“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” Francis of Assisi When I want to relax and get some like guidance I come to my brother the Nekkid Watchmaker, appreciate you man!
Joe, in the automotive world they call that case material 'pot metal', used to be used for doorhandles and the like on cars. It's frequently plated in Chrome and is a Zinc alloy and really is awful. Great work as always 😊
@@mikezimmermann89 "ZAMAK" (or sometimes "Zamac"), actually, but yes. Zinc/aluminum alloy with a few other things. At least this one is good enough quality not to have zinc pest!
You are right YT is sick with censoring. It is sad, but you know, 30 silvers. All the best, with my wife we love your videos, your unbelievable skills, knowledge, every time you find time for your kids, respect for people, patience. Your videos are great for soul in nowdays broken world, when lie is a true , crook is philanthrop etc. Everything is upside down.
I appreciate your helping hands. You revived this bombarded old watch. Corrosion eats its parts like cancer and does not show any mercy to its age or identity. With little aid, you infused new life to this old standing survivor. Now, it can run for generations. Message delivered 💪✌️✌️✌️
I honestly cannot get over the quality of work you put out. The detail and workmanship is absolutely world class.Everything you do is is out of passion. Thanks again for another great video !!!
There are two kinds. You with the watch and its stories. Me with the owner and the devastation he must have felt when it was lost. I pray that someone sees this that knows
Dear Master (Nekkid) Watchmaker, another superb video. Your artistry and intelligence, combined with your spiritual patience and kindness, makes you my go to website when I am recovering from bad news and preparing to meditate and renew my love. Thank you again.
You bring such humanity to watch restoration. I am usually so cynical of human nature. You prove me wrong. Thank you for another wonderful video one of my favourites
My dad is an Austrian master watchmaker, he worked for Glass in Birmingham in the early 70's. Long gone now. I wonder if he serviced that watch in the day.
Frustrations with the case notwithstanding, this is quite an amazing restoration. Fixing corroded dials and pitted/rotted cases involves a scary journey down a road with many lurking demons along the way. So I enjoyed coming along for the ride! The end result is almost on par with those videos showing someone finding a broken, rusted Rolex Submariner embedded in the bank of a stream. Amazingly, using just a few tools and an old toothbrush they are able to restore it to like-new condition! Now that’s talent!
Joe: just thank you. Words are not enough to explain how much your work enriches the rest of your human community. But I will say my cares melt away when I spend time with you watching you do what you do and listening to you thinking out loud. Balm.
Joe, I have worked with Zicam restoration more than I care to admit. I would strip the case again with a mild acid, then neutralize in a soda bath. Polish then copper plate. Then Nickle plate, last gold. You should get a very good finish, the copper plating will also let you do repairs to the case with silver solder befor the Nickle plating.
I love those AS movements. I am currently saving two 340s from 1925...lucky the balances are still good. Brodges are fine perlage and i only have to find hands to get them wearable. Really like your work...
You're right ! It's the infamous "zamac". Once I have a very bad experience in cleaning my carburetor with ultrasonic bath.... Avoid to use the ultrasonic machine it's create worse condition after !
Wow, that was a battle. You persevered and managed a victory. Did it become a personal thing? Were you challenging your inner self? I do this from time to time, and feel all the better at the end, when I'm able to enjoy the fruit of my labours. Always enjoy your videos! The integrity of your work inspires me to do better. Thank you. Happy New Year!
Another beautiful transformation. Agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments about censorship. Hoping for justice and peace ASAP. Thank you for giving me a moment of beauty in a challenging day.
One look at that watch, and we all know how courageous you are, fearless in fact… wow! I haven’t seen you in a while. It’s good to hear your voice, my friend.
Mr. Nekked, Happy Holidays to to and yours. Thank you for your time and expertise. I truly enjoy listening and watching you rescue each of these tiny machines. I will never have the dexterity to do this and I find your work is exceptional. ( also….I appreciate your honesty….. (pretty horrific comes to mind) Steven, Indianapolis….. huh…. Does that mean I wont. See youtube episodes any more of you and ?..
