Understated, underrated and underappreciated - restoring a 1976 Certina DS2
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- Today we're working on a lovely Certina DS2 from 1976 that hasn't seen much love for a long time. Certina is one of those brands that kind of fly under the radar; making high quality watches at a good price but with little visibility to the broader public.
Join us for a discussion on marketing's influence on brand value plus a couple of detours around handball and lush carpets!
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I'm a big Certina guy, as you know. So after your 'when did you last hear about...' question I was shouting my answer at the television. My dog was frightened, and she thinks it's your fault. ☺︎︎
I own 2 modern DS Certina's and will soon buy a 3rd.
Unfortunately the brand no longer uses its own superb mov'ts, but fortunately the brand lives on. This is the twin edged blade of Swatch Grp ownership.
Over the next year I need to thin out & re-structure my core collection. But one day I'll pick up a Certina Argonaut. That's my pick of the 3 handed vintage Certina 3 hand sports watches.
Another great video. This is the 2nd time I've watched it, I was distracted the 1st time.
Thanks again. 𓆉
Give my regards to your dog! 😂 It's indeed a different matter nowadays, since pretty much all manufacturers use standardized movements. Certina made some very high grade movements that were quite popular also with other brands, and they're a joy to work on. The Argonaut is a cool watch indeed, and available in a lot of varieties!
@@VintageWatchServices Indeed they did. I should've been clearer: the TV case Argonaut chrono's are not for me.
I can picture the specific variant I prefer, typical 70's cushion case, typical late 60's / 70's Certina with a cross on the dial and Certina at 9, Argonaut at 3...
I know that it's an Argonaut... something. Can't remember what?There's a number of them around though. Such a beautiful example of a practical 70's daily sports watch!
Cheers and thanks again.
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I own 3 modern Certinas (all with the 2824-2 calibres). No powermatics for me.
@@VintageWatchServices you are norwegian?
I am a fan and respect Certina and as well Mido. I would rather have those 2 brands than Tissot or Hamilton.
Is it true that with the powermatic 80 movements, swatch group at time of service just replaces the entire movement over servicing them?
I don't get too hung up on in house. My 1861, 1863, 3861s and 3132s I don't truly consider in house. The only watch I own that I consider in house would be my jlc 822. Call me weird I guess. Sometimes I hate this hobby with all the shitting on other brands etc. I love everything from Seikos and Grand Seikos to Breitlings and Zeniths. I guess it's the archieluxury affect with everyone shitting on everything.
Very interesting video. I bought my Certina DS2 when I was I8. This watch was suggested by a watch maker, as it would suit my job as a fitter & turner apprentice. The watch would suit my work, because it is very shockproof, and my work would be heavy industrial.
I am now 68 & although it was repaired once for a broken clamp, it is still going strong & keeps good time. Roy
That's very cool to hear and your watchmaker made a great suggestion then :)
A G shock before a G shock
Certina is probably one of the best and underrated vintage brand, I own a few and simply love them, the quality of the movements is close to the higher end brands of that era
Certina are fantastic wristwatches that I think were very successful locally. In Sweden as an example, Certina was a very popular brand back in the fifties and sixties. All older men in Sweden know Certina as high-class watches.
Tjena Tomas, thanks for watching and for your comment! Certina is a brand that deserves more recognition than it has in my view and it's great to hear it has a strong market position in Sweden. Local markets can have quite different compositions than the global one :)
I love the history lesson we get each week.
Great to hear, Ronald, thanks for being a loyal viewer!
Great video as always. Totally agree on Certina. I found a 1964 Certina waterking on an auction site and it runs beautifully. Understated but very elegant and reliable.
Hello Dave, thanks for that! Yes, Certina offer great value for money even now, but the vintage ones especially.
When we chose dive watches in 1970, most of us ran with Certinas with Rolex link straps. The cost was almost the same at the time but the Certina was just more solid.
👍 Sounds like a very good option. Certina is a no-nonsense brand at great value!
Nice to see professional work along with the humour. Very entertaining.
Thank you very much, Kev! More to come 😊
I grew up In Switzerland so was always familiar with certina, it's one of those brands like tissot that my family often purchases...I've recently actually heard alot from certina because of some of their interesting new re-release watches like the certina ph200, which I see as a grail watch.
