http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/07/08/mystery-tubes/ A mechanical watchmaker in a digital world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/07/08/mystery-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-4165 Tick Talk » Mystery of the Brass Tubes: Solved Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:56:30 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/07/08/mystery-tubes/#comment-4165 [...] mystery has been solved! Several months ago, we posted about a set of mystery tubes made of brass that ended up proving themselves useful to repair the seconds counter hand for a [...] [...] mystery has been solved! Several months ago, we posted about a set of mystery tubes made of brass that ended up proving themselves useful to repair the seconds counter hand for a [...]

]]> http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/07/08/mystery-tubes/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Prem Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/07/08/mystery-tubes/#comment-540 Hi Jp, you used imagination to use! Part of being a watchmaker is the ingrained philosophy of making do, with one's means, and you proved to yourself that anything is possible within that realm! I think back in the good ol' days, they used to make pocket watches with rivetted dial feet. Sometimes these feet used to break off due to huge shocks, and finding the equivalent dial feet was a right royal pain. Anyway, I presume you have a vial containing some of these, ready to wear feet for old dials of pocket watches. Cheers - Prem Hi Jp, you used imagination to use! Part of being a watchmaker is the ingrained philosophy of making do, with one’s means, and you proved to yourself that anything is possible within that realm!
I think back in the good ol’ days, they used to make pocket watches with rivetted dial feet. Sometimes these feet used to break off due to huge shocks, and finding the equivalent dial feet was a right royal pain. Anyway, I presume you have a vial containing some of these, ready to wear feet for old dials of pocket watches. Cheers – Prem

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