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Watches I

March 17, 2008 – 7:53 pm

I think it’s about time I return back to the roots of this blog. My watch education.
The Lititz Watch Technicum
Micromechanics, Part I
Micromechanics, Part II
Micromechanics, Part III
Watches I
With all of these micromechanical skills, what’s a boy to do? You see, the WOSTEP program is designed in Switzerland for the Swiss watchmaking community. It’s mission is [...]

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ETA 6497 / 6498

February 13, 2008 – 9:07 pm

It has been a while since I worked on an ETA 6497, but I did so today and it reminded me how much I like this movement.
The 6497 and 6498 began as UNITAS calibers, but when UNITAS became a part of swatch group (through a series of acquisitions) it became an ETA caliber, like the [...]

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