Certina really deserves a bit more publicity than they are getting, but they have a pretty defined spot in the Swatch hierarchy. Great quality and value.
Certina used to be a very well known and respected brand in Spain back in the day. Thank you for the videos and your hilarious sense of humor.
Thanks for watching!
I love Certina and thoroughly enjoyed this video. My Certina DS Action Diver 38mm is about 1 year old and is my most worn watch. It keeps better time and has better fit and finish than a much more famous and talked about brand that I own (that will remain anonymous), which is currently in the shop for a warranty claim. At 1/5 the price of that other well known brand, I'm seriously considering selling the other watch once it gets back from service. I guess we'll see how I like it after it gets back...
Last time I heard about Certina, was when I bought two of them last year.
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Hahaha
Excellent video as always, enjoy your little rambles. Particularly liked your assessment of Rolex, too many you tubers are afraid to say anything bad or even just tell the truth about them.
Thanks, Gary! I'm in no way dissing Rolex, they make fantastic quality watches. My comments were more to highlight why one brand is very famous and another isn't. And Rolex mastered marketing like few others.
Just innerited a Certina argonaut chrono 200m (Ref Number8401 002) with the valjoux 23 movement from, i believe, 1969 and i’m loving it. Beautifull Watch
Very informative video. I own a square gold Certina dress watch that my father bought new in the 60ies. Had it cleaned several years ago and still runs well and is a treasured possession.
That's very nice to hear, Alexander! Certinas are great value for the money and the vintage ones very high quality 💪
This presentation was excellent and undoubtedly has contributed to the prices remaining high for Certina watches.
Love the transformation form a beaten up watch to a pristine condition. Thank you for the video.
Thanks so much! More to come, so stay tuned :)
I bought one of these because of this video. I have one just like it, blue face, same vintage and movement, but mine is an automatic. I love it.
Cool to hear!
Hello from England. I collect watches, my love is antique pocket watches. I dabble at simple repairs, but I am a little frail these days. I love this channel, so peaceful and educating. Thank you.
Thanks so much John! It's a great hobby that you can do for a very long time :)
Fascinating video.
It brought me back to my 1976 high school days, when one of my close friends wore this same model of Certina.
He told me back then this watch had double shock protection. And in this video I had the opportunity to see how it works.
Great to hear! 👍
Thanks for yet another educational and entertaining video! I hope you continue the current style (camera angles, editing and commentary) for future content. And .... whatever you do ... please don't stop the jokes!! Thanks again!!!
That's the plan!
Another great video! I'd heard of Certina before, in fact I think I got one for Xmas back in the 60s, but wasn't sure what happened to them. I didn't realize that they made their own movements so this was quite informative. with that big yellow shock bumper they were ahead of their time.
Keep up the good work, this has become the premier watch repair channel on youtube.
Thanks so much, Randy! Certina made their own movements until the quartz crisis hit and after that the massive variation in movement production really dropped badly. That's why I like working on vintage watches, they just offer so much variation that makes opening a watch exciting every time 😁
Good grief! I hope that the disappearing Certina was not an early DS diver? If so, dont research what they sell for these days... It will only ruin your day!
Cheers and Best.
A very good looking watch! I would be more than happy to own it i love those hands very reminiscent of the period.. Finding a good one is not easy these days.. Many thanks
Thanks, Kerry! This watch is indeed very nice and has a design that's kept up very well with the times, IMO :)
Certina DS2 - a classic watch that survived the centuries due to its shock absorber. In the old days the swiss made some things exactly right. ;-)
Thank you for your nice break down on Certina watches and brand as such. I own two of them, DS podium and DS1. Nice video. I am so glad that I had guessed that you were Norwegian within 30 seconds of listening to you and you confirmed that much later down this video. I am pretty chuffed.
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Thanks Stian, this was very helpful to have whilst assembling a 25-651. Just the automatic works to tackle on my own. Hopefully I took plenty of pictures 😄
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I hear about certina almost every day because it is my favorit brand. They are often understated, underrated and underappreciated. My mother got a gold certina watch from my dead when I was about 10. That is 50 years ago. The watch had some kind of jewels inside on the edge between the case and the dial. It was a sweet thing. I got several certina, Among them a gold watch, a beautiful dress watch plated with black dial and a 200m diver i have not used yet. It is 7 years since i bought it. So when I am going to buy an other watch that need to have class it must be a certina. It show much more of a caracter than whering a rolex I cant afford to service.
