Restoring the Unserviceable: Never seen a watch like this 

Washing machine from Blade Runner movie! Awesome!

I have one of these Buler super nova, with a leather strap, I purchased it about 20yrs ago as NOS, I have worn it occasionally as a "talking piece" but it remains in excellent condition and in my collection.👍

..a lot of work on an inexpensive watch, but it probably runs better now than new from the factory. There's a lot of knowledge and experience that goes into restoring any watch, respect!

That's super cool! Very unique watch! And yes, "not worth being serviced" means not enough money to be made off of servicing it. I've got a Lucerne skeletonized submariner homage watch from my father in law he got in the 70's that no one will even look at t see what needs to be done for that reason.

Man,you are a pro.I have much respect for your work.

That restoration was lovely. I was particularly impressed with your timegrapher results, especially the Buler's amplitude result. My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Keep up the good work, and best regards - Wendi 🌻🌻🌻

What a crazy movement. Was the bottom cap jewel for the balance also made of metal? Seems like only jewel was one the upper balance cap jewel! Great video, thanks!

Fantastic work on an unusual watch. Thank you for sharing!

This is my first time watching your channel. I have to say I enjoyed your process and skill. It is a bit different without voiceover. This is a Buler Super Nova "digital" watch from the early 1970's. Buler was an independent Swiss company founded in 1945 and sold in 1990. They made a few versions of this, some with a seconds disc. As you can see from the construction, it was cheap and disposable, targeted at a middle class market.

Great work! This type of "jump hour" watches were quite popular in the late 1960s into the 1970s, normally using lower-grade pin lever movements with modifications on the dial side to advance the display a step at a time. Recently there are homage watches made, but without this modification making the display very awkward indeed. While the example shown was branded as Buler, the same watch was also sold under other names, such as Grand Prix. As for the tiny second hand, it's not something seen on many other similar watches, it's entirely possible that it works better a visual indicator that the watch has not stopped! The problem with jump hour watches of this type is the area for time display: it is absolutely tiny compared to the physical size of the watch; with a normal dial with hands, at-a-glance legibility would be much better.

Thank you for sharing this video on the servicing of a stylish watch with a low quality movement that runs surprisingly well: 👍👏👌!

Thank 4 the video, very entertaining

Fascinating….Frankenstein moment..‘it’s alive’ 24:27 Bravo.

These 'Jump Hour ' watches were a thing in the late 1960's & early 1970's. I own an Australian made Felicia _'Digital'_ - Gold plated - Automatic movement - A bit battered & scuffed - but it still works - despite all the desert dust & tropical rain.

nice job… would look great on my wrist!

Very nice!

You have fantastic tools

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Interesting thoughts. I always get it wrong lol. The use of other materials like ceramic and titanium us a given I think, but will certainly turn me away, as I prefer the watch to have a proper presence on the wrist. I just don't like light watches. More Jubilee options. I don't think the Ranger will get a white dial. Oh, your Speedy looks fabulous too

Ah yes, mechanic digital. Got two of those, branded Juwelor in pure and gorgeous 70s style. How I got them is quite funny😊

"Not meant to be serviced or Not worth being serviced" is watchmaker speak for "can't make enough money on the service to make it profitable. OR, "don't know anything about that movement and can't fix it if it has problems" ;-).

Great stuff. The disc under the minutes ring looks very scratched up. Was this from the initial manufacturing?

Sir, excellent video. I have two questions. 1. What is the name of the tool you use to prevent the click springs from flying. The shape looks like the tip of a big screwdriver. 2. The cannon pinion was not fixed to the center wheel, but to a stem jutting out. Then how will the power be transferred from the movement side to the dial side. Hope you will clarify these two points. Thank you.

Great video, congratulations. Without jewelry, What have you used to lubricate the wheel pivots, grease or oil? Thanks from Spain

When I started work in the early 70s the service shop I worked in charged AUS$11 for standard manual wind watch service, this was at a time a tank of petrol costs AUS$5 and gold was $35 an ounce, US dollar was 60-70 cents to the AUS dollar, I would work on swiss, japanese etc, these pin pallet watches came very poor to quite well made, BFG 866 was very common movement, they were quite serviceable, parts were available, eventually replaced with cheap quartz that are not serviced but replaced with new movements Finish and jewels, there was never any decorative finish on these as that just brings the cost up, one jewel, jewels were expensive then so placing one jewel in the watch can be described as "jewelled", and different countries have tax rates on the number of jewels in the movement and I think one jewel was the lowest rate along with "no jewels", the US taxed watches higher if they had more than 17 jewels, one of the reasons you can buy a seiko 6139 chronograph with 17j and japan only version with 25j So if one of these came into my workshop today, would I service it, no, my lowest charge is more than the watch is worth, but if it was mine or belonged to a good friend then I would service it mainly for beer money😂 By the way your movement is in pretty good condition, no rust, unless there are repair marks in the case back its probably never been serviced

Doesn’t matter the actual value of the watch. If a person likes to watch and values it, or if it’s from somebody special, the value to the person is quite high it would be like an auto mechanic saying I’m not gonna fix your car cause it’s a piece of crap, they still fix the car, they are being paid to fix the car.

At 31:16 what kind of bike do you have there?

what brand created that watch and model number if available?

Is the watch is going Fast?

Sorry the balance jewel is 2 cap and hole jewel . The Watch maker believed it to cost more than the worth of watch. I am hearing that from a watch maker I know.

Are you a trained watchmaker oder just hobbyist?

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Lots of scratches. Some ham-fisted idiot was in here before you.

Cheap 1970s Jump watch. I had one of these in 1976 and from new it never ran for more than 2 hours before stopping. It was under guarantee so was returned to the shop, it really wasn’t worth repairing so I had a refund. One word to describe it would be Junk.