Great movements and the work to make them whole. So nice to see what the differences between the 2789 and 2789-1 are. By the way you were correct the double language day wheel you have is in English and Italian, here is the full representation of what the days are in Italian: Lunedì - Monday. Martedì - Tuesday. Mercoledì - Wednesday. Giovedì - Thursday. Venerdì - Friday. Sabato - Saturday. Domenica - Sunday. Thanks for the video.
I just starting to watch your videos this week and I think your brilliant , keep up the good work ,I have been a watchmaker for 40 years and still learning , Blessings from England 🏴 🙏❤
I learnt the hard way on eta movements that you always pull the crown to set hour then proceed to press the detent to release the stem and leave it that way until you finish working the motion side if you don’t need to work on the keyless side, I couldn’t for the life work it out why the stem wouldn’t go back if you don’t set it up before removing the stem, pulling the stem to set hour mode basically makes the keyless locked so that you can remove the stem without the yoke and yoke spring moving out of the clutch. It’s a doddle once you understand what you have to do on an eta movement with regards to it needs.
Hey, thanks very much for this! I remember someone saying this some time ago and I forgot. I've got to not only remember this for myself next time, but also understand it mechanically, and show it, and explain it to others! Really appreciate it!
@IMakeWatches haha, no real videos yet. Spending lots of time trying to mill hands. It is really testing what I can achieve with the tooling I have but very fun.
I watched the whole stream, albeit in two sessions. I enjoyed both equally. I think this stream was a brave effort. My skill level as a tinkerer is certainly less than yours. Somehow, in following your work, I am encouraged to keep trying. Thanks for sharing.
I went through this exact process when I restored my Hamilton Perry a few weeks ago. It was many hours of figuring out which parts I needed from donor movements (three of them in total) and trying to piece together the one working movement from all the parts. It took a few tries but I got it in the end. You have the added complication of datewheels - I wouldn't know where to start!
Yeah, it's a lot of fun for sure! Yesterday I restored the Mirexal 2789 that appears in this video. That was a non-runner that I bought for 20 Chf (~US $23). In the end all it needed was demagnetizing. Today I bought anther 2789-1 at the Plainpalais, Geneva flea market. The flea market purchase and other watches will be in my next video. Interestingly, the 2789-1 that I bought today has very fast day and date changeover, so the one in this video should also change over instantly (instead of taking six hours) after I lubricate it.
I love this. I do the same thing (talk to myself). I find it calms me down. Also, I thought you were wearing a Spaceview for a second - it's one of my grails and I'm having difficulty finding one that isn't a crappy conversion with an aftermarket crystal.
I agree about Spaceview, especially the conversions. There's a guy on Ebay that does the conversions very well but it's still a conversion. Good examples of a Spaceview and a Universal Geneva Polerouter are two watches that I've always wanted. I wish I had bought them years ago when fewer people were collecting.
@IMakeWatches I wouldn't mind a conversion as long as it's listed as such. The problem is most list them as genuine. I also can't find watches to restore in the US for anything reasonable anymore.
It's a Universal Geneve hand-skeletonized Cal 1.67 microrotor movement in a White Shadow case. I don't know who skeletonized the movement. I bought the movement used in Switzerland where I live for 340 Chf (~ $380 US) in a Guilt Shadow case that was designed by Gerald Genta and is gold plated but is not waterproof, and I separately bought the White Shadow case on Chrono24 (complete with a Cal 1-67 movement and dial) for 500 Euros and recased it because the White Shadow case is stainless steel and waterproof. My plan is to eventually attempt to hand skeletonize the additional Cal 1-67 movement that came with the White Shadow case myself, but that's a very long term goal (3 - 5 years). I made a 14 minute close-up compilation film about this watch which you can see here if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/VDsx7b9Gj6c/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Its a fascinating and addictive hobby. just the ability to take one of these magical and fragile little things apart and to not break anything is an amazing feeling. but then to be able to reassemble one and have it work is a feeling that is hard to explain. so many things can go wrong. one slip and youve destroyed it.
Yes, I forgot to mention in this video that dials and hands are really the most fragile (and arguably valuable) parts of a watch. I think we tend to think of disassembling movements as being the delicate part, which it is, but dials and hands are not bare metal, they're finished, and their finishes are so fragile. I need to talk about that more, and also remind myself of it. I think I get too obsessed with movements sometimes.
@@IMakeWatches Well Im guilty of having very little interest in the dial and hands myself. But I do love a nice set of blued hands against a white dial.
enjoying this video about half way through. i have to ask, have you considered just memorizing the days of the week in other languages ? i like having mine on other languages although i still havent quite memorized em yet
Yes, I know French and I don't mind using French day discs, but I would rather obsess about changing the discs than use German or Italian, and part of my reason for that is they both overlap with French, so it's just annoying to be surprised by the days that are different. That said, I was looking at Chinese recently and they seem to be hieroglyphically very similar to Roman numerals... have you noticed that? Monday is one horizontal dash, Tuesday is two dashes, Wednesday is three dashes... Thursday is four vertical dashes with a horizontal top and a bottom, Friday has five elements arranged like an upside down four with two horizontal dashes, Saturday looks like a campground sign and Sunday looks like a sandwich. Super easy to memorize! 😂😂😂
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it is just relaxing to watch/listen while working, thanks for sharing
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Ha ha! Very kind of you! But do note that on my home page I link to channels that are much better then mine!
Great movements and the work to make them whole. So nice to see what the differences between the 2789 and 2789-1 are. By the way you were correct the double language day wheel you have is in English and Italian, here is the full representation of what the days are in Italian:
Lunedì - Monday.