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Just saw the first video from you and it was just great. What I special likes is that you have a story to tell as well.
Thank you!
Hyggelig å høre, Rune!
That is certainly a handsome movement, the parts all look smooth and "shiny" - hard to describe :-)
I agree that Certina is almost a forgotten unheard-of brand - I have one here in my watch boxes somewhere and I'd be hard pressed to describe it to you without looking - gold plated 3 hander I think...
So many of my watches really should get a little more wrist time than they do!
Hello Alan, that's the problem with having too many watches! But Certina is very underrated and more of an also-ran brand to many. Bit of a shame really, but that's how it is.
Love steppe too
Thanks for sharing! I own a Certina DS-2 that belonged to my father, he was sold on Certinas. Worked as a mechanic, servicing mostly paper mills. Tough environment but the Certinas kept ticking! Remember a more recent Certina DS he had that was all scratched up but the (sapphire?) crystal was crystal clear (pun intended!). Unfortunately the DS-2 has stopped working after me tinkering with it when I was younger, now I wish it worked and I could use it and remember my father. Not sure what the cost during the 70's but I guess it wasn't the cheapest watches around but still not too expensive that he wouldn't dare to wear it daily?
Thanks for sharing your story! Certinas always offered great value for money but was relatively speaking much more expensive back in the day. I would guess this one cost maybe $100-150 or so back in the mid 70's.
Exactly 285 Swiss Francs in 1972 Catalogue 😊
I like this Certinas DS models but although they over-engineered the calendar driving wheel, most of them have that wheel damage and you can't get replacements. I always enjoy ur videos, thank you for making them.
Spot on! The problem with making small parts too intricate is exactly that. Thanks for watching, more to come!
i still wear my granpas certina its awesome ...the older people love certina
I bought this watch ; albeit with a blue second hand . Was love at first sight , and love it ever since !
Very nice! It's a lovely watch that offers a lot of value for the money.
Great work done on this restoration of a less known, "Understated, underrated and underappreciated" watch. Love the look and it's mechanics. The problem I have with watching all your work and vids is that I want to acquire more watches. My Mrs would kill me tho....!- Great work again, Stian.
😁 Happy wife, happy life, Thomas!
@@VintageWatchServices Isn't that the truth...
Great video---we need more videos !!
Coming in two days - on Saturday!
Very impressive !
Apart from your skills, I love your narration. I've learned so much, also bout those pallet jewels... Some do, some don't. Thanks. Adrian
Thanks a lot Adrian, that's great to hear :) Another video coming Saturday!
Hello
Very nice work.
This is one off my favorite brand.
This is the 25-661 with a turtle solid case.
I use a 25-681 on regular basis with a turtle case and I love it.
Very accurate and resistant watch.
Tank you for the history lesson.
Best regards
Thanks for sharing, Pedro! Certina is definitely underrated, high quality brand with nice and timeless designs.
I’ve got my dad’s old DS288 that I’ve had fully serviced a few times, although it’s not a prestigious watch, I do enjoy having it in rotation, the turtle case is very comfortable on the wrist.
I had mine serviced by Peter Thomsen who did an awesome job.
It's perhaps not very prestigious, but that is thankfully not really what watches are about anyway! Very nice to hear you wear your dad's watch :)
*The no bezel case design is interesting.* *_Ho hum...another great job, as usual._* 🙄😊
Hello Joe, thanks for being such a loyal viewer! There are quite a few watches with this kind of design, often the most water resistant ones. They will then have a crystal with a tension ring inside it to keep the crystal very tight.
I have a Certina DS Action and I love it. The watch is dependable and can take a beating. I do a lot of sailing and my Certina is my pick. They are owned by the Swatch Group and most of the Certina models are getting the Powermatic 80 movement.
