Fantastic. I love the simple "lathe" you have made of wood and standard spindles. With very few things we can make marvels. You behave like a great watchmaker. Thanks very much.
@@lkkjhtemmexv1838 Old watches dont have shock absorbing device. Either the pinion or the jewel breaks as a result of dropping the watch on a hard floor.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Sure. One need a proper jeweling tool. I don't have it but it is basically a micrometer :) I have a micrometer and wanted to make stakes for it and try for this purpose :)
This is a figurtive representation of life. The most important and beautiful things are not recognized, appreciated or shown until "they" don't have it. Then an ony then they realize what is written between the lines. Then it just gets covered up in the end or forgotten about after the dust has settled. "Who bleeds for the dancer"
Just stumbled on your channel, great stuff! The pressed in ones are easy to do but never seen the method for the older sistem, thank's for showing how it's done! And thank's for saving a Cyma, they are one of the hidden gems among vintage watches. PS: thumb's up for the improvised lathe and hand made tools, a sign of a capable and resourceful watchmaker!
Inspirational work Sir. I congratulate your ingenuity and skill. You show that quality work can be done by a hobbyist with very few expensive tools. Marvellous.
@@Jonas_GD_1234 I have no room to do it because of my kids. Simply could not leave anything on my desk, they took the tools and parts :) Maybe in a few years i can reestablish my desk again :)
I have always wondered how watch jewels have been polished and set. Thanks. Smallest jewel I have ever bezel set is 3 mm. and there was tons of guess work and loads of "feel" to get it right. But, jewelry doesn't require alignments akin to those of a watch. Most impressive tiny work I have seen in quite a while.
Thankyou for introducing me to Donald De Carle's book through this video. It is also very important for me that you show us the materials and pastes you use. Nice photography in this by the way. Would be cool to watch you make a balance shaft some day.
It would be great being able to make a balance staff. One and half year ago i was trying that, but later turned to the repivoting way. www.dropbox.com/s/e8qir6hrpovdgy0/2015-09-30%2014.30.08.jpg?dl=0 I will receive a lot of mixed balance staffs, hundreds of them in the upcoming days. I hope i will find the proper one next time i need it or maybe i can alter a similar one.
@@szbalogh It should not be too difficult to turn the balance staff even with the setup you have, it will take you a bit more practice than with the watchmaker's lathe, but if you are not in a hurry who cares. Keep going!
@@DushanGrujich Since then i could make a good balance staff for another watch. I made a balance staff repivoting tool which i can turn to a pivot burnishing setup.
I think there is a hairline crack left on the jewel because the thickness was so small after using Dremel tool. But who cares as long as it works.... Great achievement man and congrats 👍
Well done, I must say! I've seen jewels burnished in using professional tooling like watchmaker's lathe with faceplate etc with end result not looking as nearly as good as yours.
Kedves Szabolcs, koszonjuk a kivalo es szorakoztato demonstraciot/tananyagot. Legelosszor is en egy kezdo, amator vagyok egy kis kezugyesseggel... Van egy szep Hampden zseboram, problemakkal. Odaig eljutottam, hogy a balance wheel-nek az also kove le van strapalva rendesen, ezert a balance wheel kotyog. Szeretnek nekiugrani a javitasnak, de nincsenek nekem cel-szerszamaim...ezert is nagyon ertekeltem a videodat. A kerdesem a kovetkezo: be lehet-e "ragasztani" az emlitett kovet sellakkal? koszonettel, Tamas
Brilliant. Can you tell me, what is the brass tool that you used to shape the jewel? I'm talking about the brass tool with the diamond paste and that has a concave tip? Thank you.
@@szbalogh I see ok I don't have a lathe or a Dremel, but I do have a power drill. Trying to get creative and maybe adapt your method using a power drill, using shellac to stick the gem on a drill bit.... Thank you!!!
I'm not so familiar with Cyma movements but why do some of their movements claim to have jewels but instead have top metal studs in their places? Thank you.
To the best of my knowledge vintage and antique Cyma movements are on the upper end in quality. But there is also a chinese Cyma brand. Are they modern or old movements?
