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Dayton
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A Vintage Watchmaker's Hairspring Cutting Tool

In this video I explore the features of an adjustable vintage watchmaker's hairspring cutting tool and go over every detail of exactly how it works. T...
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Trench watch restoration triggers YouTube's AI 😂😂😂

I used JFK's inaugural address for the audio in a recent YouTube video I posted because YouTube's AI recommended it. YouTube's Image Analysis is conne...
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Vintage Wristwatch DIY Full Service - You Can Do It Too!

Hi All, Did you ever wonder if you could do a full service (stripdown, lubrication, and rebuild) of your own vintage wristwatches?  I did. So I did it...
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Recent Comments

commented on A Vintage Watchmaker's Hairspring Cutting Tool ·

Sure! Thank you. All of my videos are also available on ishootwatches.com without ads and downloadable.

commented on Trench watch restoration triggers YouTube's AI 😂😂😂 ·

Excuse me but google's AI decides if it's racism. And if it is it lets you know! 😂😂😂 All of this s#!t is out of control. There are two paths to totalitarianism - one is communism, which ends up embracing capitalistic features to stay in power, and the other is capitalism, which appears to be embracing communist features to stay in power. As Woody Allen might say, "let's hope we choose the best path!" 😂😂😂

commented on Huge News 🎉. Show off your UGs ·

https://youtu.be/ar0yqWjuoJc

I was curious what happened to Universal Genève and FHF so I paid them both a visit!

commented on Hunting for Vintage Movements ·

Thanks! I remember your username from a year or more ago.

I spent some time in Charleston when I was producing theater (Spoleto festival). I also lived in Sumter as a child (on Shaw Air Force base).

I was looking at your Le Marc pictured in theescapemetnroom. Do you know what the 9033 sand 822 signify? I have no idea. I guess it's a model number. Reminds me of Seikos. I love its monohull case!

commented on Hunting for Vintage Movements ·

Hi Greg,

I recently (past few months) have been on a Felsa binge myself. I bought a Mercury automatic with power reserve indicator out of curiosity and discovered a Felsa F 760 inside and fell in love with it, but sadly it did not have the power reserve wheels inside it! So I bought a Stewag with a power indicator in the same position and yes! It had a F 760 inside with the missing wheels! Which I then accidentally destroyed because the key wheel is an odd brass differential with very fragile teeth.... So then I had two F 760s in need of that same differential gear! I couldn't find that gear with any parts dealer, then quite by accident I bought a 1950's Consul with no date or power reserve indicator and popped it open and saw that it had a Felsa F 699 inside, which has a power reserve function even though the dial on the watch did not! So rather than immediately open the movement to see if the gear I needed was in it and unused, I started researching if the 699 even used the same differential gear, which it does, and then I found a parts dealer with two of them, which he sold me for the price of one! Now having three Bidynators, I discovered that I also have a Felsa 4007N that was in a Mondaine that I've had for several years that didn't work, and having fallen in love with Felsa movements I decided to get that up an running as well (it needs a setting lever spring).

I read your blog post asking if Swatch kept and let go of the right brands. I agree with you, especially about Eterna.

Nice work on the Altus, and great job spotting it in the wild!

Dayton

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commented on Vintage Wristwatch DIY Full Service - You Can Do It Too! ·

Thanks! watchfix is now a paid service, but Mark Lovick is great and watchrepairtalk is still up and has a great community. There's definitely everything needed on YouTube and the forums. And no need for defeatism. 👌

commented on Your fav type of caseback? ·

Also: snap back, square notches, rounded notches, polygonal, individual screws, or grooved die?

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SOTC August 23, 2022 (Box 2)

In this video I discuss the last twelve of the twenty four vintage watches that I own. In the next few weeks I plan to start doing in depth videos abo...
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SOTC August 23, 2022

In this video I discuss the first twelves of the twenty four vintage watches that I own and sometimes work on. Some of these watched will be familiar...
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SOTC August 1, 2022 (Part II)

Some other watches in my collection 😀 I post videos about these and my more traditional vintage watches on my YouTube Channel I Shoot Watches .
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SOTC August 1, 2022

Hi All, I will be doing deep reviews (case opening and movement removal / examination) on all of these watches on my YouTube channel, I Shoot Watches...
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How Much Did You Pay For That Vintage Watch?

For better or for worse I made this video about how much I paid for these watches and I brought the receipts. Not a review or SOTC, more like a confes...
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I've been Learning Watchmaking

Please feel free to check out my YouTube channel and please subscribe even just a sympathy subscribe.  I live in Switzerland and post vids about my ow...
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My new YouTube channel based in Switzerland

Hi Everyone,  I have a new YouTube channel called "I Shoot Watches" on which I show realtime DIY watch repair and restoration using a minimal tool set...
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