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[...] an NAWCC pocketwatch repair course. Although I consider myself fairly competent with pocket watches already, I figure this will be a good way to see how my "self taught" expertise [...]

[...] Yeah, when I first started, I figured I'd focus on just Waltham's, and just pocket watches. That turned out well, didn't it? Anyway, my newfound Accutron cache has unwittingly turned [...]

[...] spring (despite Waltham having moved to an integrated spring on the clicks of many of their pocket watches by this point). This one's pretty basic (as is typical of Waltham's). From what I can tell, [...]

[...] bat, even on the ad, I noticed that the "E" logo was different. The later Eaton's pocket watches use a smaller "E", and the diamond box is shadowed underneath. This one looks [...]

[...] out the crown, and the date clicks over the way it's supposed to, so I can only guess that the cannon pinion is too loose. Will have to see what I can do about that tonight. [...]

[...] was because that pressure clip was too loose. The gear was turning, but wasn't turning the cannon pinion. Sorta like I orginally figured, just not the way I figured. Okay fine, the bulova parts lot I [...]

[...] got several Eaton's pocket watches coming my way, after a good couple of weeks on ebay. My Eatons collection is looking up! [...]

[...] Just added a new Solar watch to the Eatons collection, and updated the Eatons page. Getting some interesting details out of these watches relating [...]

The two Eaton's branded movements I have are both really nice quality pieces, so I've taken to actively looking for more to add to my collection. I fo [...]

[...] the dial screws needs to be a fair bit shorter then the other. I was able to scavenge some screws from a junker [...]

[...] that there was minimally some copying. But the triangular stud, movable banking pins and dial screws are very Waltham. The keyless works are quite nice to work on too, as there is no shipper [...]

[...] as the original car; there was thin sheen of oil over the entire winding mechanism and keyless works. But after a good ultrasonic scrub and some pampering at the benchtop spa, it's running [...]

[...] , although I'm now extremely proficient in dismantaling and assembling the calender and keyless works on an Accutron 218. Unlike a traditional watch, the accutron's "center wheel" is [...]

[...] breeze to work on; I love the complete lack of tiny springs for the click and keyless works. Unfortuately, this movement has gotten a bit mangled in its history; the dial side balance [...]

[...] and keyless works on an Accutron 218. Unlike a traditional watch, the accutron's "center wheel" is offset, and doesn't directly drive the minute wheel; instead, the pinion has leaves [...]

[...] in the watch. On a round watch, the mainspring can't be larger then the radius, becuase of the center wheel. On a rectangular watch, you can make it nearly as wide as the movement, which has many [...]

[...] thick (and probably highly radioactive) lume. The Doxa is nice, but pinion is snapped off the center wheel. It still runs ('cuase the arbor is fine) so this will eventually be a test of my repivoting [...]

[...] aspects of pocketwatches. The morning was taken up with a general introduction to the pocket watch, and the afternoon we spent tearing down our watches with the teachers helpful eye. I [...]

[...] Took a bit, but I've finally uploaded the pictures of the Waltham P.S.Bartlet 16s pocket watch that I worked on during the course I took last week. [...]

[...] yielded one watch; a very nice Waltham model '83 "Appleton Tracey and Co." grade pocket watch. It's been a while since I've worked on a old 18s pocket watch, so I worked on it this weekend. [...]

[...] need to tighten up a spring somewhere. Low priority at the moment. My main interest was a Eatons watch that came in; it was interesting becuase it differed in many ways from my other Eatons watches. [...]

[...] safe place to buy watches, but this one seems pretty legit. It's a basic 7jewel Gallet made T. Eatons watch in a typical AWCCo case, only with wire lugs and a reduced stem. Otherwise identical to the [...]

[...] advanced the art of manufacturing highly, and translated advances in metulargy into more accurate watches, but their focus on profit meant that they didn't attempt to advance the art of horology. In [...]

[...] . I've heard that's partly due to the desire to showcase the ability to build small, accurate watches, becuase the rectangular design allows them to keep a reasonable size mainspring and balance [...]

[...] that's good enough. Meanwhile, I've discovered a couple of Accuquartz watches in amongst the Bulova parts, so I'm off to see if I can ressurrect any of them. [...]

[...] I just don't recognize. From the same auction, I also picked up a 7 drawer cabinet full of Bulova parts...many of them for Accutrons, and including spare index wheels, tuning forks, etc. See where I' [...]