In case you didn’t know, we offer a “buy with confidence” service.
At times, this can come in handy, as one of our clients found out. He bought a very nice looking Omega Constellation, with a stellar description by the seller.
Let’s see what’s inside. Continue reading
IWC made the calibre 854B movement starting around 1970.
This movement was used for the famous “Ingenieur” series. Continue reading
I do like Vacheron Constantin movements – they are very well made, and very intricate. What puts me off is that I can’t get any spare parts whatsoever. I can buy brake parts for an Aston Martin that speeds along at 250 km/h freely, but buying spare parts for VC watches is apparently too dangerous for the public…
So, I have to dive in without any recourse to parts. Continue reading
Just in case you haven’t discovered it yet – our biggest asset on this site is our vast photo library. We have over 2000 watches in here, with detailed photos for every one of them. I hear it’s quite popular with other watchmakers who can’t remember which screw goes where 😉 Continue reading
I’m sure there are at least 101 out there!
Got a nice email today:
Just read the rest of you’re bull not working on reps ,got watch maker local who is interested in the movement ,there not all full of crap
No “Hi”, no “Best regards”, just like that. Oh well, some people are strange …
As I reply to every email we get, I write back:
Hi Toni,
This is the first Nomos Delta movement we’ve had in the workshop, and I’ve always wanted to get my hands on one.
This one has a power reserve (Gangreserve) indication in the little circle at 1 o’clock. The black visible in the slot indicates the state of the power reserve, so it’s powered down at the moment. Continue reading
Time waits for no one, and as in the rest of the world, things at WatchGuy move along as well. Â And I’ve already managed to get a Bowie and a Stones reference in!
Mitka joined me over three years ago as an apprentice, and I am proud to say that he has become a good watch repairer in that time. Those who follow this blog know that he now has a lovely daughter with his fiancee. So it’s no surprise that Mitka wants to do his own thing…
Within the next months, he will move away to the South of England, and start up his own business, which is a very exciting development indeed! His new web site (mitka.co.uk) is already up and running, and once you have given him some time to do up his new workshop, he will accept maintenance and repair work. Expect that to happen around August this year. Our regular readers will have seen his posts, and share my support for the quality of his work. Not that I should entice my own clients away from me, but please feel free to contact him for any work you would like to be carried out on your watches later this year.
But we aren’t done with changes yet!
In March, an old school friend of mine (we did A-Levels together 35 years ago), Johannes, joined the team at watchguy.co.uk. With a strong mechanical background, which includes a career as an airline pilot, Johannes has decided to join us for a little career change. Things are going really well, the first Rolex has been successfully serviced, hands have been re-lumed, hairsprings have been straightened, and I’m very confident that he will have the same success in learning the trade that Mitka had.
As we have a bit of space in the new workshop, we will probably take on another apprentice or a trained watch repairer later in the year. If you are interested, give us a shout!
I tend to write about the more exotic watches we service here, but the bread-and-butter watches can be interesting work as well!
This Rolex doesn’t keep good time, so the customer decided to send it in for a service. Continue reading
As far as I remember, I haven’t blogged about the Omega calibre 3303 yet… which is a shame. This Seamaster has one inside, and it’s well worth having a look!
The dial design already lets us know that there is no 7750 inside, but something different. Continue reading