The watch thread.

Lavazza

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You are absolutely correct Chris. I have been servicing and repairing watches as a hobby for many years now and every so called “overwound” watch usually just needs a a good clean. There is the odd occasion when something is broken.
Fancy repairing my old Timex?
 

JonW

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Love that old Navitimer....

I’m a fan of old watches, and here’s a selection of mine...

A 1971 Rolex Day-Date
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A 2001 Tag Monza (my engagement gift)
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And my daily - an 1989 Daytona
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Geo

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Fancy repairing my old Timex?

Funnily enough one of the last watches I serviced, if you want to call it that, was an old 1974 Timex like yours without the date. I won’t go into detail, but these watches weren’t really designed for servicing. I removed the movement from the case, took the hands and dial off and gave the movement a blast in my ultrasonic cleaning machine. To my amazement it started ticking very slowly after about five seconds while in the jar of solvent. Once dried and lubricated, it now runs at +8 seconds a day.

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Geo

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That is awesome, must add to search list

Make sure that you do your homework first. It’s an old watch and was originally designed to run on old mercury batteries that are now banned. It will run on the button cells produced today, but to retain the super accurate timing, the watch requires a slight electronic modification.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~fotoplot/accbat.htm.

Also, the space view model that I have is often faked by folk removing the dial and replacing the crystal.
 

zagatoes30

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Make sure that you do your homework first. It’s an old watch and was originally designed to run on old mercury batteries that are now banned. It will run on the button cells produced today, but to retain the super accurate timing, the watch requires a slight electronic modification.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~fotoplot/accbat.htm.

Also, the space view model that I have is often faked by folk removing the dial and replacing the crystal.

Cheers, will research first like I do with most things ;)
 
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Lavazza

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Had a change of watch today. This is my GMT 2 16710, it's a little unusual in having both pin hole lugs (old school) and solid end links. I've got the Pepsi bezel (blue/red) and Coke (red/black).63817
 

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I couldn't find a dedicated watch thread on SM (forgive me if there is)...

I thought it would be fun to have a place on the forum where we could share our enjoyment of watches.

If you have a watch you enjoy, feel free to post it here - from Casio to Patek, Pocket Watch to Tourbillon, or something with sentimental value with a story, why not share it with us?

I'll kick things off with my first watch, which I'm pleased I still own, a humble Timex manual wind. I loved that watch and have collected a number of watches since.
(Sadly, my sister over-wound it, never worked since, but I may well get it fixed).View attachment 63736
What is that Withered, Shrivelled Sausage Cock of an excuse for a strap?
 

Lavazza

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Nearly all but not on this one. First thing I'd do is get a new strap but WTFDIK?
Just to point out... it's flipping broken. I don't wear it, so there's no way I'm replacing the strap. If somebody can fix it, that's another matter...
 

Strad

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Another GMT-Master II, A blue/black, Bruiser, Batman or whatever it’s called........
Probably a bit mainstream but I love the simplicity of it and it‘s hard wearing too which is good because it takes a battering with my DIY etc at weekends.
Nice to be talking about something on this forum that has appreciated too!!