I would love to see an electro-plating video! It would be great to see your whole setup, as well as getting tips on how to build and acquire everything necessary to do the process at home.
@@Saving-Time- Yes! I plan to retire in 2-3 years and take up watch making. This is the first I've seen of the "plastic sheet spring arrestor". Thank you for that!
i was fascinated watching this video... the surgical precision of your manual dexterity, the amazing close-up camera work... WOW! Thank you for sharing 🙂
Nice work. You might want to consider using a small piece of rodico to hold springs down instead of the plastic. It gives you more control and the added weight will prevent the spring jumping to outer space.
I've tried rodico way in the past never seemed to have to much luck with it. I'll practice a bit I've seen watchmakers use it to great effect. Thanks for the tip glad you enjoyed the video.
David, you are doing a fantastic job for a hobbyist! Don't put yourself down if not perfect. Be proud you brought a work of art from the past back to life. You're video editing is great for a beginner, lol.
Oh wow what an amazing transformation, amazing focus and patience - im not a watchmaker but im a lifelong tinkerer, miniatures modeler computer builder and so on who loves to fix and repair small things, but this is just on another skill and patience level, really nice piece of work.
Hey, I'm also a miniatures modeller, computer builder, and general tinkerer of microelectronics. If I had to guess, I'd say you'd like watchmaking.Thank you for the kind words!
Glad your restoration was sensitive and definitely not phony (I seriously dislike those videos where there's all sort of schmutz and rust on a non-rustable item, etc.) and well done! (except of course for the moment of clutziness but that happens to all of us.) I don't make or repair watches and thoroughly enjoy watching others show us how it's done. And your videography has gotten better and better just in the time between this video and your latest - I love your commentary and self-deprecating humor as well... the history of these timepieces is indeed interesting!
Thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed it. The fake restoration videos are hilariously bad. "I was just out walking when I triped over a 100,000-dollar Patek Philippe. Now I'm going to just wash it under the tap for a moment." I'd never seen rusty brass until I watched a TH-cam restoration :D
Great bringing this beautiful watch back to life and bringing joy to the next holder of this watch..thank you for sharing your skill ,its amazing watching you work..cheers.
Magnificent job on the case. This by far the most enjoyable channel for watch repair. The fact you are also learning as you go just adds to that. Your careful, honest and clear narrative is superb
Just a piece of advice, as someone who works with electronics and uses lots of tin based solder, for adding strength you really would be better off using silver solder as it is much stronger and bonds better. I would also recommend a torch of some sort to do the soldering with.
Glad I watched this. I've started buying a few cheap tools to see if I enjoy watch repair before investing more money into it and I have a cheap hand removal tool but no cannon pinion removal tool. Glad to see I can use it for both!
If you don't mind some advice, buy some hand set removing leavers www.cousinsuk.com/product/hand-removing-levers-non-swiss even these ones for a few quid are fine. You'll need to grind them down a bit, but if you don't mind the extra work, they are good. Even cheaper than the cheap hand removal tool and that thing to remove hands will end up causing you endless problems.
appreciate your video! covered a large amount of details. liked the plating demo. Did you figure out how so many hairs got inside? Please keep posting.
Woah, really, very impressive restoration for in 80ś watch, I have enjoyed the video. Somehow, one day I'll have Zenith in my collection, but for now, I'll admire yours and leather band great looking band great content as always, Viva watch making.. until next time chao.!
Hi David, camera work is great. Lovely job, shame about the balance but new appears even better. The hands don't do it for me at all, they just don't suit the watch. That's of course in my humble opinion. Didn't realise incabloc was around so early!. Great video. Thank you. Adrian
Thanks for the kind words. I don't like the hands either i got them mainly to practice bluing i'm going to try and find something that looks close to the original. Pics will go up on my Instagram at some point. instagram.com/savingtime_yt/ Cheers
Nice job. I have a 1957 Enicar that I intend to try and Electroplate. It's not as badly pitted as the body of the watch you restored but the original plating is well worn off, so thanks for taking us through that process. Accidentally damaging or losing parts is nothing to be ashamed of. I lost a balance wheel off a ladies watch a couple of weeks ago when it flew out of my tweezers, onto my shirt, then onto my pants when I moved to try and grab it, and then it went into outer space. It's not like it was as small as a tiny screw being about 4-5mm in diameter. I spent about a day of time looking for it as I carefully cleaned up the area. I looked everywhere but could not find it. God knows where it is. So 9 dollars later I have a brand new replacement with it's hair spring and roller table. The upside is that the original had a broken pivot on the staff. I had ordered a pair of replacement balance staffs for it for about 10 bucks, and they are now going in the spare parts. The way I see if we don't make mistakes, accidentally break things, lose things, we're just not doing enough of this work. Oh and I also bent the pinion on an escape wheel by thinking the bridge had stayed in place after moving the movement after I had lined up all the pivots and then tightening the screws. I appreciated your careful checking and rechecking before tightening things down, and NO, when I carefully tried to bend the pivot back straight I snapped it off.
