A triple calendar chronograph has how many parts?!
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Today we're working on Tony's watch, a Montrose triple calendar chronograph from the 1950s with a Valjoux 72c movement inside. It belonged to his father, who used to wear it all the time, but at some point many, many years ago it stopped working. Can we fix it?
Join Stian for a full service and repair of this beautiful old watch, with a few digressions as we go along!
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Stian, I've commented on other video's in the past on how I am truly in awe of your dedication to the craft of watch restoration and repair. I wouldn't be the first to mention how you skillfully manipulate the intricate workings of a chronograph. It was pure coincidence that a came across your channel several months ago and was instantly convinced that you'd be the person I could entrust my dad's watch restoration with. I had tried for the longest time to find someone locally to do this, but to no avail. So I very much appreciate your willingness to take this on and, after having seen the "before and after" ... very grateful for your work ethic and skills. It will be a proud moment (and emotional one...) once I put my dad's watch on my wrist and hear the "heart" beat again. Not having children of my own, I will be passing this along eventually to my nephew who I know will appreciate this legacy from his grandfather. I will be sure to share the link to the video with him, so that he can understand and know what it took to get it into a condition which will eventually allow him to proudly wear it. Stian, thank you again ...with much respect and admiration - Tony.
Thanks Tony, that's very nice to hear:) I hope the watch will serve your and in due time your nephew as well as it served your father 😊
And the rest of Stian's subscribers appreciate you letting the episode be made. Thank you.
Well ware
I'm not crying you're crying.
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I'm the customer in Atlanta. Thanks to Rick Hoover's tireless work on my dad's watch and your video it will run again. Thanks so much for this video.
I'm a little confused as to what the blued hand displays, is it the date?
@Glenn Watson That's why I was finding it confusing - only thing I could see it pointed to was the seconds markers but that didn't help at all. Cheers.
@Glenn Watson 04:44 the markers are there just veeerrry faintly.. you can make a 6 out just to the right of the 2'nd hour marker
@@mrmagoo.3678 They are faint! The "27 28 29" by his thumb near hour 11 is a bit easier to see than the 6. Nothing to be done, of course. I can't imagine any attempt to fix the issue would end in anything but disaster.
That is a magnificent timepiece. It is fantastic to see the process of its return to function. I own a LeCoultre with Valjoux 72, so was especially interested in seeing this enhanced function 72C. Magnificent!
Very complicated mechanism.But you did it with very skillfully.Thank you for this video.
You made bending the balance spring so easy.
Thanx4sharing.
Your videos could be 2hrs long I’d still watch them all the way through… nice work!!
Nice chronograph well done.😊
Thank you 😁
Beautiful old watch.. that movement is gorgeous
I enjoy watching your videos. Very interesting and informative. I like the way you explain everything. 👍
“Big ass spring”, now you’re talking my language. Nice trick to make sure I’m paying attention! Thanks for another interesting complete overhaul video
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I’m blown away at your skill and depth of knowledge….hats off
As a 78 year old retired Master Watch Maker, I really love watching you work on watches. I see the tools of the trade have come a long way since I started my career in 1966. I was just 21 years old then. Can you actually make parts? I used to make balance and or pivot stems when I had a watch that I couldn't find the replacement part for. I never made any wheels or screws or annthinng other than pivot stems for different watches but always told myself I would try one day. I never did! I still have my old tools. I have an old Watchcraft lathe and a staking kit along with oilers, tweezers and other tools. None of my three sons want any of this stuff so I am giving it all to a watch school close to where I live. I think you do fabulous work and your English Accent is very nice to my ears. I have subscribed and will give a bit of money to your Patreon account. I just found you on UA-cam a week ago and really enjoy watching your videos. please keep up the good work and your channel.
Hello Ron, thanks so much for your comment, that's very nice to hear :) I'm also sorry to hear none of your sons are picking up the trade, that's a real shame.
Yes, I do make parts also, I'm right now busy making parts for a Breguet chronograph to make it a flyback 😊 That's a challenge for sure but it's also a lot to fun and rewarding as I'm sure you know very well. I hope to one day be able to call myself a master watchmaker but that's still a few years away.
One of the best vids on this topic..excellent narrative and camera work.
