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My first watch from the ground up


gasebah

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This is the first watch I build from the mainplate up. I disassembled the movement, I cleaned the parts, I oiled it including the Incablocs. I rebuild the movement, I regulated it, I cut and filed the stem to size for the case, put on the dial with dial dots, installed the hands, cased it.

It was a mess in so many ways. But I succeeded. It is certainly nothing special, nor is it my most beautiful watch. It is just crap from the net put together.

But [censored] it I am sooo proud. :-)

Thanks to all the enthusiastic guys and the inspiration of this forum. If it wasn't for you guys I would have never done it.

 

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On 1/14/2017 at 9:17 PM, SSTEEL said:

Congrats my friend, starting out on a 6497/8 is the way to go, very forgiving movements to work with, and ideal for any beginner.  Looks great :clap2:

Agreed. I started on a Y3135. I paid for it in more ways than one. Thank goodness for the people here to help me with advice and replacement bits that flew across the room. :lol:

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