Hello Greg, thanks for watching and for your comment! Certina is indeed a good pick for the outdoors and it's great to see you're a fan :)
@@VintageWatchServices Thanks, I enjoyed your review. 👍
Liked and subscribed. i'm a bit of a Certina fan boy, i own the DS PH200M (powermatic 80) and i've just ordered a vintage Certina with the 320 caliber.
Love your rambles and your work.
Your new follower from Denmark :) 👍👍💪💪
Takk for det, hyggelig å høre! :)
The only Norwegian I remember in the Premier league is Tore Andre Flo and I've just realised he scored against Brazil in the 1998 World Cup while I was in Brazil. Great video as ever. Like the side tracks when you're in the zone.
There were a few other ones, probably Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the most famous one, no? For a country of less than 5 million people with snow half the year, we're doing alright 😎
@@VintageWatchServices Of course. der. I try to forget about him, being a Liverpool fan. ha. Looking forward to tonight's match.
Amazing restoration work!! 💪I’d probably have bought the DS-2 have I known about your channel a year ago… I’m subscribing now!! 😊
Thank you very much! 😊
In remember Certina used to sponsor F1 grand prix race teams. Maybe they still do, I am not sure about that.
They seem to sponsor the GT4 Euro series; www.certina.com/ch-en/partnerships 👍
Always something to learn. Thank you so much.
Great to hear, Pablo, thanks!
Certina watches, can be wonderful vintage timepieces.
I own many vintage certina DS2 and they are outstanding value for money
They are indeed, very solid watches that will run well forever!
I had a Certina DS with the turtle back some time ago, older than this one. It needed work (beyond my skill level) but was a nice timepiece. Good video. :)
Hi Darrel, thanks for watching and for sharing that! This watch came with different case backs, one of which had a wavy relief on it, those were very nice. Good watches!
Lovely watch, have one just like it. Also recently bought a Certina DS PH200M, great retro diver!
Thanks for watching and for your comment! Yes, these watches are very nice and Certina is very underrated. Means you can get good deals on them at least :)
I hadn’t even heard of Certina but I wanted a watch with a thermocompensated quartz movement supposed to be accurate to 10 seconds a year so I bought a Certina with one. Closeout price for a model no longer being made, needed a new battery. Nicely simple design and accurate so far once the battery was replaced. Hardly something that can or would get more service than that, of course.
Certina is really good value for the money, sounds like you made a good buy 👍
I was wondering, on an average service such as this certina, how long does it take to service it from the time it hits your bench to when you put on the case back? Barring waiting for parts. Thanks, and love your videos & your humor! Thank you for them!
Hello Troy, thanks for being such a loyal viewer! It always depends on what needs to be done. A simple time only movement that only needs a service could be done in a couple of hours while a complicated chronograph I haven't worked on before in which the case needs a lot of work also could take a day. The best part of working on vintage watches is however that I get to see such a massive variation of movements and watches, not only 2824, 2892 and 7750's... 😁
I have a Certina DS2 my Father purchased I would say around mid 1070's new and needs some work - It is in about the same condition as this one in the video. Unfortunately I live in Bundaberg Qld (where it was originally purchased), and Certina dos not seem to have any service agents or sales agents in Australia anymore.
Very good videos, that you can enjoy irrespectively if you're an experienced repairer or just a novice. Very well done!
Here in Sweden Certina was rather large as a brand, so I have a relationship to them. I heard they were also big in Spain, whic I cannot verify, though.
The reason for having a split stem on the DS's is, that since the movement is flexibly suspended and the Crown is screwed down and fixed, a normal stem would or could break when the watch isexposed to a shock. The split stem is the answer to that problem
Tjenare Peter, thanks for watching and for your comment! It's a strange thing with market positions, a brand can be more or less invisible in one but big in another... Certina as a brand would certainly deserve to be well recognized. Another user also commented on the reason for the split stem and it makes perfect sense.
I used to repair movements as a hobby,
It wasn't until I got a job in Rolex . That I was told not to oil the pallet pivots.
I was in the case and bracelet department for over ten years. Not being able to work on their movements and filling them up with gearbox oil.!!
Seiko says pallet pivots should be oiled, so there likely isn't much actual difference whether you do or not... 😉
Talking about branding , I have a 1950’s Ed Heuer and Co. manual wind that is actually an ETA movement. Had no idea.
