This is right up my alley, I love these unusual types of watches & unique designs. The only downside is that niggling little voice in the back of your mind that reminds you that finding a replacement crystal is going to be painful, so I'm much more careful when wearing them!
This is a much more practical watch that one with hands. It's like a G-Shock. No micro-seconds of brain power wasted on translating hand position into the time, it's displayed in a numeric fashion.
Nice job, I’ve just restore my first jump hour watch which uses a BFG movement and pin pallet, the pivots are only 0.4 thick and very hard to locate when fitting the bridge back on but I did it and got it working again and to be fair it’s running well for a 50 year old movement, I’ve been watching your videos for a few years and you definitely inspired me to have a go at watch tinkering thanks for that my friend you are definitely on the top table of watchmakers I so enjoy watching. 👏🍻👍🙏😉
I have an old jump hour at home. A huge brass ingot with tiny little numbers behind a window. And it's a real jumper too, not a creeper. The balance moves, but it stops after a few beats. I must get around to having it serviced...
Interesting watch. I've never heard of TD before this. So many makers disappeared when quartz arrived. and the survivors absorbed all the smaller guys. Nice to see you keeping them alive.
Aaaah the 70s. Yes I remember them well. As a child I really did buy the line about flying cars. Great job again and very entertaining video as always.
Very nice watch. I have a Hudson Dynamic but it has a basic BFG 866 CLD Digital movement. Had to buy a new mainspring barrel as there is a clutch on the lid that becomes loose/worn with age. One day I'll get around to swapping it. Not looking forward to manually winding in the mainspring though.
Weirdly shaped watch with an oddball display. I guess I just don't have that 70s vibe any longer. Maybe because I just turned 70? Always glad to see a new video on your channel!
Hi. Great video, as always. As a basic amateur, I like that you usually say the lubricants along with the assembly. Keep diversing the types of watch because it is a great policy. Cheers.
Thank you for all your great videos. They are so entertaining and informative! I just received a very nice Buler 17j jump hour watch (with a date complication, which is not so easy to find!) that I bought off eBay. So far, I'm loving it, although I can't figure out how to set the date other than keep advancing the time forward. There's gotta be a better way. Anyway, I decided to re-watch your servicing of this Rodania to get at least some idea of how my own watch works. Amazing!
Thanks James! There isn't actually any other way to set the date than to flip through the hours, but that is luckily much faster on these watches than on ones with hands.
Hello Blenny, thanks for your question and sorry for the late response. Changing the balance staff on a cylinder movement is not very likely to happen for quite a while, simply because there are few cylinder movements around and if I do find one the balance staff will most likely be in good enough condition anyway, otherwise it might not have been on the market. If I do find one I'll be sure to take a video of it though :)
"And now for something completely different" You seem to have a deep supply of unique watches. Outside of the IWC Palweber, I've never seen a watch like this. Keep up your good work (sorry about your pool hands).
I didn’t know that these Nixon Jumper watches come in both spring wound, and battery 🔋 operated versions. Although the spring wound Nixon probably has a more complex movement than the battery operated version, it seems to rival over it. Batteries were a fortune 🔮 in newer day Nixon’s, not lasting for 3 to 4 months, total. They had 3 batteries, to drive each of the watch’s features. Minutes, hours, and date. I would not be surprised 😯 if some Nixon’s have a 4th feature, the day (and 4 batteries). That’s also 3 (or 4) electric motors that each battery is driving. Your friend, Jeff.
This watch does have banking pins, but I've noticed that others you have worked on seem to use the pallet bridge for the "stops" needed for the pallet fork.
Hello Frank, sorry for the late reply, I've had my last week of vacation and was ordered by my wife to stay off the internet 😂 The pallet fork needs something to stop it, and the old way of doing that is with banking pins. Modern machining techniques make it easier to build the banking into other parts, indeed most often the pallet cock/bridge. But something has to stop the pallet fork!
Jeez, this is a jumping hour AND date. If it's A. Lange that is to release this one such as the Zeitwerk, it's gonna be 50k USD ish. Didn't know we had such complications in 70s'.
Just a general question from another video and not about the watch in this video . . . On Omega movements with copper plating, why don't they oxidize? Are they coated with something?
