What about these, good deals for the money?
Is the Seiko Hi-Beat considered reliable or fragile?
http://search.ebay.com/321203028856
http://search.ebay.com/261284536180
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i haven't seen it in a while, but i think it just locked up. won't wind.
won't run. stuck.
it hasn't been contaminated like that.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:03 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote:
Gary:
Those are nice watches. One of mine is so old it has a celluloid crystal,
Just needs cleaned and oiled in that case.
Peter
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if i find it, i will tell you. i dont' really have any desire to use it
anymore.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote:
Just needs cleaned and oiled in that case.
Peter
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Is there a set of How to instructions and photos on the web somewhere for
cleaning/examining the guts of old watches? I have small screw drivers, etc.
from my camera repair days ---
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote:
1960 through 1980 was the golden age
There are a few, but I recommend Don DeCarl's books instead, easily
obtained from Amazon. Better information, and much more detail.
You will need to sharpen your screwdrivers, and I recommend you find
a way to hollow grind them. Don't bother if they are the $5 set,
they will never work
yeah, lots of info, but man those parts are really small. i found it very
intimidating
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Is there a set of How to instructions and photos on the web somewhere for
cleaning/examining the guts of old watches? I have small screw
i used a 17ah pocketwatch for years until it got stuck. i should dig it out
and maybe donate it to you
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Peter Frederick psf...@earthlink.netwrote:
There are a few, but I recommend Don DeCarl's books instead, easily
obtained from Amazon. Better information,
Gary:
Those are nice watches. One of mine is so old it has a celluloid
crystal, now quite yellow and brittle. I suppose I'd better replace
it before I stick a thumb through it.
They are actually good watches to learn watch repair on -- quite
straighforward, no tricky stuff, all the
Peter Frederick wrote:
The only service I would suggest on an new one is that if you
are left handed and wear the watch on your right hand, you
should have a watchmaker invert the timing of the autowind
rotor.
Are there any recent watches that are _not_ auto wind? That
require the user to
yes, but they tend to be very expensive watches of the highest quality
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Peter Frederick wrote:
The only service I would suggest on an new one is that if you
are left handed and wear the watch on your right hand, you
should
Gary Hurst wrote:
yes, but they tend to be very expensive watches of the highest quality
Like this? (the 2nd one seems a bit pricey for a Liaoning ebauche/movement)
http://search.ebay.com/280439202254
http://search.ebay.com/390128704690
http://tinyurl.com/yb3kbco
Mitch.
your obsession with chinese junk continues to disturb
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Gary Hurst wrote:
yes, but they tend to be very expensive watches of the highest quality
Like this? (the 2nd one seems a bit pricey for a Liaoning ebauche/movement)
Peter Frederick wrote:
The only service I would suggest on an new one is that if
you are left handed and wear the watch on your right hand,
you should have a watchmaker invert the timing of the
autowind rotor.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fmiser fmi...@gmail.com
wrote:
there are tons of quality vintage handwinds out there that can be had for a
song . i'm wearing a cheapie right now that was sold to me NOS from hong
kong for about $30 delivered
any cheap swiss wind up watch with at least 15 jewels will be adequate for
your purposes. lots of them made in teh
Actually, autowind watches are more accurate than manual wind watches
because they spend much more time fully wound. The higher spring
tension results in larger balance rotation, hence less influence on
the rate from watch position and hand/arm motion. This is also why
you should wind a
1960 through 1980 was the golden age of mechanical wristwatches.
Many of them from that era will run just fine, although a clean and
oil is really required -- just because they will run doesn't mean
that they are clean, and in particular non-waterproof cased watches
will have dust on the
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