Love the videos!!!
Thanks Walther! It makes a lot of sense business wise to use third party movements, but what makes vintage watches so fun to work on is is indeed that there was so much variation :)
I would love to have this watch.
hello as always great job and interesting lesson! I like it when you talk about oils what where and why. certina is a good example of why I ( and people) love vintage watches. for a little money you can have many beautiful watches and each is different inside and outside, each company had its own mechanisms. in house and it was great! and now eta everywhere. maybe the chronographs were the same on cheaper watches / venus landeron.
waiting for the next omega movie
Regards
Hello Karol, thanks for that and you're completely right. That's what makes working on vintage so much more fun than working on modern day watches; pretty much all bigger brands had their own movements and you learn something new every day :)
For such a great quality watch, I don’t understand why they don’t call 📞 it a “Concertina” instead of just “Certina”. Like 👍 a quality drum 🥁 set, or guitar 🎸, there’s quality in these watches. They aren’t junk. Precision movements and mainsprings, crystals and bezels. Happy Thanksgiving 🍽🦃 🍁. Your friend, Jeff.
Thanks Jeff! Yes, they are high quality and really good value for money :)
@@VintageWatchServices Ya may or may not have thought 💭 of this. Even a used Rolex can easily bring $20.000 on selling it. I do not know how much value a Rolex retains, such as 5 years after purchase, but I’ll guess that A $75.000 Rolex will probably sell for $65.000, 10 years later. Your friend, Jeff.
Love the blue. Some of the 70s Accutrons have that rich sunburst, too.
Dials really make a watch, indeed. This one has a different texture than most but the color is just fabulous.
18:49 yoke springs are already my nemesis 😅😂🙈
Love the sense of humour, made me laugh 😂
Thanks a lot, Aston! More to come, so stay tuned :)
Hi Stian, reason for the split stem could be that the same movement was also used in the Certina Revelation which has a monocoque housing ;-) You know that watch?
Why do I watch this? With the hands of a stone mason I am never going to take the back off a watch but I love what you do😊
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Beautiful watch.
Thanks Floyd!
For me Certina is the biggest brand most people have (Norway). Have my father's Certina 1951, my first 1981, my latest 2012.....Best brand ever.
My collection 100+ watches.
I bying 5 Certina before 1 Breitling same quality anyway.
Thanks for watchink, Eric! Certina is a very nice brand and there are indeed a few markets where it's still getting the recognition it deserves :) Much better value for money than most brands for sure.
Certina makes very nice watches.
I do like these certina's. Great dial as well
They're very underrated indeed. Lovely watches for great value!
Personally, I know nothing of the brand.
However, just from seeing you work on it. They clearly take pride in their workmanship. And regards to world rankings as an american I often forget their other countries😂
Watching this while wearing the new Certina Super PH1000M
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Big fan of this brand .
Thanks for watching and for your comment! Certina is a very solid brand that just lacks the marketing oomph to make it bigger. And as a part of Swatch they'll probably have to stay that way 🤔
Ho due Certina Ds1 . Molto belli.
That is a wonderful watch.
Hi Michael, thanks for watching and for your comment! Yes, it's a bit of a gem and not expensive either!
I’m owner of some of them, the best is the Certronic model diapason
Greetings! I'm working on 2 of these and the springs where broke so I ordered 2 and replaced both but the date won't change....
Great video! I have a few Certina’s and the calibers 25-6X are probably one of my favorites. I have some experience on tinkering with them. Some of those calibers even have a jeweled barrel bridges something I don’t see often on budget movements. In my opinion, the “not-so-good” side, is the date mechanism… typical problems are connected to broken spring on the planetary changing date wheel and those are difficult to find at a reasonable price.
Just a simple question: when you apply Fixodrop to the anchor, why it is not only applied to the pallet stones? I read some opinions and check some pictures where is claimed that fixodrop treatment can damage the roller stone. Is this only a urban myth or can be a fact?
Hello Henrique, thanks for watching and for your comment! Yes, Certina is underrated for sure and made very high quality watches back then. The date wheel is a weak point as it is pretty much the only over-engineered part of the movement. If it's broken you are indeed a bit screwed...
