Leaderboard

I see your point Clockboy but it is a private company and ultimately we don't have to use them. What really effs me off is when some faceless undeserving **BLEEP** (who would not get employment in the private sector) gets a huge pay-off from the public sector which we have to pay for - questions asked but none answered!

Thanks for the kind words guys. Geo, you are spot on. I was on a whole new level of feeling awesome when I finished :D Unfortunately, as nice as it looks I don't own the rest of the watch and I am dubious as to if the dial is genuine. I just do not know enough about the Breitling Chronomat Evolution that this belongs too? No matter, I paid roughly half of what a 7750 is currently fetching so with the added enjoyment of servicing the movement...I'm quids in! Just for added awesomeness, before I started this barely ran for more than 1-2 minutes with a really low amplitude, so I am definitely doing something right. Cheers.

Just a quick video to show my method of re-aligning the hairspring on the balance staff correctly after prior removal, just in case you have not marked or noted where the stud is before removal. Hope it's helpful to someone :) Watch here...

Spot on Geo. There are lots of these scams a neighbour sold an item on eBay and the next day received a message from the purchaser asking for my neighbours PayPal details. To cut the story short my neighbour contacted eBay and it was as suspected another scam and the sellers account was removed from eBay. Whilst on the subject of scams passwords are not as secure as you would like to think. I have a good friend who amongst many things is a Sage consultant/expert and one of the companies he was doing work for had dismissed the guy who used to do all their sage work and when he left he also left with the password. Yep know one else in the company knew the password. The work around in the end was a company in the USA was contacted and they cracked the password for $100 in 30 mins. I was reliably told there is software out there in the Pirate world that can crack passwords up to 14 digits. If guys can hack into the Whithouse computers what chance do we have!!! Spooky

Hi Bob, looking at your George Stockwell, it looks a lot like the Rebberg movements used in early Rolexes. the finishing on the plates, the shape of the stud holder on the balance cock. Do a search for 'rebberg watch' in Google images.. don't be focussed on the shape of the bridges, instead look at the placement of pivots, relative to the other stuff, ie ratchet wheel, stem. unfortunately not too much info exists on Rebberg movements on the net.. Anil

I was sure you guys would be switched on with regard this. If ithis post saves one getting their fingers burnt it was worth it.

Nice movement - and a good find. I always find it interesting how makers use different movements for their watches over the years. Here's my Caravelle for contrast - quite a different movement.

Sorry for the late reply. This is a regular end-stone set in the cap.. they can be a bit tricky to replace. First the old one is extracted with a jeweling tool such as a Seitz or favorite. Then the rubover is spread with another different type of jeweling tool, the new stone is set in place and then another type of jeweling tool is used to rub the metal back over, securing the jewel in place in a similar manner as jewellers will set cabochons. This is a rub-over jeweling set: This is for spreading: This is for rubbing back over: When spreading the metal or rubbing back over, use plenty of clock oil or D5 to lubricate the tool end (contain yourself Geo).