It Took Me One Year To Finish This Restoration
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- I’m restoring a Movado wristwatch equipped with an automatic movement calibre 608. The watch is from the 1960s.
The watch suffers water damage and heavy wear. The case has no shape at all and the gold plating is damaged. It took me one year to finish this restoration. A lot of parts were rusty and had to be cleaned or replaced. I made one step forward and two backwards until I got all parts done. Finally I was able to finish the restoration of this lovely Movado wristwatch.
So here we are. Let's see what we can do.
Hope you enjoy the restoration 😊
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 Opening the case back
00:44 Removing the hands
01:16 Removing automatic device module
01:51 Testing
02:00 Disassembling the movement
04:24 Cleaning
04:31 Restoring the case and case back
07:40 Gold plating the case
08:55 Satin finishing the case back
09:13 Assembling the movement
14:54 Professionally cleaned and refreshed dial
15:10 Polishing the crystal
16:24 Restoring the hands
17:23 Final steps
17:55 The most beautiful movement
18:08 Show off + thank you for watching
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#restoration #watchmaking #movado - Розваги
I restored this wristwatch. The watch suffers water damage and heavy wear. The case has no shape at all and the gold plating is totally damaged. It took me one year to finish this restoration. A lot of parts were rusty and had to be cleaned, repaired or replaced. I made one step forward and two backwards until I got all parts done. The huge challange was to reshape and restore the case without damage it. Finally I was able to finish the restoration of this lovely watch.
Here we are... enjoy watching 😊
Please turn comment on!
I have NOS EPSA cases that may would fit if you wanted. Same shape.
Indeed a year well spent. It is an heirloom quality timepiece in which to be proud. This was more a resurrection, than a restoration. Well done.
Thank you so much for kind words and watching.
Have a great day ☺️
Wow, I am absolutely impressed by your dedication and skill in restoring this vintage piece! It's clear that you put a tremendous amount of effort and care into bringing it back to life, and the results speak for themselves. Your attention to detail and craftsmanship are truly remarkable, and it's clear that you have a deep appreciation for the history and value of the timepiece. It's people like you who help preserve the legacy of these beautiful and timeless pieces, and I have no doubt that your restoration work will be appreciated for many years to come. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing your talents with the world! ❤❤
You made my day…. Thank you for kind words. I appreciate it 😊
Have a great day
Wonderful restoration on a very cool watch. Really appreciate your patience and usual high level of film and editing work
Thank you very much ☺️
Have a nice day
As soon as I see a lapping wheel in a watch restoration video I see commitment to getting it done correctly. Well done. 🤌
Wow, thank you 😊
Really classy watch and the results made the one year timeframe more than worth it. Thanks for the terrific video.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching and kind words ☺️
Beautiful restoration…
Thank you very much ☺️ cheers
Compliments to you, a beautiful restoration result on a beautiful old 1960's Movado watch 👍 Greetings from Australia
Thank very much for kind words.
Have a grate day
It looks really nice because I REALLY LIKE SQUARE shaped watches, which it was Automatic it would be perfect. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching 😊
nice work
Thank you ☺️
Good job.Thanks
Thank you for watching
Absolutely brilliant restoration! Patience is indeed a virtue, and so are expertise, dedication, perseverance and attention to detail. Thank you for sharing all of the above with us, and for again demonstrating that you are a master of your craft! 👏 👏 👏 👏
Thank you very much for kind words ☺️
Amazing movement!! Well.worth, the wait for a beautiful watch. You're truly a master at your craft! I absolutely loved watching watching.. Thanks for sharing..
Thank you very much 😊
amazing 100 % true artist !!
Thanks a lot ☺️
PERFEITO ! ÓTIMO SERVIÇO 👍👍 🇧🇷
Thank you ☺️
Good very good 👏👏🌹🍀🍀
شكرا بسام ☺️
Gostei do restauro ficou perfeito parabens.
Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing, great work and beautiful watch. Although I personally would have kept the original dial and date ring. The "TEMPOMATIC" in particular had a really nice look on the old one.
Fair enough!
