Adjusting a Russian Wostok 2209 Wristwatch to 5 Positions
I’ve been wanting to get a “weekend beater,” a hand-wound watch with no date—something I can wind up and wear over the weekend without leaving it on a winder during… Read more »
Keep It Clean, Fellas: Avoiding Fingerprints & Body Fluids on Watch Parts
There’s a lot of weird watchmaking stuff on the Internet—present blog excepted, naturally. It’s great to find so much instructional information, but some people aren’t being good role models for… Read more »
Don’t Clean Your Shiny Stainless Steel Watches With Soft Toothbrushes
Stainless steel is my favorite wristwatch case material. It is tough, practical, and easy to polish to a fine mirror finish or an elegant brushed finish. But if you wear… Read more »
Adjusting a 1948 Hamilton “Dyson” 747 8/0 Wristwatch with Bad Amplitude
Moving from one house to another is always irksome, but it really hurts when you work on watches. Moving a big couch is easy; moving a dozen small watches in… Read more »
(Not) Adjusting a Russian ZIM 2602 Wristwatch
The world of watch collecting is wide: no kind of watch is so odd that it doesn’t have a passionate community of people arguing about it on an Internet forum,… Read more »
Testing Barrels Before Inserting Mainsprings
Amplitude is the name of the watch-adjusting game. We need that balance wheel to swing if we hope to adjust the watch to keep good time in several positions. As… Read more »
Adjusting an Unadjusted Gruen N510 Wristwatch to 5 Positions, Part 1
Some watch companies get too much love from collectors, but a few get overlooked. I think Gruen is one of the underappreciated ones. Gruen watches have their small following of… Read more »
(Not) Adjusting an Arcadia (FEF) 16s Thin Pocket Watch
A friend asked me if I would have a look at her grandfather’s old pocket watch, which he owned long ago in Iran. Needless to say, I was curious. And… Read more »
Adjusting a Mishandled Hamilton 4992B 16s WWII Military Pocket Watch
When the word gets out that you can fix a grandfather’s old watch, some interesting watches come out of the cabinets and sock drawers. My friend with the charming 18-size… Read more »
Adjusting a 1926 Two-Tone Illinois 89 18s Pocket Watch to 6 Positions
I didn’t intend for this blog to be an homage to all things Illinois, but it has happened. Here’s another Illinois pocket watch—the last for a few posts, I swear…. Read more »