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Category Archives: Tuesday Tools

Kif Shock-system Model

March 17, 2009 – 8:18 am

I just acquired this fantastic toy! Well, to me it’s a toy. In reality it is a fully functional model of the Kif shock-resistant balance protection system. I love just playing with it.
I talked about Shock Resistance before and highlighted a video as well.
I suspect this little model was used as a sales [...]

By J.Peter | Also posted in Watchmaking School, watchmaking | Comments (2)

De-magnetizer

March 3, 2009 – 8:45 am

J. Edwards wrote about an Archaic Spin on the Demagnetizer and it made me realize I had never discussed a de-magnetizer as one of my tools, despite having discussed Magnetism and having a discussion about de-magnetizers in the comments.
A rough synopsis on magnetism: (feel free to read the original post for more information on the [...]

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Simple Tools

February 17, 2009 – 6:46 am

By request I give you some of the simple tools I have fashioned myself. I’m kind of a spoiled watchmaker because I had to buy lots of really nice tools when I started school. Because of that I haven’t had to improvise a lot of tools but here are some of what I [...]

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My Tools

February 11, 2009 – 2:34 pm

Quite some time ago I wrote about a watchmaker’s tools. It was a post which started my series of Tuesday’s Tools posts. The gist is that my tools are like an extension of my body.
This week I have re-discovered how true this really is. I had to switch to a new oiler and this new [...]

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Pivot gauge lovin!

February 5, 2009 – 6:50 pm

I finally took my first WOSTEP exam last week and I’m glad to report that I made it through.  I successfully finished it with a little bit of warpage after heat treatment but it was complete by the end of the day.  The results are still unknown because they’ll be going to Switzerland for grading.  [...]

By Tony | Also posted in Watchmaking School, watchmaking | Comments (1)

An Archaic Spin on the Demagnetizer

January 27, 2009 – 9:01 am

Back in September, we talked a little bit about magnetism;  more recently, as I’ve been working my way through reading the whole of Donald de Carle’s Practical Watch Repairing, I came  across this interesting illustration of a  hand powered demagnetizer that requires no electric current at all to function.

While it’s not something I can see myself [...]

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RODICO Premium

August 19, 2008 – 5:51 am

Another one of those great freebies I walked away from the AWCI Convention with was some of Bergeon’s new and “improved” RODICO Premium. For those of you who don’t know; Rodico is a cleaning product designed specifically for watchmaking. There are 3 main varieties of this product. They are similar in nature to [...]

By J.Peter | Also posted in watchmaking | Comments (1)

Ball Peen Hammer

August 5, 2008 – 5:56 am

Here’s a tool I learned how to use from a jeweler. The Ball peen hammer is very useful for forming rivets. I use it whenever I need to replace a worn rivet in a watch bracelet. This is a useful skill which should be taught in watchmaking school but is not. It [...]

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Syringe

July 23, 2008 – 7:07 am

When installing new glass crystals sometimes they are held in by a gasket but other times they are held in place by a two part epoxy. The different methods for securing crystals is actually quite diverse. Seiko makes an adhesive specifically for securing crystals but really any two part epoxy will do, so long as [...]

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What is it?

July 15, 2008 – 8:28 pm

What is it? We have here a tool from my workshop. On one side it has a large disc with small cutting tools on it. There is a pin to position the cutters. There is a handle to rotate the cutter. Only one cutter rotates at a time. On the back side [...]

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