Aqualand C023 Circut Boards- Got it corrected )

[longbike]

I have been tracking some things down and need to find out if at all

chances does anyone know about those Circuit Boards of where they

can be gotten at in a working from. The research I trying to do is to

find out ......... ( those little Condenser Things on the boards ), can

the be matched to other Quartz one's ? If so what are they similar

to on other watchs ?

Can they be improvised by other one that use Quartz movements and

parts ?

If so can someone let me know about them in the Circuit performance

Form if possible. I need to know about circuitry doings and hoe they

work an how to test them.

NOTE :

Do you see that little Condenser looking thing on the left side ?

That's what I need to know about.

Thank you very much and Aloha for any response's.

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Aug 29, 2014 0:52:46 GMT -8 longbike said:

I have been tracking some things down and need to find out if at all

chances does anyone know about those Circuit Boards of where they

can be gotten at in a working from. The research I trying to do is to

find out ......... ( those little Condenser Things on the boards ), can

the be matched to other Quartz one's ? If so what are they similar

to on other watchs ?

Can they be improvised by other one that use Quartz movements and

parts ?

If so can someone let me know about them in the Circuit performance

Form if possible. I need to know about circuitry doings and hoe they

work an how to test them.

NOTE :

Do you see that little Condenser looking thing on the left side ?

That's what I need to know about.

Thank you very much and Aloha for any response's.

Luis, the part you refer to as the 'condenser' is actually the quartz crystal.

I imagine that these are fairly common as found in many watches and many brands. They all(with a few exceptions) operate at 32,768KHz frequency. Unfortunately the quartz crystal is likely the last thing to die on one of these modules. The electronic integrated circuits die long before crystals to. Even more delicate are the coils; they are very susceptible to handling. The extremely fine wire that is used on the coils is easily broken just by touching it with tools or even fingers.
As for the circuit boards themselves; they are movement specific so you have to find the part number for the one that's in the watch then locate a new one. Since most of these are long out of production, it will be a tough search

If you want to test a quartz crystal, it needs to be in a working circuit and you have to analyze it with an oscilloscope. However you can check other parts of the circuit for functioning with simpler tools like a volt meter. If you can see pulses at the coil then you know two things; 1. the crystal is good and functioning 2. the electronics are also functioning.
If the module is not working then trouble shooting becomes very difficult if you are not trained in electronics.

[longbike]

Aug 29, 2014 11:19:39 GMT -8 @penguinbce said:

Aug 29, 2014 0:52:46 GMT -8 longbike said:

I have been tracking some things down and need to find out if at all

chances does anyone know about those Circuit Boards of where they

can be gotten at in a working from. The research I trying to do is to

find out ......... ( those little Condenser Things on the boards ), can

the be matched to other Quartz one's ? If so what are they similar

to on other watchs ?

Can they be improvised by other one that use Quartz movements and

parts ?

If so can someone let me know about them in the Circuit performance

Form if possible. I need to know about circuitry doings and how they

work an how to test them.

NOTE :

Do you see that little Condenser looking thing on the left side ?

That's what I need to know about.

Thank you very much and Aloha for any response's.

Luis, the part you refer to as the 'condenser' is actually the quartz crystal.

I imagine that these are fairly common as found in many watches and many brands. They all(with a few exceptions) operate at 32,768KHz frequency. Unfortunately the quartz crystal is likely the last thing to die on one of these modules. The electronic integrated circuits die long before crystals to. Even more delicate are the coils; they are very susceptible to handling. The extremely fine wire that is used on the coils is easily broken just by touching it with tools or even fingers.
As for the circuit boards themselves; they are movement specific so you have to find the part number for the one that's in the watch then locate a new one. Since most of these are long out of production, it will be a tough search

If you want to test a quartz crystal, it needs to be in a working circuit and you have to analyze it with an oscilloscope. However you can check other parts of the circuit for functioning with simpler tools like a volt meter. If you can see pulses at the coil then you know two things; 1. the crystal is good and functioning 2. the electronics are also functioning.
If the module is not working then trouble shooting becomes very difficult if you are not trained in electronics.

Aloha Sir, Ok finally someone knows about what I am looking into.

Thank you very much Sir for this information given.

NOW : This is what I need to find out because these C230 Aqualands have the problem with. It is either the (Circuit Boards or the Movement that's the main problem) with them. Everything else works fine after service and all that but many don't fire up.The problem is ( No More Parts Available ). I have a few here that have these problems, so that why I wanted to inquire about it.

Not know, I have to summit to asking about things, and I don't consider that a defeat at all Sir. Besides all that they are quite easy to do, depending on the Movement parts being in usable condition. I would say unless the parts are had the watch is a goner. So collectability comes to a very narrow area.  But having one that works is fine, and always serviced well .

The information to these are exhausted already because they were a Model off ..... ( Send in and Service and return back to Owners ).

They are very nice (BUT) when they go down they need special care given to them.

Sir I would like to thank you so very much for your time and effort spent to get this information to me and now it is known. This is one major factor I have found being a part of this community of people that care and respond to many things and are so helpful in many areas.

