My teenage daughter Billie and I thank you for your excellent tutorial. As previously mentioned by another subscriber, techniques like this are rarely discussed in timepiece restoration videos. Billie is 3 years into watchmaking and is entirely self-taught. Because of her emotional problems she is home-schooled, but dedicates almost all her spare time studying and practising. One day she vows to become a master watchmaker and I have every faith in her. Best, Wendi UK 🌻
One thing no one shows is the impulse jewel's orientation during placement of the balance wheel. Or just before it's placed so that one can see what's going on with the rotation of the assembly just after the pivot is inserted into the lower jewel. Probably it's hard to film, though. However, your model is very helpful in understanding how it all works. So thanks for that.
wow. Ur video is simple amazing and interesting to me, I am a Zoologist i study animals from the smallest microbes under microscope to the biggest mammals like elephants and whales.. from childhood i have been fascinated about the winding time machines. Back was i was just about 3 yrs my uncle from London had brought a small winding watch just about 10 mm much smaller than a shirt button as a gift to my beloved Mom. I was marveled by this tiniest watch and after few years when i was in primary school I tried to touch the hairspring and balance wheel and I spoiled the watch and I felt very bad for it. once i reached about 27 yrs and started earning on my own I took it for many watch repairers but none said they could repair it, then I bought 2 HMT winding watches to my Mom and I reminded her of that old watch, she was very happy that I followed it up till this day. but I was never satisfied with the loss of that 10mm state of the art watch. Now I have a couple of designs and collections which am proud of...
Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your instuctional videos, they've been incredibly helpful to so many people, myself included . Your willingness to share the tips and tricks that you've gained over the years is a marvellous inspiration to those of use sometimes stuggling with the basics. Keep up the good work, you're a natural teacher.
Been watching most of your videos now over a month absolutely excellent content great teacher plenty of humour as well I have learnt so much !! Blessings from Sussex England 🏴
Thank you for your help ,I love older vintage watches ,that can currently be purchased at fairly low price,s many have broken balance wheels ,and only make economic sense if I can learn some basic watch maintenance myself , again many thanks I have learned some excellent tips watching you posts 🕛
Many thanks for this video. Placing balance wheel is the most difficult part for me. Recently I f-up balance wheel in one of the watches that I was trying to fix. Main issue: fork that is transferring power from rotor to the mainspring was broken. As this is cheap 'no name' Chinese movement, so there are no spare parts available on the market. I just removed broken parts creating manuall winding watch🤣. Unfortunately last bits of watch assembly were crucial. I broke balancing wheel by overly stretching the spring when manipulating in between the movment parts. Lesson learnt. Tips how to do this correctly: taken. Many thanks.
Thanks Kalle, great tip and timely (no pun intended) as I am just completing a watch and the balance is going in next. Love your gold nuggets of knowledge and enjoy the rest of the gang on the Channel. Take care all, see you on Tuesday. Cheers, Geoff 🇨🇦
This video --as are all the others-- was very clear and simple explaining how to reinstall the balance wheel. when doing this, does the position of the pallet fork (up or down) depend on whether the balance wheel bridge is going to be turned to the left or the right to be seated? Thanks for the great videos.
An excellent tutorial, am only just taking up watch repair as a hobby, extremely frustrating at times, and to date I find repositioning the balance wheel/spring very difficult. This video explains it well and simply
Great words of wisdom! Explanation done with confidence, yet with a sense of ease. Thanks for making watchmaking fun and rewarding through your videos.
Excellent tips here! Around 4:50 you say (I'm paraphrasing here) put the pivot in the hole. How do you see where the hole is since your view of it is obscured by the balance bridge, hairspring, and center of the balance wheel? Any tips for that?
Excellent. Do you have a vid on releasing the click? I screwed it up because the little u-shaped spring (the click?) jumped out from underneath and I had a hard time putting it back. Veele danke.
Thank you! I've done this only about 6 times so far, and I did find it to be a "fiddly" task but I'm going to take your advice here, and I _know_ it will get easier. I love my scope but there are a few tasks that are best done with a loupe. A motorized desk is really handy when I switch between my scope and my loupe.
Great video! Can you recognize wheter caliber has a free sprung balance or regular one just by online picture? Namely, i am inetested to know what kind of balance panerai p6000 has, some say regular, some free sprung.
I have tried and tried, I messed up two springs on a seiko 5 , the first one I dropped it, my fault but the second balance I tried many times to get the pivot in and catch the fork, I could not do it, then the tweezers slipped and messed the spring up. I can still practice with the one I have, I’m going to try your method, I have another donor watch on the way. Thanks for the great tips.
