Thanks for watching, Tom! There are a lot of small wheels and pinions inside a watch, and to reduce friction as much as possible, they rotate inside synthetic ruby bearings. A basic good watch has 17 jewels or more. Today most watches are automatic and typically have about 25 jewels. These are all synthetic and not worth more than a few dollars, but the number of jewels still serves as an indication of the quality of the movement.
Thanks so much Wendy, that's great to hear :) Vintage Tissots are very nice watches with great value for money and it's really cool to hear an old watch turning into a family heirloom 👍
@@VintageWatchServices : i have a steel seastar and i love the one piece ( waterproof ) case and the classic design of the silver dial and plain stick hands . i think its around 1968 date from what i saw on the internet
Great job Stian, the finished watch looks very good. I'm starting to like these vintage Tissot's more and more, they get the design elements and simplicity right so often
That’s my idea of a beautiful watch. Love your videos. Just the right mix of history, technical, and other information on a foundation of deep knowledge and great skills.
Thank you so much. I've got a Tissot Sea Star 7, and I was scratching my head about how to open it and what "use key No 315T" meant. I can now get on with the refurbishment.
They actually made a set of "keys" which would go around the crystal and allowed it to be easily removed without the risk of scratches or breakage. One guy on the watchrepairtalk forum who was trying to open a Sea Star Seven "UFO" had to 3d print his own tool. Of course nowadays they would only sell tools like that to dealers with how exclusive the Swatch Group has become.
Wish could do a eta powermatic 80 chronometer as mine was a tissot that I let my 80 year old dad wear and ran no joke, 0.1sec plus per day. Well he dropped it-had to as the main staff of balance wheel just came out! It's a free float balance so can't swap it out with a regular 2824 chronometer or grade 3 balance, but maybe it's just the bottom incabloc spring has detached? I've not taken it apart as all I've done is swap a Seiko 7s26 for 4r36..
Hello, your films were inspired by my daughter and we started to record some of my work, I also work with watches :) my daughter makes films and we even have 60 subscribers ;) ! I wish you the best ! Regards Karol
i love watching skilled masters doing a watch rebuild . it must be so fun to be able to bring great watches back to life. i have a few tissots and are my most loved watches
I’m not sure if it’s this calibre specifically but a derivative of it has a stem with a bevel in the setting lever slot that when pulled hard enough, by design it will lift the setting lever to remove the stem. Like you, I prefer to do it the same way as you 👍🏻
Hello R B, thanks for watching! That's the fascinating thing with mechanical watches, that a few wheels and pinions driven by a couple of springs can be accurate to 99.99% or better, even after 50 or more years :)
About tools, can you show the magnification lenses you are using to see these small details etc. I’m a model train lover and soldering the small prints is difficult under a loupe so that is why I want to know what you are using.
I enjoy your videos tremendously, but I would like to see your trouble shooting process during take-down. I learn a great deal from experienced horologist and value all techniques; those I can incorporate into my own work I do so with confidence that the process produces the anticipated outcome.
Hello Edward, thanks for watching and for your comment! I'm trying to strike a balance between being technical and entertaining, and it's very difficult to reach both goals without going too far in one direction. That said, I do try to point out the most important elements of fault finding but can also try to go a bit more into depth when a good opportunity arises. The good thing about mechanical watches is that everything happens for a reason, and you can always revert to a point where things work and slowly build up to where they don't to identify the problem. There are also a lot of issues you don't really fix per se, you simply replace the part. I'm working on a video that will demonstrate a lot of these issues right now but the watch might even be too damaged to successfully repair... That happens also; there is a point when the repair requires more resources than the outcome is worth. Not sure if this helps but keep watching videos and asking questions and I'll try to give useful answers.
That is a stunning little timepiece. Another interesting upload. I wonder what percentage of people are caught out by the way the mov't is accessed & removed? I was glad to hear you speak positively about Certina. I have a DS Podium and a DS PH200M. The latter is probably my favourite piece, and the brand in general taught me a good lesson in the law of diminishing returns. And Tissot? Interestingly, I have the stainless steel version of that Tissot Heritage Navigator in my sights for 2022. It's a beautiful watch; a large watch, but I have a large wrist. Thank-you for an entertaining little interlude. I laughed out loud a few times, learned more about how much I still have to learn and had some watch purchases - past and future - validated! That's 20 mins well spent! 👍🏼
Thanks, Anthony, that's very cool to hear :) Before the quartz revolution, there were so many brands making their own watches and movements. The loss of variety since the 1970's is just very sad, but it's also what happens in any industry over time. Vintage Certinas and Tissots are very good watches that offer pretty much unparalleled value for money. I don't think you can go wrong with those two brands in that sense and there are also others that I will work on in the future! 😉
I recently acquired what I think is a mid 60's Tissot Visodate Seastar from Ebay. The watch is running and keeping decent time, but the crystal and steel case has some moderate scratching. I took it to one shop today just to see if the movement was correct and to ask about a refurbishment, and the owner said if the watch is running I should leave it alone. I'm the type of person that intends to keep the watch for a long time and I would like to make sure it's running properly. I got the watch for very cheap (under $100) and I wouldn't mind spending more money to have peace of mind to know that the internals are correct and they are in good order. If I may ask, what should I expect to pay for a full service like the one in this video for my watch? Are you in the US and do you accept work through the mail? Thanks for your time.
