blackbookalpha

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6.00” / 15.24 cm Wrist
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JDM Seiko X Arknights Open Heart Repair

A friend of mine went a little to hard on the arcade machine and 'broke' one of his Seiko JDM open heart watches. I was more than willing to help him...
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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 s...
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Timex Movement 32

Illustrated one of the most challenging workhorse movements I've serviced (by far)
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Timex Viscount Illustration

Trying my hand out making fictional marketing illustrations 😂 This was one of the pieces I restored last year: https://www.watchcrunch.com/blackbooka...
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Hand Straightening Practice

I inherited a bag of junk watches from a friend, and was surprised to see a Hamilton Thin-O-Matic in the lot! I still have a backlog of watches that n...
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A Roamer Restoration from Japan

Restoration work from last year. I never would have dreamed that people would hand-deliver their watches to me after starting this watch restoration j...
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1950s Baylor Art Deco Tank Illustration

Happy New Year! I took a break from watch repair during the holidays to make some watch art. This is an old pre-Heuer Baylor from my collection that I...
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Movado Tank - Movement 375 Illustration

When I'm not restoring watches, I draw and learn as much as I can about horology and watchmaking Movement's from a 1940s Movado tank-style watch
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This watch exploded during service! (1970 Bulova Sea King "Crosshair Camaro")

My good friend @OmegaMan75 recently got a vintage 70's Bulova Sea King with a very slick-looking TAG Camaro-style case! He reached out to me when he g...
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A Vintage Olma Watch With A Story

This watch was a peculiar find. I came across this watch on eBay and was intrigued by its copper tuxedo dial. The patina was so pronounced that you ca...
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