This watch was found in someone's old apartment. There is no history about it-where it came from, how old it is-nothing. I was asked if I could fix it… I honestly didn't know. I started to check the condition of the watch and found many problems. I filmed everything in hopes that this could eventually become a video for you. One main concern was the damaged and bent pallet fork. I couldn't find a spare part for it, nor did I have new stones that fit. I took a bet and wondered if it could run well with the damaged pallet fork… and it really shocked me in the end that it works perfectly! I wanted to make a restoration that preserves the watch. The watch hands are deeply corroded, so I didn't polish them too much to avoid changing their original shape. The casing was also corroded with deep pitting and scratches. I removed the silver oxidation and the surface corrosion but didn't remove the deep pitting and deep scratches. Hope you like the result! Many thanks!
Eline koluna sağlık mükemmel ve profesyonel bir çalışma olmuş bizi bu muazzam ustalığından ve temiz çalışmalarından mahrum bırakma sürekli video atmanı 4 gözle bekliyoruz sık sık video at olur mu
Of all of the watchmakers on RU-vid, you are the most enjoyable to watch. A skilled craftsman, (to us mechanically inclined) is the best and most enjoyable to watch, bringing old, neglected, abused timepieces back to life. As a young man in the late 60's, I worked on the railroad. The railroad companies required you to have a certified timepiece that had to be synchronized at the beginning of the shift or before you took the train out of the yard traveling to destinations down the mainline. I purchased a Hamilton 99 2B from a retired "Old Head" brakeman. Later, I purchased a Bulova Accutron, however, the Hamilton was my favorite. If we lost CTC (centralized traffic control) signals on the mainline, we had to revert to train movement by time schedules (to prevent accidents). This was why you had to have an accurate timepiece. I have my grandfather's old pocket watch, a Waltham, that my grandmother gave to him when they got married at the turn of the century (1900). I would hope to find a gentleman such as yourself, to do the cleanup and restoration of this time piece as it is family history. Are you here in the USA or ? Do you do take on work and if so, where are you located? | will contact you regarding the watch if you do do outside work. Randy
Neat seeing the baking soda/aluminum foil method used in a professional environment. Absolutely the best way to remove tarnish non-abrasively which is a must when cleaning silver that has fine details or engraving. I’ve seen so much silver over the years with details that have been smoothed out by aggressive use of abrasive pastes! Excellent video!
Happy to see your kind comment sir 😊 You are totally correct, this method is very easy and not toxic either! Thank you for the very good comment on this "fact". Glad you liked my video! Have a great evening!
Incredible work, better than new. Extra cred for root cause analysis, explanations, showing time for polishing and finally explaining your adjustments to make it work perfect.
Many thanks Hasse, great that you thought everything was clearly explained. I tried to be as clear as possible but not "dragging things" too much (spending too much time on it). Thank you for commenting as always :)
I imagine the orders or orderliness this timepiece has witnessed over the years. I think you’ve cleared up all the deposits and corrections it has collected. The shine is a beauty to behold, so glad it found you!
@@Watcheyes I’ve just finished watching the full video again, thank you for making my day. Here in Australia I will now sleep and dream of Debussy and ticking watches.
Great job, I'm making an omega pocket watch myself, I just need to replace the balance staff (broken), and this video gives some good ideas, because I'm a beginner.
Thank you sir! I wish you luck, you will make it. Just take it slowly. Check the hole when you have removed the staff so it's round and nice, no steel residues that sticks ut, round and plain hole. Then check if the new staff sits plain against the wheel and tightly before spreading the rivet. If all sits good and even when checking underneath (under the wheel, contact between staff and balance wheel). Then spread rivet and check again if it sits nicely and so forth. Note that you have to hammer quite hard on these pocket watch staffs, they are very thick.
When I serviced my Datejust from late 80s, they told me that cannot be within COSC tolerance, I told them: there's guys on RU-vid restoring 100 years old watches and leaving them + - 2 seconds.
