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Just uploaded this one. I hope it is helpful to some.

Surprisingly the two old farts in the company were the last men standing each night and talking rubbish till the wee small hours in the residents bar over a treble Jamesons. You should have seen the state of the young chaps each morning and we were ok. The moral is stick to Guinness until the end. Cheers, Vic

Mark, How about a spoof video on how to fix an apple watch you can then cut to the tools needed, just one, a muckle great big sledgehammer :crazysmile: Cheers, Vic

Here is my $50 pivot drill. And here is another drilling tool for a wide range of pivot sizes.

Not too sure about alum, I believe there are steel components in this crown assembly. It would be hard to keep the alum away from the parts you don't want damaged. The internal spring would probably get hurt in the process. As a last ditch effort before I give up and order a new one, I would gently file away the edges or shoulders of the crown, exposing a bit of the broken stem. 0.5mm should be enough to give you something to grip and turn. Applying some localized heat will help. You will need to find a way to hold the post at the tip, if you just hold the crown you may damage the whole assembly. Anil

Its about how the watch makes you feel, if you enjoy it then it matters not a dot what anyone else thinks :) Personally i like it ( and i am a big omega fan ), and if it keeps good time then all the better. The original watch may be long gone but even trying to replicate it would still not make it original so enjoy the watch as it is, theres nothing wrong with a re-case if it means a decent movement can live on :)

Damn, that's a nice setup. I've recently begun working on building another one to replace my current.

Hi Lawson, generally an all original watch in decent nick will see higher prices then a refurbished one..but I would like to raise these points. 1. Lume degrades and pieces will fall off into the watch. Not good. As lume is relatively easy to replace (on hands at least!) and it can be matched to the appear as "aged" as the dial I would consider this a worthwhile 'repair'. Re-luming dials rarely turn out well. 2. On chronographs, the hands, especially the seconds counter, take a lot of punishment. After a while (after several overhauls) the hand tube becomes loose. The only solution is new hands. 3. Crowns are supposed to be a 'consumable' and need periodic replacement if you want to retain its water-tightness. All those branded used watch crowns you see on ebay were probably removed by a watchmaker years ago and are now finding a second life but these should only be for cosmetic purposes. Of course if you just want to keep it 'as is', safe and secure you dont have to do any of the above but for something you would wear frequently it may avoid further damage to the workings. On polishing the case.. as Geo said, hand-polish.. no buffing wheels!...I suggest using some fine sandpaper stuck to a flat craft-stick (or ice-cream stick!) with double sidedtape and ensuring that this polishing stick stays flat to the surface being polished. watch the corners ..Nothing puts off a collector like rounded case edges.. ! Anil

This watch repair business is a big learning curve, but you're well on your way now Badger. :)

This came in with a broken staff. Somebody had already removed the broken piece which is now lost so it will be a small challenge as I usually use the old staff as a guide.

Not today. I have to strip the watch and service it. Wrapping it up for today. Heres a couple more pics. I'v mounted the staff on the wheel so that I can use the Jacot tool. Grinding the pivots to size with my pivot file: I'm about half way there: