I’ve had this Ollech M4 for nearly 25 years and wore it non stop for at least 10, until the crown tube stripped its threads. I had it repaired with a generic crown but it was never the same so it’s lived in a drawer ever since. I absolutely loved this watch so I was gutted when it broke.

Fast forward to about a year ago when I found it and decided to put the guts into a new case I got off eBay. Predictably the keyless works fell apart when I removed the stem so I figured what the hell and removed the hands and face to rebuild them. Then I lost a teeny tiny gear wheel that I thought would scupper my plans forever but by shear luck managed to spot it glinting when I was doing a spot of hoovering. It’s taken me a while to pluck up the courage to try again but today I finished putting it back together and blow me down, it only works!

I feel like I’ve achieved some kind of important life goal and I’m super happy to have my old best mate back.