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Are you interested in learning how to repair and maintain your own watches? Whatever your goal, our channel is the perfect place to start.
We offer easy-to-follow tutorials on all aspects of watch repair, including how to learn watch repair from scratch, intermediate-level repairs, and advanced techniques. Our videos are packed with helpful tips and tricks, as well as detailed explanations of watch mechanisms, tools, and equipment.
In addition to our free watch repair lessons, we also offer the best online watch repair course that covers everything from basic to advanced repairs. Our lessons are designed to provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to become a successful watchmaker.
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How To Make A Regulator Pin Adjusting Tool
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In this video I show you how to make a tool to safely open the regulator pins when you are adjusting and regulating a watch movement and explain why you would want to do so. Enjoy. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't...
How to Find Lost Watch Jewels
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IN this video, I will show you the easiest way to find a lost jewel from a watch movement. ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss Out: Sign up for the "It's About Time" Monthly Newsletter watchrepairtutorials.com/newsletter/ Become a Watch Repair Tutorial Patreon to access advanced workshops, ad free video and bonus trainings: www.pa...
Troubleshooting a Watch Losing 1200 SPD*PART 2
Переглядів 5 тис.2 місяці тому
In this video I start working through the movement to find find and correct lost amplitude. ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ Become a Watch Repair Tutorial Patreon to access advanced workshops, ad free video and bonus trainings: www.patreon.com/watchrepairtutorials 🚀 Don't Miss Out: Sign up for the "It's About Time" Monthly Newsletter watch...
Troubleshooting a 1200 Second Per Day Loss
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Today we are going to troubleshoot a Waltham grade 625 that loses an incredible 1200 seconds per day. Thanks for watching! ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ ➡️➡️HairSpring Curve Charts ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/mp-files/hairspring-curve-tables.pdf/ ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOW...
How to Polish Watch Screws the Easy Way
Переглядів 10 тис.3 місяці тому
In this video I demonstrate how to use the bolt tool, also known as a frog polisher to easily polish watch screws. I also show 2 other ways this tool can be used in watch repair and restoration. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses ...
How To Restore a Vintage Jewel Press
Переглядів 4,1 тис.5 місяців тому
Vintage jewel press's can come in pretty rough shape. In this video I am going to show you an easy why to refurbish the Pushers and Stumps. ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss Out: Sign up for the "It's About Ti...
How To Restore Watch Hands- Made Easy
Переглядів 8 тис.6 місяців тому
In this video, I cover polishing watch hands and how to darken brass hands to give a vintage look. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss Out: Sign up for ...
Don't Buy a Horia Clone Until You Watch This.
Переглядів 11 тис.8 місяців тому
Learn the crucial differences between the Horia Jewel Press and the Seitz Jewel Press. Whether you're a new watchmaker or even a more experienced one, you’ll learn why the Seitz is the better tool. This essential watch repair tool has more uses than most people are aware of. Until today. Enjoy Note: The Seitz Jewel press in the video is model 3605. The older models do not have the threads for t...
The Most Accurate American Watch Ever Made
Переглядів 301 тис.9 місяців тому
The Hamilton 4992b was produced in the 1940's to be used as the master timekeeper for american war ships and planes. They produced one of the most accurate watches to come out of the american factories and in this video I am servicing one to try to bring it to the standards required by the military. I will need to replace a couple broken jewels in this watch movement before the movement can be ...
Don't Make this ONE MISTAKE when Oiling Jewels
Переглядів 18 тис.10 місяців тому
In this video, I talk about the biggest mistake made in jewel lubrication and how to check your work to make sure you are not losing amplitude. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchma...
Double Your Ultrasonics Cleaning Power! 💥🔧
Переглядів 12 тис.11 місяців тому
In this video, I will show you how I doubles the cleaning power of my ultrasonic machine for cleaning watch parts. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss O...
When To SERVICE an Automatic Watch & when NOT TO
Переглядів 17 тис.11 місяців тому
New to owning a watch. This is everything you need to know about when to service your automatic watch. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss Out: Sign up ...
20 PRO Tips for Your FIRST WATCH REPAIR
Переглядів 28 тис.11 місяців тому
In this video I share some of my BEST TIPS to help you get through your first watch repair without to much pain. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss Out...
Regulation SECRETS Every Watchmaker Should Know
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In this video, I explain how to not only equalize Horizontal positions but how you can use this to bring Horizontal and Vertical Positions closer together. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials...