I have greatly enjoyed your work and almost every aspect of your videos. Been watching you for years now and the only bad thing about your videos is that there are not enough of them. I’ve learned a lot of history about your profession, very entertaining from your children pestering you to your talents. So thank you for sharing.
That' s incredible! Pot metal i exactly what thinking. My father taught me that term. Hey Joe, thank you so much for the content, always WATCH for new videos. Lol Every TIME you add new content, it is a surprise gift to me. I especially appreciate the new life you've brought to something that some may consider "junk". I've been labeled junk in my past, but I thank God every day that He offers redemption for us all. I love you Joe, keep up the excellence.
Your craftsmanship and attention to detail are truly inspiring.👏 The custom dial work is pure art-thank you for sharing your incredible skills with us!
Absolutely wonderful restoration, now this will be my new hobby , buying old watches n trying to restore them , thanks for your efforts on making these videos , ppl get a lot to learn off them. Protesting has become very difficult as Plod is becoming very harsh and record everything to make your life difficult, just bullying people after the marches
Well done, Joe. You really showed all your skills (& your heart) with this one. I didn't believe there was anything you could do with it when I first saw it, but you have made it look beautiful!
Beautifull result, from Sows Ear to Silk Purse. Well done Joe, your skill and patience are something to behold. Thanks for sharing. The metal without doubt is Zamak also called 'Pot Metal', In the motor industry it was often refered to as 'Monkey Metal', very unfair to Monkeys I think. The Corrosion/Erosion appeared to be typical of exposure to Salt, either lost on a Beach somewhere or in salt water. It was comparable to the kind of deterioration that used to be a common sight on car door handles or other car parts exposed to road salt. Now... Off I go to investigate a new Blogs site I just heard about😉. Thanks Joe and assistants.
You've worked with some truly beautiful and expensive watches, so it was nice to see a more common, inexpensive example featured for you to work your magic on. To its owner, it was very much valued and loved. You've given it a new life and I'm happy to see that you'll be wearing this Resistance watch! Onward!
Hi Joe, I love watching your videos. Braking the setting lever spring is exactly what happened to me when restoring an EB1268. With me it broke in the US-cleaner. My EB 1268 was in a quite similar, if not identical case. I hope to finish the project some day, the movement is ready, but still have to dive in with the plating process. 😀
You could try a first plating with copper. Builds up quite thickly, leveling pits a bit more and can be polished to a high shine. When done, a rhodium flash to barrier and then the final gold plating.
Not sure copper would take to Zamac alloy. Even copper strike solution might not work... I wonder if a zinc passivation plating layer would work as a "bonding" coat, prior to copper strike?
@@fredfred2363zamak is Zink, Aluminium, Magnesium (or variously Manganese) And (or variously Antimony) Kupfer. (Copper), and is imminently platable, especially by copper.
IIRC.....I saw a movement like that in either a Roamer Popular or an Union Special, which was a very interesting South African house brand of American Swiss Jewellers.....and further to the comment below about 'pot metal'; yeh, it looks like pot metal. What happens is that the zinc particles melt and then solidify at a much lower temperature than the other materials used in the alloy, which could be lead, tin, iron and so on. This causes air bubbles to be trapped in the casting, which appear to be what you are dealing with on the lug of the case. Its a horrid material. Just visited your website, bought ya a coffee ( and coming from a former British colony myself, I don't mind if you have a cup of tea instead)....and I wish you and your family everything of the best always. TH-cam, lovers tiff.....well put. Be blessed always.
Sir, your array of skills is amazing. My personal skills stop at the size of a motorcycle engine and I am at awe of the versatility of your skills. On a lighter side very much enjoy the humor and comic relief from the children while at work. Thank you for sharing.
