A few people on this site have asked if I still repair watches for people. I do, but don't work at it steady like I used to. If anyone has an old pocket watch, or mechanical wrist watch they'd like put into running order they can contact me at [email protected]. Being it's winter I can spend a little more time at the repair bench.
- Thread starter L.Fure
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No repair issues, but maybe you could explain something for me: I have my dad's Seiko watch, circa late 70s, early 80s, and another bought in about 2008. Both use batteries. When I wear the older watch it loses about an hour a week. If I leave it on the dresser it keeps perfect time. The newer watch always keeps good time. What gives?
MarkB_MI
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A co-worker got this fusee working for me. It dates to the early 1800s.
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Analog watches have a gear train. Even the battery driven ones. Could be that the oil in the gear train has dried and affects the movement of the train of gears. As to why it only loses while being worn is probably the different positions the watch is in while being worn. The gear train may stick more in one or two positions than it does laying flat on it's back. Try placing the watch in different positions and note the rate difference. Run each positional test for 24 hours and write down how much it gains or loses. The different positions would be dial up, dial down, crown left, crown right, and crown down. I'm sure if the movement was serviced it would cure the problem.
Back in the early '70s my folks bought me a watch that used a tuning fork for reference in timekeeping. Was a nice
watch and rather expensive. Within a couple years it failed and jeweler who sold it told me that repair parts not
available. Can you confirm this story? Think I still have the watch, would be nice if it could be made to run again.
watch and rather expensive. Within a couple years it failed and jeweler who sold it told me that repair parts not
available. Can you confirm this story? Think I still have the watch, would be nice if it could be made to run again.
Richard from SE AZ
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If the watch that uses a tuning fork is an Accutron, just google Accutron watch repair. There are several sites listed that repair them.
MarkB_MI
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>I can and do make some parts for watches, but am not willing to try fixing broken fusee chains.
Yes, the fellow who got my fusee running said I'm lucky the fusee chain was not broken. Really, all he did was clean it up and replace the broken hands.
Yes, the fellow who got my fusee running said I'm lucky the fusee chain was not broken. Really, all he did was clean it up and replace the broken hands.
It's hard telling what made the watch stop without looking at it. If it had been dropped it most likely has a broken balance staff pivot. Anyway, I do free repair estimates. If you send it to me I will look it over and give you an estimate on how much it would cost to bring your watch back to life.
Parts for Accutron watches were available during the seventies. When Bulova started selling the Accutron watch they offered repair courses to the watchmakers who sold them There's still a few factory trained Accutron technicians out there that can repair your watch. But parts are getting really hard to find. The watchmakers who do repair them seem to have a source for these parts. I never took the time to learn to repair them though. In fact I've never even seen an Accutron in person.
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