Hello Frank, that's a good question and I'm not an expert on this, so if anyone else has a better answer I might also learn something! From what I know, the plating is so thin that it wouldn't oxidize itself and it actually works as protection against corrosion of the underlying brass. When you for instance see gold plated watches with oxydation on them, it's actually the underlying metal that is oxydated, not the plating. With electroplating the plated layer is very thin but also uniform, so it covers the underlying metal well from contact with air.
Thanks, Stian. I appreciate your replies. You da man! Hope you enjoyed your vacation. I look forward to your upcoming videos. My hands are way too shaky to ever consider doing watch repair. But I'm fascinated by it and have watched a lot of the videos out there. I've watched yours, also those from Mark Lovick and others. I was inspired to finally get an automatic watch. Best wishes, keep up the great work!
Haa, the wonderful seventies, the good old days. Last week I was tempted to buy a nice Rodania on a flea market for € 8.00. Unfortunately, the bracelet was way too small to fit my wrist, so I had to pass.
Thanks for watching! No, I'm afraid I don't offer servicing but you can send me a mail to info@vintagewatchservices.eu and I might be able to put you in contact with someone who does
This system of the star wheels is still used by the Chinese in their "perpetual calendars": On the 31th of the moth follows the 32, 33,...39! But I love these digital watches and still remember that they were very cool.
I love this watch and I’ve never seen a movement like that, so different! I have a jumper and I really enjoyed servicing it, brought back good memories! What lubricant do you use on the bottom of your barrels, and do you use the same for manual as well as auto? I do use braking grease on the side for autos. Thanks Stian!
Hi! Thank you for this video. I’m a newbie and struggling to have those calendar parts/springs back in place. Unfortunately ,you cut some moments of those parts reassemble . Any chance of having your help with some photos or a service manual? Anyway, greetings from Rio- Brazil!
@@VintageWatchServices Well, I achieved to put that in place but noticed that discs were spinning only manually…tried to tighten the cannon pinion and broke it! That’s it ☹️ Thank you for your reply.
Thanks James! I believe vintage watches shouldn't be refinished unless they're really damaged and the case isn't really that bad in real life. Secondly, the plating on the watch is very thin and going through a whole re-plating is a bit too much for a watch of this value. So that's why this one stays at it is :)
Hello! I need your help if it's possible . I have to repair an IWC SAV 74A with broken pivot at the balance, where do you thing I can find something like this? Thank you
Hello Tiberiu, that's not the most common calibre to work on, sounds very cool. Not the broken pivot part of course :) There are a few Facebook groups where you can ask for these parts, otherwise it's typically eBay... Your also habe some specialized websites such as scotchwatch.com but parts can get very expensive there...
Hello! I own a vintage GISA jumphour watch that unfortunately doesn't "jump" to the next hour. Are your services available? I'm located in the USA. Thanks!
Another superlative video. My days of having an 8 year old around were long ago but its almost time for act 2 with my eldest Grandson! Very 70's music goes with the watch just seems right. What breaking grease do you use on the barrel walls?
Hello Mark, thanks for watching and for your question! I only work on mechanical watches, I'm afraid, and don't have the testing equipment needed for electric, tuning fork or quartz watches. The f300 is a cool watch though 😎
@@VintageWatchServices Thank you for responding. Would you happen to know of a watch maker who does work on the f300? I would like to get mine running because it was my Father's. Thank you again for your time and response.
I am curious. I did receive a watch for my birthday in the late '60 of the previous century which had a similar readout of the time, i.e. without hands, but with these dials. As my parents were not really able to buy expensive gifts, I wonder it my watch was a Rodania or a lookalike. Any idea? Or, put another way: where these watches of Rodania in the late '60's affordable?
There were quite a few brands using this movement and thus the dial layout would have been very similar. They were affordable but not cheap. Then again, a Rolex was $100 back then...
I have been looking for info on a watch I got from my father, it is identical to that watch! but its from the brand Technos, and it has a golden case and red "face", how can that be? Is it the same brand?
Hei Åsmund, thanks for watching! A lot of brands made similar looking watches with the same movement inside. The movement maker, Tenor-Dorley, provided a lot of these to jumping hour watches from various brands, so the dials often look similar. It's a cool style!
