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The Parts Issue Continues
June 25, 2008 – 8:46 pm
I have been out of town for a few days and of course the work piled up while I was gone. I spent most of today estimating repairs.
One of the watches I dealt with today was a Maurice Lacroix automatic that I serviced one year ago. It had stopped working and when it [...]
Water Resistance Explained
June 18, 2008 – 8:28 pm
Watches are often rated as water resistant. Many years ago some watches were labeled “water proof” but this is no longer a legal practice. Instead a watch can be lableled water resistant and a pressure rating can be assigned.
Water is a powerful substance. At the depth of the Titanic shipwreck most watches [...]
South Paws
June 12, 2008 – 12:03 pm
That’s right left handed individuals this one is for you. — I had a gentleman come in the other day whose bezel had popped off of his submariner. He complained that he had entirely lost his bezel before and that it has come off several times. I found this a bit odd because [...]
Gravity Free Watchmaking
June 11, 2008 – 6:44 am
I have to get me one of those gravity free benches. Do you think I could get some trade accounts if I set up shop on the International Space Station? It would appear to result in less Floorology.
Tuesday Tools - Truing Calipers
June 10, 2008 – 7:38 pm
Truing calipers are used to help make a wheel turn true. Occasionally you find a bent wheel in a watch. The truing caliper will help you see how far out of true it is, locate the low (or high) spot and make the correction to get it turning true again.
There are two [...]
Tuesday Tools - Poising Tool
June 3, 2008 – 6:50 am
For some reason the poising tool is one of those watchmaker tools that you can find anywhere. There always seems to be one at every flea market, in every used tool store, and of course in every watchmaker’s shop. In fact, there are two in my shop. One is my personal poising [...]
Perception of Time
June 2, 2008 – 7:44 pm
I guess this is related because a) it has to do with time and b) I experience it as a watchmaker. Customers are always coming in and they always seem to know exactly when they had their watch serviced last, or when we put the last battery in their watch. Thing is their [...]
How does this happen!
May 29, 2008 – 7:49 pm
I was going to write about Quartz Retrofits but than I came across this. The evil retrofit can wait for tomorrow. I knew this watch would be trouble when I saw the underside of the balance wheel. I call this Swiss Cheese. The indentations at 2 o’clock are normal. Nearly every other [...]
Rolex Caliber 1601
May 28, 2008 – 8:20 pm
Whenever someone begins to get interested in Cellini watches they seem to want to know what is inside of one. “Is it the same movement as a Submariner or a Datejust?” “Is it technically advanced?” etc. Sorry, but no it is not. Cellinis have their own movments totally different from Rolexes. [...]
