Francisco

I am making a watch for my girlfriend: I will write a tuto when I finish. Francisco.

Thanks. However, alumbre is also a deodorant. and many times they explecitily say that does not have aluminium Francisco.

Thanks...do you know the formula? Francisco.

Very good info. BTW, can anybody help me to find this product in Spain or Europe? I think we do not use this product here. It is the first time I see this product in my life. Any link to a shop or Ebay? I cannot find it in ebay. The name in Spanish of this product? Thanks, Francisco

Yes, this is a fake video. I would wish it was so easy to assembly the 7750. Francisco.

Interesting.... Just a visual inspection of the wheels will show you if this is possible. Francisco.

Thanks for sharing! Congratulations! How can be source an extra DW? Francisco.

The work to do is the same. It is not easier to use one specific brand. Except the particle size. Finer, easier to relume. Francisco.

Yes, this is the point. You analized a serviced movement. The majority of people will not service this movement and a I know a seller that it is complaining about this particular watch, being very problematic, many failures. The falilures are out there, more failures than a regular seconds at 9 movement, this is what he comments. Of course, this movement is an improvement versus running at 6 movements. However, I have seen the wear that the gear E is producing on the plate on Portuguese and Daytonas. And this AP watch has the same gear E. I am still think that this gear E will produce the same wear (why not?), and wear will produce mal functioning, that the analyzer will show then... if the watch is still running... Why they did not use gear E for minute transfer?... so incredible decision..... then it will be a much better movement. I really appreciate your comments and I hope people understand what they are buying. Thanks for your contributions, Francisco.

Yes. I am interested in knowing better you opinion. I think that it is a very bad design. The central gear E is employed for the running seconds, whilst it could be employed for the minutes. The new jewels are employed mainly for the minutes, not for the running seconds.... that are always running. However, I respect a lot your thoughts. Francisco.

A friend of mine asked me help to solve a problem with his Maurice Lacroix quartz watch. The problem is that the hands show rust. Here a picture of the watch. The following picture shows better the rust problem: The owner does not know what happened. He does not remember any humidity in the inside the watch. I had not faced this problem before. Therefore, I tell you how I solved it and a couple of things I have discovered. First step is to remove the movement. The back is screwed using 4 screws. After removing the back a possible origin of the rust is shown. Look to the very thin gasket employed for sealing the back. The watch is marked as 100 meter water resistant. I cannot believe it, with this so small gasket and only 4 screws. However, perhaps the problem is just that the quality of the hands is poor, although they are harder than the majority of the hands on our reps. Next step is to remove the stem. Removing the stem in quartz movement sometimes is a bit tricky, because you have to find the way to do it. However, in this case, an arrow shows where you have to press. No problem. BTW, this is an ETA movement. And no problem to remove the movement form the case, because a plastic ring is employed. Next step is to remove the hands. The plastic protects the dial and the hands at the same time. Next picture shows the rust. Hour hand is in a very bad condition. Minute hand has some rust, but only visible with loupe or macro photo. Seconds hand is perfect. As shown, I am using plastic tweezers to prevent scratches. The solution I used was Cape Cod. Let us check if it works. However, there are several possible problems employing Cape Cod. What about the lume? Will it be destroyed? Will Cape Cod dissolve the lume? Or will it stain it? I was not very worried because I could re-lume the hands. However, it is better to keep the original lume. Let

I will explain it the 25th. This is the deadline I gave to her

Run away! I will explain soon why Francisco.

Do you have "One Dip"?. If so...try to clean the reversing wheel with this product. Francisco.

Before buying it, Josh guaranted me that old stock of movements were sold out. He guaranted me that this watch has the "new improved" movement. On the other hand, have you read the review of the "new improved" Portuguese movement that I posted a couple of days ago? It is here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/Close-Inspection-IWC-t92019.html And it shows that new Portuguese is the same...no improvement for reliability...no improvements. Sorry...this is the sad reality...no improvements...no more jewels...nothing new... Now...if you want to buy it... you have the info... you are free... Francisco.

Yes, sure, I was told they have 231 jewels....

I know you Francisco

I bought this one: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1300 Powerful and cheap Francisco.

I think it is much better assembling the BW when the movement is not hacked, for sure. The hacking is fastening the BW! Thanks for your comments, Francisco.

I am finishing a new tutorial and in this tutorial I will post these two videos, where you can see how a A7750 balance wheel is assembled and disassembled. It is not easy, beause the minute counter gear is disturbing. The thread will show how a balance wheel is repaired. Hope this helps:

The Portuguese has been sent to me. The member of the forum who bought the watch from Josh had customs problems (he had to pay a fee) but finally he has received the watch and it has been forwared to me. Francisco... a common name in Spain lol

I am working on that. My idea is to personalize a steril PAM watch using decals. It is not easy... I will post here the results. Francisco.

This is really amazing. Sorry for that Yes, I guess new Portuguese movement is the same as previous one. However, I want to have a look... Francisco.