Beginners Guide to Using the Jacot Pivot Lathe
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In Part 3 of the Hamilton 917 Project, I will show you how to get the most amplitude from the power train possible. ✨✨ Get Your Copy of my eBook, The Secrets for Adjusting Watch Rates ✨✨ ➡➡PDF DOWNLOAD watchrepairtutorials.com/ebook/ ⬅⬅ ➡➡Available on Kindle & Soft Cover @ geni.us/4x8C (Amazon) ✨✨Watchmaking Courses and Training ✨✨ ➡➡ watchrepairtutorials.com/watchmaker-course/ ⬅⬅ 🚀 Don't Miss ...
se non riesco a reperire i Moebius posso usare una miscela di alcool e910
What is 910 ?
You have so much good videos for us new to watch making. Its like when i get a new tool, like timegrapher i watch your videos how to get everything out of it. And it still leaves me some thing to figure out of my self. What is best part of watchmaking. 😊
Glad you like them!
Heh, on the topic of cleaning machines, after seeing your suggestion, I asked my 12-year-old if he could figure something out with his legos and a lego battery-operated motor (with the same basket and jar). And he did! It has a couple of arms to spin around the basket. I actually posted it to the watch repair subreddit. Kids, man. On the topic of sandpapers, there's also tips and products for restoring car headlights, same principle there. And just like you pointed out, 800 is great when you need to get out deep scratches.
I would like to see a Dom style video.
I don't know what that is.
Hello, I recently purchased a timegrapher, Weisher 1900, and put my Seiko SPB121 with the 6R35A movement on it and it's running a bit slow however my main concern is the variation between the different positions: Date: Position Rate (S/D) Amplitude Beat Error (Ms) 6/30/2024 Dail up -15 193 0.2 Dial down -3 209 0.5 Crown at 12H -62 163 0.1 Crown at 9H -12 183 0.7 Crown at 6H -12 174 0.7 Crown at 3H -44 181 0.1 There's almost a 60 second difference between some positions. Wondering what your diagnoses is for that or if that's what you get with a mid grade movement, is there a problem with the balance wheel or does the movement simply need to be taken apart, cleaned, lubricated and put back together? I fully wound the watch and let it sit for a couple of hours before I pulled these results. I bought the watch new about 4 years ago and it's never been serviced. I'm not expecting to have 0 positional variance however expecting numbers better than this. Thank you!
Well first of all thank you for providing the information I need. Most people just send me one position. You didn't exactly right. The amplitude is very poor in all positions. Your vertical amplitude is such that any poising error on the balance wheel is heightened. 160-180 is the worst possible amplitude for vertical positions. The regulator pins appear to be properly set so I don't think that's an issue. Your delta rate is 59. Delta rates are THE indicator for trouble in the movement. Movements coming out of the factory lubricated which is very inconsistent as far as its accuracy. I think this is all pointing to the movement needed to be fully serviced.
@@watchrepairtutorials Thanks for the feedback and quick response, I really appreciate it and I'll get the watch serviced one way or another!
Alex I am a beginner and i am starting with vintage mechanical watches. I can't afford a full set of Bergeron winders is a #6 winder a good start? Thanks for all you help.
Well it depends entirely on what you work on. Japanese movements need the blue or left hand spindle and Swiss and American movements need the red or right hand spindle. I usually recommend 8.6 mm to 10.8 mm which cover a lot of basic size watches. Here is a link that shows what's available. www.esslinger.com/bergeon-mainspring-winder-1/
@@watchrepairtutorials Thank you, exactly what I wanted to know.
Great video as always. I was rewatching because I managed to get a great eBay find on a set of 7-8 burnishers. However, they need to be dressed. My purchase also came with a tin plate for polishing. Surprisingly heavy. It has a fine grey powder on it. Possibly diamantine? Any advice on dressing them with the tin plate? Thanks.
If you are asking about dressing a burnisher, I didn't in the video
Awesome info! Thank you.
I hope you can use it sometime.
finally, i can find my private parts
hi do fix watch oris
Sir, you tend to make the impossible become possible. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your skills. 🕐⚙️🍸
As always, Thank you so much 😀
@@watchrepairtutorials As always, I am the one who has to thank you. :)
Perfect timing. Now I get to make another tool I didn’t know how to make.
Make it! Make it. Hehe 🕐⚙️🍸
Timing is everything, yea?
@@watchrepairtutorials Definetely. lol
Man didnt fluff around and came straight to the point, love it and thanks
This is why I tell people that Watch Repair is a great hobby. So much to learn from everywhere. Even just from Utube.
What are your thoughts on the eve pin polisher that ive heard reed by several others?
They have their place, but they can't replicate what a burnisher does.
@@watchrepairtutorials that's kinda what I thought. They are probably ok but not as good?
@@brianwohlleben3182 burnishing works by stretching out the metal which fills in low spots which leaves a polished surface. Doing it with an eve would be removing material, which is not ideal for side shake which can cause problems with how the balance runs.