Watch compost 🤔🤔🤔.. an interesting concept 🤔🤔. Great work again Stian👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks! 😁 👍
Stian ... Thank you so much for this video. I have been working on a late 40's/early 50's Wyler with a 72c for a customer ... he in Atlanta, GA and myself in Bedford, PA and we simultaneously watched your video. It was a real bonus to have him see the process and ask questions while viewing your service of this gorgeous watch. The Valjoux 72c is such a complex, yet well designed movement that has held up well over the past 70 years. We thank you for your channel and the work you do for the community of vintage watch lovers. EDIT: Thanks for the 'fix' on the center chrono wheel replacement. We hadn't been able to sort the issue of the premature minute count upon activation. Now there's a solution'
Salvador Dahli and V Van Gough images come to mind. What a work of art! The brushes may be harder but same effect...
Breathless!
Stunning watch.
Surely is a beauty Stian! I’ve missed your videos, great to see you again. Your voice sounds a bit cold, I should know, I have a cold!
wow tour de force. Really awesome watch.
and rescue.
Ah that's just class!, you know your way around a chronograph for sure. Beautiful watch, well done Stian.
Wow awesome job of a very complicated movement.
Beautiful time piece.Great restoration.
Thank you very much!
Takk, Stian! Bra jobb med både klokke og video! Tusen takk!
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What a stunning watch 😍
Thank you so much.
I haven't fixed a watch...or even owned one. Haha!
You're channel is so relaxing and informative and has eased my anxiety immeasurably.
Thanks again.
Bravo! Excellent as usual, masterful!
Extraordinary. I'm not a watch person but I watched (!) all of this.
''Open heart surgery in a moving truck while jumping out of a plane without a parachute'' LOL! Stian this sentence is so original that you should patent it.
Stunning watch and thank you for being so informative about everything you're doing during the service. Great job all around.
Thank you kindly!
You're the only watchmaker that puts back in to the plate, clever, thank you.
it's a joy every time to watch your expertise in the videos....learning a lot form these, thanks for sharing.
Hello, lucky owner and lucky service man of this watch, nice work , you changed your microphone? and =open hart surgery in moving truck jumping from a plane without a parachute= that is genial! always a pleasure to see you video!
Fantastic job, well done.
Stian, the surgery on the spring, Im in awe of your skills! Thanks for sharing!
Got half way through when you put it up first and thought I had fallen asleep! Missed the end!! LOL
Great comments and I wish my hands were that steady
Awesome work on this chronograph. Thanks so much.
Wow, Stian. You really worked extra hard for my Like this time. Good job man. I'm speechless at how many parts this had.
Always a pleasure to watch and listen to you working on these watches. Thank you.
Amazing work
Really glad I found your channel. I watch all kinds of repair channels, tools and appliances ect, so your work adds a new dimension with which to hyperfixate on. Thank you and cant wait for that VWS-2186 to arrive very excited.
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I can't believe I just watched more than an hour of someone fumbling about with tiny parts, that have the tendency to launch themselves into irretrievable orbits, and find this relaxing. That's probably because I know that it's only a video and I don't have to fix a chronograph by myself. I admire Your steady hands, Stian.
😂👍 Thanks, Jochen!
Awesome work!! 👍👍👍
Thank you! 👍
Wow. I watch a ton of these videos but this was something else. I have big respect for anyone who is able to work through this absolute maze of screws and levers. Stunning watch, what a shame that the date indicators are completely gone.
They are exceptionally faded, but in some positions and light, a few of the numbers are just visible. I do agree though, if they were slightly more visible, it would be nice. Perhaps in another 50 years, in the next major service, new methods that do not yet exist can properly refinish the face.
This was a gorgeous watch. Absolutely lovely ♥️ fantastic work !
It' still is
That is much more complicated than a Rolex. You have amazing skills and a good memory with that many parts and the order to put it back together.
Thank you very much!
Good cup of tea to go with another great video. Love a watch with lots of complications. Waiting for the next one.
Beautiful art work Stian! - Thanks for all the effort put in to explain how it works.. what a pretty watch it is... I think if i borrow the tweezers from you - you will pretty much be handicapped and not be able to fix any watches - lol - teasing. Tweezers happens to be your main tool as i see, next to little screwdivers.. very educactional - keep it up. thanks
Thanks! And stay away from my tweezers! 😂
Your Right a Beautiful Watch ,Fantastic Work Sir ,Happy New year to you and your,
Absolutely love your stuff sir. Keep it coming. Im Hoping to see a 1960s pre-daytona chronograph of one of these channels one day. It is one of the prettiest daila I have ever seen but this kind of reminds me of it in a way. Also please never stop smoking videos for the sake of out sanity please.
