Nice to see you working on every day watches also. These repairs are ones a person may attempt on their own, although I'd predict some very bent up hands! I think a short video demonstrating opening and closing the different types of casebacks would fit into this series.
Learned a lot thank you. Now I can correct the bad job I did on my L.L. Bean watch movement replacement! Bent the seconds hand into a scorpion! Subscribed.
All of your shared knowledge is greatly appreciated regardless of the format. Your videography is also exceptional. I must say, I enjoy the full strip-down and assembly videos best. Regardless, I learn from both. Cheers.
Thanks for the comment Chris, "I must say, I enjoy the full strip-down and assembly videos best." I can believe that :-), no doubt there will be more of them ;-)
Eerst wat ik dacht. Hey dat is een Vlaming. I managed to repair my child's cheap watch with your video. She had dropped it and the hour hand was rubbing against the seconds hand. I did however just smack the hand down a bit. It seems sufficient Thanks a lot!
Great to watch! I have some Hamilton 992B Railroad Watches from the latter 1950s. When someone has lever set the time at some point, they have bent slightly sideways the ultra-fine steel tip of the minute hand. Would you attempt the same technique, but just pressing the tip sideways? On one of these watches, the watchmaker has seemingly “repaired” the bent tip by carefully clipping the bent end off. This now means the minute hand looks strange because it can no longer reach the dial’s minute calibration marks… so am looking for a replacement.
Thanks! With older hands (whose lumen already crumbles when you look at it) this may be a problem yes, but with new/recent lumens I haven't had any problems with this yet.
Dank je voor de video. Een goede hulp om e.e.a. zelf te proberen. Ik heb een DW horloge van m'n dochter waarbij het glas vervangen moet worden. Lastig om te achterhalen of het glas er zo uitgedrukt kan worden en het nieuwe er weer in of dat dat op een andere manier moet...
Fijn om te horen haping1, DW horloges zijn meestal wel voorzien van een plastieken spanring waardoor het glas er uitgedrukt moet kunnen worden. (wel niet met blote vingers :-) )
@@therealwatchdoctor Ik ga het gewoon proberen. Heb je een link voor het bestellen van horloge glazen? Ik kwam niet verder dan eBay, esslinger en crystaltimes.... de laatste 2 zit je met invoerrechten. Groet, Hans Peter
Nice video. I'd like to know - are there ever companies that purposely make the watch hands bent? When we see it, does it usually mean the customer or watchmaker bent them to make an adjustment. Thanks.
I forgot to say, I didn't know about the first position for removing the stem. Is that just for quartz watches? I know some ETA mechanical watches such as the 2824-2 must be in the setting position or you will end up with a jammed keyless work. Also, some Seikos must be in the winding position or you will jam the keyless works. I guess only experience can solve this problem.
Usually, you can easily see the difference because when the 'dot' on the setting lever is visible or not. If this dot is visible, it is in the correct position to remove the winding/hand-setting stem. I can't just say the difference between all the calibers.
Bedankt Mikey! Fijn om te horen. Ik weet dat het niet de meest 'flitsende' video is (want ik moet vaak zoeken naar de juiste woorden in het Engels), maar als je er toch iets van hebt opgestoken, en de video niet te langdradig/saai is dan ben ik al blij :-). Het kan alleen nog maar beteren zou ik zeggen in mijn volgende video's ;-)
@@therealwatchdoctor er zijn al genoeg flitsende video's, ik vind het prettig dat iemand de tijd neemt iets uit te leggen en alle stappen laat zien. Ga zo verder zou ik zeggen 👍Fijn weekend!
Would you be able to help me with an issue I’m having plz? I have a Michael Kors watch where the hands have fallen off but I can’t remove the dial. It’s a fixed bezel so I can’t access it from the front. It’s a MK3709 I would be grateful if you could look into this and tell me if the dial can be removed from the inside. Many thanks.
Hello, Unfortunately, these are timepieces that are not really made to be repaired, but it's possible, the glass must be removed under air pressure via the crown tube.
Nice to see you working on every day watches also. These repairs are ones a person may attempt on their own, although I'd predict some very bent up hands! I think a short video demonstrating opening and closing the different types of casebacks would fit into this series.
Hi Dmitri
Thanks for uploading
Thanks. You're welcome ;-) Oatbaa :-)
Another excellent show case of a watchmakers skills... Thank you.
I like the approach; "yes" really adds to my skill level, very informative.
Thanks for your comment John.
Learned a lot thank you. Now I can correct the bad job I did on my L.L. Bean watch movement replacement! Bent the seconds hand into a scorpion! Subscribed.
All of your shared knowledge is greatly appreciated regardless of the format. Your videography is also exceptional. I must say, I enjoy the full strip-down and assembly videos best. Regardless, I learn from both. Cheers.
Thanks for the comment Chris, "I must say, I enjoy the full strip-down and assembly videos best." I can believe that :-), no doubt there will be more of them ;-)
I really enjoyed this video. Great job!!! Thanks!!!
