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Timers

December 12, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

The next step after automatics and calendars was to ease into chronographs. The best and easiest way to do that is to start working on timers. A timer is a […]

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Mechanical Timers, Watchmaking School

Automatic Watches-Seiko 7s36b

October 19, 2015by watchmakingjourney 4 Comments

My final automatic watch I will be writing about is the Seiko 7s36B. I worked on about 12 automatic watches for entirety of my automatic watches section and they were, […]

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Automatics, Seiko, Watchmaking School

Automatic Watches-ETA 2824-2

October 9, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

Coming off the two older movements, it was time to learn a bit about some modern movements. First to learn on is one of the most popular movements used in […]

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Automatics, ETA

Automatic Watches-PUW 1361

October 9, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

    The next watch that I worked on in my Automatic section was a PUW 1361. This one, as you can tell, has a calendar complication. Since it is […]

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Automatics, PUW

Automatic Watches-Bulova 11 AFAC

October 9, 2015by watchmakingjourney 3 Comments

My introduction to Automatic Watches started with a Bulova 11 AFAC. It’s a pretty simple watch (time only) and has a movement architecture similar to other Bulova’s that I have […]

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Bulova

Lathe Lessons pt 5 (Cutting out Balance Staffs, Making a Screwdriver and the Jacot Tool)

July 13, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

In my last post, I went over the process of how to make a winding stem. In this one, I’ll be covering cutting a balance staff out of a wheel, […]

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Jacot Tool, Lathe, Watchmaking School

Lathe Lessons pt 4 (Turning Stems)

July 4, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

My last post dealt with turning balance staffs. I am glad that they were my first ‘real’ project on the lathe because they were probably the most difficult thing I […]

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Lathe, Watchmaking School

Lathe Lessons pt. 3 (Turning Balance Staffs)

June 27, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

In my last post, I talked about how I learned how to turn different types of shoulders and pivots. The process involved taught me how to use my use my […]

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Lathe, Watchmaking School

Lathe Lessons pt. 2 (Learning to Turn)

June 14, 2015by watchmakingjourney Leave a comment

Following up on my last post (found here), the next step in learning the lathe was to learn how to temper steel. All throughout my time on the lathe, each […]

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Lathe

Lathe Lessons pt. 1 (Introduction to the Lathe)

June 6, 2015by watchmakingjourney 2 Comments

Wow. It’s been a while since I have done an update. First, I want to say I am still in school. I haven’t taken a break from school, just a […]

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Lathe

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