You can apply Fixodrop only to the pallet stones indeed, which is playing it very safe. I know there has been some discussion on whether epilaming the pallet fork leads to contamination of the impulse pin, but that seems a bit far fetched to me and I haven't seen anything conclusive in terms of epilame being detrimental to the pallet fork. I am considering testing epilaming the escape wheel also to see if that makes a difference. Might as well just put it into the little basket with the pallet fork :)
I am always a little surprised when people ask "Have you heard about Certina?" etc. I have always known Certina as quality watches from I was a child, 50 years ago. Maybe Certina sold better in Norway than other places?
Today I am wearing a DS-2 Precidrive chronograph with an ETA 251.264 movement. 5 stepper motors, 27 jewels, less than +/- 10s/year, and capable of measuring 1/100 s (even if my finger struggle with the 1/10.....).
OK, it's battery driven, but at that level of precision, even a quarz movement is fascinating.
I also have a Powermatic 80, btw.
Now i suddenly want a blue, vintage DS-2.....
Certina sold/sells very well in Sweden and probably Norway also, and it's popular in Switzerland also. Great value for money and back in the day they made very high quality movements 👌
6:40 You never told us which companies use Certina movements. :)
I don't know all the brands that used them, tbh, but for instance Hamilton did
@@VintageWatchServices Interesting, Certina and Hamilton even to this day share the same office in Switzerland.
I also vaguely remember that I’ve read once that they had something to do with the automatic works of certain Patek caliber, I can’t for the life of me remember the details, but I could be mistaken.
I collect vintage Certinas and they’re truly beautiful and sturdy watches.
that dial is gorgeous...deep sea blue..wow. would love to own something like that 👏🏽
Your job excellent service I am enjoying your job perfect fitting and beautiful vedio thanks a lot thank you very much 👍
Thank you very much!
good evening. nice this watch. question: can the balance wheel of this certina 25-661 be mounted on a certina 25-36 caliber? Thank you for your kind reply. good luck all your time.🙋♂🙋♂
Hello Franco, thanks for watching! No, those balance wheels are not compatible from what I know. There might be some Certina-focused chatrooms on for instance Watchuseek that can give you a definite answer though.
Better than a Rolex of that Era.
I noticed you removed the chatons and cap stones of the balance before cleaning. I have seen other watchmakers, cleaning with an automatic machine, and leaving the jewels for the balance in place. Is this because of a difference in calibre or watchmaker? I use a vibrasonic and I wonder if it shakes to hard for the balance staf.
Hello Edwin, thanks for watching and for your question! There are more ways than one for most things, and so with this. There's no danger in taking the shock settings out when cleaning the watch and it might potentially save a little bit of time, but it's more a matter of habit 😉
Thank you, very clear!
great brand and probably the value will go up 🚀one day
Fingers crossed for that!
@@VintageWatchServices did you find any system in the Certina serial numbers and the year of manufacturing ? ( I do have 2 DS2 and 1 Certina Argonaut and it is quite difficult to find the years of manufacturing ) but I do guess your blue dial must be about >1974 ?
Well, Certina serial numbers are a bit weird indeed. There's a good resource here: www.vintagecertinas.ch/en/certina-case-movement-and-serial-numbers/
Luckily for this watch, the movement was only produced in 1975, 76 and 77, so dating it is easier.
Lolol...in Switzerland. People don't spend 1000nds for a uhr( watch)...
When your ready too spend at always the minimum...1000...to 2000 CHF ( us dollars)...and still out do Rolex and Omega...here we buy just like certina, or Fortis, or Oris... all the quality is in the manufacture of the less inexpensive brands....just because your
Ferrari looks good....doesn't mean that your motor is always the best...if you know what I mean..?
Hi David, thanks for watching and for your comment! I live in Switzerland myself and Swiss are indeed down to earth people in general. Switzerland is however a small market for watches, and there will always be buyers out there in the big world who want to flash their status with a Rolex or the like on their wrist :)
And yes, Ferraris are among the least reliable cars there are 😉
Good stuff . Thanks .
Thanks! 👍
Interesting.. Mostly because I rember buying a Certina DS-2 about 15 years ago.
