Unbelievable Surprises from the Baumgartner Calograph Restoration 

Perfect way to demonstrate that inexpensive things can still be worthwhile. I love to hear your children laughing in the background and see you play with them. I pray you and your family are always safe, happy and healthy❤️🐝🤗

Buddy, I have watched (sic) your videos for a few years now, always enjoyed them. Today, my RangeRover decided to blow up on me, (broken spine, so they’re super comfy ride for me) and been told it’s 9k to fix it. I have been super stressed all afternoon, worry, upset and stress, which is horrible. And I open up RU-vid and what do I find? Your video. Never have I NEEDED to listen to someone’s calm and gentle voice, exuding a peaceful slow attitude, which has really helped me tonight. Thankyou

The watches aren't always gems but the videos always are :)

Glad to see you back, my friend. It may be an inexpensive watch, but it still deserves a little love.

I feel like everyone who watches your videos also watches Baumgartner Restoration. If not, I’m sure they would like his videos too. I feel like he sped through his last video. I wait for your videos no matter how long it takes or how nice the watch is.

"Sometimes when I'm stressed, I just find something to polish by hand", said by just about every teenage boy ever.

They all don’t have to be high end watches, to be a great restoration job. Plain and simple but a fantastic job done, great work with your children’s interactions makes a great relaxing watch ! Keep safe to you and yours 😊

Your channel is brilliant and you're a true gentle soul.

Being old, broken and generally a bit budget, it's a joy to see such a gentle, calm person using those virtues on an old, broken and formerly budget watch. Peace to you, yours and others you hold dear.

Fascinating to watch a 300 pound repair and service on a 5 pound movement., at least we know how this minimal movement works!!!

I cannot help but think that there is something Fundamentally Virtuous in the work you do. Saving pieces of craftsmanship from decay and degradation, honoring the great works of our fathers, and preserving them for future generations. I pray nothing but goodness upon you and yours! Thank you for your work!

Hi Joe. Very nice camera and lens for the crisp close-ups there. I just received my 70+ year old watch back from a watchmaker, restored to working order from a sad and broken state. It was my father's and grandfather's, and it is making me happy to hear it ticking. Can't wait to show my mum and siblings.

Thank you Sir! I think the case was injection molded out of a zinc aluminium alloy and plated afterwards. Where the plating left the case the bare zinc/aluminium base was exposed and that's vulnerable for any (weak) acidity. Dinky Toys are made out of a similar alloy. Someone mentioned it "monkey metal" to me. You can't do anything with it. No soldering or brazing. Just glue and pray for a somewhat lasting result. It sucks. Thank you again and again for all of your wonderful uploads in this world in turmoil. Bless you Sir and peace for all. Best, Job

What a great bit of therapy for a Sunday, cheers NeKKid

Absolute joy to watch you at work, and the children in the background, well just fabulous. Thank you.👍🕊️

I love videos like this as much as any other from you. Yes it is nice to see an expansive well made watch taken apart so we can enjoy all the art and technical wizardry that goes into making a watch tick but for me your videos are a point in my day where I get to stop, and do nothing else than watch an expert do his thing. We also get to see why the fancy bells and whistles are added, you can see just how much metal rubbing on metal can damage a part and why gaskets and such stop grime getting in.

That watch ended up looking far nicer than it actually is!

You made a cheap,watch look good using the same skills that you use on the very expensive watches. Good man.

Lovely vid, peace and love to you, family and all watching.

Nice suprise on this sunny Sunday for you to make an appearance,lol love this show.

It's the methodical way of sorting through the many issues of this POS, getting it running likely better than when it left the factory, then declaring it a POS! Verging on genius but well worth it. One of the better things about this channel, not just run of the mill Veuve Clicouots, but real watches 🙂

Many thanks for that - the watch came out very respectably - better than I thought it would.

It's been a while, waited patiently, and in reward I got to see another lovely old watch restoration... well done, Nekkid; it's always a pleasure to see your work. Can't wait to see another, soon. 🥰

RU-vid handed me a gift today by placing this video in my list of suggested videos. While I can't quite understand the point of the piggy-back ride in the middle of the video, I was delighted, nonetheless. 😆 The presenter's sense of humour had me giggling and chuckling throughout. I almost forgot I was viewing a watch repair video and not an episode of Monty Python. Cheers to the toddler whose sound effects could be heard throughout the video. What a jewel! Thank you for making my day.

i'm recovering from emergency surgery to reattach my left knee cruciate ligaments and so am stuck indoors. Therefore seeing another upload from you really raised my spirits!!! Thank you so much.

Looks like my day to day running a used music store for 3 decades. So much effort, so much time cleaning and restoring cheaply made guitars. I like to feel as though we make them better than the manufacturer intended. It's a labor of love. Great content as always.

