this was a referberation rather than a restoration. some more parts could have been salvaged like the dial, but if you wanted something looking totally new, this was the way to go. impressive job!
I just got into watch collecting. I've loved watches since I was young but I never had anyone teach me or bring deeper into the world. MAMACOO brought closer to a community and hobby I always wanted to get into more and that is incredibly meaningful to me !
I need to respectably disagree with you on one key point. Screwdrivers for precision work should have a concave grind in order to have maximum engagement (and less damage) to the screw. Gunsmiths use this type of grind in order to minimize screw head damage.
That watch I especially liked 👍 It appeared to have so many more parts that I've ever seen in most Rolex's. Well compact & Class. Think 🤔 that's the make or model I would buy if I could! Amazing Job 👏
It was stated in the discussion of Hob costs that a different hob is needed if either the pitch or number of teeth is changed. I have always wanted a hobber because the hob is essentially a rack form tool witch means that one hob of the correct pitch will make gears of any number of teeth by changing the dia of the blank and the gear ratio between blank & hob.
I'm a Commercial and industrial refrigeration and A/C tech. I come from a heavy mechanical services backround. Now do web-based control systems and building automation. Even as a kid, It's always amazed me the mechanical mastery that goes in to the manufacture of a mechanical watch. So much so that now I'm old enough to afford it, I my name is on the list for a Rolex Submariner ! I have looked in to this a few times now but watchmaking was never available in Adelaide where I live. I'm almost 50 now. Had it been available when I was looking, I would have grabbed the bull by the horns. For the people that are interested, check out "Wristwatch Revival" channel on RU-vid. His videos are amazingly informative.
There are many mechanical watches around and this watches need maintinance. You have to look after a 17j handwind swiss lever movment. It is a kind of teamwork, you have to wind it up and you have to set the time. Because the cleaning and lubrication is hard to get today and very costly I have learned to do this myself. The limitations I have are: I have only 17j swiss movements without complication and it is not easy to get spare parts. I have solved this problem with a second movment I can use for spare parts. It is not too difficult to clean mechanical watches but it is out of the possibilities for a home watchmaker to do advanced work on watch movments. It is possible to get the skill but the investment for the machines is too high.
Because the sweep hand is held on by stronger rivet/taper so when you remove all 3 at the same time you risk destroying the sweep hand so you need to remove it separately
Im 16 year old and i also loved watches Im from pakistan I loved to assamble and repair watches I hope in future i will get golden chance in watchmaking
