Restoration of a Vintage Longines Mechanical Swiss Watch - Manual work - 1970s - ASMR
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2021
- In this video I make a restoration of a Vintage Longines Swiss Mechanical watch, all done by hand, ASMR and no talking. It's a mechanical watch and it's from the beginning of 1970 with a caliber 428 movement. This watch seems to have been left alone with a missing jewel part and it seems there is no oil in it! Maybe a watchmaker had its reasons to just leave it.
In this restoration I do manual polishing and cleaning of the watch, everything is manually done by hand. This watch movement has 17 jewels and it has shock protection. It’s a manual hand wind movement (you wind it via the crown to give it power).
Longines is a well known company that is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Its winged hourglass logo, which was registered in 1889, is the oldest unchanged yet still active registered trademark [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longines].
This vintage Longines watch was very clean when I opened it but it didn't have any oil in it. And one major problem was that the whole chanton with its cap jewel was gone under the balance wheel. This resulted in a very erratic ticking.
After the restoration the Longines watch works fine, It's about +7 seconds to fast over a day which is stated by the timegrapher. When tested in different positions this could vary a bit but it was always around +/- 10 seconds per day. I think that's very good for a 50 year old watch.
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In this video:
-Disassembly of the watch and check for problems along the way
-Inspection of all parts if they are worn or broken via the microscope
-Manual cleaning, I do this with Rodico (Bergeon), some toothpicks, pegwood. Then let all parts be in bensin and later a double bath of IPA (Isopropyl alcohol). After the IPA batch I blow all parts with air until they are totally dry. The pallet fork gets a bensin bath the Epilame treatment, balance wheel will only be cleaned with bensin.
-Watch casing manual polishing with 2000 grit paper so you don't cut any angles of the steel of the watch. Then cloth polishing to just lay down those high spikes in the metall so the surface will be more shiny.
-Sanding the watch glas and then polishing with Polywatch
-Reducing the barrel arbor hole size with the staking tool
-Assembly and oiling all relevant parts
-Checking if the movement works fine and then checking it with the timegrapher
If you like the video, I’m very happy if you push the Like button and Subscribe (maybe put a comment?) to my channel, more videos will come! Take care and thank you for this time!
This is not a tutorial video, Im just a hobbyist and might do things incorrectly.
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My channel :
/ watcheyes
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Music:
"Art of Silence - by Uniq" is under a Creative Commons license (Creative Commons - International Recognition 4.0 - CC BY 4.0)
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This Longines from 1970 was an interesting project. First of all it was pretty clean inside, I could find a little bit of dried oil but pretty much there was no oil in it. And also a crucial part was missing, the jewel to the balance wheel. This is why the ticking was so uneven.
When the watch was finished restoring it turned out to be in very good condition. Not that much of wear could be seen in it. I guess it hasn't been used that much.
Thank you for watching, take care!
Are self taught?
@@aliwho yes
Good job, especially on the barrel bridge 👍🏻
Appreciate it alot, thank you for watching my video and I'm glad you liked it! 😊
Thanks for bringing these back to life.
It is really appreciated !
Damn using your staking tool for a hand setter, Im impressed
Thank you for the wonderful video. The no-talking, music, ASMR approach is highly appreciated.
Hello Stewart, appreciate it alot that you liked the video and thanks for commenting also. I try to improve in every new video :)
Thank You !for teaching and making this more educational!
and not just another video only to watch..
Thank you!
A real professional job. The best watch restoration on youtube.
I'm very glad for your kind words Mike but I'm still a beginner =), but thank you, see you later!
Impressive work. Your patience makes me calm. Love the tools and your scetch for explaining the procedure. Got some pulse while grinding the glass. Nice when finished. 👍
Hallå Hans :), thank you very much Hans for checking in my new video. Great that you liked the sketch, it's a bit tricky to explain. Hehe yeah the glas can be a nervous moment. Thank you Hans, see you later here or at az :) Gott nytt år!