Hi, thanks for watching! I'm based in Switzerland and don't really take on servicing jobs other than on watches I have bought in order to re-sell. But if you're in the US, you should be able to find a watchmaker who can service your watch for $150-200. Google vintage watches in your region and it should be easy to find someone :)
Thanks for creating and sharing another great video, Stian! If you're looking for video ideas (and you haven't already done one), would you please consider doing something with a power meter? That's my favorite complication. Thanks again!!
Hi Woody, thanks so much for that! I'm basically running through watches I'm planning to put up for sale so there's certainly no shortage of them! I will have a power reserve one at some point but right now I actually don't have any in the pipeline 🤔 Hmm, we'll have to do something about that!
Another beautiful video, Stian. The tight editing and merging of the different camera angles during the re-assembly sequence is particularly good. Was the setting lever spring design intended to help prevent the yoke from jumping out of its slot on the stem?
Thanks a lot, Bullnose! I'm trying to up my game a bit on the editing :) Tissot used that setting lever spring design in a few other movement,s so I wouldn't be certain of whether it was intended for this type of case/dial design, but it certainly would help keep the yoke and setting lever in place.
Thanks for the video, it's great. Following your video, I just serviced one of my exact same Tissots. But I found a problem, when I adjust the time counterclockwise, the second hand will also turn counterclockwise.Is it possible to get some information from you. Thank you.
You mean when you move the hands counter clockwise with the crown? That is not uncommon and not really an issue, but you're in general better off not moving the hands counter clockwise too much.
Great workmanship & a stunning watch. I have one of these movements apart on my bench but out of a 70's Seastar with a screw on back. Fingers crossed i can get it back together.
Sorry to hear that, Allan, you must have been very unlucky. In general Tissot offers very good value for money, but there are unfortunately always exceptions to a rule...
Hello Aaron, thanks for watching! The link to the video discussing beat error and timing is linked to just a few seconds later, it's the Hebdomas video.
My first new Swiss watch I bought was a Tissot Ballade two-tone with a 2824 in St. Thomas, USVI. I was 17. The second was a year later from an online retailer, a Bond Omega Seamaster like that worn by Brosnan in his second movie onward. That was 21 years ago; I’ve bought vintage ever since.
Talking about tweezers, two years ago i’ve made my own brass tweezers. I really started to realize how much technology went into making them. So for every watchmaker with some time extra......make your own.
Not really much of a difference apart from the thickness. It's not a good idea to use toothpicks since they are likely to break off at the tip and potentially clog the holes m
Hello Peter, you would have to first do a lot of googling to make sure you know which crown is correct and then try to find one on eBay or the likes. For the most voluminous brands you can sometimes look up the reference number and corresponding crown on sites like cousinsuk.com or ofrei.com
Tissot is great quality and value! I did a Tissot in my latest youtube project but I had an older one without inca block, "closed" balance jewel, that was a little bit tricky =). Crazy that 18k World timer. Nice work, thank you!
Hello Mike, loved you in Shrek! 😂 Pegwood should be strong and not shred easily, and is often made from orangewood. It can however be other sorts of wood with the same characteristics. Orangwood is also used for cuticle work by manicurists, which is why you can find it very cheaply on ebay :)
Even though I'm a big guy and former bouncer, I would not mess with a watchmaker. I couldn't even imagine having to pull tiny little screws out of my eyes and then have to replace all the nose hairs after they get ripped out with professional tweezers.
I have the same watch, I gave it to a watch repair technician because it fell on the ground, hope it can be repaired. Are there any replacement parts for this watch movement?
@Vintage Watch Services Thank you for your reply, my Tissot watch is still under repair, but with your reply, I have great confidence in the restoration of the watch🤭🤗😉
Thanks for watching! You can always turn the volume down :) There is now also an ASMR channel being populated for those who don't like listening to me talking crap: ru-vid.com/show-UC2NP2begZa0Adlxth6Avj9A
Those big Elma automatic machines are for people who clean a lot of watches, as you can load it with several baskets and it will clean them one at a time.
