Posted in Timepieces on Apr 28th, 2008
Since I have owned a few mechanical watches. I am keen to learn how to repair or service them. After some search, I came across this Watch Repair Course by Tascione over the web. It is a DVD course. Without hesitation, I ordered myself a copy. As many agree that picture could tell a thousand words; but I [...]
Posted in Car on Apr 23rd, 2008
Two years is up and it is time to change the engine coolant. After some consideration, decided to go for the OAT coolant for my Mazda3. This OAT is suppose to be better than the conventional coolant and has longer life. As this is my first time doing this coolant change for car, I read the manual [...]
Posted in Timepieces on Apr 17th, 2008
To date, although I had yet to get a real Tourbillon watch; I had already been inspired by the concept and how it works as shown in many videos like the one above. This Tourbillon is the King of all Tourbillon in my opinion; it is called the GyroTourbillon from Jaeger Lecoultre.
Posted in Timepieces on Apr 11th, 2008
After I had inspired by my very first mechanical watch which I had purchased a few weeks ago, I got myself another Open Heart Mechanical Watch. The design is different but it has the same concept; the “Open Heart” concept. Ok, beside some minor faults I had mentioned below; it is considered a pretty good watch [...]
Posted in Timepieces on Apr 6th, 2008
I had just purchased a cheap and affordable mechanical watch (IK colouring) about 1 week ago.
Is it accurate and precise in time keeping?
Well, when using a 10x loupe; I noticed that the small second hand seem to totally stop at certain instance for about 1 to 2 sec and then start to move again.
Just now, upon another check; it [...]
Posted in Timepieces on Apr 1st, 2008
Today, I put my newly purchased beloved watch in my shirt’s pocket and accompanied me to work. I could not wear it as the metal bracelet is too long for me. I had tried to browse the web and forums on how to shorten the bracelet but many seem to recommend to go to the watches shop for [...]