Yes it is great to see another video and hear your voice. As always you have done the watch justice and got it working and cleaned up. Be well

The pin pallet movements have been the bulk of my tinkering so far, but I didn't know what they were initially. I got interested in watchmaking last fall after looking up how to remove links from a watch my dad gave me before he passed, which then brought me down the rabbit hole. So I started buying cheap but cool looking vintage watches on eBay thinking I had cracked the code. But when my first vintage Timex arrived, I was bummed to discover it had a weird looking movement (different from the RU-vidrs that I had been watching), so I decided to take it apart fully, then learned from the countless experts that they're not supposed to be fully disassembled and serviced (but it now keeps really good time). Alas, they also said to start out watchmaking on a working movement. I've basically started out against the grain on all initial accounts, and it's been painful and fun at the same time. I watched videos for 3-4 months while sneaking (one time I snuck in an ultrasonic purchase while my wife was paying for her Taylor Swift tickets 😂) the funds to purchase basic tools and lubricants. And here I am, at an airport in Florida commenting on your channel and binging the vids. Names Joe, too, BTW. Cheers!

Hi Joe, - This watch case shares it's quality with our Olympic 'GOLD' Medals .. being plated over a base metal. A sign of the times methinks.

What a lovely little inexpensive watch, probably the first time it has been open since the day it was built! Thank you for showing so much care and attention over an item that is probably a fraction of the value of some of the pieces you bring to us, love your work.

Beautiful watch. Looking forward to this one.

On these movements the A/h is actually 17280 not 18000, so you have to manually change it to read at 17280 to regulate these guys (it'll autodetect at 18000, but it's wrong and that's why it's not working)

Baumgartner restoration? You had us in the first half, not gonna lie! 😛

'it would be like trying to lift myself up into the air by pulling on my shoelaces' 🤣🤣🤣 funny man, laughed..

Oh thank goodness you’re back! Yay!!!!

His Polishing! IT'S OVER 9000!!

Not a one-off. I have seen several of these “Telemetre” Calograph watches. I have seen an old newspaper ad for one new at $9.95 in Chicago. I have one in my collecation with the brand ‘Mentor’, made by Bader SA of Switzerland. Bader bought in the off the shelf movement. I think they were novelty watches, but popular in its day. They make no sense as the pin stops the balance. Love your video, love that you do not silence the back ground noises.

Always makes me smile when you post a video , no matter what it is . Your voice is so peaceful. Thank you 😊

Wonderful to see you back. Great video! ❤ And I think the little one did say “Oh Shit”. 😂

Wow always so great when an upload appears..... the precision workmanship is awesome! Please post more awesome content!

The blue strap better… I just serviced my father’s old clemiter stop watch…similar one jewel…yellowing of plastic crystal..weird dial screwed on…but still had a bunch of fun. These videos are awesome..thank you

restoration Baumgartner ......... Baumgartner Restoration ...........cheeky

Thanks for sharing your skill, knowledge, family, wisdom and your blessings with us!

Wow, you just made my weekend! Thank you! I missed you and your voice, and your kids. Stay blessed and safe!

I have 15 watches with this movement and despite being a cheap movement they are sll running well after I serviced them. Some of them actually have jewels on almost all pivots. I have never seen them anywhere else in a BFG 670.

Your attention to detail and steady hand is exemplary like watching a brain surgeon perform always a joy!

Good to see you. I love the forensics on and explanations of a watch that isn't even of great quality.

I really enjoyed seeing all the clever cost saving solutions in that movement.

You are the paradigm, great man do great job 👏. Always enjoy watching 😂

Nice to see a watch like this restored and given some love. Always nice to have one of your videos drop on RU-vid, very therapeutic and you have some important things to say about the world but in a gentle way.

Passion project for sure. Another nice video. Thank you!!

Another amazing 46 minutes of forgetting everything but watch fixing, thank you Joe!

Joe.. I think with this one you passed the exams to become a certified forensic horologist! Well done.. I was sitting early in the morning with my tea and thought the little one had said.. “oh shxt” made my morning.. God bless you and the family.. Frank

Another lovely video Joe, well done and looking forward to the next one.

Hey there Nekkid! Did you try setting the beat on your time grapher down to 17280 Some old pin pallet movements used strange frequencies

Love the understated pleas for humanity. Thank you.

A Lapanouse! I recognized it immediately and laughed, knowing exactly what was going to be inside! Some consider this type to be one of the worst watches ever made, due to it stopping when you use its functions, as you realized once you saw how it worked 😂😂😂

I thought for sure that the title was a reference to one of my favorite RU-vid channels, Baumgartner Art Restoration.

Proof that even if returns are inevitably diminished, much can be gleaned from completing what is started. If it’s just about ROI, this is really not the tinker to tool around with. He does this not only because he can but because it’s who he is, it would seem. Really enjoyed this video just as much as any other. Be well Kind Joe ✌️

Wow that came out much nicer than I was expecting!

That's funny. I recently stumbled over a "Chronostop" with that 1 jewel pin palet movement😂 One of the pins was missing, so i had to find a spare part

I like the simplicity. This watch is more of a piece of ART than a piece of engineering. But I'm just an observer. You have liberated the movement of the clock, but we are also waiting for the liberation of فلسطين.