Martedì - Tuesday.
Mercoledì - Wednesday.
Giovedì - Thursday.
Venerdì - Friday.
Sabato - Saturday.
Domenica - Sunday.
Thanks for the video.
Interesting! The Italian day abbreviations are so similar to French even though the full names are different. Thanks for that!
I just starting to watch your videos this week and I think your brilliant , keep up the good work ,I have been a watchmaker for 40 years and still learning , Blessings from England 🏴 🙏❤
Ha ha! Thanks! th-cam.com/video/VMsXevi5sOU/w-d-xo.html
I learnt the hard way on eta movements that you always pull the crown to set hour then proceed to press the detent to release the stem and leave it that way until you finish working the motion side if you don’t need to work on the keyless side, I couldn’t for the life work it out why the stem wouldn’t go back if you don’t set it up before removing the stem, pulling the stem to set hour mode basically makes the keyless locked so that you can remove the stem without the yoke and yoke spring moving out of the clutch. It’s a doddle once you understand what you have to do on an eta movement with regards to it needs.
Hey, thanks very much for this! I remember someone saying this some time ago and I forgot. I've got to not only remember this for myself next time, but also understand it mechanically, and show it, and explain it to others! Really appreciate it!
Beautiful work!
Thanks Stan! What's going on over there in casemaking land? Have you made any real videos yet? 😂😂😂
@IMakeWatches haha, no real videos yet. Spending lots of time trying to mill hands. It is really testing what I can achieve with the tooling I have but very fun.
I watched the whole stream, albeit in two sessions. I enjoyed both equally. I think this stream was a brave effort. My skill level as a tinkerer is certainly less than yours. Somehow, in following your work, I am encouraged to keep trying. Thanks for sharing.
That's great! I think the two most important things are to have low expectations and enjoy it and I try to convey both!
I went through this exact process when I restored my Hamilton Perry a few weeks ago. It was many hours of figuring out which parts I needed from donor movements (three of them in total) and trying to piece together the one working movement from all the parts. It took a few tries but I got it in the end. You have the added complication of datewheels - I wouldn't know where to start!
Yeah, it's a lot of fun for sure! Yesterday I restored the Mirexal 2789 that appears in this video. That was a non-runner that I bought for 20 Chf (~US $23). In the end all it needed was demagnetizing. Today I bought anther 2789-1 at the Plainpalais, Geneva flea market. The flea market purchase and other watches will be in my next video. Interestingly, the 2789-1 that I bought today has very fast day and date changeover, so the one in this video should also change over instantly (instead of taking six hours) after I lubricate it.
Great video! 👍🏻
Thanks!
I love this. I do the same thing (talk to myself). I find it calms me down. Also, I thought you were wearing a Spaceview for a second - it's one of my grails and I'm having difficulty finding one that isn't a crappy conversion with an aftermarket crystal.
I agree about Spaceview, especially the conversions. There's a guy on Ebay that does the conversions very well but it's still a conversion. Good examples of a Spaceview and a Universal Geneva Polerouter are two watches that I've always wanted. I wish I had bought them years ago when fewer people were collecting.
@IMakeWatches I wouldn't mind a conversion as long as it's listed as such. The problem is most list them as genuine. I also can't find watches to restore in the US for anything reasonable anymore.
An enjoyable video as always, im wondering, what's the exact model of the watch you're wearing?
It's a Universal Geneve hand-skeletonized Cal 1.67 microrotor movement in a White Shadow case. I don't know who skeletonized the movement. I bought the movement used in Switzerland where I live for 340 Chf (~ $380 US) in a Guilt Shadow case that was designed by Gerald Genta and is gold plated but is not waterproof, and I separately bought the White Shadow case on Chrono24 (complete with a Cal 1-67 movement and dial) for 500 Euros and recased it because the White Shadow case is stainless steel and waterproof. My plan is to eventually attempt to hand skeletonize the additional Cal 1-67 movement that came with the White Shadow case myself, but that's a very long term goal (3 - 5 years). I made a 14 minute close-up compilation film about this watch which you can see here if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/VDsx7b9Gj6c/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Its a fascinating and addictive hobby. just the ability to take one of these magical and fragile little things apart and to not break anything is an amazing feeling. but then to be able to reassemble one and have it work is a feeling that is hard to explain. so many things can go wrong. one slip and youve destroyed it.
Yes, I forgot to mention in this video that dials and hands are really the most fragile (and arguably valuable) parts of a watch. I think we tend to think of disassembling movements as being the delicate part, which it is, but dials and hands are not bare metal, they're finished, and their finishes are so fragile. I need to talk about that more, and also remind myself of it. I think I get too obsessed with movements sometimes.
@@IMakeWatches Well Im guilty of having very little interest in the dial and hands myself. But I do love a nice set of blued hands against a white dial.
enjoying this video about half way through. i have to ask, have you considered just memorizing the days of the week in other languages ? i like having mine on other languages although i still havent quite memorized em yet
Yes, I know French and I don't mind using French day discs, but I would rather obsess about changing the discs than use German or Italian, and part of my reason for that is they both overlap with French, so it's just annoying to be surprised by the days that are different. That said, I was looking at Chinese recently and they seem to be hieroglyphically very similar to Roman numerals... have you noticed that? Monday is one horizontal dash, Tuesday is two dashes, Wednesday is three dashes... Thursday is four vertical dashes with a horizontal top and a bottom, Friday has five elements arranged like an upside down four with two horizontal dashes, Saturday looks like a campground sign and Sunday looks like a sandwich. Super easy to memorize! 😂😂😂