Bit late to the party but I really enjoyed the video. I'd love to see more in depth about elecroplating as thats something I need to do. Thanks again 👍
Excellent job, well done! I also love the patina of the dial. Only time can do this so convincingly. You've got many skills on the go and you're getting good results, so keep it going. We all never stop learning. Looking forward to seeing your next watch restoration!!
lovely movement and great video, especially the narrative. I always thought Incabloc was from the late 50s, never realised they came out so much earlier.
Very good - the only little niggle I have is that your screwdriver should be hollow ground, like a gunmaker's 'turnscrew', otherwise the end doesn't fit properly and tends to damage the screw. The new hands could easily be stripped by reversing the polarity in your nickel plating setup.
Very instructive video. I learned from it how my own same movement watch ( in very good conditions) is rare and precious. I was going to sell it. What lucky video for me has been this very nice video. Thank you!
Beautiful restoration 👍 Personally I like the long form videos as I find the details interesting, but I can understand some people just want to be entertained by watching a banged up watch become beautiful again by cutting weeks of work down into a 5 minute video.
Glad you liked it. I think there is room for both I like the long stuff so that's what i do, but yes i do see the appeal in short-cutting from a to b I wish i could sometimes lol
Nice work. Very well presented too, with pertinent explanations where needed. I refinished the badly pitted case on my Zodiac chrono, using pretty much the same methods as you used. It came out fine.
Great job! The pitting was bizarre - looked like the surface of the moon. I like your honesty - particularly about dropping the watch - not many people would have owned up :)
Love the plating work. I haven't tried it yet, but I bought a power supply to phase Accutrons, so I'm dangerously close to trying it out. Also, I've recently had really good results polishing wretched old acrylic crystals with rouge compound on a soft buff. Shockingly good results, in fact.
Check out the video I think called from trash to treasure here on my channel. I make a dial so there is some more plating advice in that one as well. Glad you liked it
Great job... Looks like it may be in need for a couple balance screw washers to help slow it down and get that regulator arm centered. You have great skills so keep moving foreward! Screwdriver selection is very good 😊
Thanks 👍 Glad you are liking the content. I've seen you post on a few of my other videos, thanks for that as well! Always room for a fellow enthusiast.
Now, that case was a total loss... fantastic job! I like progressive ideas, and soldering was actually a great one! I can only give you a soldering advice-heat the point on object where you wish to apply the solder, not just the solder wire, and use the flux. Also, SMD solder paste (flux-powdered solder mix) applied in those craters in the case and so heated with soldering iron might neatly plug them.
Thank you for the soldering tips. Much obliged. SMD paste might work to fill the gaps, but I don't think it will electroplate right. I could be wrong on that, but I think you may end up with slightly different colors of plating where the SMD paste was. I'll try it out on an old junker at some point; it's an interesting idea for sure.. I have an SMD rework station so it's easy enough to try out.
Hello David, I really like your video‘s and you have a very Nice way of explaining and good developed techniques (as far as I can see). Above all you are very honest about the mishaps that we all experience so many times, and it is indeed those mishaps that we learn the most of … Mostly after hours of creeping on the floor with a flashlight … And (meant as a compliment) you try new things!! So the nickel plating really inspires me to want to learn that also, thanks! As wanting to give you something back, I have a few tips for you (perhaps you already have them in your pocket (or the knowledge-basket): 1. Hold down the bridge of the train of wheels while you are screwing this bridge down (also is helpful for the palletfork-bridge), 2. When placing the watch in the timegrapher do it with the crown on the other side, in the recessed side, so that there is no pressure on the crown and stem, you will see that the reading is then more accurate, 3. The ‘old’ ballance-assembly had a problem where the coils were sticking together (you could see on the old footage). Mostly contamination by f.e. oil, or due to magnetism. Demagnetise it an put it shortly in the one-dip (shortly because of the shellac on the impulse-stone). Greetings from the Netherlands, Peter PS please continu with your videos, your doing a hell of a good job!
I really thank you for the tips. I greatly appreciate it. I am now doing some of them on later videos, but it's fantastic of you to take the time out to help me out. Funny, the watch from my latest video was a gift to a man from the Netherlands. Greetings from Prague, sir.
Wonderful lighting and macro work. I have the same watch with a close movement number from 1947. It is all original except the crown but thank you for showing me what that should look like. The hands should be pencil shaped ,lumed with a bar across the middle. The hour hand reaches the tip of the unit one of the eleven. The minute hand reaches the outer edge of the rail track. Good luck finding similar. The movement was used by Zenith (1945-1947 ) in only 3,600 watches . Perhaps incabloc movements were expensive then because I have a watch with the successor cal. 126 movement from 1956 which does not have incabloc. Keep up the good work.