@watchrepairtutorials ahh! So eve would be better for light rust or cleaning of an otherwise healthy pivot. But a worn piviot needs to be burnished.
@@brianwohlleben3182 well you have to be careful that you don't bend the pivot. I've used them for light polishing inside barrel arbor holes. "Rust be gone" is good for rust removal folllowed by polishing.
The problem for many repairers is that they have no idea about the mechanical theory, how the watch actually works. You ask them why the lever escapement needs oil and they won't know.
I totally agree with what you're saying. Probably the biggest gap in knowledge is that of the escapement and its functioning. When you're working on vintage watches, other problems can be somewhat obvious, but when it comes to problems within the escapement, that's where people get hung up .
Hi Sir Alex, thank you for sharing this informative videos i play all vidoes one by one to added me technaque for repair my Watch and thank you for Tips before end of videos. from Philippines
That's very wise. Learn and practice, Learn then practice. There is not enough practicing going on. Everyone learning watch repair should have several movements that they use for practicing on. You definitely don't want to practice on grandpa's Rolex. If you know what I mean..
@@watchrepairtutorials Thank you Sir, Alex ur Advice...
I used polywatch on my wife’s face and it removed all the wrinkles, she looks 21 again.
😂
Hahahahahaha great one
Had to use sandpaper for mine.
Hello, friend Smith, thank you for sharing, a question, what type of lubricant do you use on the paddle and what type do you use on the jewelry, thank you
Hello, I need you to use the proper terminology so that I can answer your question.
Think i just fried my brain a little.Very informative video
LOL, sorry.😅
Holy crap you're a life saviour. I was nearly giving up on the hobbie untill your comment at around 12:00 about the misalignment of the fork with the jewel.
Now you know.
where's antman when you need him
F’in awesome video. I like your style.
I appreciate that!
Thank you for the video. I received the diamond polishing film from Sharpo and it was easy to use and did a fantastic job with the super polishing!
Perfect!
👏👏👏
Neat tip .
Thanks 👍
another fine lesson Alex I have a project to work on tonight as I have broken to many regulator pins Thank you again Alex😍
And this is why I made the video Amanda. I know there are plenty of people who will not do this because they have no intention of ever trying to make these types of adjustments. But there are some,like yourself, who know the importance of this adjustment and just haven't figured out the how.
Man I wish I knew this trick a few years ago when I shot a cap jewel off into the 18th dimension and had to buy another movement to get a replacement. I never did find that jewel despite an extensive search.......
I was recently cataloging some parts, and I was holding a pallet fork by the horn to measure the pivot size in my micrometer. The pallet for ended up coming out of my tweezers and out of the corner of my eye I could see the pallet work fly into my shirt pocket. I was almost 100% sure it was in there. Looking in the pocket, I couldn't see anything. I use the UV light to shine in my pocket and there it was buried in the corner.. You just never know when you're gonna need it.😉
The US average may be 600 mrem but that doesn't mean it's individually true for all humans on Earth. There are some places where the natural exposure exceeds 10,000 mrem per year for the local population. Also in reality not just the dose matters but the dose rate as well, although the LNT model postulates that dose rate is irrelevant (but seems to be wrong about that).
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing your views.
so were can i buy a cheap aluminum holder for my pocket watch repair
All the major suppliers have one if you just search for pocket watch movement holder. I will have to say that they don't hold pocketwatch movements very stable so I got the Bergeron one which runs about 80 bucks.
Aprendice Brasil. Restauration.
Thank you.
Very good
My pleasure my friend.
Does this mean I have to find/buy vibrating tools for all the different frequencies a watch can run at?
You would but they could be very difficult to find. Most vintage watches are going to be at 18,000 beats per hour until you get into the 70s. At that point, you'd be better off, trying to find a hairspring.
Hey Alex woke up this morning to this wonderful video on how to make this tool. Of course now I have to go make this tool. I do have lots of other work to do today, including work. My wife probably wants me to do, but making this too old, seems like a lot more fun. The other thing that you need to do is tell people how to close the regular pins, but that is probably obvious as you just push them with a very fine pair of tweezers and then use your tool to do the final adjustment. I’ve been given a Hamilton 992 pocket, watch to work on and this thing is way out of beat and has some pretty big deltas in all positions. So we’ll see what the gap is for the regular pins as I attempt to get this thing performing better, after cleaning.
Isn't it great being retired JD? I have a 992B on the way that's coming in pieces.
@@watchrepairtutorials it is good to have actual time to do your watch work and not worry about having to go to the office
amazing...had to replace my first mainspring last week and my teacher showed me this. Thanks for sharing.
That's awesome. Who taught you that?