I have a similar jumper style watch but mine is a manual wind that is stamped Ilona LTD and the dial is marked Andre Rivalle The case is almost identical in size and shape. I received it in a lot of used watches that I bought for the Seiko movements that were in it. I found this watch intriguing but I have no real interest in servicing it. It runs but the neither disc moves.
8-year-old: Every online watchmaker should have one! (Your son and the Nekkid Watchmaker’s “Trouble.”) Fingers: I was too polite to ask but wanted to know. Is that a slice of potato you stuck some gears on?
Fun and little known fact; UA-cam requires online watchmakers to have a curious son aged between 5 and 9, and you get bonus points if he's 8 😉 I think you're referring to a pithwood button? It is the core of an old tree/bush that is quite soft and soaks up liquids very well.
I facet and cab in the basement, it's not "Papa sort les ordures" it's more like "papa tu peux sortir la lessive?" I have to move the washer dryer somewhere else. I saw a similar Yema for sale on eBay it had a similar jump hour layout and square case, I wonder what's the movement inside I should have bought it, winning bid was like 96 euros... 😓
Hello Alexander, thanks for your comment! No, I don't think this watch should be polished. Firstly, I believe vintage watches shouldn't be polished unless they're really damaged and the case isn't really that bad in real life. Secondly, the plating on the watch is very thin and going through a whole re-plating is a bit too much for a watch of this value.
Привет, Александр, спасибо за комментарий! Нет, я не думаю, что эти часы нужно полировать. Во-первых, я считаю, что винтажные часы не следует полировать, если они действительно не повреждены, а в реальной жизни корпус не так уж и плох. Во-вторых, покрытие на часах очень тонкое, и полное повторное покрытие - это слишком много для часов такого качества.
@@VintageWatchServices Спасибо за ответ мой друг!!! Ну не знаю, мне часы понравились визуально!!! И вообще я считаю что ваша работа это не работа, это искусство!!! Лайк
I know your not much into case restoration, but that one could really use it imo. Some of those nasty scratches really take away from the presentation.
I recall at the time thinking that these type of watches are extremely ugly. However, people might be more inclined to comment on my watch if I were to wear one of these. Ever seen "Rumpole of the Bailey" & she who must be obeyed?
Hello Pablo, I've also had a somewhat ambivalent relationship with jumping hour watches, but they are very cool to see in action :) Never saw those shows, no, don't think they were widely distributed outside the UK.
The movement is very interesting and it fits together almost like a pub puzzle however I'm not a fan of the dial setup I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to the face of a watch really can't blame the watch it was designed in the 70s they were all on cocaine
Garbage?. My daughter left Switzerland 16 years ago and recycling was in place then . The authorities checked that “foreigners” did their recycling by the rules.
The Swiss are indeed quite rule-bound and hilariously strict on recycling. I went to the dump with a bunch of old DVD's and had to separate them into five different recycling bins...
@@VintageWatchServices 1. Movies about roesti, pre-1970. 2. Movies about roesti, post-1970. 3. TV cooking shows about roesti. 4. Roesti documentaries. 5. Movies in which roesti unaccountably does not figure.
This is right up my alley, I love these unusual types of watches & unique designs. The only downside is that niggling little voice in the back of your mind that reminds you that finding a replacement crystal is going to be painful, so I'm much more careful when wearing them!
This is a much more practical watch that one with hands. It's like a G-Shock. No micro-seconds of brain power wasted on translating hand position into the time, it's displayed in a numeric fashion.
Nice job, I’ve just restore my first jump hour watch which uses a BFG movement and pin pallet, the pivots are only 0.4 thick and very hard to locate when fitting the bridge back on but I did it and got it working again and to be fair it’s running well for a 50 year old movement, I’ve been watching your videos for a few years and you definitely inspired me to have a go at watch tinkering thanks for that my friend you are definitely on the top table of watchmakers I so enjoy watching. 👏🍻👍🙏😉
Wit and wisdom! These jump hour watches are so cool now.
That dial is spectacular.
Hi John, thanks for your comment and I fully agree! It's a fabulous dial and a very cool watch :)
I have an old jump hour at home. A huge brass ingot with tiny little numbers behind a window. And it's a real jumper too, not a creeper. The balance moves, but it stops after a few beats. I must get around to having it serviced...
