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"New" movement for the ALBA

I managed to win a replacement movement for the ALBA on ebay, and the original seller of the watch compensated me for it. Since this movement has been...
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Chasing accuracy 😂

So I got this Orient Pilot watch a few months back and it’s been consistently around +7s per day. I know this isn’t much but I wanted to do better.   ...
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Other tools needed for opening casebacks

Hi all! I was thinking of trying my hand at some regulation with some of my watches and wanted to know if there was anything that would be good to hav...
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Timegrapher

Looking to get a timegrapher and was wondering if Weishi was the way to go (see that company more than any other when looking them up) or if there is...
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DayLight savings Curse or blessing?

I'm curious...is the loss or gain of and hour a fun day for watch collectors? Are you all glad for the excuse to tinker and fiddle and fuss over your...
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Couple of new builds

My wife was out of town last week so too occupy myself I did a few watch builds. The first is a surprise for my friend.   He shipped me several of his...
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My Watch journey in chronological order. Part 4

This Tissot SeastarSeven from the late 60s was the first watch I complete disassembled cleaned, lubrucated, put back together and that still worked af...
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My Amphibia Fixer Upper

Before: At least it's looking a bit cleaner on the right... After: Not quite finished though. The nikle plating is shot so the next task will be to st...
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Maiming a Movement

After years of watching restoration videos, I'm trying my hand at watchmaking. I got the starter box from sutcliffehansen.com and got to work. It. Was...
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