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alam alam
@JimInOz good job 馃憤 ...but we must assess one demerit for not wearing rubber booties on fingers while assembling the watch. 馃榾


Think you will find that he was wearing protection. They are the
Ultra sensitive skin coloured non ribbed ones @alam 馃槣


Seiko you fixed for me several years ago is still going strong.

Congrats Jim

Fishing reels are still too small for me
 
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JimInOz JimInOz
Thanks for the encouragement Yann.

I'm busy at the moment though, Annie and I are working and brainstorming (well, Annie is) on our "brand".

After we saw this, we realised we needed a "brand", and a "story", and our "history".

So when that's all done, I'll start production, but I'll need capital.

Anybody want to buy Annie's car?

2015 VW Golf R, 20K, only driven by a little old lady.

Jims watches isn't taken yet ........

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Think you will find that he was wearing protection. They are the Ultra sensitive skin coloured non ribbed ones @alam 馃槣

Seiko you fixed for me several years ago is still going strong.

well, if you say so, then you must know..... 馃檮

馃榿
 
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JimInOz JimInOz
Thanks for the encouragement Yann.

I'm busy at the moment though, Annie and I are working and brainstorming (well, Annie is) on our "brand".

After we saw this, we realised we needed a "brand", and a "story", and our "history".

So when that's all done, I'll start production, but I'll need capital.

Anybody want to buy Annie's car?

2015 VW Golf R, 20K, only driven by a little old lady.
Beautiful watch.

This one was hilarious though - https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8
 
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sxl2004 sxl2004
Worst that can happen is hundreds of dollars in small movement parts nicely spread out on the floor around the work area.
And the one thing that quickly would find them should not be applied: THE MAGNET. Oh how often have I been tempted......
If it can be magnetized, it can be demagnetized. I think.....
 
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alam alam
well, if you say so, then you must know..... 馃檮

馃榿

Andy's right, I've seen the damage fingerprints can do to beautiful movements and dials so I wear them whenever needed.
I keep a jar full on the bench so it only takes a few seconds to don them.
I'll have to try and find a larger size though, I use "Large" and find them a bit small (where have we heard that before).

Here's some I fished out of the bin after stripping a movement.

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Very nice job. If you don't mind me asking, what websites did you purchase all your parts from?
 
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JimInOz JimInOz
Well, to be quite correct, I'm a Watch Assembler.

Just finished assembling an ETA Unitas 6498 with a guilloche dial, blued steel "Breguet" hands and a plain case with a turnip crown.
The most nerve wracking part was trimming the stem to length. After careful measurement (three times) with my vernier I chucked the stem in a No14 collet on my lathe. Set the lathe tool up at the right distance and then with the lathe at low speed, used a dremel cut-off wheel to cut the stem. All cleaned up and test fitted it was spot on first time, no rimming needed.

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Dial side

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Movement side

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Now I just have to find a nice 22mm strap for it.
That is lovely.
 
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Very nice job. If you don't mind me asking, what websites did you purchase all your parts from?

Just search eBay for ETA Unitas 6498, there are many options available.
Don't go for Chinese (Seagull etc) equivalents.
 
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Just search eBay for ETA Unitas 6498, there are many options available.
Don't go for Chinese (Seagull etc) equivalents.
2nd the seagull advice. I did some research into it, and it鈥檚 not a good idea to save a few bucks with that clone.
 
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Also Otto frei has a nice selection of all things watch related.
 
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Brand name suggestion "Ozymandias". Company motto "Look upon my watches ye mighty and despair".
 
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