Of course it was new and a quartz movement but over the years and couple of battery changes a watch service guy after replacing the battery commented that there was some crud from some previous battery that he tried to clean. Basically he was doing a great job but just warned that without more extensive job he couldn't be sure if there wasn't something left there that could possibly interfere with the watch. He also said that looked like it should be worth the effort to service the movement if any problems came up.
After that it has been running for some 6-7 years without service and sans problems as far as I know since I actually gifted it to my father and then to my younger brother which both have appreciated it, I'm sure..
Thanks for watching and for sharing that story! Certina made a lot of nice watches and it's always fun when family members can be made happy like that :)
Thank u for your videos. I have some vintage watches and I would like to restore or repair them. Where can I find parts to change for the ones that are broken?
Hello Josemi, thanks for watching and for your question. If you are doing this yourself, you most likely will need to check eBay and there are some good Facebook groups also. There are lots of material houses selling spare parts but you mostly have to have a registered company to buy from them. What kind of watches do you have then?
@@VintageWatchServices I have one or two seikos and one limit. The seikos need a new balance weel and the limit needs a balance weel and the keyless work bridge. The limit movement is an AS 2066 and the seikos movements are 2200. I have looked for theese parts on eBay but they are too expensive.
Great job! Subbed.
I think I can watch this video now, damn trauma, I had found a beautiful certina ds turtle but it never showed up, I bought 4 watches from the seller they put a (kinda nice) mondia topclass Chrono with a 7750 in the box that was supposed to contain the DS, when I called the seller who didn't know ish about watches he was as confused as me, they never found it.
I kept the mondia tho.
Anyway might be time to scout around for a nice one again...
Interesting... A nice 7750 might not be a bad substitute though :)
im not ashamed to say ive never heard of certina.
Now you have! :) There are so many brands out there, so no one knows all of them. I hear of new brands myself pretty much every day.
I have earlier Certina DS. Certina is a rugged sports watch and has sponsored motorcycle racing. Before using the name Certina their watches were called Grana.
Thanks for watching! You know Certina very well I see :) They indeed first used the name Grana, based on their location in Grenchen, and you can still find some watches with that name.
My mother-in-law gave me her husband's ds2 Chronolympic from the early 70s. It sat in a drawer for over 40 years as he passed in 1978.
It functions just fine. However, I began using it and it quickly became difficult to wind, dried lube, dry seals?
Who do you recommend I send it to for cleaning and repair?
Sounds like a nice watch! You would need to look for a watchmaker locally.
Just bought a DS-2, I have about 10 Certinas now! Love Norway but your beer is too expensive :-)
It really is! 😂
Yes and I'm not James Bond...but the entire culture of the wrist watch, . Began in the early 60s... when many ( sorry) men went too work in various offices( business)...and needed an accurate time keeper...and then Tudor
Stood out... because it was affordable
And dependable...( Time keeping)
Since all I know is Oris that follows this edict...??...Fortis is going to Mars, from what I hear??
Certina is an excellent mark.
And sadly people will still see a Rolex
Or Omega as the best... because it's expensive....luv learning and watching ( no pun intended)... Your channel
And other watch repair channels...
Thanks for your time...
Thanks so much, David! There are indeed a lot of very good watches that aren't that costly and frankly these watches are often the smarter choice. A lot of people don't buy watches by logic, though, they buy it for vanity reasons 😁
Very nice.
Thanks a lot!
Love Certina great watches at a very fair price.
Absolutely, especially the vintage ones. Nowadays basically all Swatch group watches use similar movements.
The Pope said that? Lol.
BTW, the Certina is a handsome looking piece. The plate machining stands out, to me. I like accurate lines rather than engraving or machine turning.
Well, he might not have said it in public 😉 Yes, the watch is very well machined and generally gives a very quality feel.
Hi, I’m loving the videos. I was wondering why is it always good to let the watch run slightly fast?
Hello Daniel, mostly because it's better to be early than late! 😁 But a well made and adjusted watch will typically run slower as the mainspring winds down, so making it run slightly faster when it's fully wound would also counteract that. Not all watches run slower at lower power, though.
@@VintageWatchServices Haha yeah makes sense, thanks for the response.
Nice job 👍🏻
Thank you! More to come shortly :)