Nice work, Steve. Like me, the more you work on movements the better your skills become. I'm just getting to grips with those pesky cap jewels and oiling them. It's spooky but only the other night I was thinking I haven't seen a video from you for quite a while so welcome back. The nice thing about this hobby is there's no rush as life can get in the way sometimes.
Thanks so much - yeah, I moved house which was a nightmare, and all sorts of other things going on. Not really sure what I will do next. I have got the other 66A movement, and I could rebuild that just to see if it runs any better. As I mentioned I also want to learn how to replate a case, but will need to obtain chemicals, and especially for Gold plating, that can be pricey. The problem with practising on those cap jewels, is that once the jewel flies away, its gone forever. Maybe I should buy a box of 100 jewels just to practise motor skills with!
@@watchout9213 Let us know how you get on with those, I've heard they can be a mixed bag and finding the right one can be a nightmare. I'm using an old movement to practice oiling the jewels and I'm feeling pretty confident handling them now, a decent set of twizzles makes all the difference. Appling the oil is a different kettle of fish as I'm in two minds to continue with the auto oiler or go manual. I find the auto oiler quiet hard to get the hang of but as they say "Practice makes perfect" 👍
Great video and very real. I Feel your pain. The way I massively reduced my pinging and breaking stuff activity is to stop trying to achieve anything, don't have an aim. The fiddling around with the spring so that nothing pings is the only thing I'm doing, the fact that at some point it drops into position is a side effect....hope that makes sense, it worked for me. As soon as I start thinking about needing to get something done I take a break.
Thanks for that, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately filming things self-imposes some get-it-done-itus, because I'm always thinking "are all the cameras in focus?", "are they still recording?", "how much space is left on the SD Card?" - it prevents me from being 100% focussed on the task at hand - but its kind of hard to do TH-cam without filming, right? Anyway, I press on. I've had the watch on my wrist for a few days, and while it has low amplitude, and does occasionally stop, for the most part it runs well and is keeping good time.
Stevie, welcome back mate, was looking forward to a video as an indication ure all moved in and in some sort of normality. OK, I see some comments on small bits, tweezers technique, jewel oiling.....well, in my humble opinion, dressing your tweezers saves those little bits from being launched and going into the black hole. For me, I make sure my tweezers points are true and sharp, one can use a little bit, but not so course sand paper or a fine file. The main area would be the inside where one would grab things with, this I also use some sand paper to "rough up the inside grabbing area" of the instrument,this assures slipping when picking up parts. As for teweezer technique, that can only be learnt personally and with daily use of the tweezers, noting mentally the amount of pressure needed to be exerted on your pair of tweezers to pick things up. This comes in time and experience. I hope this helps. Thanks for the video mate. Mike
Hi. I've have my original watch from when I was a kid. It has a 66A movement and I have been seeking the lift angle. I notice you have it set a 52 can you confirm that is correct please. Thanks. I have plans of servicing it myself after some sacrificial practice movements. this video is priceless to me. cheers
Hi - that's a really great question. So I've been struggling away with this watch since I made the video because it just didn't seem quite right. Problem one was that the dial didn't seem to fit right, and I think I have resolved that. I also did some googling for lift angle. The only number I could find was 58.4. So I re-did the regulation using 58.4, and it seems a lot happier. Amplitude has improved. I only did this a couple of days ago, so it's still early days. Do let me know how you get on.
@@watchout9213 Thanks for the reply. I have seen a few Seiko lift angle lists and 66A doesn't appear on any of them. A lot of movements starting with a 6 have 54.5 listed. I have just received the timegrapher and haven't set it up yet. Will let you know how it goes. Cheers
I am so glad you group your parts by function.
I do the same!
Yeah - it works for me.
Watch out! Love this… more please Stephen.
Your ending tag-line made me chuckle. Thanks! :-)
😁
Nice work, Steve. Like me, the more you work on movements the better your skills become. I'm just getting to grips with those pesky cap jewels and oiling them. It's spooky but only the other night I was thinking I haven't seen a video from you for quite a while so welcome back. The nice thing about this hobby is there's no rush as life can get in the way sometimes.
