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The problem was a broken lever. Here is the old one. Caliber 6159B under the dial without datewheel. Now is the new lever inserted. Its time for this parts to be installed. Here we go! Time for the datewheel. No problem. This metalring should be placed be

Powermatic 80 are calibers derived from the Eta 2824-2. By reducing the pace to 21600 A/h (and probably something else), Swatch engineers have got to improve the PR to an impressive 80h. The official name of the PM 80.111 is ETA It is used in several Tis

ROSE ENGINE If you want to know how it's done, here's Roger Smith giving instruction on how he does it. It only takes about 30-40 minutes to watch all the videos, where you learn that it took him months to get a handful of dials created to George Daniels'

In the previous 2 posts we considered what makes a Grand Complication, and the mental gymnastics required to conceive and design such a thing. Now we also have to think about actually making it. We know that watches CONSUME TIME as well as DISPLAY TIME. C

Hello Gents, I have been sorting through images on my hard drive and was amused by the variety of watches that friends and acquaintances (or enemies?) have dropped into my hand, asking "Can you fix this for me?" I thought perhaps a few views of rare or co

Hi folks. I’m at the age (actually, well past the age) when I need to focus more on my health. And my doctor suggested that I wear a fitness tracker—like an Apple Watch—that will track steps, heart rate, etc. But here is the dilemma: I have no intention o