Repairing & Adjusting a 1970s “Hulk Green” Russian Poljot 2609H Wristwatch
A New Year’s resolution that’s sure to fail is “don’t buy more broken watches on eBay until you fix the ones you have,” but I’m making a good effort and… Read more »
Category: Example Watches
Cleaning a 1980s Belair Quartz Watch (ETA 956.112)
A couple posts back we saw a trio of watches I received that belonged to my late second-cousin Frank. I’m gradually repairing and cleaning these watches to get them back into… Read more »
Repairing and Cleaning a Seiko Quartz Watch (7N00-7A70) with a Cracked Mineral Glass Crystal
In the last post, we saw a trio of watches I received that belonged to my late second-cousin Frank. I thought I’d start with the Seiko, which is unlike anything… Read more »
Repairing an Umbra Ribbon Wall Clock With a Young Town 12888STC1 Quartz Movement
The National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors is a big tent, but it clearly has “watch people” and “clock people.” I’m one of the watch people—I own a lot… Read more »
Adjusting a Russian Wostok 2409A Wristwatch with a Smooth Balance Wheel
A friend of mine is one of the watchless—people who haven’t worn a watch for years. But he’s intrigued, I can tell, so I offered him a watch from my… Read more »
Requiem for a Mangled Tissot 17.5 Aquasport Wristwatch
When fishing for watches on eBay, you occasionally gamble. You see a watch for sale for cheap by a seller who can’t open it and doesn’t know how to describe… Read more »
Repairing and Adjusting a Rolex 1210 Oyster Speedking 6420 Precision Wristwatch
The natural habitat for broken and abused watches is eBay. A recent fishing expedition in eBay’s murkier waters yielded this old Rolex: an Oyster Speedking 6420 with the 1210 hand-wound… Read more »
Repairing and Adjusting a Rusty, Crusty ORIS F1 Williams Automatic Watch (ETA 2836-2)
Sometimes you need a challenge, and we have one here: an ORIS F1 Williams Team automatic watch. It was sold as “not running” and “can’t be opened.” Those are never… Read more »
Adjusting a 1919 Elgin 313 16s Pocket Watch to 6 Positions
Elgin made over 50,000,000 watches, so they aren’t rare. But this Elgin pocketwatch is rare in a way—I bought it at a small-town antique mall for a sensible, fair price…. Read more »
The Pawn Shop Rolex, Part 4: Servicing and Adjusting the 3035 Movement
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: It’s much easier to work on nice watches than cheap watches. Whether the watch is an Illinois Bunn Special or our Rolex… Read more »