gasebah Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) 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. Edited January 14, 2017 by gasebah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raxford Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Congratulations on a job well done! It looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themannier Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Congrats on this great work...i don't know how to service a mvt so, bravo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sogeha Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 Congratulations, you have every right to be proud, I would be too. Hell I was proud the first time I managed to decase a movement? I'm slowly working towards servicing and you bet I will be very pleased too when I achieve this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netniet Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Congrats. Been there, and done that. For me it is the most rewarding part of this hobby. Sourcing parts, servicing the movement and building the watch makes a watch more special for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigelow Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 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 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtguk Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Well done mate every time I try to service a watch it ends up either in the bin or with one of our trusted watchsmith like SSteel to sort it out for me, good on ya and it looks great btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panerai153 Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Congratulations on a job well done. Certainly is a skill that not many of us have.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jmsd Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Wow! Great job! Watch looks great and kudos for completing such a project...very impressive!Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki6 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 You're doing some great work lately mate, good on you!!Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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