Interesting experiment. I love the engineering side of watchmaking. I used to do a lot of similar hand-tool work and machining at a slightly larger scale. I've always wondered how the fine markings for high-quality metal rulers, micrometers, watch faces etc. were done. Some kind of etching maybe. The precision has to be very high otherwise the eye easily sees the irregularities, and it was perfected 100 years ago or more. I would probably have replaced that nasty metal with a donor case, and probably the dial too, since the movement seemed quite nice. Interesting to learn that nickel can fill out cavities to some degree. Maybe a drop of solder might have filled it, but maybe it's no good for plating.
“He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”
Francis of Assisi
When I want to relax and get some like guidance I come to my brother the Nekkid Watchmaker, appreciate you man!
Real wisdom is precious. Have to keep this with me for the rest of my life. Thanks buddy.
Well said back there! Now I know I'm an artist!
Wise words 👏
he whose land works for him is a masterhuman
"Let me get on the plank then you selfish cow" made me nearly spit out my coffee as I was not prepared lol
Same. Had to play it for the wife. We get a chuckle out of that movie.
That was a great one 😂
I’m currently in A&E having my sides stitched up!😂😂😂😂
@@nicholasscholl7227what movie?
@heyjohnsmith Titanic
Joe, in the automotive world they call that case material 'pot metal', used to be used for doorhandles and the like on cars. It's frequently plated in Chrome and is a Zinc alloy and really is awful. Great work as always 😊
My guess on the metal is ZIMAC (a form of “pot-metal”). Awful stuff, as you say.
I was just thinking if someone in the comments would confirm my suspicion on it bein a Zinc casting alloy.
@@mikezimmermann89 "ZAMAK" (or sometimes "Zamac"), actually, but yes. Zinc/aluminum alloy with a few other things. At least this one is good enough quality not to have zinc pest!
@@mikezimmermann89 It is my guess too. Zamac is used to make things like door handles (for home) and Matchbox car. Among other things.
I was going to post the exact same comment.
That’s pot metal
Your are amazing; a watchmaker filled with mercy and humanity. You are so smart my dear brother.
Joe again you astound us. No one would ever envisage such a phoenix from the flames, another beautiful restoration. Thankyou for bringing joy.
You are right YT is sick with censoring. It is sad, but you know, 30 silvers. All the best, with my wife we love your videos, your unbelievable skills, knowledge, every time you find time for your kids, respect for people, patience. Your videos are great for soul in nowdays broken world, when lie is a true , crook is philanthrop etc. Everything is upside down.
I appreciate your helping hands. You revived this bombarded old watch. Corrosion eats its parts like cancer and does not show any mercy to its age or identity. With little aid, you infused new life to this old standing survivor. Now, it can run for generations. Message delivered 💪✌️✌️✌️
The restoration is truly remarkable, and it's delightful to hear the lively sounds of children in the background.
I honestly cannot get over the quality of work you put out. The detail and workmanship is absolutely world class.Everything you do is is out of passion. Thanks again for another great video !!!
A remarkable restoration! No matter how cheaply made, every watch tells exactly the same time. All the best for you and your family in 2025 and on.
So if you drop your watch in the ocean then dry it in a bonfire, we know a guy that can bring it back to life. Great work, Joe.
The eight service marks on the case back for that modest movement is just awesome. Imagine the stories that watch could tell.
There are two kinds. You with the watch and its stories. Me with the owner and the devastation he must have felt when it was lost. I pray that someone sees this that knows
I just love you as a person, you must be a great father, I needed to laugh a bit, thanks
A Beautiful restoration Joe, i enjoyed the final result so well done 👍 Au
So good to see you back !
If only everything that is a little bit broken and lost could be restored by your inspired craftsmanship
Dear Master (Nekkid) Watchmaker, another superb video. Your artistry and intelligence, combined with your spiritual patience and kindness, makes you my go to website when I am recovering from bad news and preparing to meditate and renew my love. Thank you again.
