cazalea[Seiko Moderator]
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hold on again; reprise
Hi there,
I am perhaps THE pre-eminent (or the only) fake-watch-smasher on the Purists.
home.watchprosite.com
Please remember Graham, as a former law enforcement person, understandably takes a strong stand on these things.
Let's respond to your original assumption - there's a problem with your strategy. It's that the best watch to take apart is a good one.
Bad watches, and fakes are CRAP, do not help you in any way to understand or learn watch repair.
They simply frustrate you, because they are not built to be taken apart, or even to work.
I'd toss it or hammer it, then go on the old auction site (or look in family jewelry box) and pull out an old Elgin, or Bulova, or something of that sort.
Have fun with it, instead. It will be a much more productive use of your time. If it doesn't go back together, well there are options .....
Cheers
Mike
Disclaimer, this is NOT my work and this is NOT my hairy ear.
This message has been edited by cazalea on 2009-06-15 15:56:35
Help Educate Little Tree
By: turtletone2 : June 12th, 2009-13:06
So, I want to learn a little more on how a movement works and what everything does. I took a walk over to China Town in NYC where I live and picked up an automatic knockoff to be my victim. Sweet. It even has a display back. Everything seems to be working...
my advice would be this
By: G99 : June 12th, 2009-13:13
smash the cheap piece of fake crap with a hammer and spend $50 on a used seiko. its a real watch not pretending to be something its not, you wont be lining the pockets of what are effectively criminals as you seem to have just done and you'll probably lea...
Hold on a second
By: turtletone2 : June 12th, 2009-13:22
my goal is not to support "crime", of coarse I knew this is a fake, and not a very good one at that it feels like plastic as a matter of fact. It did have a mechanical movement which was my goal and my point is to understand how it works. If I'm unsuccess...
hold on again; reprise
By: cazalea : June 15th, 2009-15:51
Hi there, I am perhaps THE pre-eminent (or the only) fake-watch-smasher on the Purists. home.watchprosite.com Please remember Graham, as a former law enforcement person, understandably takes a strong stand on these things. Let's respond to your original a...
turtletone, i think its best...
By: G99 : June 16th, 2009-01:38
turtletone, i think its best left as it is. i suppose it did show you what goes into a working movement even if the tin used wasnt of the normal quality. an escapement and hairspring have to work so inspecting the one you've got cant do you any harm, you ...