While it is a cheap movement (one jewel wonder) LOL. You have to give it to them for quite a simple yet effective motion/calendar works arrangement. Thank you for doing this video. I have a few pin lever movements that are leftovers from bulk purchases and I haven't really had much success at all in getting them to work. Most of it is due to my own ignorance but in some cases the movements are pure and simply worn out. Seeing your timegrapher results has given me some hope that perhaps I did in fact repair some of these pin lever movements relatively well and that due to the nature of the movement, our modern timegraphers can't show an accurate reading.

Just goes to show we are all worthy of respect, no matter how others perceive value. Be kind to ourselves and to others. Peace and love to all. Kind regards from Australia.

Great Video! When im stressed i just watch one of your videos and the world seems a better place!

I was wondering if this was Julian Baumgartner's watch or if it somehow had something to do with his channel, lol. Another enjoyable watch restoration. The watch may not have been high quality, but you made it look and operate so much better!

I would like a video showing how you organize the watch parts as you disassemble it 🌿

Thank you. please do not stop.

Fantastic video as usual. Watching your videos I have learned enough that I've been able to perform a full service on a Bulova 7ak. I had to replace the balance and the mainspring but the watch is now running and keeping perfect time. Thank you for all you do.

Well earthling, another triumph, all of the dials and numbers would be handy for calculating the distance between Uranus and earth utilising the time and space continuums, or something similar. In the immortal words of Spock, live long and prosper.

A one jewel wonder, sounds like a lot of the musicians back in the day. Now they have a watch to fit their music!

joe fantastic watch and restore love it .looks like a scout movement logo on the watch face to .stay safe great channel joe

Thank You. I Love hearing the kids voices in the background.

Nice to see you back

I have a buler "stop" with the same movement, sans date. Runs great! The dial is almost identical. Thanks for the upload, I won't be disassembling any bfg watches anytime soon😂

but it was somebody's pride and joy in the day, as always great video.

It may be a cheap watch but you showed it the same love and care as the most expensive one. It's not always the cost that makes something valuable

What a pleasant way to relax, listening to your soothing voice and common sense approach to your art.you sir are an inspiration to humanity with your love and humility to the human race . God bless you sir.

Thank goodness, you posted a video! I’ve been going through withdrawals.

I just realized that the vibe of your videos is very much akin to a PGA Masters Final Round, just without the golf clapping 👏👏👏👏

Fantastic content as always, thank you Joe! Whilst your comment regarding pin pallets not having chronometer level timekeeping does of course hold true overall, there is one interesting exception I’m aware of. Oris were obliged to use pin pallet escapements for much longer than they probably wished due to a statutory agreement whereby Swiss watch manufacturers and suppliers agreed to continue keep making the same products they had been making, and wouldn’t adopt new technologies. I recall you mentioned this in a video where you restored an Oris watch. Undeterred, Oris submitted some finely adjusted calibre 652 pin pallet movements for chronometer testing at the Neuchâtel Observatory in 1968 and they passed chronometer certification!

👍👌👏 At 8.54 min: Not much better things in this world than hearing a little child respectively baby laughing. 😁😁😁 Best regards, luck and especially health to all of you.

Loved the loud & clear message you gave when displaying the watch on your watch brother❤

I've missed your videos lately as here in the Philippines there was a heat wave. good to settle again for som tranquility . Also your great sense of humour is uplifting. Peace to you and the world 🙏🏻

Beautiful camera work and knowlege of watches.

You Sir have an incredible amount of passion and commitment.

Years later still addicted to your videos :)

Anyone else’s attention piqued by the name Baumgartner? 😂 Love both the channels!

Truly a master at your craft and have become quite the cinematographer! Thank you for your videos, they are truly a pleasure to "watch" !

You did an extraordinarily good job of beautifying a pig. Kudos

I have a couple of those movements in my watch “collection”. Not so easy to work on, but glad to see something like this! :)

Sun shining, got the bbq going and then I see a nekkid notification! Happy days 😊 Thanks Joe

That was an amazing transformation given what you had to work with. Excellent job!

Hello Joe, lovely to hear from you, hope all the family are well. Nice video, amazing that something with big holes in the side has survived, not one to do the washing up in! Best wishes to you all, take care man.

My favourite watch restoration channel. Thank you

I would say the watch is a Swiss version of an Ingersoll Mickey Mouse watch trying to be a wrist stop watch. Man, that was a mouth full to say, but Joe you brought it back to life and then some!

Nice job Joe! I did a restoration one one of these a few months ago, brand was Misalla, no calendar though. Same base movement exactly! I had all your problems plus a bent main plate horse shoe shaped pin pallet (fork) none jewel hole, and a bent pin pallet pivot (obviously)! I oiled the main so prong barrel as you did, thanks for the strip down and assembly of it! I like different movements, but not a big fan of low jewel count and pin pallets. Saying that, I’ve got it running well and still have it, it looks cool even if not technically excellent 😁looking forwforward to more different watches, movements, problems and especially fixes! Ta.

"Like a little dragonfly". Very cuuuute!

I still love that dial. I would buy that watch even if it’s not a very nice movement.

You needed the woodworking tolls for this fella!! At one point i thought the vice screw was the crown of the watch… ‘that’s chunky I thought’ 😮 it is good to see the opposite of Haute Horologie on the channel . Peace and love 🧡