:D good! Still this is manual so if it's gonna run within cosc it needs to be winded fully all the time. But for a Rolex which is often automatic and of higher quality it shouldnt be a problem :) Atleast for a 80s Rolex, that's quite new one.
This Longines was made in a time when things were made to last a lifetime. Now, we're living in a disposable society, where a bloody Apple watch will become obsolete in 6 months.
That's very true Lucas, quality, design, mechanical skill and a soul is unfortunately gone for many things. Many thanks for your comment Lucas, I wish you a happy day!
I remembered my grandfather whom fought in Palestine in WW1. He was POW at the time and his pocket watch had been taken by a British soldier. British soldier said "Souvenir... Souvenir" after handling watch. Thanks for video.
Can’t beat gold polished Roman numerals that sparkle like jewels in the sunlight. Loving the sun ray dial man that pops! MAMACOO watches. What a beautiful subtle piece.
LOVE the arabic numbers for the minutes on the face. and love the restoration O (٥-5), V∘ (١٠-10), VO (١٥-15), V⏑∘ (٢٠-20), V⏑O (٢٥-25), V⏑⏑∘ (٣٠-30), V⏑⏑O (٣٥-35), V⏑∘ (٤٠-40), V⏑O (٤٥-45), O∘ (٥٠-50), OO (٥٥-55), ⏑V∘ (٦٠-60)
Greetings from Istanbul, Constantinople, Turkey 😊 How did you find this? Good work By the way; Nacib K. Djezvedijan (Nasip Cezveciyan)& Fils Istanbul which was was the authorized dealer and general distributor of Longines watches starting from 1880s, in the Ottoman Empire and until 1960 in Turkey. Djezvedjian, was a well known distributor for high end Swiss watches including Vacheron Constantin. The address was Kapali Carsi Mahfazacilar(Muhafazicilar) Sok. No: 44-46 Eminonu/Istanbul at the Kiliccilar Gate of the Covered Bazaar.
Wow, from the city where "it all began" :D. It's a guy who found it in his family's home and there was no info or history about it, they didn't know anything about it. The information was probably lost between generations. Many thanks for your information, I appreciate it a lot. It's wonderful to read this information and dream away of its history 😀 Have a great evening! Best regards from Sweden, Stockholm.
Very interesting video and well presented. However, there is a simpler method to prevent the problem of beat error, valid for every movement with pallet. Before finally mounting the complete balance: 1. Also leave the pallet mounting aside for a moment. 2. Assemble all parts of the balance to the best of your ability and mount the entire set in the movement (if initially disassembled). If the position of the red stone is not visible after mounting, look at the position of the balance wheel arm. In principle, the position of that stone should be perpendicular to the balance wheel arm. 3. Now make sure that the balance staff, the red stone in the balance plateau and the pallet staff are on 1 imaginary line. 4. If necessary, adjust the position of the hairspring on the balance staff so that the conditions of point 3 are achieved. Let the balance wheel oscillate a few times and see if the wheel always returns to the same position when stationary (with the position of that stone on that imaginary line). In principle, you should not have to adjust the beat of the watch after the movement has been fully assembled.
Diese Uhr hat eine Geschichte, sie gehörte wahrscheinlich viele Jahre der gleichen Person und hat ihn durch sein Leben begleitet. Diese Person wird sicher nicht mehr leben aber seine Uhr ist noch da. Diese Uhr müsste sprechen können und ihre Geschichte und die ihres Besitzers erzählen. Oder geht in die alten und Pflegeheime und sprecht mit diesen Menschen und hört deren Geschichte! Jede dieser Geschichten würde Bücher füllen, sehr lustige und unvorstellbar trauchige Geschichten. Wenn die Menschen gestorben sind, sind alle diese Geschichten vergessen und deren Wissen, ihre Ängste und ihre Liebe verschwindet im Nebel der Geschichte!