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Great video,,,THANKS
You get a "Like" just for the effort... Well done Sir. :)
Beautiful watch, hopefully it runs another 80 years
Stein, thank you so much for this video restoration of this astonishingly beautiful, (if indeed complicated) timepiece which Billie, my very talented teenage watchmaker daughter, is utterly fascinated with. We are so glad and grateful for finding your channel. Wishing you all the best, Wendi in the UK. 🌻
That's great to hear, Wendy :) All my best to you and Billie! Stian
That folks is watchmaking on another level. Others here on teh tube are great at what they do but this is, as I said before, on another level. Well Done.
Thanks a lot, David 😊
1. So cool Chris and Rick can collaborate with our hero in Switzerland!
2. Stian, I know it’s more of a pain for you, but a watch like this with a lot of problems makes a much better video! (My preference, anyway.) So thanks!
3. Pity all the day numbers disintegrated! But yes a lovely dial as is.
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Thanks so much, Angelino! And do you have the link for the Geholdendenoztrilhairbackensnoodenplatz? I googled it but couldn't find one 😂
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@@johnsrabe 😁👍
Another great video with a gorgeous watch! Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks for watching, Ben!
Another great video !
Great video Stian, thanks for uploading. I'm totally with you on not touching dials; the watch is 70 years old and looks it. If the dial and hands were bright and shiny it would look simply wrong. And old watch is an old watch, if a buyer wants a watch that is immaculate and in the style of an old watch, plenty brands make watches like that.
Great explanation on this one, I had wondered for ages why the hour counter on old chronos crept along and didn't jump, now I know!
Thanks so much, Alan! The dial looks awesome in my view, but I was really struggling with whether I should refinish the case or not. In the end and after discussing with Tony we decided to leave it as is, and I still think it's a beautiful watch :)
Wow, that was hard work. Well done Stian!!
What a cool watch, and very complicated. You made the servicing look easy! Nice work.
Hei Stian. Takk for flott video. Har selv begynt å skru litt, men mest på lommeur som er min store lidenskap.
Amazing episode, I'm in love with this 72C, thank you.
Wow the disk wheels in my mind had to watch the complications install a couple of times to understand the layout and operation. Crazy, great job and a beautiful watch.
Really enjoyable in depth service and repair of my favourite wrist watch movement, my other favourite on my wishlist would be a minute repeater pocket watch.
Fascinating..simply fascinating.. Another great restoration Stian.. Love your commentary as you go along. And the fine tuning to get things right. Amazing work.. Thanks for the trip..!
Better than most video programs. A calming affect
Fascinating.
Amazing stuff and gorgeous watch. Enjoyed the info and narrative very much.
There are a lot of us that don't mind long videos. Especially when they are informative, such as this. It's the editing that gets old though...lol... I've had to edit a couple of mine that's went long and it isn't much fun.
Excellent!
I have a LeCoultre Shark built with the Valjoux 72. It omits the day-date-moon function. I always wondered how they added these extra functions to the caliber. Amazing to see! Beautiful craft to execute a repair and fine-tune on such a complex and interesting time piece. Well done!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
the cronographs takes the watchmaking to a hole other level in knowing what to do to fix the watch 🎉 ur making it so nice and the video is realy great 👍👍 good stuff 😊
Really splendid video. Engrossing and instructive. Great commentary. The watch looks great on the wrist.
11:37 my heart stopped for one second
😂👍 I assume it started again or are you writing this comment from the hospital bed? :)
As per usual very nice video. Love watching these.
I'm a bit of a chronograph junkie, so these are always great videos. I appreciate your comments on watchmaking as a hobby. I was trying to get into it again this summer, but that didn't work out so well, but maybe this winter I will "hulk-out" on working on some vintage Soviet watches I own. The most expensive part of that process is the lubrication oils and grease. There are all levels of tools, but you sort of have to have the correct oils to lubricate pivots and friction parts. Thanks for your work on this one and salvaging it for a happy customer.
Wow!! that is one complex watch. Absolutely beautiful too!!
My guess is the 72c was the precursor to the 7751. Wonderful watching this video and I really appreciate to taking the time to video all of it even though I'm sure it would prolong the actual service time by 10! Great that you included the fixes too. That hairspring really bundled up when you puffed on it I thought it was a goner!
Another fantastic vid Stian!! Thank you!
A great video on a beautiful watch. Very impressive trouble shooting. Thanks for the video.
Such a cool watch with plenty of history. Also loved watching how you went about solving the many issues it had, probably beyond repair for many. Good stuff!
