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Brilliant video, looking to upgrade my cleaning game, I have just built a basket like yours, got my fluids and jar. How long do you turn the basket in each jar for?

You are the best watchmaker on CZcams. Super clear instructions. Thank you so much for this video. You saved me from many headaches trying to figure out why my watch was running 300 s/d fast. Turns out the hairspring was not in between the regulator pins.

Very clearly explained as usual. Thanks.

Just an excellent presentation that makes watch repair look doable.

Hi - what is the watch on your thumbnail for the video ? The one with the Omega Seamaster hands ? Thanks !

What is the cause of the 9.9ms error? :(😢

I had a cap jewel get away from me last night. Using this info, I was able to find my lost jewel really quickly. Not like it was on my bench either, it was on the floor a couple feet away. Never would have found it without using a UV lamp. Thank you!!

Огромное спасибо за такое подробное видео.

Great tip 👍

thank you for the guide! I bought a NH36 movement from TMI with the intention of taking it apart and practice some oiling but from the factory it was already well regulated (+0.5s a day) and oiled (everything seems smooth eye ball amplitude with slow mode camera on my phone it looks good); didn't have the heart to take it apart, ended up put it in a case with dial and hands and called it a day, the search for a learning movement continues

in your experience, how long can a watch run (when used daily) before it needs to be serviced again?

don't you damage parts by spinning them? i can imagine they collide into each other during spinning?

With each video you learn something new. Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge.

Whew! How many hours is this info. going to save me? Thank you 🙏🏽

Is it possible that the report got its 15 mrem figure by measuring from further away from the watch than you did?

Thanks Alex. Love the way you share your knowledge as I begin my journey into watch service and repair.

Hi Alex I’m retiring soon and figured starting watch repair as a hobby So I’m getting my first tools. On loupes, I wear glasses and was wondering if the glass clip on type are required. Loupes just magnify the work as far as I understand, so I’m thinking they’re like reading glasses only with more magnification? Cause I would need at least 2 to start with 10x & 3x @ $80 each Anyway thanks in advance

Great video, many thanks. Question: I am going to remove a broken balance wheel/hairspring/bridge from a 7S36c mechanism. I know the mainspring is wound. Is there a way to de-energize it prior to disassembley? regards Bob

I managed to clean and lubricate a couple of pocket watches successfully. I decided to try and work on my uncles Seiko 5 6119A that was left to my dad in 1979 when my uncle died, my dad passed it on to me when he died. Don’t you know, I took the balance assembly out and dropped it !!!! I let out a scream only God could hear. I had to buy a donor watch from India. The watch probably just needed a good cleaning and oiling. Anyway I’m going smaller with watches now, I hope I can get this working after 45 years. Thanks for your instructions.

I was about to buy a $200 Lab stirrer to run at 1/10 it's potential speed and not even be able to reverse the spin. I already have a drill and some J-B Weld. Going to try without the copper wire so I can sand it down to look pretty.

Alex: the watch I am working on has jewels for the balance wheel, but they are held with screws. How do you lubricate the top of the balance wheel? You have a video with a picture that shows exactly what mine looks like. This watch is from 1955, and I believe it is pre-Incabloc (or similar). Any ideas will be appreciated.

Thanks a lot, man! So many nuggets to mine here.

I chose the path of Amazon and the cheapest watch criteria to find my practice movements. I found it best because I didn't cry too much about destroying a $13 watch.

Good Stuff Boss. 👍🤝

Hey, Alex! Another excellent video! Man, have I learned so many things from you! I just love the excellent way how you explain everything that makes things so easy to understand and follow! I have a quick question if you don’t mind me asking. I recently bought a watchmaker’s lathe and would like to attempt making screws and winding stems and everything else I can. I am very new with this and was wondering if you could tell me what would be the best steel to make screws and or stems? Thank you for your help, and please keep up the great work!

Thank you excellent video. Has helped a lot. Phil from New Zealand

Good advice.

se non riesco a reperire i Moebius posso usare una miscela di alcool e910

You have so much good videos for us new to watch making. Its like when i get a new tool, like timegrapher i watch your videos how to get everything out of it. And it still leaves me some thing to figure out of my self. What is best part of watchmaking. 😊

Heh, on the topic of cleaning machines, after seeing your suggestion, I asked my 12-year-old if he could figure something out with his legos and a lego battery-operated motor (with the same basket and jar). And he did! It has a couple of arms to spin around the basket. I actually posted it to the watch repair subreddit. Kids, man. On the topic of sandpapers, there's also tips and products for restoring car headlights, same principle there. And just like you pointed out, 800 is great when you need to get out deep scratches.

I would like to see a Dom style video.

Hello, I recently purchased a timegrapher, Weisher 1900, and put my Seiko SPB121 with the 6R35A movement on it and it's running a bit slow however my main concern is the variation between the different positions: Date: Position Rate (S/D) Amplitude Beat Error (Ms) 6/30/2024 Dail up -15 193 0.2 Dial down -3 209 0.5 Crown at 12H -62 163 0.1 Crown at 9H -12 183 0.7 Crown at 6H -12 174 0.7 Crown at 3H -44 181 0.1 There's almost a 60 second difference between some positions. Wondering what your diagnoses is for that or if that's what you get with a mid grade movement, is there a problem with the balance wheel or does the movement simply need to be taken apart, cleaned, lubricated and put back together? I fully wound the watch and let it sit for a couple of hours before I pulled these results. I bought the watch new about 4 years ago and it's never been serviced. I'm not expecting to have 0 positional variance however expecting numbers better than this. Thank you!

Alex I am a beginner and i am starting with vintage mechanical watches. I can't afford a full set of Bergeron winders is a #6 winder a good start? Thanks for all you help.

Great video as always. I was rewatching because I managed to get a great eBay find on a set of 7-8 burnishers. However, they need to be dressed. My purchase also came with a tin plate for polishing. Surprisingly heavy. It has a fine grey powder on it. Possibly diamantine? Any advice on dressing them with the tin plate? Thanks.

Awesome info! Thank you.

finally, i can find my private parts

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Sir, you tend to make the impossible become possible. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your skills. 🕐⚙️🍸

Perfect timing. Now I get to make another tool I didn’t know how to make.

Man didnt fluff around and came straight to the point, love it and thanks

This is why I tell people that Watch Repair is a great hobby. So much to learn from everywhere. Even just from Utube.

What are your thoughts on the eve pin polisher that ive heard reed by several others?

The problem for many repairers is that they have no idea about the mechanical theory, how the watch actually works. You ask them why the lever escapement needs oil and they won't know.

Hi Sir Alex, thank you for sharing this informative videos i play all vidoes one by one to added me technaque for repair my Watch and thank you for Tips before end of videos. from Philippines

I used polywatch on my wife’s face and it removed all the wrinkles, she looks 21 again.

Hello, friend Smith, thank you for sharing, a question, what type of lubricant do you use on the paddle and what type do you use on the jewelry, thank you

Think i just fried my brain a little.Very informative video

Holy crap you're a life saviour. I was nearly giving up on the hobbie untill your comment at around 12:00 about the misalignment of the fork with the jewel.

where's antman when you need him

F’in awesome video. I like your style.