Not only are you a talented craftsman, but a lover of people who are hurting. Keep fighting for peace my friend!!
Brilliant as usually my brother! Love how supportive you are to the core! ✊🏽🇵🇸
I had low expectations of the case ever looking nice again. nice restoration. well done.
Great and perfect work, from Palestine we love you thank you brother 🧡🇵🇸
Thank you so much 😀
Well done for sticking to your cause Jo and wearing it proudly.
You display such integrity ❤
A case only a mother could love. Well done, and keep speaking your truth Joe.
Thanks!
You bring such humanity to watch restoration.
I am usually so cynical of human nature.
You prove me wrong.
Thank you for another wonderful video one of my favourites
Thank you for your stand, I hope that more will join to stop the hate in our world....
Peace to you and your family Joe. You're on the right side of history my friend.
My dad is an Austrian master watchmaker, he worked for Glass in Birmingham in the early 70's. Long gone now.
I wonder if he serviced that watch in the day.
Excellent video once again Joe. You’re a true artisan, going above and beyond 😉😉👍👍👍
Frustrations with the case notwithstanding, this is quite an amazing restoration. Fixing corroded dials and pitted/rotted cases involves a scary journey down a road with many lurking demons along the way. So I enjoyed coming along for the ride! The end result is almost on par with those videos showing someone finding a broken, rusted Rolex Submariner embedded in the bank of a stream. Amazingly, using just a few tools and an old toothbrush they are able to restore it to like-new condition! Now that’s talent!
My favorit vids, when you revive an old peace and re-design. Epic
“The ugly duckling has come out of its shell and turned into a caterpillar”… that’s three metaphors in one description! Well done! 😂
I was really sleepy watching this and got the message at the 25:26 time mark, it put a nice grin on my miserable face. Thanks Joe.
Keep your bright outlook brother. As for being my favorite watchmaker? You remain!
Joe: just thank you.
Words are not enough to explain how much your work enriches the rest of your human community. But I will say my cares melt away when I spend time with you watching you do what you do and listening to you thinking out loud.
Balm.
Joe, I have worked with Zicam restoration more than I care to admit. I would strip the case again with a mild acid, then neutralize in a soda bath. Polish then copper plate. Then Nickle plate, last gold. You should get a very good finish, the copper plating will also let you do repairs to the case with silver solder befor the Nickle plating.
The result is stunning!!! You're so talented & professional.
I love those AS movements. I am currently saving two 340s from 1925...lucky the balances are still good. Brodges are fine perlage and i only have to find hands to get them wearable.
Really like your work...
Sophisticated rebuilt of a crap to exquisite and impeccable watch. I love watching your videos. Always inspires me to do my job diligently.
I'm much pleased by your sharing time with us and watching you redeem something neglected to a new potential. Thank you.
The case is made of zamac. That is very easy to injection mold. It is also the material that carburetors are made of. It is a zinc aluminum alloy
In germany we say Zinkpest. A lot of Zink cast toys from the 40 and 50 are eaten away and the corrosion are in the metal so you cant grind it away.
You're right ! It's the infamous "zamac". Once I have a very bad experience in cleaning my carburetor with ultrasonic bath.... Avoid to use the ultrasonic machine it's create worse condition after !
@@Mksz-h in the Netherlands we also call it zinkpest.
Season Greetings to you and family.From the UK.. Thankyou for all you have given us this year.... Cant wait to see whats next..
Wow, that was a battle. You persevered and managed a victory. Did it become a personal thing? Were you challenging your inner self? I do this from time to time, and feel all the better at the end, when I'm able to enjoy the fruit of my labours. Always enjoy your videos! The integrity of your work inspires me to do better. Thank you. Happy New Year!
Another beautiful transformation. Agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments about censorship. Hoping for justice and peace ASAP. Thank you for giving me a moment of beauty in a challenging day.