@@watchrepairtutorials just started a course at a friend who is a professional watchmaker
Your expertise and experience is a joy to behold :-)
Hello Michael. Thank you very much. Have you watched he's any of my other video series?
Great video , I'm an electronics tech who always had an interest in watches ....STILL can't believe how tiny this stuff is !!! great info here .
Your background will serve you well, especially since you worked under microscopes.
@@watchrepairtutorials Any books or manuals you'd recommend ?
@@frankporfidio9813 Bulova school of watchmaking.
I should have seen this video before. Just bought a for parts movement to take the cap jewel I lost few days ago and couldn't find anymore
Well now you may find it. Thanks man.
Why do you loosen every single screw slightly before the final tightening? I noticed you do it with every screw like that, so there must be a good reason?
When I put the screws in initially, I'm just securing the bridge in position, then I checked the wheels again to make sure everything is free spinning. The reason I back off or reverse the screws is, I want to feel the resistance of the screw to the part then I turn the screw the width of the screw slot for the final tightening. That's how you know the screw is tight enough.
@@watchrepairtutorials That's a very good method indeed. Thank you!
I have been getting interested in watch repair for a couple of months now and I have watched a number of your videos. You have taught me a lot. Finally I have something to contribute to you. My background is in metallurgy and I spent my career in the heat treatment of aerospace parts. When you heat the mainspring material red hot with a torch and allow it to cool in air it is not tempering. It is technically Normalizing. It will probably make the material soft enough to cut and file but it may not be the best way to accomplish this. There is a risk of some areas, like the edges, cooling quickly enough to partially re-harden. Heating the spring to a temperature slightly below red hot, if you can do it, would produce a lower hardness and less chance of breaking while cutting and filing. Then when re-hardening the finished tool the steel just has to get barely red hot to allow it to harden on quenching, around 1500 degrees F. In the video it is way overheated. Probably works most of the time but its not necessary. After quenching temper the tool in any oven at about 450 degrees F for an hour or so. This will lower the hardness slightly but increase the toughness greatly. I hope this helps.
Wow. Thanks for that. I am obviously not a metallurgist so I was just showing the way I was taught it it's great to hear from someone with real world experience.
Lol...I was going to ask you to do this very same type of video. Thanks!
Hope you enjoyed it!
My problem with Omega is that I like the idea of getting a co-axial movement but there is nothing in the current catalogue I like, nearly everything has a dial like a ploughed field, some like a badly ploughed field. They used to do some stunning watches years ago so I'm keeping an eye out for a second hand one. To be fair there is nothing in the Rolex catalogue I'd want other than the 36mm Explorer and I've already got the best version of that.
I hear you on that one.
Thank you again. You are a great master watchmaker! Thanks to your valuable help today I have been able to finish the restoration of my fourth watch, a beautiful Seiko Advan that I will wear with pride. My dream is to one day reach your level so that I can pass on this knowledge to others as well. I will practice hard until then.
That's a beautiful goal. Keep learning my friend. Never stop learning.
Hi Alex! I'm a new watchmaker hobbyist from Finland. I found your videos and started learning from those. And I find them really good. Love your bonus tips :D Keep doing good work for old watches, less get broken when we have good teacher. Thank you!
Thank you my friend in Finland. You are absolutely right.😜
I've learned a terrific method for adjusting the pin gap; previously, I used a little screw driver for that purpose. Thank you!
I hope it helps you with this delicate adjustment.
How does the length of a mainspring affect its performance? The width and strength are pretty intuitive, so if I get that wrong I should be able to troubleshoot it. But if I use this formula for an unknown movement, and the mainspring ends up being significantly longer or shorter than the original, is there a problem I might run into, or a particular symptom I should look out for?
The length is power reserve or how long the watch will run before stopping. The formula will get you close to the length, but obviously it matters what's available to buy. If I had to error on the shorter side. Toolong will result in too little amplitude in most cases.
Grreat job thank again always great and helpful info that no one tells u 👍
Glad to help glad to be here William.
I am careless with watches. I just don't know how to stop myself from bumping my arm into stuff and scratching my watches. I have an analog Casio watch that in the previous 24 hours somehow i got a deep scratch in the face of, near the edge. I don't have any tools; as of today my ability to fix watches is approximately zero.
Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about it as watches are meant to be worn and It's hard to keep them pristine.
Question about shaky hands- What strategy do you use to work on hairspring adjustments and other sensitive parts? Or can you drink 4 cups of coffee and still have steady hands like a superhero?
Well, I can tell you that working in a comfortable position helps greatly. Working under a microscope also helps with the ability to make very precise movements. No, i'm a two cup of coffee guy. That's it.
The secret is to relax as much as you possibly can, mentally and physically. Check and relax your shoulders, then do it again and again.