My teenage daughter Billie and I thank you for your excellent tutorial. As previously mentioned by another subscriber, techniques like this are rarely discussed in timepiece restoration videos. Billie is 3 years into watchmaking and is entirely self-taught. Because of her emotional problems she is home-schooled, but dedicates almost all her spare time studying and practising. One day she vows to become a master watchmaker and I have every faith in her. Best, Wendi UK 🌻
in the end give a big shake...
Good luck to Billie. I’m sure she’ll turn out a great watchmaker!
Amazing how easy it looks when you explain it!
Thank you very much!
Very true, from a 73 years old watchmaker, I have been in this trade all my life.
From Staffordshire UK
Wonderfully explained, 76 years old watchmaker from Hamburg, Germany👍
It is so much easier ...when you do it 😉
Thank you Kalle !
Another great video. I always learn something. thank you.
If only it was all as easy as you make it look. :)
Thank you so much for sharing this 🙌 I already bent a hairspring before 😅
One thing no one shows is the impulse jewel's orientation during placement of the balance wheel. Or just before it's placed so that one can see what's going on with the rotation of the assembly just after the pivot is inserted into the lower jewel. Probably it's hard to film, though.
However, your model is very helpful in understanding how it all works. So thanks for that.
My nemesis…. The balance placement. Now it looks much easier and can’t wait to try Kalle’s method !!
Great tips Kalle. Thank you. I'll try it on the next movement.😊
Very nice tip Kalle! I think the more valuable tip is to support your hand with your pinkie on the bench! Why didn't I ever think of that 😊
Fantastic. Thank you. No one ever explains how to actually do things properly
wow. Ur video is simple amazing and interesting to me, I am a Zoologist i study animals from the smallest microbes under microscope to the biggest mammals like elephants and whales.. from childhood i have been fascinated about the winding time machines. Back was i was just about 3 yrs my uncle from London had brought a small winding watch just about 10 mm much smaller than a shirt button as a gift to my beloved Mom. I was marveled by this tiniest watch and after few years when i was in primary school I tried to touch the hairspring and balance wheel and I spoiled the watch and I felt very bad for it. once i reached about 27 yrs and started earning on my own I took it for many watch repairers but none said they could repair it, then I bought 2 HMT winding watches to my Mom and I reminded her of that old watch, she was very happy that I followed it up till this day. but I was never satisfied with the loss of that 10mm state of the art watch. Now I have a couple of designs and collections which am proud of...
It's the little things that make the difference between frustration and...enjoyment. Keep the coming! Great Vid.
You are a great teatcher. When you explain it's making the "fiddling" work so mutch easery. 👍
Thank you so much, I spend ages trying to get the balance back in. Your video really helped
Professor coaching his students. Very clear in your thoughts and the way you explain things. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for your time and help I like what you doing ❤
Success. I completed 3 times to ensure it wasn't a fluke. Officially tricky like you said. Thank you
Just got into the hobby. Your videos are very helpful. This part of putting watch back together is still challenging for me.
This is great. UA-cam can hear your accent, the automatic subtitles come up as Dutch!
I really like when you share these techniques; as a beginner it is so great .Thank you.
Again, an incredible useful 5 minutes. Thanks!
Great advice for one in the trickiest part of the reassembly of the watch. thanks from Chile
You are so very generous to share this knowledge with us. Thanks.
Thanks again Kalle! Best explanation I have found yet
Good tips Kalle. It should help people getting started with the hobby.
Thank you, you have answer the question I have been trying to find the answer to for ages.
Excellent tutorial, thank you.
Brilliant ! Great video, full of helpful information. You make it look so easy ! Which it isn't 😟
Thank you Kalle. Can't wait to try your system.
U make it easier to understand us.... Thank u so much Sir 😊
Thanks Kalle. Excellent tutorial.
Extremely helpful thank you so much 5:13
Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your instuctional videos, they've been incredibly helpful to so many people, myself included . Your willingness to share the tips and tricks that you've gained over the years is a marvellous inspiration to those of use sometimes stuggling with the basics. Keep up the good work, you're a natural teacher.
Kalle, you explained this the best way possible. Great! 🎉☕️🍰🕐🍸🍸
Thanks for sharing great tips 😊👍
Thank you very much for the tip. I had hard time with it before. This should make it easier.
Most practical and informative advice on such a delicate procedure
I thank you sir.
Been watching most of your videos now over a month absolutely excellent content great teacher plenty of humour as well I have learnt so much !! Blessings from Sussex England 🏴
Awesome explanation, thank you. I learned something very useful today.
Wow ! The best explanation 👍👍👌👌
Thanks for sharing 👍🙏
Nice work mate, lovely experience watching it. Love it!
Very good video. Thank you!