Thank you again Sir and ( Mahalo and Aloha ) for your knowledge given and it very much appreciated from my side. Now continuing on to another area, Aloha.     

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Aug 29, 2014 13:44:23 GMT -8 longbike said:

Sir I would like to thank you so very much for your time and effort spent to get this information to me and now it is known. This is one major factor I have found being a part of this community of people that care and respond to many things and are so helpful in many areas.

Thank you again Sir and ( Mahalo and Aloha ) for your knowledge given and it very much appreciated from my side. Now continuing on to another area, Aloha.     

That's why we are here

Wish I knew more about these watches so I could help more.

[seikola]

Hi
Borel's have the circuit listed at $80 if that's any help
Best of luck with it
Seikola

cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=VccB]EW

[longbike]

Aloha ,

  In doing these Aqualand watch I have found out what might be their problems

and have been separating this information for them. I started to get these and

then got hung up because I did not know anything about them. Now I do a little

more so I can help along with what I have found out. I am doing these because

I like them, but if I can do them then I can benefit others also. There is no

difficulty to learn these I have found out, one just has to be very careful with them

when they are taken apart that's what I have found out.

There are some delicate parts that can not be seen when beginning to dis-assemble them.

The plastic plates that hold the movement and the Dial are the areas for very special care to

be taken.

Example :

(Click on the picture ), and look at it and in the almost very middle of it

you will see that there are (Two Tiny Plastic Studs), next to each other.

This plate I have removed the movement already as shown here.

Well at first dis-assembly they are not seen, and they are very brittle too and

when the ( Two Halves are separated...  "They break off the plate "). This is a very

vital part that if broken the whole plate becomes use-less to use. It is hidden at

first sight and one can not see it when stripping them down.

Next is the Crown locking assembly for the ( Stem), that is also very fragile.

Note:  If looking at the assembly at first then finding out what comes off first then it becomes easy to do.

If you need some help with it let me know and I will try to help where I can to where I

have gotten so far on them. I have done a lot now , and the only problem I have is

finding the working Circuit Boards or some one that knows more about them.

The rest is very easy to do.

If needed you can contact me by ..... P/M ... and I will go from there to help if I can give you my

email address if needed for information if wanted.

All I ask is that my email be not abused please...........  [e-mail] .

And I know this Forum will not do that, and I am satisfied with that. 

This way I can send more pictures of complete information if needed too.

Thank you very much for your time and hope I can help in some way of what I have so far.

Aloha ....... LongBike

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[longbike]

Aug 29, 2014 19:24:02 GMT -8 seikola said:

Hi
Borel's have the circuit listed at $80 if that's any help
Best of luck with it
Seikola

cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=VccB]EW

Thanks Seikola Sir,

That's great Sir and thanks for the information to that, I will look into it soon. Is this company locate in the U.S.A

or the UK  Sir ? That should be very good to know then these can be fixed.

Aloha and Thank you very much for this information Sir.

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Aug 30, 2014 20:11:26 GMT -8 longbike said:

Aug 29, 2014 19:24:02 GMT -8 seikola said:

Hi
Borel's have the circuit listed at $80 if that's any help
Best of luck with it
Seikola

cgi.julesborel.com/cgi-bin/matcgi2?ref=VccB]EW

Thanks Seikola Sir,

That's great Sir and thanks for the information to that, I will look into it soon. Is this company locate in the U.S.A

or the UK  Sir ? That should be very good to know then these can be fixed.

Aloha and Thank you very much for this information Sir.

Luis, Jules Borel is located in the USA. They are an old time watch findings house lcated in Kansas City Missouri.

[seikola]

Aug 31, 2014 12:34:26 GMT -8 @penguinbce said:

Aug 30, 2014 20:11:26 GMT -8 longbike said:

Thanks Seikola Sir,

That's great Sir and thanks for the information to that, I will look into it soon. Is this company locate in the U.S.A

or the UK  Sir ? That should be very good to know then these can be fixed.

Aloha and Thank you very much for this information Sir.

Luis, Jules Borel is located in the USA. They are an old time watch findings house lcated in Kansas City Missouri.

What he said, best of luck with getting them running again.
Seikola

[longbike]

Aloha Guy's ,

Yeh, that's the whole deal on these ........... " Resurrection ".

The movements are not that hard to do, but the Electric's are the main problem I have found.

The biggest thing is the Circuit Boards to find working.

These watchs are going to be at a (Limit) to have, so I be looking into other models also.

Some of the older 1980's models are still to be seen in my box, so I am liking those also.

The ... ( Al0004 and models like those ) are still to be gotten if found, and even if some

come in parts too.

( Need a few like the picture seen below and similar to it. Then it should be OK for others later.)

But hey, you guys have been real helpful in many areas and I really appreciate that.

I was struggling with finding information to all this and you all have been great for it.

I figured once I learned them then I may of some help to others also, but I have learn

a lot since starting these. At least I got some results and a whole lot of help also. Well it

only happened on this forum and none other, so it has shown me that this is a find

Forum to be on too. I have been on ....TOF , but it was on some subjects but it became

to touchy for some reason, but here it is been just fine.

Aloha and thank you very much ...........LongBike

(pic double click also.

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