Excellent work for a so-called hobbyist and good clear camera work.The overall look of the watch case and strap in the end balances out beautifully in my opinion.Great result.
I was wondering if you could do a vid about the replacing of the balance/hairspring. I'm having a lot of trouble with this because the placement has to be accurate - and I'm not fully understanding how. Thanks. BTW I enjoyed the part about demonstrating nothing - this I fully understand. 🙂
I'm sure i will get around to it at some point; it's tricky to do and even trickier to film. I'm glad you're enjoying some of it. If nothing else, I can show you what not to do.
As for your soldering. One of the "tricks" in soldering is: You want to heat up the base material such that the base material itself melts the solder. What you don't want to do is to heat up and melt the solder and then try to apply the solder to the base material. The later is a pretty sure way to create what is called in electronics to be a "cold solder". Meaning the solder did not properly attach to the base material and does not bond well. In electronics this usually manifests in solder joints which do not connect whatever needs to be soldered in place to the substrate, creating a joint which looks somewhat right but does not allow electricity to pass. This applies to all different kinds of soldering: You always want to heat up the base material and only then add the solder. (and of course you want to use flux to ensure the solder is not corroded when applied)
Thank you very much! Replacing the case certainly would have been easier and probably cheaper in terms of my time but it would not have made for such an interesting video!
Wonderful video and channel I might add. Your tech is good enough to indulge us with some oiling also :) very very nice material and the watch came out splendid!
Well done David, great vid! I think a full in depth electro plating vid would be interesting. I’ve also done electro plating a few times and really enjoyed the process, but you can always learn from others, I’ve got a feeling you know your stuff. Maybe you could tell us what movement is in the watch, also adding it to the description or in the metadata of the video could help others searching for that in YT find your vid. Where did you get the balance and hands? I struggle to find the right hands, I’m always looking for other suppliers. My main supplier is Cousins UK.
Hi Boyd i'll add more details to the description in future, did not give it that much thought so thank you for the suggestion. The movement is this is a Zenith Cal.12-6. As to finding parts it's a pain Cousins for most stuff ebay for the rest I wish i could be more help on that but i also struggle with finding the right parts.
@@Saving-Time many thanks David. I’m just starting a new small project, so it’s a good day. MuDu 25 Jewels automatic and date in gold. Not running. See you soon.
I've been a collector for 30 years, and I've been fixing and servicing watches for a few. I got more serious about it in the last couple of years, though!
Over here laughing at all your comments - plastic to stop the spring launch, launching the balance, senior moment on the crystal… Exactly what I have been going through. Glad it’s not just me. Ha ha ha. That earned +1 new subscriber 😆👍🏽
That case looks like it was worn on the Somme. Props and what wonderful works inside. yea the whole watch is like an English man in the trenches of WW1 battle scared but when you open it and look within its gleaming bright of gold and rubies. Great video..
Hello, really enjoyed this overhaul and repair. Quality of footage and voice-over is excellent and you promise better magnification etc. but not needed in my view. Also, some steps like electroplating are kept short and I like this. Reason is that I know I could post questions on particular skills or knowledge if needed. We are all using the Web Info Pool and my understanding so far seems to align with your approach. So, great vid. Gives me confidence to continue my pursuit. I started by thinking Zenith would be one of my faves but didn't work out that way. I have fallen for Moeris who dominated in the 50s, and I believe had a big influence on Seiko. Seiko of course triumphed and I am very interested in this outcome. Seems Japan didn't invent but they sure did innovate and refine and with great business savvy. Seems very much like the car industry with not a dissimilar result. So, I have now grown to appreciate their ability to survive and then become leaders. I am overhauling 4 Moeris watches this next Winter and will switch to servicing 2 1960s Seiko family watches that I love. Thanks for sharing your process and knowledge and enjoy your banter. Brett
Thanks Brett I appreciate the feedback. Moeris is an interesting company. They merged with Blancpain in the 1970s, as I seem to remember, and later with Tissot. They made a lot of pocket watches. I'm not 100% up on their history and have never worked on one. I am on the lookout for a Moeris Cal. 620 to work on at some point. They used some Cortebert movements, but then so did Panerai, so that's no bad thing. They did a licensed James Bond watch, which is where I came across them! I'll add a Moeris to the collection at some point, I'm sure. Good luck with yours, Dave.
This is just me but showing me how to restore a watch with $1000s of dollars of equipment isn't a big help. Your videos are a more down to earth approach. I am working to get into the repairing of watch movements. Your video helps. Very good looking movement! You can get copper solder that has a low melting point to work with your soldering iron.