Loved that jump Tiaan. That was perfection, poetry in motion.. RE😀😀
Thank you 😁 Stian
I'm about to dissemble and service a jump hour so this is great to see. but... it was the moment at 6:15 that made me a subscriber. :) :)
Thanks Steven! 😁 Welcome aboard, more to come in the new year :)
The boss is the boss, nice intermission :)!
Yeah, I know my place in the hierarchy of life.
Great job done on the jump watch. Got a couple myself from eBay to fix.
Interesting watch. I've never heard of TD before this. So many makers disappeared when quartz arrived. and the survivors absorbed all the smaller guys. Nice to see you keeping them alive.
Thanks so much, Peter! It's a cool watch indeed and fun to see and work on.
Yet another brilliant video. So pleasing to hear and watch. Pure ZEN👏
Glad you enjoyed it, Prakash :) More to come in the new year!
Great looking from the 70s! Nice work sir
Thanks, Martin! More to come, so stay tuned :)
Super cool watch.
Nice video and some nice tips again! as many people as many solutions ! very interesting movement!
Thanks Tiberiu! I think it's a very cool watch but not everyone likes them.
Aaaah the 70s. Yes I remember them well. As a child I really did buy the line about flying cars. Great job again and very entertaining video as always.
Thanks Dave! Yep, we all thought we'd have silver jump suits and that we would eat food from tubes... I'm somewhat happy those things didn't pan out 😂
As usual, a fine service and another fine watch restored to its mechanical glory. That dial is gorgeous and the crystal polish just pops it again.
Thanks so much, Clay! Yes, the dial on this watch is fabulous and it's cool to see the hour jump :)
Really great to see a novel, unusual and interesting watch with the different display works. Thank-you.
Thanks Clive! I thought it was a very cool watch also and fun to work on :)
Very nice watch.
I have a Hudson Dynamic but it has a basic BFG 866 CLD Digital movement. Had to buy a new mainspring barrel as there is a clutch on the lid that becomes loose/worn with age.
One day I'll get around to swapping it. Not looking forward to manually winding in the mainspring though.
Thanks for watching! Don't delay until tomorrow what you can do today 😉
Like a throwing star bridge :) interesting one.
Exactly what my son said! 😂
@@VintageWatchServices haha 😀
Weirdly shaped watch with an oddball display. I guess I just don't have that 70s vibe any longer. Maybe because I just turned 70?
Always glad to see a new video on your channel!
It's a 70's watch for sure :) There were a lot of out there designs back then and this one fits in perfectly!
I don't know why I am always amazed how well the old glass comes back to life.
Always fun to see indeed! Restoration videos of absolutely any item are very popular on UA-cam...
Looks like the 1978 TV we had.thanks for sharing.
Very cool! 😁
Beautiful work and awesome watch!
Thanks Jouko! It's a very cool watch indeed, and that dial is just gorgeous
Very different watch. Interesting. Good job as always. Let me know how the Apple Tree is doing. 😁👍🍏🍎 As always, looking forward to your next video.
Deal!
I remember my grandad giving me one of these
That's very cool to hear, Robert :)
Hi. Great video, as always. As a basic amateur, I like that you usually say the lubricants along with the assembly. Keep diversing the types of watch because it is a great policy. Cheers.
Thanks Carlos! There might even be a clock in the pipeline 😉
@@VintageWatchServices I know nothing about clocks. That would be great :)
Thank you for all your great videos. They are so entertaining and informative! I just received a very nice Buler 17j jump hour watch (with a date complication, which is not so easy to find!) that I bought off eBay. So far, I'm loving it, although I can't figure out how to set the date other than keep advancing the time forward. There's gotta be a better way. Anyway, I decided to re-watch your servicing of this Rodania to get at least some idea of how my own watch works. Amazing!
Thanks James! There isn't actually any other way to set the date than to flip through the hours, but that is luckily much faster on these watches than on ones with hands.
Thanks for your time to do this one any chance you could do one on changing the balance staff on a cylinder movement 👍?
Hello Blenny, thanks for your question and sorry for the late response. Changing the balance staff on a cylinder movement is not very likely to happen for quite a while, simply because there are few cylinder movements around and if I do find one the balance staff will most likely be in good enough condition anyway, otherwise it might not have been on the market. If I do find one I'll be sure to take a video of it though :)
thanks for a great video, i went right out and found one to work on...thanks for the inspiration!!!!!
