Slew of discontinued watch movements
What are your thoughts on movements that have already gone extinct from the market? Do watchmakers make effort to revive them anyhow?
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WeWillCee
A modern watch collector with a wide range of brand exposures, mainly into Swiss & Japanese movements
Singapore
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7.00” / 17.78 cm
Service (no parts needing replacement) should be no problem. For a basic mechanism, the parts that would be needed are usually non-proprietary or otherwise available. If it's some exotic complication, things may be different.
Corporate, aka factory, service has only one source of parts: their stockroom. I could use the car analogy, that the manufacturer will have nothing, but NOS OEM stuff may exist, or aftermarket, or used/reconditioned parts.
Oh, I have some pocketwatch that is of a long-gone Parisian watchmaker from the 1800s that is scarcely documented on the web. The place I went to get it fixed was obsessive about replacing all worn parts. It wasn't cheap but it was done in a reasonable amount of time.
1. so I’ve been studying the case for past Seiko movements & respective jewels they used to stabilise each gearing is fascinating. Recommended jewel range goes around 17-21.
2. second on my list is Patek’s nautilus, very classic design. It brings me smiles whenever I see owners wearing them.
Service (no parts needing replacement) should be no problem. For a basic mechanism, the parts that would be needed are usually non-proprietary or otherwise available. If it's some exotic complication, things may be different.
Corporate, aka factory, service has only one source of parts: their stockroom. I could use the car analogy, that the manufacturer will have nothing, but NOS OEM stuff may exist, or aftermarket, or used/reconditioned parts.
Oh, I have some pocketwatch that is of a long-gone Parisian watchmaker from the 1800s that is scarcely documented on the web. The place I went to get it fixed was obsessive about replacing all worn parts. It wasn't cheap but it was done in a reasonable amount of time.
wow vintage timepiece! I’m sure it would derail the original flavour of the 1800s timepiece, if a masive revamp was done to it. It would also add useful information to the modern era, that probably spells other forms of usage than just time interpretation.