The Watchmaker’s Workshop: Watchmaking - Gear Trains
Cameron Weiss, master watchmaker and founder of family-owned Weiss Watch Company, dives into watchmaking in this new series.
Learn what really makes a watch tick. Cameron takes a deep dive into the history and development of gear trains. Gear trains in a watch are incredibly detailed and power the timepiece. Weiss teaches about the different components of the gear train. Learn about each component in detail and see how he uses them in the watches he creates.
Zojuist de pithwood afgeleverd. Ik heb het speciaal besteld voor de wijzers, als je de wijzers wilt behandelen dan druk je de wijzer in de pithwood zodat het geheel vlak ligt, zodat je met de leervijl wat druk kunt zetten op de wijzer. Maar je kunt het voor allerlei handelingen gebruiken.
Ik denk dat het voordeel van vlierpit is dat als je een gekromde wijzer hebt, deze er lichtelijk inzakt, bij dat aambeeldje heb je kans dat je de wijzer recht drukt. Heb het overigens zelf nog nooit geprobeerd.
This time I´m restoring an old military watch from the 2nd world war.
It´s a Helma with an AS 1130 movement (also known as “Wehrmachts-Uhrwerk”).
Based on its engraving on the caseback it´s an official military service watch worn by the german armed forces (Wehrmacht) during the war.
The missing “H” (Heer / Army) after the serial number indicates that it could have been a watch of the german air-force.
The watch is in a really bad condition. The chrome-plating of the case is heavy damaged, the glass is scratched the movement is full of dirt and broken.
I need to get rid of the old chrome-plating, this time i´m using a sandblaster for the job. After sanding and polishing the case, it´s ready for a new chrome-plating. But i need to add a layer of nickel before.
I´m using the nickel and chrome electrolyte of @TifooTech
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(Note: The nickel electrolyte is only available to commercial customers)
The glass will be polished and the movement cleaned.
I also need to remove the old radium of the hands and re-lume them with super-luminova. I will add some coffee to it to make it more “vintage-looking”.
After everything is cleaned, polished and re-plated, I can re-assemble the movement with some fresh oil. After that, this watch is in a good beat (+0 seconds per day) again.
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Red Dead Restoration
Restoration of a Radioactive WW2 Military Watch - German Wehrmacht - Helma AS1130
A simple service of a 1960s Junghans Trilastic with mechanical caliber 93 s 17 jewels. The watch was running but needed new oil and a new setting. It is interesting to see how some watchmakers of the past invented repairs, in this case in the absence of a movement spacer they used pieces of string. Problem solved by lengthening one of the three points of the star that blocks the movement.
Marshall was handed this TINY vintage watch to restore! It’s not running and it’s the smallest mechanical vintage watch he’s ever seen! It’s the same fundamentally as the other watches he’s done, right? Find out in this video!