Love the influence and sentiment of the dial ❤ peace to all
One look at that watch, and we all know how courageous you are, fearless in fact… wow! I haven’t seen you in a while. It’s good to hear your voice, my friend.
Thanks you. A safe new year to you and your family.
Mate, you’re a ray of humanity, humaneness. Not sure of the wording, not a native user of English. You get my point bud. Keep on going!
Perfectly well said!
Major levels of MoJo! Love it!
Mr. Nekked, Happy Holidays to to and yours. Thank you for your time and expertise. I truly enjoy listening and watching you rescue each of these tiny machines. I will never have the dexterity to do this and I find your work is exceptional. ( also….I appreciate your honesty….. (pretty horrific comes to mind) Steven, Indianapolis….. huh…. Does that mean I wont. See youtube episodes any more of you and ?..
I have greatly enjoyed your work and almost every aspect of your videos. Been watching you for years now and the only bad thing about your videos is that there are not enough of them. I’ve learned a lot of history about your profession, very entertaining from your children pestering you to your talents. So thank you for sharing.
That' s incredible! Pot metal i exactly what thinking. My father taught me that term.
Hey Joe, thank you so much for the content, always WATCH for new videos. Lol
Every TIME you add new content, it is a surprise gift to me.
I especially appreciate the new life you've brought to something that some may consider "junk". I've been labeled junk in my past, but I thank God every day that He offers redemption for us all.
I love you Joe, keep up the excellence.
Your craftsmanship and attention to detail are truly inspiring.👏 The custom dial work is pure art-thank you for sharing your incredible skills with us!
I liked the look of the original dial.
I giggled at the mixed metaphor at 2:35 😊
WATCHING FROM GUYANA!! YOU'RE JUST AWESOME
Hi joe i hope all is well happy new year ! I pray you and family are happy and healthy just checking in havent posted in a while
Brilliant! A rescue beyond compare, as it's re-born with a new sentiment. Great work by a master watchmaker, and good man. 🤗
This is the first of your vids I have seen. I was surprised at the transformation. It is beautiful.
A wonderful and artistic beauty again. Thank you you are a true artisan
Absolutely wonderful restoration, now this will be my new hobby , buying old watches n trying to restore them , thanks for your efforts on making these videos , ppl get a lot to learn off them.
Protesting has become very difficult as Plod is becoming very harsh and record everything to make your life difficult, just bullying people after the marches
Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent work as always from you.
Phenomenal work as always... There is nothing you can't do....
Your mastery can only be a source of inspiration and learning. Thank you Joe for your beautiful videos that honor you for your skill
Well done, Joe. You really showed all your skills (& your heart) with this one. I didn't believe there was anything you could do with it when I first saw it, but you have made it look beautiful!
You’re back!! Thank God! You sir are a genius, artist, craftsman!
It looks light years better than it did!! It was worth the work just knowing someone had loved it so much. That alone made it beautiful.🐝❤️🤗
Excelente trabajo de restauración. Felicitaciones
Beautiful work a real diamond from the rough.
Many thanks for a fab year of videos. Keep well.
What's the point of a silent Joe account? We like hearing your madness🤣It makes us feel normal.
Beautifull result, from Sows Ear to Silk Purse. Well done Joe, your skill and patience are something to behold. Thanks for sharing. The metal without doubt is Zamak also called 'Pot Metal', In the motor industry it was often refered to as 'Monkey Metal', very unfair to Monkeys I think. The Corrosion/Erosion appeared to be typical of exposure to Salt, either lost on a Beach somewhere or in salt water. It was comparable to the kind of deterioration that used to be a common sight on car door handles or other car parts exposed to road salt.
Now... Off I go to investigate a new Blogs site I just heard about😉.
Thanks Joe and assistants.