I would be interested in a future plating video for watch cases. I would like to know where you purchase the flexible sanding sticks you used. The case came out very nice. Beautiful movement on that Zenith!
If you are in the EU www.cousinsuk.com/product/buff-sticks-3-in-1?code=P61689 the USA i'd say www.esslinger.com/bergeon-2290-3-part-polishing-and-buffing-stick/ Thank you for the kind words
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Love your “how I do it and what I learned along the way” channel. This is the true YT maker sharing approach.
I appreciate that! Glad you liked it.
Absolutely mesmerizing!!!
The way the gold accentuates this movement is just superb.
Yup real pleasure to work on this one.
I would love to see an electro-plating video! It would be great to see your whole setup, as well as getting tips on how to build and acquire everything necessary to do the process at home.
I can do that, next watch that needs the full treatment I will do a separate video on the electroplating and go a bit more into detail.
Thanks for all your hard work…. Great video. From watch city, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
@@Saving-Time- Yes yes, watch electroplating video please.
Great video! Love the plastic bag over the spring trick.
Thanks it's saved my bacon a few times. Glad you liked it.
@@Saving-Time- Yes! I plan to retire in 2-3 years and take up watch making. This is the first I've seen of the "plastic sheet spring arrestor". Thank you for that!
i was fascinated watching this video... the surgical precision of your manual dexterity, the amazing close-up camera work... WOW! Thank you for sharing 🙂
You're welcome glad you liked it.
@Saving-Time - As you apologize about your camera work (it is actually good) I wonder if he's not pulling your leg.
@@donnyboon2896 Me? No, I wasn't kidding. I was mesmerised watching it all the way through.
Nice work. You might want to consider using a small piece of rodico to hold springs down instead of the plastic. It gives you more control and the added weight will prevent the spring jumping to outer space.
I've tried rodico way in the past never seemed to have to much luck with it. I'll practice a bit I've seen watchmakers use it to great effect. Thanks for the tip glad you enjoyed the video.
David, well done, indeed! I just love the simplicity and attention to detail the vintage watches display.
Thank you Robert very nice of you to say. Glad you enjoyed this one.
David, you are doing a fantastic job for a hobbyist! Don't put yourself down if not perfect. Be proud you brought a work of art from the past back to life. You're video editing is great for a beginner, lol.
Thanks 👍 This is one of my favourite watches.
Great video. No need to apologize about anything.
Thanks! Was a fun project to work on
Oh wow what an amazing transformation, amazing focus and patience - im not a watchmaker but im a lifelong tinkerer, miniatures modeler computer builder and so on who loves to fix and repair small things, but this is just on another skill and patience level, really nice piece of work.
Hey, I'm also a miniatures modeller, computer builder, and general tinkerer of microelectronics. If I had to guess, I'd say you'd like watchmaking.Thank you for the kind words!
I enjoyed the video. A beautiful watch. Thank you
Good video, yes I would like to see more details on the electroplating. Thanks
Noted! Check out my Gruen video i cover some more details there
Glad your restoration was sensitive and definitely not phony (I seriously dislike those videos where there's all sort of schmutz and rust on a non-rustable item, etc.) and well done! (except of course for the moment of clutziness but that happens to all of us.) I don't make or repair watches and thoroughly enjoy watching others show us how it's done. And your videography has gotten better and better just in the time between this video and your latest - I love your commentary and self-deprecating humor as well... the history of these timepieces is indeed interesting!
Thank you; I'm glad you enjoyed it. The fake restoration videos are hilariously bad. "I was just out walking when I triped over a 100,000-dollar Patek Philippe. Now I'm going to just wash it under the tap for a moment." I'd never seen rusty brass until I watched a TH-cam restoration :D
Definitely I want to learn about plating. I have experienced making my own solution and tried to plate some vintage cases but failed miserably 😁
I'll try and get more in-depth at some point. Thanks for letting me know.
Great bringing this beautiful watch back to life and bringing joy to the next holder of this watch..thank you for sharing your skill ,its amazing watching you work..cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the kind words!
Magnificent job on the case. This by far the most enjoyable channel for watch repair. The fact you are also learning as you go just adds to that.
Your careful, honest and clear narrative is superb
Thank you very much! Very nice of you to say!
Just a piece of advice, as someone who works with electronics and uses lots of tin based solder, for adding strength you really would be better off using silver solder as it is much stronger and bonds better. I would also recommend a torch of some sort to do the soldering with.
Thank you very much for the advice, appreciate it.
*The new hands look good, no bluing needed.* Great job!
Glad you like them! Thanks for the comment
This is a superb restoration of a watch, which nobody would be interested in putting back life into it. Well done. Great video and great restoration.
Many thanks!
Good job, love the gold plated movement.
Thanks it's pretty watch both inside and out big fan of the vintage Zeniths.