I am amazed by your precise movement, is it really that much experience that there are no more design secrets left in the watch? ((я поражаюсь вашим точным движением,неужели такой большой опыт что в часах больше не осталоль конструкционных секретов))
@@Watcheyes it's just some kind of magic, as if you are the designer of this watch and know everything about its structure, it seems that way from the outside
Респект! Видно, що працюєте грамотно! І якісний інструмент.👍👍👍👍👍 І ще, завдяки Вам узнав, що ці дивні знаки - турецькі цифри 19 сторіччя. Бо попадались такі, та знаття не було...
Congrats!!! You destroyed a history!!! If you need a watch, buy yourself a new one but respect to the past!!! This watch served to people a long times and now it's retired!!! It's place had to be in museums!!!
Who are you to tell him what to do with his own watch?. He will repair an take care of this pocket watch better than any museam would. It is meant to be restored an used. It would waste away in a museam. It is a personal use item. Not a Hey ! Look at me an sit behind the glass an die away…..
great job as usual, Maestro…polish the jewels is new for me…shouldn’t possibile to do the same with the pallet forks? Too difficult maybe? 109 years old watch…beautiful
Hi Fulvio. Many thanks for your kind comment 😊 Hmm, haven't heard of the lapping of pallet fork stone before, might be possible but that must be som hard alignment to produce. I don't know how to do it :)
Nacib Djezvedjian is a name of an Armenian man from Istambul who had a licence to sale longines and other swiss brands )) , but what its mean literlay i thought some connection with cofee djezve ))
@WatchRestorationCottage great, then I guess my sound is good. It's hard to adjust the levels, background noise vs cleaner noise. Still a totally clean noise can be boring so I'll adjust to background noise to a pleasant level.
❤. Ah il faut de l'outillage ! Le boîtier aurait pu être amélioré non ? Sur tas de plomb avec empreinte et outillage maison et brunissoir. Enfin en tout cas super travail 👍👌
All those people who at that time were able to make all those little wheels, axles, springs, dials, hands..... I believe they first signed up to the devil. There's no way it can be made :)
Saving hundred-year-old items that have fallen into oblivion is great work, especially when you think that now it can work for another 100 years. What is surprising to me are the indexes on the dial and the insert, which look like the letters of an alien civilization.🧐
It is a good video. However, I feel it would be easier for follow if you were verbally explaining issues as you went along rather that flashing text on the screen. I've watched a few other watch makers do the text thing but I didn't stay with them long. Will probably do the same here.
Thank you. A very good point, it's hard to know if it's clear enough and not to fast or to slow that particular moment. Maybe add an arrow to make it more clear, or some other type of sketching. I really like silent clips so.
Many thanks 😊 You are correct, key wind type is very late for this. I guess they wanted a robust watch with mechanics that would hold forever instead of more "complicated" and more expensive keyless works. Thank you for your question, very relevant one 👏 👍
You did a beautiful restoration , I have a Longines watch that was my grandfathers that looks very similar but has a top wind crown . It also says Longines Nacib K. Djezvedjian & fils Constantinople on the face . The back of the case opens and looks the same where the serial # is 4982153 how can i date the watch by that number Thank you
Glad you liked it 😀 Many thanks! Wow, that's very interesting, these are quite rare I guess so it's very interesting that you have the same type of dial. Here you can search the serial: serial-number-decoder.co.uk/longines/longines.htm NOTE, watcheyes doesn't send links. Be sure it's the real watcheyes that's sends a link when requested as in this case.
I think it’s a shame about the case. There was some lovely patina on that. I think that as you polished it you should have gone for a perfect restoration and sorted the dents and brought it to a mirror shine but each to their own.
Müsste man diese Arbeit bezahlen, würde sie den Wert der Uhr erheblich übersteigen...abgesehen davon, jemand zu finden , der die Kompetenz hat und bereit wäre diese Arbeit zu übernehmen...