Wow, that's really cool to hear, thanks for sharing, Benjamin !
Difficult to read the time, but a fascinating oddity. Part of me is impressed, part of me is saying, “what were they THINKING?”
😂 It's a cool watch but indeed different. They were pretty popular for a while and are very fun to wear!
and to think I recently passed on an one of these, it was a gorgeous maroon dial
Ah, that's a bummer, Alan. They're very cool and typically quite affordable. Don't miss the next one 😉
"And now for something completely different" You seem to have a deep supply of unique watches. Outside of the IWC Palweber, I've never seen a watch like this. Keep up your good work (sorry about your pool hands).
Thanks, Randy! You'll find these watches now and then and they're fun to wear. Typically absolutely affordable as well.
I didn’t know that these Nixon Jumper watches come in both spring wound, and battery 🔋 operated versions. Although the spring wound Nixon probably has a more complex movement than the battery operated version, it seems to rival over it. Batteries were a fortune 🔮 in newer day Nixon’s, not lasting for 3 to 4 months, total. They had 3 batteries, to drive each of the watch’s features. Minutes, hours, and date. I would not be surprised 😯 if some Nixon’s have a 4th feature, the day (and 4 batteries). That’s also 3 (or 4) electric motors that each battery is driving. Your friend, Jeff.
good review
This watch does have banking pins, but I've noticed that others you have worked on seem to use the pallet bridge for the "stops" needed for the pallet fork.
Hello Frank, sorry for the late reply, I've had my last week of vacation and was ordered by my wife to stay off the internet 😂 The pallet fork needs something to stop it, and the old way of doing that is with banking pins. Modern machining techniques make it easier to build the banking into other parts, indeed most often the pallet cock/bridge. But something has to stop the pallet fork!
Nice. Very different inside.
Thanks Kev! Yes, it's a very different way to display the time and cool to see :)
Invicta has one with a NH35A automatic movement in it for under a hundred dollars.
如果表壳再重新抛光一下就更加完美了❗🎉
Super watch sir
Thanks Covai!
Fantastic
Thanks Baba !
Jeez, this is a jumping hour AND date. If it's A. Lange that is to release this one such as the Zeitwerk, it's gonna be 50k USD ish. Didn't know we had such complications in 70s'.
They were very popular for a while and are very cool to wear :) And yes, a Lange version would cost your shirt (but also be slighly nicer finished) 😁
Just a general question from another video and not about the watch in this video . . .
On Omega movements with copper plating, why don't they oxidize? Are they coated with something?
Hello Frank, that's a good question and I'm not an expert on this, so if anyone else has a better answer I might also learn something! From what I know, the plating is so thin that it wouldn't oxidize itself and it actually works as protection against corrosion of the underlying brass. When you for instance see gold plated watches with oxydation on them, it's actually the underlying metal that is oxydated, not the plating. With electroplating the plated layer is very thin but also uniform, so it covers the underlying metal well from contact with air.
Thanks, Stian. I appreciate your replies. You da man!
Hope you enjoyed your vacation. I look forward to your upcoming videos.
My hands are way too shaky to ever consider doing watch repair. But I'm fascinated by it and have watched a lot of the videos out there. I've watched yours, also those from Mark Lovick and others. I was inspired to finally get an automatic watch.
Best wishes, keep up the great work!
Haa, the wonderful seventies, the good old days. Last week I was tempted to buy a nice Rodania on a flea market for € 8.00. Unfortunately, the bracelet was way too small to fit my wrist, so I had to pass.
You could always get a new bracelet/strap! €8 for a Rodania might be worth it 😁
Fantastic video!
I have this very watch in gold plate.
Sadly, it stopped working just recently.
Do you offer watch repair services?
Thanks for watching! No, I'm afraid I don't offer servicing but you can send me a mail to info@vintagewatchservices.eu and I might be able to put you in contact with someone who does
What brand of tweezers are you using? I can't find them. Thanks very much enjoy your work.
I use tweezers from Regine, you can get them directly from them by sending a mail to info@regine.ch
This system of the star wheels is still used by the Chinese in their "perpetual calendars": On the 31th of the moth follows the 32, 33,...39! But I love these digital watches and still remember that they were very cool.
