Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Quartz movement day in the workshop!


Quartz movement day in the workshop!
Some the “45 Car Boot” watches
Some the “45 Car Boot” watches
Today I started to assemble some the “45 Car Boot” watches that I won on eBay that I disassembled and clean yesterday.
Stem extension on a broken stem in this movement.
Stem extension on a broken stem in this movement.
Good practice, as they say, “practice makes perfect”. So I had to put a stem extension on a broken stem in one movement. Straight hands, and replace on the other movement.
Kings London Watch
Kings London Watch

Worked on the smallest movement I have worked on so far, the watch is a MARC “Ring” watch.
This movement had been well abused, I was lucky the movement was not a completely sealed one, so could disable part of the movement. I needed to do this to straighten and untwist the long battery clip, with careful manipulation it was a success.
MARC Ring Watch
MARC Ring Watch
All the watches have new batteries, and they are back to life and running well.
MABZ Watch
MABZ Watch
Will leave them running while I check out the next draw of the lot, then I will polish the cases and remove the marks from the crystals.
Timex Watch
Timex Watch

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