Glad I watched this. I've started buying a few cheap tools to see if I enjoy watch repair before investing more money into it and I have a cheap hand removal tool but no cannon pinion removal tool. Glad to see I can use it for both!
If you don't mind some advice, buy some hand set removing leavers www.cousinsuk.com/product/hand-removing-levers-non-swiss even these ones for a few quid are fine. You'll need to grind them down a bit, but if you don't mind the extra work, they are good. Even cheaper than the cheap hand removal tool and that thing to remove hands will end up causing you endless problems.
@@Saving-Time I appreciate all advice! Thank you for that. I'll buy some today 👍
appreciate your video! covered a large amount of details. liked the plating demo. Did you figure out how so many hairs got inside? Please keep posting.
I didn't so your guess is as good as mine on that one.
Woah, really, very impressive restoration for in 80ś watch, I have enjoyed the video. Somehow, one day I'll have Zenith in my collection, but for now, I'll admire yours and leather band great looking band great content as always, Viva watch making.. until next time chao.!
Thank you again, a Zenith would make a fine addition to any collection good luck with finding one :)
Hi David, camera work is great. Lovely job, shame about the balance but new appears even better. The hands don't do it for me at all, they just don't suit the watch. That's of course in my humble opinion. Didn't realise incabloc was around so early!. Great video. Thank you. Adrian
Thanks for the kind words. I don't like the hands either i got them mainly to practice bluing i'm going to try and find something that looks close to the original. Pics will go up on my Instagram at some point. instagram.com/savingtime_yt/ Cheers
great zoom aspect and techno servicing
Thank you appreciate the comment
I must say, your photography and editing are absolutely stunning. It makes the video very enjoyable.
Thanks so much 😊 Very nice of you to say, glad you enjoyed it.
Nice job.
I have a 1957 Enicar that I intend to try and Electroplate. It's not as badly pitted as the body of the watch you restored but the original plating is well worn off, so thanks for taking us through that process.
Accidentally damaging or losing parts is nothing to be ashamed of. I lost a balance wheel off a ladies watch a couple of weeks ago when it flew out of my tweezers, onto my shirt, then onto my pants when I moved to try and grab it, and then it went into outer space. It's not like it was as small as a tiny screw being about 4-5mm in diameter. I spent about a day of time looking for it as I carefully cleaned up the area. I looked everywhere but could not find it. God knows where it is.
So 9 dollars later I have a brand new replacement with it's hair spring and roller table. The upside is that the original had a broken pivot on the staff. I had ordered a pair of replacement balance staffs for it for about 10 bucks, and they are now going in the spare parts.
The way I see if we don't make mistakes, accidentally break things, lose things, we're just not doing enough of this work. Oh and I also bent the pinion on an escape wheel by thinking the bridge had stayed in place after moving the movement after I had lined up all the pivots and then tightening the screws. I appreciated your careful checking and rechecking before tightening things down, and NO, when I carefully tried to bend the pivot back straight I snapped it off.
Looks great!!! I would proudly wear a watch like this. Nice job.
Thank you very much!
I really enjoyed your video. One of the best I’ve seen, and I’ve seen most of them.
Keep up the good work.
Wow, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Check out some of the new stuff. I think my camera work got better, but I'll let you be the judge.
Great job I won't mind wearing this time piece
Thanks it's a beautiful watch for sure.
Level of detail is great. Thanks.
You are welcome!
Awesome job on that case and the cam work is awesome too!! Thanks for posting!
Thanks the case looks better IRL the camera shows every scratch :) appreciate the comment thank you
Bit late to the party but I really enjoyed the video. I'd love to see more in depth about elecroplating as thats something I need to do. Thanks again 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! Check out my Gruen video i do some more electroplating in that one
Well done, I am very impressed.
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Excellent job, well done! I also love the patina of the dial. Only time can do this so convincingly. You've got many skills on the go and you're getting good results, so keep it going. We all never stop learning. Looking forward to seeing your next watch restoration!!
Thank you very much! Next one will be out in a couple of days.
Well done. The only think that would drive me mad is the crown. I would look for a solid crown screw.
The crown has been replaced i'll post an updated pic on IG at some point :) thanks for the kind words
lovely movement and great video, especially the narrative. I always thought Incabloc was from the late 50s, never realised they came out so much earlier.
Glad you enjoyed it! It got cheaper in the 1950s which is why you see it in a lot of watches after 1950 :)
@@Saving-Time Thanks for sharing!
great job
Thank you i appreciate that.
That was a very good video, and a job well done. An electro plating video would be interesting. Subscribed.
Thanks for the sub! I shall get round to a video on electro plating i'm sure :)
What a brilliant idea using a platic cuver with the borne to fly spring. 😊
Glad you like it! They sure do like to fly
Very good - the only little niggle I have is that your screwdriver should be hollow ground, like a gunmaker's 'turnscrew', otherwise the end doesn't fit properly and tends to damage the screw. The new hands could easily be stripped by reversing the polarity in your nickel plating setup.