I think they're still cool! 😎
I love this watch and I’ve never seen a movement like that, so different! I have a jumper and I really enjoyed servicing it, brought back good memories! What lubricant do you use on the bottom of your barrels, and do you use the same for manual as well as auto? I do use braking grease on the side for autos. Thanks Stian!
Hello Boyd, It's a very cool movement! I use 8300 or 8200 for the barrel and Klueber for the walls.
Hi! Thank you for this video. I’m a newbie and struggling to have those calendar parts/springs back in place. Unfortunately ,you cut some moments of those parts reassemble . Any chance of having your help with some photos or a service manual? Anyway, greetings from Rio- Brazil!
Hello Sergio, thanks for watching ! I don't have any photos of this I'm afraid. The best place for tech sheets is watchguy.co.uk
@@VintageWatchServices Well, I achieved to put that in place but noticed that discs were spinning only manually…tried to tighten the cannon pinion and broke it! That’s it ☹️
Thank you for your reply.
Intresting, did need a case re finish tho imho
Thanks James! I believe vintage watches shouldn't be refinished unless they're really damaged and the case isn't really that bad in real life. Secondly, the plating on the watch is very thin and going through a whole re-plating is a bit too much for a watch of this value. So that's why this one stays at it is :)
@@VintageWatchServices Roger that, the macro is meciless tho isn't it?
Hello! I need your help if it's possible . I have to repair an IWC SAV 74A with broken pivot at the balance, where do you thing I can find something like this? Thank you
Hello Tiberiu, that's not the most common calibre to work on, sounds very cool. Not the broken pivot part of course :) There are a few Facebook groups where you can ask for these parts, otherwise it's typically eBay... Your also habe some specialized websites such as scotchwatch.com but parts can get very expensive there...
@@VintageWatchServices Thank you , it's a start, I almost gone crazy when discovered at microscope that fault, it's a beauty!
Hello!
I own a vintage GISA jumphour watch that unfortunately doesn't "jump" to the next hour.
Are your services available?
I'm located in the USA.
Thanks!
Hi, you can send me a mail to stian@vintagewatchservices.eu, then I can see what I can help with
Suggest you get a diffuser gel for your LED lights.
Hello Max, thanks for the suggestion. I noticed the reflection also, so will think of that.
13:24 Was that a Monkey Island 2 reference?! Respect!!!
Thanks for watching! Sorry to disappoint, but it was a rather lacking rendition of a nursery rhyme 😂
Another superlative video. My days of having an 8 year old around were long ago but its almost time for act 2 with my eldest Grandson! Very 70's music goes with the watch just seems right.
What breaking grease do you use on the barrel walls?
Thanks for your comment! There are various grease that work just fine, but I mostly use Kluber 125.
Sir, do you work on Omega f300s?
Hello Mark, thanks for watching and for your question! I only work on mechanical watches, I'm afraid, and don't have the testing equipment needed for electric, tuning fork or quartz watches. The f300 is a cool watch though 😎
@@VintageWatchServices Thank you for responding. Would you happen to know of a watch maker who does work on the f300? I would like to get mine running because it was my Father's.
Thank you again for your time and response.
I am curious. I did receive a watch for my birthday in the late '60 of the previous century which had a similar readout of the time, i.e. without hands, but with these dials. As my parents were not really able to buy expensive gifts, I wonder it my watch was a Rodania or a lookalike. Any idea? Or, put another way: where these watches of Rodania in the late '60's affordable?
There were quite a few brands using this movement and thus the dial layout would have been very similar. They were affordable but not cheap. Then again, a Rolex was $100 back then...
I have been looking for info on a watch I got from my father, it is identical to that watch! but its from the brand Technos, and it has a golden case and red "face", how can that be? Is it the same brand?
Hei Åsmund, thanks for watching! A lot of brands made similar looking watches with the same movement inside. The movement maker, Tenor-Dorley, provided a lot of these to jumping hour watches from various brands, so the dials often look similar. It's a cool style!
@@VintageWatchServices Thanks for replying, just found this channel! You have gotten a new subscriber, keep up the good work!
!What was the quartz war? You mention it often?
Hello Peter, there's a video here that goes into it in quite some detail: ua-cam.com/video/HF9ZvXs5LD8/v-deo.html
I have a similar jumper style watch but mine is a manual wind that is stamped Ilona LTD and the dial is marked Andre Rivalle The case is almost identical in size and shape. I received it in a lot of used watches that I bought for the Seiko movements that were in it. I found this watch intriguing but I have no real interest in servicing it. It runs but the neither disc moves.
