Some holiday work: Citizen 63-1817
This is not my watch. This is the childhood watch of a professor that I know. It came in running very slow and very weakly and now it's almost done. It just needs a ratchet spring and then it'll be right as rain.
My work was nothing short of extensive. The professor was fine with it being polished, so I did that. I originally only polished the caseback, seeing as it gives a little extra life to a watch without removing from the story that the scratches on the case tell.
The case now looks super shiny and almost as bright as it would have been fifty years ago. I will replace the crystal seeing as the one present in all of the pictures has a tiny crack in it. I polished it up just to show off, really.
The movement is a Citizen 1802, which came together beautifully and was a great pleasure to work on.
Overall, there's little more to say. I'm proud of my mini restoration and I'm sure that the prof will be delighted once it's in his hands again. Wish me luck on finding a spare ratchet spring.
A famous Dutch saying: “𝘕𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘣 𝘫𝘦, 𝘫𝘢 𝘬𝘶𝘯 𝘫𝘦 𝘬𝘳𝘪𝘫𝘨𝘦𝘯.”
Great work Ryan!
Great work Ryan!
Thank you!
I love this post. This is what I came for. Thank you so much for sharing.
I love this post. This is what I came for. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!
Well done, it takes some nerves to open and play inside a watch.