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 […]
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This post is the result of a sunny photoshoot with great results plus the lovely experience of servicing a Breitling Super Ocean Chronograph and wanting to share the process with you all! This is what a typical servicing looks like – complete disassembly of the mechanism, cleaning, then assembly, lubrication, and adjustment. During the assembly
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Zenith ‘El Primero’ 410 CHRONO Moonphase full servicing Photos by Finn Marjoram Let’s review a nice example of the Zenith El Primero chronograph Cal. 410 – We’ll breakdown the full servicing process and some watchmaker pros and cons. We disassemble the whole movement to service. El Primero servicing cons – Too many parts! Too may
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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
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