Posted in Timepieces on Dec 15th, 2008
Yesterday, we went to a shipping center to get the battery replace for 2 of our watches. At the shop, we saw some Seiko watches on the display and my wife decided to take a look.
Before that, I had owned few mechanical watches and most does not last. Actually, I could not blame the watches [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on Jun 30th, 2008
I just bought this Horotec’s watch movement holder. Initially, I was looking for those from Bergeon; but I find it a little more expensive. So, I got this Horotec’s movement holder for S$25. It could be used for big and small movement. Just flip the holder to the size of movement you require. Pretty good [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on Jun 24th, 2008
I went to a local $2 shop to get a container to keep the watch movement parts during watch servicing. I got this container for fishing purpose and it proves very useful for keeping the watch movement parts. Below are some pictures of the container. Cheers!
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Posted in Timepieces on Jun 14th, 2008
This is really out of this world timepiece. I was wondering how it work when I first look at it. Guess if you let your imagination run wild and this should be what you get. Amazing and impressive Masterpiece watch. Cheer to the inventor; well done!
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Posted in Timepieces on Jun 8th, 2008
I am new to watch repair. But I had already found the usefulness of one very good “tool”….it is called Rodico. This Rodico is from Bergeon and is very similar to Blue Tack. But this Rodico is used in the watch repair world for cleaning and removes stains, finger print, surplus oils and dirt from precision parts of the [...]
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Posted in Timepieces on May 29th, 2008
I had just purchased a Swiss made ETA 2836-2 25 Jewel movement from eBay. I think this movement is used in many famous watches, including Rolex, Omega models etc. This movement will automatically wind by a semi-circle weighted rotor which rotates as the watch moves while being worn. Many feedback from those whose use this movement has always been good and positive.
This ETA Swiss automatic movements are durable, reliable, and [...]
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