Now that was worth watching. Great job.
Hello Francis and I'm very glad that you liked the video and thought it was worth watching, appreciate it, thank you!
Who doesn't like hammer time? 👍 and paper planes! Nice job on the filming and over all production of the clip as well as the watch itself :).
Exactly :D. Thank you Yeti, great that you liked my clip, many thanks and see you later!
That was filmed very well. Thank you for your video.
Hi there Mark, I'm glad that you liked the video and for commenting, thank you!
Really enjoyed your presentation and skills, thanks for sharing them with us. 👍👏👏
Welcome to the channel Phillip, I appreciate your kind words alot, thank you!
Wonderful looking watch, great to watch your video bringing it back to life. Thanks
Cool watch
Good job on a very nice watch
Many thanks Stuart, happy that you liked it and thanks for commenting. See you!
Really is a beautiful watch!
I agree with you, thank you for watching and commenting, see you later on :)
after watching this video....
i think i need a staking set asap :)))
Hi there Bintang, haha yes they are very versatile :), thank you for watching and commenting, see you later!
so amazing the history circle and square watches of the past tells us and can find out many things and what might have happened to them inside from what's cleaned up
Nice video. Keep up the great work.
Good evening Steve, thank you so much 🙏 Glad you liked it! And thanks for commenting.
ÓTIMO TRABALHO PROFISSIONAL, VERY GOOD 👍👍👍 🇧🇷
Thank you once again Kleyton, happy that you also liked this video, see you later on.
Una restauración PERFECTA. us afectuoso saludo desde Barcelona Catalunya.
Un placer ver estos relojes
Estoy de acuerdo, agradable de ver y un placer trabajar en ello. ¡Gracias por comentar!
Snyggt jobbat!
Tack så mycket! Roligt att du gillade videon.
Thank you for the video, and all the explanations ! I’ve learned at least one reason why and how to use a staking tool …👍
Welcome to the channel Geo :). Thank you, glad I could help. 🙏
Perfect
Awesome =D enjoyed a bit of glögg to the restoration which made it even sweeter if thats possible ;)
Haha nice, I did some bubbel and julmust ;) Tack!
Fantastic work, really enjoyed this. What camera do you use for this? It's so detailed.
Hello Fraser and welcome to my channel :). Very glad that you liked it, thank you. I use a Sony A7s with sigma 70 mm macro, non macro is done with 16-50 mm sony. See you later.
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subscribed!!! you are like my favorite channel now. you gotta start shooting in 4K so we can see the shape of the dirt you remove!! 🤣 i'm sitting here with my bedtime snack, Greek blueberry yogurt, scoop of protein powder and on the side, sunflower seeds watching this; it's like an episode of Mission Impossible! 😥🤯😜you have one of the most unique skillsets i've ever seen. i mean, fuk, is there any watch you don't know how to disassemble, clean, restore (repair) and reassemble? 🤔😱😉 please keep making these videos, PLEASE!!!!! 🙏👍 k
Haha I'm very glad that you like my videos, sounds like a real movie night :D I will keep on, hope you will like it! Have a good evening, gonna take some protein powder now myself haha.
But sorry, no 4k yet, don't think it will make a huge difference asany watches this on there phone but we'll see further on :)
Reminds me of a more modern Cartier "Tank"
Hehe yes but a bit thicker, thank you for commenting :)
I just wonder how he remembers which parts come one after another
Hello ! How much did you charge for this job ? Nice vidéo keep up the good work !
Hi there Ulysse, this is a private job so its my own watch, thank you, glad you liked it, happy new year!
👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Hello Giovanni, thank you for commenting and liking the video :)
What microscope are you using, please?
Bausch Lomb Stereo microscope
Amazing work! Curious, how come the inscriptions inside the watch are in English? I would expect them to be in French perhaps?
Hello Dmitriy, thank you, aha you mean the "jewel" inscription?