Thanks Joel!
very useful tips thank you MR.Dimitiry
I make the same thing in other way, but your work is very appreciable, nice
Thanks iperrealista!
Eerst wat ik dacht. Hey dat is een Vlaming.
I managed to repair my child's cheap watch with your video. She had dropped it and the hour hand was rubbing against the seconds hand.
I did however just smack the hand down a bit. It seems sufficient
Thanks a lot!
Learned a lot. Would like video on how to straighten a watch handed that has a twist in it.
Great to watch! I have some Hamilton 992B Railroad Watches from the latter 1950s. When someone has lever set the time at some point, they have bent slightly sideways the ultra-fine steel tip of the minute hand. Would you attempt the same technique, but just pressing the tip sideways? On one of these watches, the watchmaker has seemingly “repaired” the bent tip by carefully clipping the bent end off. This now means the minute hand looks strange because it can no longer reach the dial’s minute calibration marks… so am looking for a replacement.
Thank you,sir!!
Helps a lot
Nice work, are there any risks of damaging the lume while doing this ?
Thanks! With older hands (whose lumen already crumbles when you look at it) this may be a problem yes, but with new/recent lumens I haven't had any problems with this yet.
Thank you! Good instruction. I recently bent the regulator curb pin (to the balance spring), it was hell I can tell you! 😀
Thank you! "I recently bent the regulator curb pin (to the balance spring)", i can believe that! :-)
Dank je voor de video. Een goede hulp om e.e.a. zelf te proberen. Ik heb een DW horloge van m'n dochter waarbij het glas vervangen moet worden. Lastig om te achterhalen of het glas er zo uitgedrukt kan worden en het nieuwe er weer in of dat dat op een andere manier moet...
Fijn om te horen haping1, DW horloges zijn meestal wel voorzien van een plastieken spanring waardoor het glas er uitgedrukt moet kunnen worden. (wel niet met blote vingers :-) )
@@therealwatchdoctor Ik ga het gewoon proberen. Heb je een link voor het bestellen van horloge glazen? Ik kwam niet verder dan eBay, esslinger en crystaltimes.... de laatste 2 zit je met invoerrechten. Groet, Hans Peter
Nice video. I'd like to know - are there ever companies that purposely make the watch hands bent? When we see it, does it usually mean the customer or watchmaker bent them to make an adjustment. Thanks.
Thank you very much on the tutorial.
With pleasure John, thanks for your comment!
Like the fixing video. 😊👍
Thanks!
Hola buenos días, un video explicativo fantástico. Lo que ha faltado ver es como colocar las manecillas en el dial. Gracias, un cordial saludo
¡Gracias!
I forgot to say, I didn't know about the first position for removing the stem. Is that just for quartz watches? I know some ETA mechanical watches such as the 2824-2 must be in the setting position or you will end up with a jammed keyless work. Also, some Seikos must be in the winding position or you will jam the keyless works. I guess only experience can solve this problem.
Usually, you can easily see the difference because when the 'dot' on the setting lever is visible or not. If this dot is visible, it is in the correct position to remove the winding/hand-setting stem. I can't just say the difference between all the calibers.
interessante video, ik ga het zelf ook eens proberen...
Bedankt Mikey! Fijn om te horen. Ik weet dat het niet de meest 'flitsende' video is (want ik moet vaak zoeken naar de juiste woorden in het Engels), maar als je er toch iets van hebt opgestoken, en de video niet te langdradig/saai is dan ben ik al blij :-). Het kan alleen nog maar beteren zou ik zeggen in mijn volgende video's ;-)
@@therealwatchdoctor er zijn al genoeg flitsende video's, ik vind het prettig dat iemand de tijd neemt iets uit te leggen en alle stappen laat zien. Ga zo verder zou ik zeggen 👍Fijn weekend!
If the mechanism was loose and away from the face what would you do?
The tweezer that you used to hold the hands isn't in the tool list. Could I ask what it is? 2A? F?
nice video - learning a lot. maybe ad some soft background music might be good idea
The sound of silence and a little bit of ASMR, the majority of my subscribers prefer this I think. Of course not easy to do good for everyone
@@therealwatchdoctor also music can upset youtube bots and might end up with copyright claims…
Would you be able to help me with an issue I’m having plz?
I have a Michael Kors watch where the hands have fallen off but I can’t remove the dial.
It’s a fixed bezel so I can’t access it from the front.
It’s a MK3709
I would be grateful if you could look into this and tell me if the dial can be removed from the inside.
Many thanks.
Hello, Unfortunately, these are timepieces that are not really made to be repaired, but it's possible, the glass must be removed under air pressure via the crown tube.
#109 Thumbs uP
You said no editing but you cut out how you placed the hands back on. Thanks for wasting 18 mins of my life. Now I gotta find a real video on it.