Fergus
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Post by Fergus on Aug 4, 2022 20:42:48 GMT -8
These valuable documents are posted on watch forums but you may also like to add this source. gleave.london/TECH
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Post by inboost on Aug 5, 2022 6:24:23 GMT -8
Nice find Fergus, thanks for sharing!
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Post by pip on Aug 5, 2022 7:39:44 GMT -8
These valuable documents are posted on watch forums but you may also like to add this source. gleave.london/TECHExcellent thank you Fergus - I have a pretty big archive of movement guides and didn't know Gleaves had them. This has some movements that I don't have covered so I'm really pleased! Probably never see any of the movements in my life but we all have the collector gene don't we?!! By the way Don (and anyone else in UK), don't know if you have used Gleaves at all for parts? I buy from Gleaves and their service etc is brilliant. You can ring them for help too, not like the main place that we all use which became too big to provide a personal service quite some years back. I've found Gleaves particularly brilliant for Valjoux/ETA 7750 parts when I serviced one last year, and I have another one waiting for me to uncase it on the bench so will be using their services again.
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Post by HiBeat on Aug 5, 2022 8:16:48 GMT -8
These valuable documents are posted on watch forums but you may also like to add this source. gleave.london/TECHExcellent thank you Fergus - I have a pretty big archive of movement guides and didn't know Gleaves had them. This has some movements that I don't have covered so I'm really pleased! Probably never see any of the movements in my life but we all have the collector gene don't we?!! By the way Don (and anyone else in UK), don't know if you have used Gleaves at all for parts? I buy from Gleaves and their service etc is brilliant. You can ring them for help too, not like the main place that we all use which became too big to provide a personal service quite some years back. I've found Gleaves particularly brilliant for Valjoux/ETA 7750 parts when I serviced one last year, and I have another one waiting for me to uncase it on the bench so will be using their services again. Thank You Fergus that is another great resource that I was not aware of until now. Much appreciated Like Phil I have a ton of these guides and books in old print format in case the internet gets hacked
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Post by Fergus on Aug 5, 2022 8:26:21 GMT -8
Yes Pip I have used them for mainsprings and also found them much more 'tinker' friendly than the other place.
I am currently working my late fathers Everite which has an AS (Adolf Schild) 1215/16 fitted so found their AS 1200 parts list most helpful. It needs a new Setting Lever Spring, crown and glass which unfortunately had to come from elsewhere.
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Post by pip on Aug 5, 2022 11:48:16 GMT -8
Yes Pip I have used them for mainsprings and also found them much more 'tinker' friendly than the other place. I am currently working my late fathers Everite which has an AS (Adolf Schild) 1215/16 fitted so found their AS 1200 parts list most helpful. It needs a new Setting Lever Spring, crown and glass which unfortunately had to come from elsewhere. I have worked on one (or maybe two?) AS movements. Quite industrial as I recall? I also revived my late fathers watch. Like you (I am guessing) I wasn't gifted a Rolex for my eighteenth and inherited a Patek or two. Here's my dad's piece. Oh FFS, I give up. I've just tried umpteen ways to share teh image from imgur. I have had enough internet bollocks today, I'm going to concentrate on the football. My Dad's watch is a Langel by the way. Tiny and a bit crap. Ah, sussed it.
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