Timing machines and software

[TomWazza]

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 machines and I've seen some laptop based software with DIY make shift style mics.

I was just wondering what kind of cost effective equipment people might be using on here?





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[walkerwek1958]

Chinese Weishi gets my vote, had mine for several years and its still going strong. Sometimes it struggles to pick up a clean signal from a heavy- cased watch but otherwise its fine. Also works with co- axials too.

If you’re going to do watch work you have to invest in equipment, I find the Chinese stuff is a good compromise.

Look for second- hand tools, I found the German ebay site v. helpful.

[MartynJC (UK)]

Chinese Weishi gets my vote, had mine for several years and its still going strong. Sometimes it struggles to pick up a clean signal from a heavy- cased watch but otherwise its fine. Also works with co- axials too.

If you’re going to do watch work you have to invest in equipment, I find the Chinese stuff is a good compromise.

Look for second- hand tools, I found the German ebay site v. helpful.

+1 - my timer cost about £100 off eBay from China. No problem with quality.

[higham5]

Look for second- hand tools, I found the German ebay site v. helpful.

I have used Ebay.de for hard to get parts for a German motorcycle I owned. It was an easy experience, the only thing I would check is the seller ships to the UK, some dont. Also whenever I enquired “ in English “ I had a sensible response.

Steve