Here’s another example of an ‘economy class’ vintage watch case restoration. This is the horrid condition it came to us in, originally from a local car boot sale, bought for just £10. Would you pay a tenner for this? It’s not very obvious at the moment, but the case is actually a Concept 80, “The […]
Vintage watch polishing: restoring a vintage Le Cheminant Read More »
In restoration articles, we usually see blue hands hovering over an alcohol lamp in a neat little box of metal chips, with the steel gradually turning that deep, rich blue. It’s a bit like picking a mushroom in the forest. Easy! But how do you get to that forest – or grow your own mushrooms?
Stowa KM pocket watch hands restoration – polishing, temperature bluing Read More »
An example of case restorations that we are able to carry out at Horological Underground – Omega Flightmaster from the 1970s – a super rare and desirable vintage watch. Before restoration Overall, the watch was in really good condition besides the case body needing refinishing. Case refinishing usually falls under the label of polishing which
OMEGA Filghtmaster case sunburst restoration example (lapping machine) Read More »
Review and some short advices for specially shaped mineral glass crystal cutting and polishing in a watchmaking workshop.
Rectangular ‘Bale’ Shape Watch Crystal Cutting Read More »
Polishing out scratches after an incident Here we are looking at the famous exhibition model of 2009 – the Audemars Piguet Millenary Chronograph that has spawned a series of design variations over the years. In a minor accident, the case was scratched when dropped. Fortunately, this is fixable. Straight to the point – we disassemble
Audemars Piguet Millenary Chronograph – Polishing Repair Read More »
