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Hi everybody.
First, i'd like to apologize for my English but i'm french.
Today i would like to share with you all the knowledge of a famous french watchmakers , Edmon Lagouge!
Edmon is 83 years old and he is from a very famous dynasty of machmakers.
You can see his grand father on this old pics in front of their watch stores:
He was one of the first french Z. O . B. authorized dealer (Zenith Omega Breitling). During his life, he met a lot a famous people and learned a lot from them.
Now, Edmon continues to share his knowledge on a famous french watches forum : Forumamontres (FAM)
http://forumamontres.forumactif.com/
Here is a picture of the moderator head office of FAM
He knows everything about watches, mouvements and more. So today, i would like to present you a very simple way to service your Rolex GMT by yourself.
First, you need the best tools (that's the most important according to Edmon)
When the case is open, you have to put all the parts in vegetal oils (you can use the same as used for french fries)
At this point, if you loose one or two parts, it is not really a big deal. According to Edmon , all the parts have not a crucial role.
Then you have to wait few minutes to obtain a good lubrification...
Do it again with the dial and the other part.
After that, you just hace to rebuilt the watch and it's done for 10 years!
I hope this little post was usefull for you and if you want to learn more from Edmon Lagouge, you will finf everything on his famous best seller..."my sub is bigger than yours"
Excellent :D
at first i thought it was a wind up :D
now i realise its a serious do it yourself article
thanks for posting,can you perhaps tell me how to change the hands on my SM300 with a pair of lockwire pliers?
thanks :lol:
easy steps to follow at home, must try out 8)
I'm definitely going to give it a try. :D
Thanks for sharing.
with a bit of luck he will speed post and put it on sc :)
Yep i think i will give that a go... what have i got to lose!!!
If that works for other watches too then I'm up for giving it a try,and what a great guy to pass on his vast amount of knowledge to like minded people,you could potentially pay in excess of £50 if you were to send this off to Rolex to do the work.
Thanks Edmon :wink:
Paul
next time i will show you how Edmon polish his rolex glass with a mix of gazoil and javel water...
and believe me, he knows about wath he is dealing with!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
F.T.F.A.
I think he's serviced a few of mine in the past :lol:
Actually that is the way I do it anyway.
Did like the first picture btw, with him holding what looks like an axe.
Again, another essential tool of the trade.
Ian.
Nice post :)
Superb.....simply superb!
:drunken: :lol:
Edmon is an incredible man, you can see him here when he helps the nasa for appolo mission...
Now he is invited for veteran meeting...
he says he laughts a lot during those meetings...
But what is really amazing, it's the Edmon's watches collection...
Here, the Einstein watch!!!
(dedicated to Edmon for all he explained to Albert about mathematics..)
he says it looks difficult like that but not really in fact...
He says that one day he will explain to us the real history of the Gandi's watch...
i can't wait, it looks like another incredible story from Edmon!!
All I need now is a hammer to replace the caseback !! :D :D
Great post and story, thanks ! The chap in the shop window looks a bit scary though :shock:
:D :D :D :D :D
I love it!
First pic had me believing it..
Paul
Are you saying that is a fake??Originally Posted by walkerwek1958
Here is the first "watch repair car" from edmon's grand father
The business was so good that a first factory was built...
Today you can see it from the roadway...
(the picture was taken on sunday..that's why there is only one car...)
And as Edmon says : " Et je m'y connais" !!!
Now that was extremely funny and light hearted indeed. I cannot wait for further installments and anecdotes to surface. Surely M. Legouge is a historical figue of great import.
Brilliant. :D :D :D
Well done Trum, I think you will fit in quite nicely here.
No one's perfect.
Excellent post!
"A man of little significance"
Very well done , I even went WHAT ! when I saw the vice and wrench:lol: :D
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
Suppose you can re-use the oil later on to do your chips in ?
Z.O.B. :wink:
I think he could fly with those Ears. God they are big :roll:
:wink:
I am sure that a lot of people here are very interested in Edmon's skills but you have to know that after 70 years of watch repairing (he started at 13 years old) it is a little bit difficult for him to work quickly...
but he continues to shows us his beautiful restoration...
He just finished to restore the old longine of his grand father...the work is absolutely amazing....
He says that the power reserve is not "fantastic", only 24 Hours and the crown is a little bit "hard"..he has to put some oil to solve this little issue...but the result is amazing
Thansk again Mr. Lagouge!!
NON pitié pas ici !!!!!!!!!
laisse le ou il est !!!
:evil1:
Funny when it's start but really boring after ....
could you let this lagounge where he is born ?
he is on the best best best (enought like this ? ) big (big big big (enought like this ?) and famous indépendant ( :D )french forum ? lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Epic post - very good.
And people say the french (well people from Paris) have no sense of humor (shame on them) neis par!!
Andy
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
of course i have the autoziation from Edmon to share those incredible skills with you :albino:
A+ photoshops ITT.
sorry but what is ITT ?
Excellent post, many thanks for introducing us to Edmond Lagouge :lol:
ITT = In This Thread
:lol:
the evil is in the details... :mrgreen:
:lol:
I have a new hero :)
Gray
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