped jewels but inspecting the wheel-pivots from the 7006 and 7009 show no difference so the 7009 bridge was installed with the 7006 wheels. I had to re-clean and demagnetise the balance as the watch was running way too fast but its running fine now.

A new  generic crystal was fitted and its good to go. The leather strap was something I had on my desk.. will need to look for another one. I may polish the case a bit but then again I may leave it with the slightly used look to contrast with the new crystal and decent hands/dial combo.

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Have a good weekend folks!

Anilv

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And now for something completely different -

We got this gem for our son for Christmas, and he loves it. Unfortunately, he reported a problem with it, which I just diagnosed to a missing tooth on the hour wheel - resulting in Mr. Cleese going lame around 8:00.

And no, it's not a product of the Ministry of Silly Watches... actually it comes from the Unemployed Philosophers' Guild. Note the "For best results use other side" notation on the case back.

The watch uses a pretty basic Miyota movement, so here we go searching for a replacement.

Cheers,

Gryf

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53 minutes ago, Gryf said:

And now for something completely different -

We got this gem for our son for Christmas, and he loves it. Unfortunately, he reported a problem with it, which I just diagnosed to a missing tooth on the hour wheel - resulting in Mr. Cleese going lame around 8:00.

And no, it's not a product of the Ministry of Silly Watches... actually it comes from the Unemployed Philosophers' Guild. Note the "For best results use other side" notation on the case back.

The watch uses a pretty basic Miyota movement, so here we go searching for a replacement.

Cheers,

Gryf

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A nice tongue in cheek watch for your son.....

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Bulova Royal Clipper....

I have recently started to gather some watches in the Bulova " Clipper " series . These watches are very affordable and have a Classic look in both round and rectangle shapes .  I really am not sure how many different clippers there are because I am seeing a different clipper name all the time such as Jet Clipper , American , Sun , Sea ,  Golden , Midnight , Ocean , etc............

From what I gather from ongoing research , the Clippers are 17 jewel , but none have a clipper designation on the dial . 

This model is called the Royal Clipper and is identifiable by the contrasting quadrant shades . I picked it up on the bay for a small price and it was advertised as having been cleaned and serviced , the crystal refinished , and a new strap .  I knew that the dial looked like it had the measles .

When I got it I had to clean up an excess of lube on the movement , replace the cracked crystal , replace the paper thin cheap strap , and lume the hands because the lume was practically not there . The case back was over polished and showed all the imperfections also . I also took a chance on cleaning up the dial .

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And the watch....

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Yeah , I cheated and hi-lighted the dial . You couldn't see the quadrants very well ,....and it looks better in person ,..honest .

You can't lie to the camera .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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