Very instructive video. I learned from it how my own same movement watch ( in very good conditions) is rare and precious. I was going to sell it. What lucky video for me has been this very nice video. Thank you!
Beautiful restoration 👍 Personally I like the long form videos as I find the details interesting, but I can understand some people just want to be entertained by watching a banged up watch become beautiful again by cutting weeks of work down into a 5 minute video.
Glad you liked it. I think there is room for both I like the long stuff so that's what i do, but yes i do see the appeal in short-cutting from a to b I wish i could sometimes lol
You may add a thin foil of Cooper to solder it there..because solder alone is very soft. So at the end, the solder should act only as a glue somehow..
Yes it was not the ideal solution. Just a patch job till i work out a better technique. Thanks for all the comments.
Nice work.
Very well presented too, with pertinent explanations where needed.
I refinished the badly pitted case on my Zodiac chrono, using pretty much the same methods as you used. It came out fine.
Thank you I appreciate the comment glad it worked out for you
Well done! Loved the work on this watch.
Great job! The pitting was bizarre - looked like the surface of the moon. I like your honesty - particularly about dropping the watch - not many people would have owned up :)
Dropped it 😂 I launched it at the floor. Ended up well though! Thank you I'm glad you liked it. Great watch
A very nice job, enjoyed your video very much. Keep up the good work continually.
Thanks, will do!
Cool down to earth video, honest, humble and interesting , i like it.
I appreciate that! I'm glad you liked the video. Thank you very much for the kind words.
Enjoying your honesty.👍
Thank you only way to go on youtube IMO. Glad you are enjoying the videos.
Just found your channel. Interesting work. thanks.
Thanks for watching!
really amazing skills, thanks for sharing...would love to see an episode with just plating from start to finish....
Coming soon! Next video i'll be doing a case elecrtoplate, Thanks for the kind words
@@Saving-Time thanks, looking forward to that.
Another outstanding video.
Thank you.👍🤜🤛
Thank you too! Glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful timepiece, thank you for sharing the experience. Good effort, and best of luck to you. Nice work ✌️❣️
Thank you kindly!
Love the plating work. I haven't tried it yet, but I bought a power supply to phase Accutrons, so I'm dangerously close to trying it out. Also, I've recently had really good results polishing wretched old acrylic crystals with rouge compound on a soft buff. Shockingly good results, in fact.
I love acrylic scrapes easy enough but damn easy to polish so.... The plating is not that hard prep is key it's very satisfying :)
great work beautiful gold plating inside the watch
Thank you kindly. It's a great watch!
Thanks for posting
My pleasure!
Great video! I came here for the electroplating part, I'm definitely interested to know more about it.
Check out the video I think called from trash to treasure here on my channel. I make a dial so there is some more plating advice in that one as well. Glad you liked it
@@Saving-Time I will definitely check it! Thanks
Very much enjoyed that.
Glad you like it thanks for the kind words
Great job... Looks like it may be in need for a couple balance screw washers to help slow it down and get that regulator arm centered. You have great skills so keep moving foreward! Screwdriver selection is very good 😊
Thanks Mike I have a lot to learn but i'm getting there thanks for the kind words :)
Great preparation. Wonderful video. Please show the fine adjustment of the hour hand.
Thank you, I will try and get to that on the next one!
Nice work David. Hats off for the work you do. Fellow self learned “enthusiast” here.
Thanks 👍 Glad you are liking the content. I've seen you post on a few of my other videos, thanks for that as well! Always room for a fellow enthusiast.
@@Saving-Time I’m watching them in order. Finding them helpful and I like the production quality.
Well hopefully you think they are getting better as you go along!
Very nice job love the videos !! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you very much!
Now, that case was a total loss... fantastic job! I like progressive ideas, and soldering was actually a great one! I can only give you a soldering advice-heat the point on object where you wish to apply the solder, not just the solder wire, and use the flux. Also, SMD solder paste (flux-powdered solder mix) applied in those craters in the case and so heated with soldering iron might neatly plug them.
Thank you for the soldering tips. Much obliged. SMD paste might work to fill the gaps, but I don't think it will electroplate right. I could be wrong on that, but I think you may end up with slightly different colors of plating where the SMD paste was. I'll try it out on an old junker at some point; it's an interesting idea for sure.. I have an SMD rework station so it's easy enough to try out.
Yes, I would be interested to learn about the plating process. Thanks
Check out my Gruen video if you like i do more plating in that one!