@@Watcheyes yep
Excellent video. But first you tapped the barrel bridge and made the hole small. Then you filed the hole gently so that the arbor will fit exactly. Am I right? Good technique rather than changing the barrel bridge which may not be available.
Hello Swaminathan. You are exactly right. You want it to be to small so when you expand it with this type of plain "cutter" (don't know English word for it) there's a plain wall in the hole and the arbor fits perfectly. Thank you for taking your time to watch the video!
@@Watcheyes Reamer.
@@douro20 Its called a smoothing broach, not reamer, reamer have cutting edge to it. I looked up the english Word for it now.
Why have you changed the barrel?
Hello Gatujo. I came over it pretty cheap all complete so I changed everything. Was a bit uncertain that the original barrel that said something like (cant remember now) "do not open". But I think you can change the spring in the original barrel also. But it was the same price for me so I changed it all. See you.
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You use AUTOSOL 8:28. Good choice.
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Thank you Alan, nice to see you here :)
Hi.i like your work superb...i want to repair my watch so where I contact you...
Hello there MILAAP, thank you very much, glad that you liked my work. Either here or by mail. But I learn everything online.
Can you restore an Seiko 6138b 0020? Tokei Zara it's a especial edition, I have one but I don't wanna go to any especially watch restoration. I want to make my self
Hej! Kul med en svensk kanal från en hobbyurmakare, liksom som jag. 😀 Ett tips som jag lärt mig den hårda vägen (du vet, den där när saker går sönder och man tänker;vilken idiot jag var!). Jag börjar alltid med att trycka dit cannon pinion före minuhjulet. Har man en tight Cannon pinion så kan man slå av en tand eller två på minuthjulet. Hänt mig. 😀
Hallå där, ja men vad skoj att du kikar in! Yes, jag insåg det när jag var där, jag fick ta det väldigt försiktigt =D. Men tack för tipset iaf! Vi ses.
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Many thanks Francisco, I'm glad that you liked it and commented.
Great job on the inside but bad on the outside.
Longines is a Swiss or French brand ?
Swiss :)
Sandpaper wasn't necessarily.
13:55 tiny gap is far from perfect.
haha staking tool… 😅 i’ve had that thought but seems like overkill.
Easy to use, quick and solid ;)
Hi Sir : what number of sandpaper for polish glass , and do you know benzene will cause cancer , we should not use the benzene ! Be saft ! Thank you
Hi Ben, nice to see you here. I use from 420, 400, 800 to 1000, then polish. Indeed, this is not Benzene, it's called Bensin i swedish and its gasoline or lighter fluid (chemical clean one). Thank you Ben, have a good day to you!
@@Watcheyes I see , it is gasoline not benzene .
you used 4 kinds of sand paper to polish the glass .
Does sand paper can be used on acrylic ?
I am very happy you gave me a reply , thanks !
By the way , are you living in British Sir ?
I am a Chinese Canadian from Toronto , my English is not good enough , hopefully you could understand what I am writing !
Take care and be safe during this pandemic situation !
@@benmak3283 Yes those ordinary sand pappers can be used on the acrylic glas, this was a acrylic glas in the video. I understand you very well, I didn't notice anything about your language. I'm not that smooth at English either :). Take care, stay safe! See you later.
@@Watcheyes Sir , you polished is acrylic not glass , I thought it is glass !
That means glass cannot be polished , right ?
@@benmak3283 Aha I see, yes it was plastic acrylic glas, my texting was not that clear. I haven't polished glass, will test in a future project :).
I'm always wondering what is the point of creating a square watch⁉ 🤔🤔🤔
Time is a dead god Shiva 🌷🌑👍 rest in the good news 💐 Okay bye
To much oil on pivots.
Очень плохо
У него все видео такие. Почистил механизм, поменял стекло и вроде это реставрация. Тупо деньги зарабатывает на просмотрах и всё.
Can you send me a vintage watch
I don't sell any, sorry :)