Thank you for watching ☺️
Fantastico restauro…complimenti
Thank you 🙏
,pour mois c'est l'air sa fait plaisir d'avoir les belles montre ⌚ merci
Thank you for watching ☺️
Have a nice day
Bom dia para todos os amigos do canal, nossa que manutenção sensacional, o relógio ficou como se tivesse saído da linha de montagem da fábrica, o amigo relojoeiro é um excelente artesão, parabéns e um fraternal abraço desde Morrinhos, sul de Goiás na região centro oeste brasileira, Deus seja louvado.
Wow ☺️ Thank you for kind words. I appreciate it.
Have a grate day
Super!
Thank you! Cheers!
No question this project up an octave but still well in range, no Kidding aside…
Целый год думать о этих часах ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much for watching ☺️
Looks great at the end, thanks I enjoyed. Just curious about the dial, is the dial at the end a replacement or did you have someone restore/clean the original dial?
The dial was professionally refreshed but is the same dial.
Thank you for watching ☺️
Great restoration and videography again.. Thanks for sharing your skills and time.. 👍👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
What did you use to clean, polish the dial hands? Awesome video
Polishing compound: Menzerna M5 Super Finish (Dry) for the watch hands. The dial was refreshed professionally by specialized company.
Thank you for watching ☺️
Muchos aciertos en este excelente trabajo felicidades. Solo 2 cosas no me gustaron los números del fechador son más pequeños que el original y la palabra tempomatic también está más pequeña y en diferente tipografía. Por lo demás una excelente resucitación de una gran bella pieza y con un trabajo muy cuidado.
Salú2 desde Puebla México.
Thank you for watching ☺️
Have a nice day
Hello! Could you tell me please what watch movement is pictured in your UA-cam channel’s profile photo? It is absolutely stunning!! So much beautiful metal work. I think one of the techniques used for decorating the movement is called “damaskeen?” (at least in the U.S.). Keep up the great work!!
This movement is a Buren calibre 1321 equipped with 30 jewels.
It is an artifact of history and innovation, dating from 1962 and has automatic micro rotor and date indication. It is only 3.2mm thick ☺️
It is also the base of the iconic Breitling calibre 11, the Chronomatic/project 99 Consortium uniting Heuer-Léonidas SA, Léon Breitling SA, Hamilton-Büren and chronograph specialist Dépraz & Co. This joint-venture conceived the Calibre 11 (or Chronomatic, depending on the brand using the movement), a modular construction based on a micro-rotor Buren movement and a Dépraz chronograph mechanism.
A Master engraver located in Germany engraved it for me, and both of us built after that a Breguet looking dial and and watch case.
This watch is unique and limited to one out of one worldwide 🤗
@@MagicWatchmaking - Thank you so much for your reply!!
Great job! How come you changed the balance complete?
The old balance is bent/damaged and I think it‘s not original. Thats why I replaced with original one. Thank you for watching 😊
@@MagicWatchmaking Thanks!
Awesome restoration to a beautiful watch
If i may ask whats the strap price ?
Thank you so much ☺️
The strap costs are 42 Euro.
@@MagicWatchmaking Thank you for your reply, loving your videos
Exellent job
Thank you 🙏
Var olasın abi
Thank you ☺️
Resource for dial refinishing? Can’t find one
Where are you at home. Europe?
Se posso chiederti…chi stampa così bene i dial?
A company in Germany. They have done grate job. Thank you for watching ☺️
Bende geleyim yanına saatci olarak istersen
How much?
Not for sale.
thank for watching ☺️
Excellent sirvece but inter miediot wheel rong fitting
I believe you mean the setting wheel. I check it multiple times and for me everything looks correct.
Alora ma gay ahhhhhhh testa vota
Super nice work from you, very interesting to follow the work from scratch until the end. Thanks fpor saring this video, it ave me inspiration to restore two old Vacheron Constanine I have. I checked them up and ity's nothing special extra valuable, so I will take the risk to for the first time in my life me myself restore one of the super-brands of the world (V.C. for sure is one of the five supoer brands... AP, Breguet, JLC, Patek and Vacheron (no, I don't see Rolex as a super brand)
Thank for sharing and kind work. Good luck for your restoration project.
Have a great day
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