As I work my way through my epic stash of “project watches,” I’m excavating some long-buried watches that I worked on years and years ago with cryptic notes. I packed… Read more »
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 »
We need to find the balance wheel’s heavy spot to put it in poise. So far, we’ve discussed some of the principles involved in doing this and worked through some… Read more »
After reading the earlier posts in this series, you should understand the basic reasons why watches can have different rates across positions. But like everything else in life, you really… Read more »
The first step in adjusting to 5 positions is aligning the dial up (DU) and dial down (DD) rates. It doesn’t make sense to align the 3 vertical positions unless… Read more »
How do we go about adjusting a watch? This series of posts explains dynamic poising, an approach to positional adjustment that is nothing short of a watchmaking marvel. In this… Read more »