Is this 1971 Timex Sprite Serviceable?
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this video we will be tearing down this vintage mechanical Timex that is said to be unserviceable. We will find out why that is and see what we can do about it. Thank you for watching! On the next video I will go in depth and show everything I do. This video is quick and simple. I believe I can and will make better content! Thanks again!
I guess is the first Timex video well explained I found in years.
Thank you! There will be more!
Good clear explanations and visuals. These Timex watches have served millions of people over the years, helping their wearers do one thing: keeping track of time for their daily lives, and doing it well. Good to see them getting respect and refurbishing!
Thank you! I hope to continue increasing the quality of my videos. I love vintage watches and Timex will always have a spot in my collection!
And they can be wound in seconds rather requiring hours of recharge !!!
I like your metaphors… House, cowboy hat. 😁 Great job!
Thank you!
Thank you for this video extremely informative very interesting and i enjoyed watching
Прекрасное видео часы тимехс всегда отличались интересными инженерными решениями иногда спорными но всегда оригинальными
Thanks to you, another watch that was in a bin is now working like a charm. After watching your video, I remembered a watch I just received that wasn’t working. With a little bit of time and some oil it’s now running like a top. Thank you.
Thank you for the video. A while back I got a bunch of watches as a lot. It included several Timexes which bummed me out because I thought the movements were riveted and unrepairable.
After watching your video I will try restoring a Marlin .
Looking forward to more videos !
Awesome! I’m happy that the video was able to help you. Good luck with your repair!
Superb Work Done By You......👌
Thank you! I’m trying to get better every time I’m at the bench. Hopefully this video has helped some people.
For most of us who were kids during the 70's, this was our first watch.
I had the black faced version, a kind of military style. It stopped working
decades ago, but I never threw it out. So maybe I'll try and service it.
I don’t know your experience level but, I’m sure you can get it running again. If you get stuck, there are other videos around on UA-cam to help or you can contact me and I can do a video on the specific movement your watch has. I have a pile of vintage Timex waiting to be serviced. Thank you for watching!
It was my first watch in 1982!
This is a great video. I have many Timex and have had good success with cleaning the movement mostly intact but i have some with broken mainsprings, etc, that i have never been able to fix because nobody has put together anything like this video. I'll be sharing this with my Timex friends and giving it another shot at taking one apart.
Thank you! Glad it could help. I appreciate the feedback!
@CHWatches I'm a moderator on one of the larger Timex oriented Facebook pages, Timex Fanclub. We are going to share this with our members. Many have been looking for a tutorial like this.
@@thomasflynn5366 That is awesome! Thank you! I’m truly happy and grateful that this will help others in this wonderful hobby.
Excellent video. I've been battling with an M25 for a while but haven't managed to align all the pivots. Your vid has persuaded me to have another crack at it!
Awesome! Hopefully some of the tips for alignment will help! Let me know how it goes. Thank you!
Alignment all went great, but oddly the last screw, the one with the shoulder wont go in. Guessing the shim isn't properly seated. I've had a few goes but it's not for going in! It goes in without the rest of the assembly, but as soon as I add the shim, it doesn't grip. Any ideas?
@@chrisairey877 maybe one of the two smaller gears is incorrect. The two smaller gears should be perfectly round in the center. I believe the gear from the winding stem will fit there and won’t allow you to set the screw. Besides that maybe it’s the screw length and one of the others has a shoulder also but is longer and will work there?
Thanks a lot for this video, extremely helpful. Just spent a couple hours attempting a M32 rebuild but unfortunately failed for now. All of the gears and barrel seeded easily but man seeding this balance and pallet lever is damn impossible. I thought I finally had it, taped it, and went for the flip, but it seemed the pallet lever fell off during the process. Welp, hope to have time tomorrow to try again... let me know if you have any tips on seeding the balance/pallet lever - the slightest contact seems to knock them off for me. Thanks again for the video.
You could try to take the screw closest to the balance out and loosen the others slightly to try and get an angle at it. I have also taken the top screw out of the balance by the adjuster to be able to seat it. Just make sure you set your end shake correctly when reinstalling.
I just clean mine really good with ammonia lighter fluid water and alcohol then oil. Great video. Have you tried a m22 movement?
I have not done an m22 yet, although I have a few set away for the future.
Love that " Cafeteria Clock" dial.
Plain and simple!
I never serviced these Timex movements (that i personnaly called "Mickey-mouse" because of the apparent barrel and balance "ears"), thinking they were unserviceable...
Next time i see one, i'll work on it ! After all, they're all-metal...
Unfortunately, there's another timex movement with an oval bridge that seems to be much worse in terms of quality (if i remember, they have plastic parts). I don't think they deserve servicing.
Some of these old Timex have a standard “Swiss style” movement also. Haven’t seen any with plastic but I mostly work on 60-70s.
This movement is different. I am just a layperson who likes to watch watchmaker content, but as I can remember, I've never seen a movement like that. It's very interesting. I like to see different things in this hobby. Have you ever seen those ikepods watches? They are very unique.
Yea vintage Timex was a surprise to me when I first started repairing them, not all of their mechanical movements are this way. I have not seen the ikepod! I just looked them up and they are very unique and interesting. Maybe one day I will find one in need of repair!
Awesome video with great explanations and well edited.
I have a no date automatic version you got me thinking I should order a few more tools and try to service. Given a thorough service as you demonstrated, do you have a suggested interval or is it just when they start running poorly?
Thank you! These can be tricky to service but I believe you can do it with the right patience and research before hand. The automatics are very similar to this movement. I would say if they are keeping decent time and it runs for a fairly long time they don’t need a service. Maybe a service every 5-10 years if you didn’t have any issues would be acceptable.
Imagine a cheap movement achieving 1 second/day accuracy? Amazing
I’ve had several that read that at a full wind just after service. I imagine it varies while wearing it. Also not sure my timegrapher is the best. Either way it keeps good time!
Nice job, but did you read the service manual from Timex?
It actually says to wash the unit in naptha, let it dry, then oil the pivots. lol
Yea I just put this up in case someone needed to replace/inspect parts.
A second a day seems a little unbelievable for an unjeweled watch. I havent even seen high grade railroad watches do that. Every mechanical timex I seen done around a minute a day when worn.
It may change while wearing it. I use an app on my phone as a timegrapher so it could be off as well because of that. Although I can recreate the results by retesting it and it seems to run accurately on wrist for several days. I will be sure to add regulation and results to my videos once I have a dedicated timegrapher.
They say to dip it in lighter fluid
Lighter fluid would be a way to clean it. I like to disassemble and inspect everything as well.
How do you remember where everything goes when you're reassembling the mvt?
I take a lot of pictures on movements I don’t have experience with. Some of the movements I’ve done so many times I remember.
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
I like to maintain so they don’t wear and break. Some of these old Timex movements the pins will break off the pallet and they have to be replaced. This one didn’t necessarily need to be taken all the way apart, however it did allow me to properly clean and lubricate the mainspring.