I had an interesting idea for a movement layout the other week and I would love to lay it out into CAD.
I have Daniels’ book of watchmaking which is great and gives me ideas of tooth profiles, and...
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I had an interesting idea for a movement layout the other week and I would love to lay it out into CAD.
I have Daniels’ book of watchmaking which is great and gives me ideas of tooth profiles, and...
When I first saw the pics I thought ok, I’m glad this guy hasn’t opened it and then when I read that he was the watchmaker I was shocked haha.
If this is the result of one of their services they...
The Smiths Traveller is getting its first international outing, sat in T5 waiting for my flight to Geneva. Looking forward to putting lots of (air)miles on this one…
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I just learnt of these with the Miyota 9075 flyer GMT movement, I was looking at a Lorier Hydra S3 but would much rather support Eddie with the Smiths brand :)
I’m ordering mine now!
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I've been thinking about setting up a very basic bench at home for doing a little watch servicing.
I can't afford a Swiss Witschi timing machine, but I know that some people use Chinese Weishi...
Thanks for the compliments everyone, I was blown away this morning.
Re. who I work for I don't think it's a contractual thing, although it does talk about social media, but more the brand's...
Thanks, but no plans for now, just going to concentrate on the new job and soak up as much as I can.
Would be nice to design something at some point. I’ve designed a case before, but not a...
Yeh I actually have an IKEA sit/stand desk which I hope to do a little basic work on, but there’s still a hell of a lot to get and that’s just for servicing, to actually make a watch from scratch...
Yeh thanks, the design wasn’t my own, I’d prefer something a bit more curved maybe or just a nice decorated three quarter plate, but thanks for the compliments :)
Yeh the balance was cut by...
Well, I’d always had watches, ever since I was a kid, but never thought about it as a profession. I trained as a Draughtsman and worked in several different fields, but kind of hit the glass ceiling...
Yeh I know, it's actually meant to be a Lépine pocket watch, but unfortunately the cases weren't available so I bought a wristwatch case, dial and handset.
If it had been a pocket watch we'd have...
Yeh that's right, I'm apprentice 1104 :)
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Unfortunately I don’t have many photos of the making of it, to be honest I had a huge problem with the location of the bridges so I thought it was dead in the water, but after a re-think and lots of...
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to share a couple of photos from a project that I completed recently during my watchmaking apprenticeship in Geneva.
I won’t talk too much about the apprenticeship...
I have a pair of Scarpa walking boots and found them to be very good.
https://www.scarpa.co.uk/
Hey guys, thanks for all the advice over the last few days. I'm truly stuck with a predicament now, I asked for the car to be MOT'd, which was actually completed on the 15th.
The list is...
Trading standards the same as a small claim?
As in does the sub-frame have a hole in it? If so, I'm not sure, the garage has told me it's sufficiently corroded that they're not comfortable welding...
Thanks for the advice guys, seems pretty bleak, I just checked and the car has done 1,506 miles since it's last MOT.
My thinking was to have it re-MOT'd now, carry out the repairs with lots of...
Well it was kind of online, but after speaking to him he's not going to accept a return, he wasn't interested in paying for anything.
I think if it were surface corrosion I'd not have too much of...
Just checked, whilst it is fully comp, unfortunately I didn't take out the additional legal cover.
Something I'll make sure I have in the future, but not useful this time unfortunately.
My...
I was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice about a small claims case I'm thinking of filing against a car dealer that sold me my Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon...
Basically I bought the...
Ooh that's great! Thanks!
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I'm just trying to illustrate how the formulas work and that the numbers match the real world application.
I'm doing a presentation on the Rolex Submariner, both historical and technical. As part...
Ahhh, thanks, but I'm trying to work out a few main spring formulas and if I have those dimensions I think I can calculate the spring length and number of coils.
Does anyone know the OD of the arbor and the ID of the barrel drum for a Rolex 3130?
I'm just doing a little research into the Submariner 114060.
Any advise would be great.
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