WatchTech

As some of you are aware I sometimes accept restoration/service work IF it is "interesting to me". This piece Breguet 4587, sold in 1825 is a very small pocket watch, 38mm diameter and 5.90mm thick with a Breguet ruby cylinder escapement. These are rarely

After years of searching I now have a new and never used Aceria F1 milling machine. It came with some accessories but not all, now I am on the hunt for W12 collets and a rotary table. I set it up yesterday, oiled the spindle as I am sure after 50 years th

Pendulum clocks are fascinating me these days. And of course different ways of making them. Having recently acquired a 3D FDM printer I decided to see how (if) one could make a precision clock using this means of production. As I already had a mechanical

errr... I mean small and shapely Seiko movements made for ladies! Regular readers may have seen a few Seikos walks or my technical articles here. I have had about 100 Seikos in my hands and on my bench in the last 90 days; 20 of those were ladies watches.

Has anyone ever made a two handed watch with a jumping hour hand and an analog minutes hand? In the classic 2 handed format. Is it technically possible?

It's a tiny women's watch. I can't read the dial without a loupe. Heck, I can hardly find the watch on the counter without my magnification: The movement was immediately diagnosed with a broken balance shaft. And made by Loyal Watch Co. Balance shaft tip

As I clicked "BUY IT NOW" I remembered a story from my friend Steve, when he bought an old Jaguar. He asked his dad's mechanic, who was sadly inspecting the car, "How could I go wrong for only $750?" I can't replicate the Mexican accent but as he walked a

I was hoping to use this brown loaner watch for one of our Seiko walks, but the chrono wasn't working properly. The Start/Stop button was sticking down. So off to the bench we went. Ooh. Dirty. Even the gasket! This was a many-years-ago eBay find which wa

I think it entered our lives about the time I expanded my watch repair facility from this modest home setup ... to insane craziness by buying out my friend Ken's watch business, benches, parts and tools. That was in 2009 I think. After a few months of sor

I have been wearing this RADO in rotation, on and off, for 22 years. I have not been careful with it, but It hasn't been treated as a beater either. At my desk today, the mirror polish of the clasp was still blinding. On most of our watches, this part of