Anders has sent in this beast of chronographs. Minute recorder, hour recorder, day, date, month and moon face all packed into a 34.5mm 18K case. Seven hands in total or in this case 6 and a half. Plenty of warning signs as the date and month disks are seized and the reset pusher does not move.
Ben has had some trouble getting his watch repaired. The first watchmaker inspected the watch and gave Ben a long list of spare parts that where needed for him to service the watch this including a new balance, the intermediate wheel for the auto winder and a forth wheel; certainly an expensive affair considering the price of spare parts for an Omega. Ben managed to source the parts but by that time the watchmaker decided not to take on the watch anyway. The watch then went to another watchmaker who had the watch for 3 months without inspecting the watch. When Ben asked to have an inspection the watchmaker did not like the inquiry and sent the watch back. After securing a slot at Watchguy I was asked to inspect the watch straight away if I could fix it nor not. I could feel that the setting lever spring was broken and see there was a missing case clamp and the hairspring had broken off the stud. Cosmetically I could tell the dial had been restored and the plating on the movement at one point had some kind of chemical reaction. All in all nothing looked to frightening and we decided to service the watch. Continue reading
I bought this watch expecting a parts watch, closer inspection it’s actually a new old stock watch and I think I can bring it back to its former glory.
Barry has sent us this interesting Glycine for a service having a hunch it might be an early model as it is marked “patent pending” on the case back.
The oscillating weight is not attached to the movement as you can hear it clanking around in the movement, but it ticks when manually wound. Continue reading
One of the most underestimated brands out there must be Helvetia. They have some very nice in-house movements. General Watch Company first created Helvetia and some years later introduced Omega.
This Helvetia is looking rough and is hardly ticking, but I see some potential. Continue reading
After working at WatchGuy for over a year, Christian gave me a truly spectacular watch to celebrate the occasion.
The watch movement was supposedly newly serviced, but there are some issues that will needs to be resolved. Continue reading
I’m a fan and collector of Junghans chronometer watches, but also enjoy some of their more unusual watches with funky designs. This is the second-generation quartz movement from Junghans from some time in the mid 70’s.
The watch is in decent condition considering the age, but is not running!
I have soft spot for old bumper automatics, so I have no problems adding a Universal Geneve to my collection. The watch is not ticking and the case is in need of replating. Continue reading
We usually do not do quartz movements, but as a part of my apprenticeship I will service this Certina.
It is missing its winding stem and is not ticking.
My girlfriend’s uncle Dennis was given this Junghans on his 10th birthday and amazingly he still has it! Nothing I owned at the age of 10 remains today!
Considering the crystal and second hand is missing the watch is in fairly good condition.