Vintage Breitling Stopwatch
Practice piece for watch servicing. Always a fun challenge to disassemble these things without finding any service manuals online.
Easiest mistake I see with this repair is breaking the center staff when removing the seconds hand.
The hands are tightly friction-fit to the cams underneath the dial. It was easier for me to slowly lift the whole dial along with the cams. I'm assuming this was quicker way for Breitling to service a stopwatch since you didn't have to fully disassemble and re-align hands back to its zero positions.
I got it running at a healthy rate, but there's still a point where it occasionally jams. I did see some wear on the column wheel so I'll have to revisit this and see if that's the cause of the issue.
For now, I'm happy seeing this keep good time again. It's simple and clean yet feels tactile and premium when you play around with it.
Ex-Disney Artist / Designer / Self-Taught Watch Restorer
This is so cool. I've been looking at stopwatches quite a bit lately. The balance of the red with the black is so good. Beautiful!
This is so cool. I've been looking at stopwatches quite a bit lately. The balance of the red with the black is so good. Beautiful!
Simple and elegant beauty
Gorgeous! Is that a Baumgartner 410 movement? It was a common 1/5 stopwatch movement used in a variety of brands.
Gorgeous! Is that a Baumgartner 410 movement? It was a common 1/5 stopwatch movement used in a variety of brands.
Sharp eyes! Baumgartner 411 with no jewels.
Sharp eyes! Baumgartner 411 with no jewels.
Interesting! I almost bought a one-jewel 410 for some practice a while back. I might go for it soon, it looks like good fun!