16-Point Check (Elgin Baguette Style Watch/Font-5921)
What I’ve got here is an ladies Elgin watch. Other than running a bit fast and being dirty, the watch was in pretty good mechanical condition. It was a pretty […]
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16-Point Check (Baylor Watch/Standard 1686)
Now it’s back to bigger watches. What I’ve got here is a Baylor Watch Co. watch that is powered by a Standard 1686 movement. I really like the applied numeral […]
16-Point Check (Hamilton 780)
After finishing up the Lord Elgin, I got this beauty. A Hamilton 780. The watches seem to be getting smaller. I’m not complaining at all. Two companies I really respect […]
16-Point Check (Lord Elgin)
Here is an excellent example of American Watchmaking. It’s a Lord Elgin from around 1939. The dial has obviously aged but the hands looked great; mechanically, the watch had some […]
16-Point Check (Benrus DR-25 (ETA-2370))
After the Seiko 11A watch, I went to a bit larger sized watch. I was given a Benrus watch that had a DR-25 movement in it. The DR-25 (if I […]
16-Point Check (Seiko 11A)
Alright, after some thinking and mulling things over, I have decided that for the remainder of the 16-Point Check project, I want to do individual posts per watch upon their […]
Semester 2, Week 9, Days 1-4 (16 Point Check)
Well, as much as I would like to say that I had a super productive week this week, but… I did not. Which is okay. The watch that I was […]
Semester 2, Week 8, Day 4 (Regulator Keys & 16-Point Check)
I finished up my regulator key project on Thursday right before lunch. I have to say, if I am ever in the position to where a key needs to be […]
Semester 2, Week 8, Days 1-3 (Jeweling and Regulator Key)
When I last left off, I had finished the escape bridge jewel conversion. Since the conversion was successful, the next step was doing a conversion on the main plate for […]
Semester 2, Week 7, Day 4 (More Friction Jeweling)
When I left off on Wednesday, I had just finished friction jeweling and adjusting end-shake of jewels from a working watch. The very last thing I did that day right […]
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