Timers
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 […]
Tag Archives: Watchmaking
Update: Hairspring Vibrated! Also, where I’ve been…
As the title of this post states, I successfully vibrated my hairspring! I actually did it about a week or two ago. I wanted to wait until I had finished […]
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 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 […]
Semester 2, Week 7, Days 1-3 (Friction Jeweling)
This has been a great week so far. I finished up the hairspring adjustments on Monday. All in all, that was a pretty good project that I just wrapped up. […]
Semester 2, Week 6, Days 4 & 5 (Short Update-Hairsprings and Hand Tools)
Thursday was a good day. I did spend the day doing more hairspring corrections-I think I ended up doing the 6 watches about 3, maybe 4 times throughout the day. […]
Semester 2, Week 4, Days 1-4 (ETA-7001, Int 1980 and more)
Monday was a pretty good day for me. I was able to get the ETA-7001 fully disassembled and cleaned without any issue. It is definitely a nice movement, one that […]
Semester 2, Week 2, Days 4 & 5 (Crib Tool, Jewelry Practices, and Tool Making)
I finished up my pallet arbors on Thursday. The process for doing that is relatively straight forward, in that you just need to reverse the process. You place the now […]
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