This is a refreshing format and pacing , great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello David, I really like your video‘s and you have a very Nice way of explaining and good developed techniques (as far as I can see). Above all you are very honest about the mishaps that we all experience so many times, and it is indeed those mishaps that we learn the most of … Mostly after hours of creeping on the floor with a flashlight … And (meant as a compliment) you try new things!! So the nickel plating really inspires me to want to learn that also, thanks! As wanting to give you something back, I have a few tips for you (perhaps you already have them in your pocket (or the knowledge-basket): 1. Hold down the bridge of the train of wheels while you are screwing this bridge down (also is helpful for the palletfork-bridge), 2. When placing the watch in the timegrapher do it with the crown on the other side, in the recessed side, so that there is no pressure on the crown and stem, you will see that the reading is then more accurate, 3. The ‘old’ ballance-assembly had a problem where the coils were sticking together (you could see on the old footage). Mostly contamination by f.e. oil, or due to magnetism. Demagnetise it an put it shortly in the one-dip (shortly because of the shellac on the impulse-stone). Greetings from the Netherlands, Peter PS please continu with your videos, your doing a hell of a good job!
I really thank you for the tips. I greatly appreciate it. I am now doing some of them on later videos, but it's fantastic of you to take the time out to help me out. Funny, the watch from my latest video was a gift to a man from the Netherlands. Greetings from Prague, sir.
Wonderful lighting and macro work.
I have the same watch with a close movement number from 1947. It is all original except the crown but thank you for showing me what that should look like.
The hands should be pencil shaped ,lumed with a bar across the middle. The hour hand reaches the tip of the unit one of the eleven. The minute hand reaches the outer edge of the rail track. Good luck finding similar.
The movement was used by Zenith (1945-1947 ) in only 3,600 watches . Perhaps incabloc movements were expensive then because I have a watch with the successor cal. 126 movement from 1956 which does not have incabloc.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you. the watch now has the correct hands! I think there is a pic on my Instagram, if not i'll post one. Thank you for the kind words!
Very well done I really enjoyed. Thanks.
The plastic sheet over the click spring is an excellent idea. I don't care how careful you are those things fly to parts unknown.
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Thank you!
Yes please David, love to know the ins and outs of plating. Knowledge is always good.Fantastic content as usual. Stay well. Mike.
Thanks Mike I'm glad you liked this one; it was one of my first videos.
@@Saving-Time merry Christmas to you and family. Best wishes for the new year.
Amazing transformation
Thank you!
Great work!
Thanks!
Beautiful watch David!
Yes i love this one, glad you liked it
Excellent work for a so-called hobbyist and good clear camera work.The overall look of the watch case and strap in the end balances out beautifully in my opinion.Great result.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely fantastic...this is actually therapeutic ❤
Glad you enjoyed it ❤
@@Saving-TimeI subscribed....it's really relaxing and escapism from the world, watching artists at work..Well done!
@@Saving-TimeNo offense to you....but watch wristwatch revival channel.....I see techniques are similar amongst watch restoration experts
None taken I do watch wristwatch revival it's great content!
I was wondering if you could do a vid about the replacing of the balance/hairspring. I'm having a lot of trouble with this because the placement has to be accurate - and I'm not fully understanding how. Thanks. BTW I enjoyed the part about demonstrating nothing - this I fully understand. 🙂
I'm sure i will get around to it at some point; it's tricky to do and even trickier to film. I'm glad you're enjoying some of it. If nothing else, I can show you what not to do.
@@Saving-Time Thanks, looking forward! (in time)
You can Lazer 3d print 316L from dust perfectly onto that case's roughness, and it's stronger 😊
I've got one of these, with a bigger dial, if seems. Really good long watch, patina...
They are very nice watches :)
As for your soldering.
One of the "tricks" in soldering is: You want to heat up the base material such that the base material itself melts the solder. What you don't want to do is to heat up and melt the solder and then try to apply the solder to the base material. The later is a pretty sure way to create what is called in electronics to be a "cold solder". Meaning the solder did not properly attach to the base material and does not bond well. In electronics this usually manifests in solder joints which do not connect whatever needs to be soldered in place to the substrate, creating a joint which looks somewhat right but does not allow electricity to pass.
This applies to all different kinds of soldering: You always want to heat up the base material and only then add the solder.
(and of course you want to use flux to ensure the solder is not corroded when applied)
Thanks for taking the time to give me some tips it's much appreciated. Hope you enjoyed the video.
You did good Dave .
Very nice work. Enjoyed that very much. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it you are most welcome!
Gorgeous movement. If I where you I replaced the casing, but must admit you did quite a good job on it.
Thank you very much! Replacing the case certainly would have been easier and probably cheaper in terms of my time but it would not have made for such an interesting video!
Wonderful video and channel I might add. Your tech is good enough to indulge us with some oiling also :) very very nice material and the watch came out splendid!
Awesome, thank you!