You should open it and have a look! Most of the time there are simple issues making watches not run properly, typically only lots of dirt.
8-year-old: Every online watchmaker should have one! (Your son and the Nekkid Watchmaker’s “Trouble.”)
Fingers: I was too polite to ask but wanted to know.
Is that a slice of potato you stuck some gears on?
Fun and little known fact; UA-cam requires online watchmakers to have a curious son aged between 5 and 9, and you get bonus points if he's 8 😉
I think you're referring to a pithwood button? It is the core of an old tree/bush that is quite soft and soaks up liquids very well.
Those hands musta been a bear to get off... (Whata card)
Digital watches knocked them on the head
Well, this one has a digital display 😉 But yeah, quartz killed the company making this movement and many of the watches with them.
No body disturbs me when watchmaking, except for our cat! he's not got the message and probably won't.
Cats have no bosses 😎
@@VintageWatchServices So I noticed LOL
I facet and cab in the basement, it's not "Papa sort les ordures" it's more like "papa tu peux sortir la lessive?"
I have to move the washer dryer somewhere else.
I saw a similar Yema for sale on eBay it had a similar jump hour layout and square case, I wonder what's the movement inside I should have bought it, winning bid was like 96 euros... 😓
The movement was likely the same, not a lot of movement makers made this kind :)
מנגנון יפה עבודה יפה הסבר יפה
Thanks so much!
А чего корпус не заполировал???
Hello Alexander, thanks for your comment! No, I don't think this watch should be polished. Firstly, I believe vintage watches shouldn't be polished unless they're really damaged and the case isn't really that bad in real life. Secondly, the plating on the watch is very thin and going through a whole re-plating is a bit too much for a watch of this value.
@@VintageWatchServices Я не понимаю по английски
Привет, Александр, спасибо за комментарий! Нет, я не думаю, что эти часы нужно полировать. Во-первых, я считаю, что винтажные часы не следует полировать, если они действительно не повреждены, а в реальной жизни корпус не так уж и плох. Во-вторых, покрытие на часах очень тонкое, и полное повторное покрытие - это слишком много для часов такого качества.
@@VintageWatchServices Спасибо за ответ мой друг!!! Ну не знаю, мне часы понравились визуально!!! И вообще я считаю что ваша работа это не работа, это искусство!!! Лайк
Большое спасибо, это очень мило с вашей стороны :) Еще впереди, так что следите за обновлениями!
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I know your not much into case restoration, but that one could really use it imo. Some of those nasty scratches really take away from the presentation.
I recall at the time thinking that these type of watches are extremely ugly. However, people might be more inclined to comment on my watch if I were to wear one of these. Ever seen "Rumpole of the Bailey" & she who must be obeyed?
Hello Pablo, I've also had a somewhat ambivalent relationship with jumping hour watches, but they are very cool to see in action :)
Never saw those shows, no, don't think they were widely distributed outside the UK.
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Thanks Steve!
The movement is very interesting and it fits together almost like a pub puzzle however I'm not a fan of the dial setup I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to the face of a watch really can't blame the watch it was designed in the 70s they were all on cocaine
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Garbage?. My daughter left Switzerland 16 years ago and recycling was in place then . The authorities checked that “foreigners” did their recycling by the rules.
My friend married a Swiss man and the ladies in her Geneva neighborhood told her to stop vacuuming on Sundays.
The Swiss are indeed quite rule-bound and hilariously strict on recycling. I went to the dump with a bunch of old DVD's and had to separate them into five different recycling bins...
I'm quite sure this is a watch channel and not a lesson in the ethics on recycling
@@VintageWatchServices 1. Movies about roesti, pre-1970. 2. Movies about roesti, post-1970. 3. TV cooking shows about roesti. 4. Roesti documentaries. 5. Movies in which roesti unaccountably does not figure.
@@blenny47 You must also be Swiss! ;-)
Not a fan of the watch design, but that face is awesome. I can certainly appreciate the movement design, but jumper watches not for me.
Thanks for watching, Stuart! The dial color is really beautiful, and although jumpers is not for everyone it's very cool to work on :)
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👍 Advice well taken, sir. 😂