Horology?!
Has Watch collecting lead you deeper into the hobby of modifying or tinkering with mechanical movements?!👀
It has for me. I’ve taken apart mechanical movements and put them back together again with the hopes of one day being able to do a full services on watches. ⏱️⚙️🪛
Buying them cheap and brining them back to life just for fun. It definitely has been a journey. Still in the process of learning and practicing the skills needed. This is a picture of me when I first started.
I no longer have a Mohawk 🥴
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Skyler Santana
Sharing my journey and started talking watches on my YouTube.
NY, USA
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7.25” / 18.42 cm
I'd love to have the time to do this, I've even thought about just buying the movements from AliX so that I can play without breaking a watch.
I've started to go down this road, but it takes time. You learn from your mistakes, most of all. There are few resources to turn to when things go wrong, and while the troubleshooting is educational, it simply takes time. I've taken a NH36 apart and put it back together. However, I should do it a few more times to sharpen my skills.
Will do!
I'd love to have the time to do this, I've even thought about just buying the movements from AliX so that I can play without breaking a watch.
If you do decide to do that I would recommend the ST3600
That’s the movement I been using to practice so far and it’s a good one to Start with because the pieces are larger then a normal size movement.
I've started to go down this road, but it takes time. You learn from your mistakes, most of all. There are few resources to turn to when things go wrong, and while the troubleshooting is educational, it simply takes time. I've taken a NH36 apart and put it back together. However, I should do it a few more times to sharpen my skills.
Definitely take a lot of patience and time.
I would recommend a st3600 movement because it’s larger in piece size so you can work faster in putting it together. Plus it’s a very forgiving movement in handling. Good job doing it with the nh36 that has even more parts!
I’ve always been fascinated with micro machines, especially clockwork. Watchmaking/watch repair is a super fun and rewarding hobby.
If you do decide to do that I would recommend the ST3600
That’s the movement I been using to practice so far and it’s a good one to Start with because the pieces are larger then a normal size movement.
Thanks for the movement recommendation, I've added it to my wishlist. Actually I think I'll just buy it, it's only pennies, and then it will be looking at me every time I open my bag of watch goodies, and I'll have no excuse not to have a go!
Definitely take a lot of patience and time.
I would recommend a st3600 movement because it’s larger in piece size so you can work faster in putting it together. Plus it’s a very forgiving movement in handling. Good job doing it with the nh36 that has even more parts!
Yeah, I haven't looked at the st3600 movement yet. I still have a mystery movement from a $25 watch that I want to take disassemble/reassemble. Maybe after that one. 😉