Brilliant - I would have preferred blued hands to contrast the vanilla dial, to set off the vintage look.
It now has blued hands :) I agree with you i just did not have time to get some for the video. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great video David, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice work your patience rewarded l enjoyed that.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi. I definitely would like to see more electroplating in detail, please. Thank you.
I go into a bit more detail in my Guren video you can find it here th-cam.com/video/KUOvIRxd9Go/w-d-xo.html if you're interested
Thanks!
Welcome! And thank you for the tip. Appreciate it.
Well done David, great vid! I think a full in depth electro plating vid would be interesting. I’ve also done electro plating a few times and really enjoyed the process, but you can always learn from others, I’ve got a feeling you know your stuff. Maybe you could tell us what movement is in the watch, also adding it to the description or in the metadata of the video could help others searching for that in YT find your vid. Where did you get the balance and hands? I struggle to find the right hands, I’m always looking for other suppliers. My main supplier is Cousins UK.
Hi Boyd i'll add more details to the description in future, did not give it that much thought so thank you for the suggestion. The movement is this is a Zenith Cal.12-6. As to finding parts it's a pain Cousins for most stuff ebay for the rest I wish i could be more help on that but i also struggle with finding the right parts.
@@Saving-Time many thanks David. I’m just starting a new small project, so it’s a good day. MuDu 25 Jewels automatic and date in gold. Not running. See you soon.
What a lovely movement quality work. When did you start this in life
I started 30 years ago. But I have a lot to learn re changing balance staffs.
I've been a collector for 30 years, and I've been fixing and servicing watches for a few. I got more serious about it in the last couple of years, though!
Will zenith blued hands match to tudor? The dial is identical. Hands also looked correct
They might, i'm not sure but i'll go have a look now :)
What’s really cool about nickel plating is when that zenith was made that’s how most of the plating was done. Chrome was done later
Thanks for the info I hope you enjoyed the video!
@@Saving-Time love to see a plating video
Over here laughing at all your comments - plastic to stop the spring launch, launching the balance, senior moment on the crystal… Exactly what I have been going through. Glad it’s not just me. Ha ha ha. That earned +1 new subscriber 😆👍🏽
Glad to hear I made you laugh. I've been waiting to hear from NASA about the springs I've been launching towards the International Space Station :)
That case looks like it was worn on the Somme. Props and what wonderful works inside. yea the whole watch is like an English man in the trenches of WW1 battle scared but when you open it and look within its gleaming bright of gold and rubies. Great video..
Yup well looked after this thing was not. Came out nice in the end though.
Elegant and entertaining!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Hello, really enjoyed this overhaul and repair. Quality of footage and voice-over is excellent and you promise better magnification etc. but not needed in my view. Also, some steps like electroplating are kept short and I like this. Reason is that I know I could post questions on particular skills or knowledge if needed. We are all using the Web Info Pool and my understanding so far seems to align with your approach. So, great vid. Gives me confidence to continue my pursuit. I started by thinking Zenith would be one of my faves but didn't work out that way. I have fallen for Moeris who dominated in the 50s, and I believe had a big influence on Seiko. Seiko of course triumphed and I am very interested in this outcome. Seems Japan didn't invent but they sure did innovate and refine and with great business savvy. Seems very much like the car industry with not a dissimilar result. So, I have now grown to appreciate their ability to survive and then become leaders. I am overhauling 4 Moeris watches this next Winter and will switch to servicing 2 1960s Seiko family watches that I love. Thanks for sharing your process and knowledge and enjoy your banter. Brett
Thanks Brett I appreciate the feedback. Moeris is an interesting company. They merged with Blancpain in the 1970s, as I seem to remember, and later with Tissot. They made a lot of pocket watches. I'm not 100% up on their history and have never worked on one. I am on the lookout for a Moeris Cal. 620 to work on at some point. They used some Cortebert movements, but then so did Panerai, so that's no bad thing. They did a licensed James Bond watch, which is where I came across them! I'll add a Moeris to the collection at some point, I'm sure. Good luck with yours, Dave.
This is just me but showing me how to restore a watch with $1000s of dollars of equipment isn't a big help. Your videos are a more down to earth approach. I am working to get into the repairing of watch movements. Your video helps. Very good looking movement! You can get copper solder that has a low melting point to work with your soldering iron.
Thanks for your comment, it makes me happy to hear that my video helps. Good luck with the repairs!
I would be interested in a future plating video for watch cases. I would like to know where you purchase the flexible sanding sticks you used. The case came out very nice. Beautiful movement on that Zenith!
If you are in the EU www.cousinsuk.com/product/buff-sticks-3-in-1?code=P61689 the USA i'd say www.esslinger.com/bergeon-2290-3-part-polishing-and-buffing-stick/ Thank you for the kind words
@@Saving-Time Thanks for the links!