Thank you for your help ,I love older vintage watches ,that can currently be purchased at fairly low price,s many have broken balance wheels ,and only make economic sense if I can learn some basic watch maintenance myself , again many thanks I have learned some excellent tips watching you posts 🕛
Thank you,Sir! You are big help on my watchworld! 👌👍☺️✌️🙏☀️
Just had my watch fixed amazing help . Thank you
Great tip Kalle!
As always Kalle, great tips!
Excellent, what stopping you to 1080p videos.
That was a great video! I have yet to try it and would have probably messed it up without your instruction. Thank you!
Very helpful, I will give that a try. Thanks Kalle.
Thank you Kalle!
You are the king 👑
Wow, it is so easy. Earlier, I could not do it properly & the hair spring tangled.
Many thanks for this video. Placing balance wheel is the most difficult part for me. Recently I f-up balance wheel in one of the watches that I was trying to fix. Main issue: fork that is transferring power from rotor to the mainspring was broken. As this is cheap 'no name' Chinese movement, so there are no spare parts available on the market. I just removed broken parts creating manuall winding watch🤣. Unfortunately last bits of watch assembly were crucial. I broke balancing wheel by overly stretching the spring when manipulating in between the movment parts. Lesson learnt. Tips how to do this correctly: taken. Many thanks.
Thanks Kalle.
The one and only way for sure..... 😊
Very nicely explained! Thank you.
I am Pakistani and this method of yours isvery good forme and it will be easy for me to work further INSHAALLAH THANKS
Very good tips, thanks Kalle
Any help and small tips are welcome. Have two "projects" on the table and I suspect that the balance wheel is the culprit in both cases. 😀
Simple and clear - thank you!
Great tips, very easy and understandable. Never heard this so short and concise although i watched a lot of service videos already
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Learnt new thing today, thank you
Excellent video. I’ll be implementing these suggestions
Thanks Kalle, great tip and timely (no pun intended) as I am just completing a watch and the balance is going in next. Love your gold nuggets of knowledge and enjoy the rest of the gang on the Channel. Take care all, see you on Tuesday.
Cheers,
Geoff 🇨🇦
This video --as are all the others-- was very clear and simple explaining how to reinstall the balance wheel.
when doing this, does the position of the pallet fork (up or down) depend on whether the balance wheel bridge is going to be turned to the left or the right to be seated?
Thanks for the great videos.
Brilliant, thank-you.
Best video ,. Thanks for sharing
Very well explained with absolutely best tips ever ❤❤
Lots of love & regards, do we also need a drink while setting it up?
You are a wonderful teacher!
Thanks so much!! Clear explanation, easy to understand for me as a beginner! Great job!!
Thank you so much Sir ❣️
Great video!
Please upload a video that shows the arrangement of gears in the moment of watch with centre second hand.
Very good video thanks
An excellent tutorial, am only just taking up watch repair as a hobby, extremely frustrating at times, and to date I find repositioning the balance wheel/spring very difficult. This video explains it well and simply
Many thanks, explained it very well.
Cheers. Thank you.
I’ve watched this video a dozen times. Confident I’ll get it installed eventually. 😂
Another great tips. Thanks
Great words of wisdom! Explanation done with confidence, yet with a sense of ease. Thanks for making watchmaking fun and rewarding through your videos.
Great tips.
very interesting and clear instructions.
Nou Kalle, de eerste video die ik van je zag had ik nog nooit een horloge aangeraakt. Nu heb ik een draaibank staan😂 Bedankt he 💸
Excellent work, thank you well done!
Excellent tips here! Around 4:50 you say (I'm paraphrasing here) put the pivot in the hole. How do you see where the hole is since your view of it is obscured by the balance bridge, hairspring, and center of the balance wheel? Any tips for that?
Excellent. Do you have a vid on releasing the click? I screwed it up because the little u-shaped spring (the click?) jumped out from underneath and I had a hard time putting it back. Veele danke.
Thank you!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤
Thankyou for your video 😀from uk
Excellent video! Techniques like this are rarely mentioned in most popular restoration videos you find on UA-cam. Keep up the amazing content!
Thank you! I've done this only about 6 times so far, and I did find it to be a "fiddly" task but I'm going to take your advice here, and I _know_ it will get easier. I love my scope but there are a few tasks that are best done with a loupe. A motorized desk is really handy when I switch between my scope and my loupe.
Nice video ! Tell me there is the same about bridges
Fantastic! Thank you very much.
👏 Thank you.
Great video! Can you recognize wheter caliber has a free sprung balance or regular one just by online picture? Namely, i am inetested to know what kind of balance panerai p6000 has, some say regular, some free sprung.
I have tried and tried, I messed up two springs on a seiko 5 , the first one I dropped it, my fault but the second balance I tried many times to get the pivot in and catch the fork, I could not do it, then the tweezers slipped and messed the spring up. I can still practice with the one I have, I’m going to try your method, I have another donor watch on the way. Thanks for the great tips.