Taking experience and skill down into the minutia of mechanics, and handling (and respecting) cosmetics going in and then back out at this level is amazing. You are a true craftsman sir. What an enjoyable share.
Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
What a beautiful watch there,always impressed with your videos and work ! So many small pieces in that watch, and thanks for pointing out the issues as I hadn’t a clue as to what was wrong .
That's a very beautiful watch Stian. I have a Heuer with the valjoux 724 movement that I managed to buy very cheap (less than £30.00) I bought a new crystal and a hammer from a seller in Portugal and they cost me almost £100.00. I now need a pillar wheel and a minute recording jumper and, most importantly, the courage to service it. So this video is very useful to me and as always, very entertaining.
Wow, that could be a bargain, although with a low of effort finding parts 👍
Great work! I learn so much from watching you work.
Another really fascinating video, Stian. As for your hobby advice, I am exceedingly pleased to inform you that I successfully disassembled and re-assembled a manual Vostok this week. Only two pings, both screws that I was able to find, although I had almost given up on recovering the screw for the second pinion spring. That sucker is small. Unfortunately, I discovered I don't have the fine motor control to do a proper job of lubricating, expecially the shock fittings. Nevertheless, it was very gratifying. Thanks for the inspiration.
That is very, very cool to hear, Bullnose :) The fine motor control is to a degree learnable, and you can aid your hand by supporting it on the bench, by supporting your fingers with the other hand etc. Good luck with it!
I love this watch :)
Thanks for getting Avril stuck in my head.
Very complicated in its complications. And SO many parts! Impressive work, including the little adjustments made along the way. I wish I had your steady hands.
I watched a video of Roger W Smith and his workshop on the Isle of Man. He said he makes everything except for crystals, jewels, mainsprings, and hairsprings. Just amazing.
I'm using the Seagull watch and will let you know about its accuracy.
Thank you Stian for another wonderful video on a beautiful and complex watch. It does seem extremely complicated and as a result rather fragile. Were it not for the sentimental value, a lot of people would probably shy away from having it serviced because of the costs involved, particularly here in Switzerland.
Thank you also for the good advice on what watches to start with as a beginner. Most experts tell you to start with pocket watches because they are bigger. As you rightly point out, getting spare parts or donor movements for those can be extremely difficult.
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Great work as always Stian. That big arse spring will be helpful getting the Swiss space program off the ground. No trouble in paradise double win. Take care and keep well from New Zealand 🇳🇿.
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Outstanding video, simply outstanding. The best watchmaker I’ve seen so far. The most informative and best instruction of all the watch restoration channels I have watched in the last year. The close-up of the pallet fork jewel particularly impressive. Looks like a binge watch ahead for the rest of your videos. Many thanks for sharing your skills.
Wow, thanks! Welcome to the channel :)
Always amazing work and video 👍👍👍👍
Thanks, Spike!
Iam struggling with my wife for your Pie Pan VWS-1677…. She is tough 😤😤😤😢
The Breitling Navitimer Cosmanaute I owned in 1967 had 250 parts!
Man if I had a watch with insides like the I would always have the back off just staring at it. Waht a pice of art. Thanks for sharing 👍.
Impressive!
Beautiful timepiece! Great job! I like the frase about the cat which you actually didn't said 🙀. Thanks very much! Greetings from Berlin!
I have been a loyal subscriber for over a year now and I must say this video has been the one I enjoyed most. Thank you so much, Stian. Please keep up the good work. Mange gode tanker og hilsener fra København 🙂
Thanks a lot, Ole!
Absolutely fascinating to see you work on Chronograph and of course this calendar too ! I never work on that kind of complicated movement, so you have all my respect Stian ! Absolutely good job ! So happy to follow you on this channel !! ✨👌
What a fabulous timepeice. It certainly deserved some TLC (Tender Loving Care). I'm hooked on your channel (I subscribe to a few other watchmaker channels). Each one offers something different in either content or style. Talking of style, as we're now approaching Christmas, perhps you could ask Executive Domestic Management (your wife) for a nasal hair trimmer? 🤣🤣
Machinery, beauty! Art! TIME
Amazing! Well done.
I'd like to see you take apart, and put together a super complicated watch like the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime. You'd could probably even turn it into a multi-part series of videos...Like maybe 2 or 3 parts. That would be awesome.
That would be awesome indeed, but there aren't that many of those around 😁 I do have a couple of interesting complications coming up, so stay tuned!