Another spectacular project!!!!! Repair, reuse.🙂
Your a genius bro. 👏
You have truly been missed! Thank you for all that you bring to us! Also good to hear Trouble’s contribution!😂
You've worked with some truly beautiful and expensive watches, so it was nice to see a more common, inexpensive example featured for you to work your magic on. To its owner, it was very much valued and loved. You've given it a new life and I'm happy to see that you'll be wearing this Resistance watch! Onward!
Hi Joe, I love watching your videos. Braking the setting lever spring is exactly what happened to me when restoring an EB1268. With me it broke in the US-cleaner. My EB 1268 was in a quite similar, if not identical case. I hope to finish the project some day, the movement is ready, but still have to dive in with the plating process. 😀
That looks fantastic!
I love the subversiv approach. And most probably its a zinc diecast so you have to look up zinc plating.
It was well above my expectations, you did it , fruits of hard work, knowledge and skills, a cool head and beating heart went with your efforts.
You could try a first plating with copper. Builds up quite thickly, leveling pits a bit more and can be polished to a high shine. When done, a rhodium flash to barrier and then the final gold plating.
Not sure copper would take to Zamac alloy. Even copper strike solution might not work...
I wonder if a zinc passivation plating layer would work as a "bonding" coat, prior to copper strike?
@@fredfred2363zamak is Zink, Aluminium, Magnesium (or variously Manganese) And (or variously Antimony) Kupfer. (Copper), and is imminently platable, especially by copper.
Now that is one nekkid restoration. Great job!
Thanks for sharing, poor thing might have ended up in the bin if anyone else had taken a look at it.
love the kuffiyeh!
Beautiful!! As always, great work!
Excellent!
What a master at his work...truly stunning work ❤
Quite remarkable! I do love it when 'ordinary' things are given the love more valuable items routinely receive.
Superb video as always, love the new website. Your youtube channel is a great source of relaxation (and awe) for me, thank you.
IIRC.....I saw a movement like that in either a Roamer Popular or an Union Special, which was a very interesting South African house brand of American Swiss Jewellers.....and further to the comment below about 'pot metal'; yeh, it looks like pot metal. What happens is that the zinc particles melt and then solidify at a much lower temperature than the other materials used in the alloy, which could be lead, tin, iron and so on. This causes air bubbles to be trapped in the casting, which appear to be what you are dealing with on the lug of the case. Its a horrid material. Just visited your website, bought ya a coffee ( and coming from a former British colony myself, I don't mind if you have a cup of tea instead)....and I wish you and your family everything of the best always. TH-cam, lovers tiff.....well put. Be blessed always.
Im glad your back speeking
It's gorgeous! Great work! Between you and James Martin I get my horology fix lots!
Sir, your array of skills is amazing. My personal skills stop at the size of a motorcycle engine and I am at awe of the versatility of your skills. On a lighter side very much enjoy the humor and comic relief from the children while at work. Thank you for sharing.
Interesting experiment. I love the engineering side of watchmaking. I used to do a lot of similar hand-tool work and machining at a slightly larger scale.
I've always wondered how the fine markings for high-quality metal rulers, micrometers, watch faces etc. were done. Some kind of etching maybe. The precision has to be very high otherwise the eye easily sees the irregularities, and it was perfected 100 years ago or more.
I would probably have replaced that nasty metal with a donor case, and probably the dial too, since the movement seemed quite nice.
Interesting to learn that nickel can fill out cavities to some degree. Maybe a drop of solder might have filled it, but maybe it's no good for plating.
You are the Bomb when it comes to restoring these old watches you are a true Artist Sir.
You worked so hard to restore this watch. Its a shame it didnt work out as you first wanted. You at least gave it a new life.❤
Awesome creativity & craftsmanship! Bravo! Blessings to you & your family. ❤🙏🙏🙏❤
Great looking watch! Amazed!
Great work as always Joe. It really makes my day when one of your videos pops up in my feed
i watch this channel and wristwatch revival, the best 2 channels on youtube