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 »
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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 »
Why Adjust a Watch’s Timing at “Full Wind”?
In watchmaking, as in life, sometimes words don’t mean what they mean. Books on watch adjusting and the posts about our example watches talk about measuring the watch’s rates at… Read more »