Thanks so much - yeah, I moved house which was a nightmare, and all sorts of other things going on. Not really sure what I will do next. I have got the other 66A movement, and I could rebuild that just to see if it runs any better. As I mentioned I also want to learn how to replate a case, but will need to obtain chemicals, and especially for Gold plating, that can be pricey. The problem with practising on those cap jewels, is that once the jewel flies away, its gone forever. Maybe I should buy a box of 100 jewels just to practise motor skills with!
I just bought an assortment of cap jewels on ebay!
@@watchout9213 Let us know how you get on with those, I've heard they can be a mixed bag and finding the right one can be a nightmare. I'm using an old movement to practice oiling the jewels and I'm feeling pretty confident handling them now, a decent set of twizzles makes all the difference. Appling the oil is a different kettle of fish as I'm in two minds to continue with the auto oiler or go manual. I find the auto oiler quiet hard to get the hang of but as they say "Practice makes perfect" 👍
Great video and very real. I Feel your pain. The way I massively reduced my pinging and breaking stuff activity is to stop trying to achieve anything, don't have an aim. The fiddling around with the spring so that nothing pings is the only thing I'm doing, the fact that at some point it drops into position is a side effect....hope that makes sense, it worked for me. As soon as I start thinking about needing to get something done I take a break.
Thanks for that, I really appreciate it. Unfortunately filming things self-imposes some get-it-done-itus, because I'm always thinking "are all the cameras in focus?", "are they still recording?", "how much space is left on the SD Card?" - it prevents me from being 100% focussed on the task at hand - but its kind of hard to do TH-cam without filming, right? Anyway, I press on. I've had the watch on my wrist for a few days, and while it has low amplitude, and does occasionally stop, for the most part it runs well and is keeping good time.
Stevie, welcome back mate, was looking forward to a video as an indication ure all moved in and in some sort of normality.
OK, I see some comments on small bits, tweezers technique, jewel oiling.....well, in my humble opinion, dressing your tweezers saves those little bits from being launched and going into the black hole. For me, I make sure my tweezers points are true and sharp, one can use a little bit, but not so course sand paper or a fine file.
The main area would be the inside where one would grab things with, this I also use some sand paper to "rough up the inside grabbing area" of the instrument,this assures slipping when picking up parts. As for teweezer technique, that can only be learnt personally and with daily use of the tweezers, noting mentally the amount of pressure needed to be exerted on your pair of tweezers to pick things up. This comes in time and experience. I hope this helps. Thanks for the video mate.
Mike
Thanks mate!
@watchout9213 mate, I see you are nearly at 1 thousand subscribers. Can't wait to see.Great mate.❤
Hi. I've have my original watch from when I was a kid. It has a 66A movement and I have been seeking the lift angle. I notice you have it set a 52 can you confirm that is correct please. Thanks. I have plans of servicing it myself after some sacrificial practice movements. this video is priceless to me. cheers
Hi - that's a really great question. So I've been struggling away with this watch since I made the video because it just didn't seem quite right. Problem one was that the dial didn't seem to fit right, and I think I have resolved that. I also did some googling for lift angle. The only number I could find was 58.4. So I re-did the regulation using 58.4, and it seems a lot happier. Amplitude has improved. I only did this a couple of days ago, so it's still early days. Do let me know how you get on.
@@watchout9213 Thanks for the reply. I have seen a few Seiko lift angle lists and 66A doesn't appear on any of them. A lot of movements starting with a 6 have 54.5 listed. I have just received the timegrapher and haven't set it up yet. Will let you know how it goes. Cheers
Hello sir this video was very informative thank you so much please tell me what is the green pad called as that you are using below
It's a work mat. You might like my video on tools - th-cam.com/video/xk97w4a6O3E/w-d-xo.html
Wehrle alarm 3 in 1 video bnaooo,,,plz,,all full parts dismental and assemble,,,all small to small part