For many people who were around in 1980s, Tissot will be best known for their Rock Watch. They ran huge advertising campaigns all over Europe, probably the Americas too.
Knowledge, steady hand, a littlebit (more) love, here is the key for resuscitation of an old beautiful watch as this Tissot. Well done ! Keep it ON my friend ! RESPECT !!
Takker, Henrique! Whenever I come across an instruction like "Use tool x" I always Google it to see what it is if I don't already know it. For this one, a simple search told me that this watch had this quite uncommon way of opening.
I suppose I need to look for a mechanical Tissor (to go with the quartz one that I picked up 15 years ago to be married in). This was a great instructional video and I like that it required minimal case work to look beautiful. It's the size and style of watch that I like. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for another wonderful video. And now we also know why there are so many many hairs stopping all kind of watch movements all over the world ... My father made it a habit of presenting his grandkids with a watch of their own choice on their 20th birthday. So I went shopping for one with my daughter and she chose a rose gold Tissot World Time (a vintage model from the 60s or so). While I did not like the name too much, the watch really is a gorgeous and most beautiful piece of Swiss watch-making history and she has cherished it ever since. My first encounter with Tissot came in 1976: my parents bought me my first automatic watch, a PR-516 diver's watch. It served me for a long time until I wanted more complications. I still own this watch (in excellent condition) and only recently found out that it is a "James Bond" watch, as Roger Moore prominently wears one at the end of "Live and Let Die". It has made me feel 10cm taller since I can brag about it to my son and friends, which is not something I ever expected from a Tissot.
Wow, that's a fantastic gift for your daughter! The Tissot world time is a magnificent piece indeed, very stylish. Interesting info about the James Bond Tissot, I didn't know that :)
@@VintageWatchServices Exactly! Sorry it was an ill-conceived joke on my part 🙄 btw, in a long and checkered career of messing with watches from the 40's, 50's and 60's one often finds some monocoques are difficult to spot; but if the dial is full of scratches you KNOW it's a monocoque! Great show as always! This banter with your wife is the sign of a good marriage.
Wonderful movement to work on, so simple,reliable and Well machined, for sure one of my favorites 😃👍🏻and btw your picture quality are so Sharp that i started to doubht if i needed the glasses i have weared for years 🧐👍🏻
Another great video!! do you work on Seiko watches, specifically the BellMatic? I ask as i am about to service one and it will be the most complicated watch I have tacked to date!! Great work as always!!
Hello Joo, my tweezers are from Regine Horology and I got them from Becotechnic, but Horotec makes some quite similar only with a bend instead of a curve.
I was helping a watchmaker move to a new building once; he refused using a truck and had us place all of his crates, desks and a majority of his file cabinets on his shoulders and sprinted several miles, only breaking a single sweat when he sat the final cabinet in its last location.
The perfect end to my week. It's a pity that watchmakers are all such hulking, and may I say, self-deprecating lot. They have decided to pit their brawn and brain against the tiniest of foes showing their true restraint as if their true powers were released the world would not know what to do with them. The heroes we didn't know we needed. Have a great week, sir.
That's probably the most accurate description of the never ending battle between watchmakers and watch parts I've ever read. You sir, just won the internet. 🥳
Well, just between you and me, yes, all watchmakers in fact do, and they can also jump over buildings. I just don't want people to feel bad because they're only fighter pilots or lion tamers, I'm sure you can understand that.
@@VintageWatchServices When the watch was disassembled, you had to remove the dial in order to get to the spring release to remove the stem. During reassembly, however, you put in the stem and installed the dial and hands as per normal procedure. How then did you get the stem out again so you could get the movement into the case?
@@bullnose01 Oh, the movement has a standard way of releasing the stem by pressing the setting lever. I didn't show that since I thought it would be obvious, but maybe it indeed isn't 😂
@@VintageWatchServices Now I am not following anymore. I am very curious how you can press the setting lever when the dial and hand are still on. Can you reach is from the side of the gear train?
Hello Bea, thanks for watching and for your question! There are a lot of options, the most basic one being a jar with a cleaning fluid such as naphtha or benzine. A small ultrasonic is also a good option. What you can do if you have an ultrasonic machine is to fill its tank with water and then put the parts in a jar with cleaning fluid inside the tank, so you don't have to use as much fluid every time. Lastly, you might also find a used cleaning machine for a few hundred on eBay or the like. My first machine cost me €500 from eBay, it was new but old style, made in India.
Hello Gary, not really, actually. There are just so many different movements and complications out there so I'll take out one at a time :) Probably an English lever fusée pocket watch would be one, comme to think of it 🤔
