Double Barrel / Perpetual Calendar Retrograde / Reserve DeMarche / Complicated Watch Repair

A double barrel timepiece with retrograde functions and perpetual calendar on the retrogrades is quite a complication. In mechanical terms this complication combination on a timepiece only 40 years ago would have taken the finest Master Watchmakers all trapped in a little room separate from the normal factory years to accomplish, by hand. Each piece cut by hand on the micro Watchmaking lathes we use on a “per piece” basis. Today thanks... [Read More...]

Tourbillon Repair / Christophe Claret / Leviev

Not sure many of you get to see one the World’s most incredible Tourbillons outside of it’s case, especially inside the U.S.A. boarders. Special tools are needed just to get inside this baby. Once inside you need special tooling designed for the movement to do anything. So, if you are a Watchmaker and considering having a dabble inside please consider a second option. This movement is art that needs a no time limit work approach and many... [Read More...]

Eterna Madison Spherodrive

Our Swiss friends at Eterna research and development have discovered an entirely new way to mount the barrel. I would love to have a rip down on this movement to see the end play between the bearing and barrel arbor after a simulated 3 years of use. Looks like the balls are ceramic as well. I wonder if this will end the oblong wear (such as what happens on Rolex barrel bushings). Nice job Eterna [Read More...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Eterna... [Read More...]

Memovox Jeager LeCoultre

The vintage Jaeger LeCoultre Memovox has crossed my bench quite possibly 500 or more times for service over the years. What you are seeing above is mainly the automatic bumper unit on my bench along with some other parts. Touching base on this movement: Automatic Bumbers x2 (I love this!) 241 pieces 18,000 bph Alarm At the time of manufacture for these watches an alarm watch was quite an achievement. I must say I have worn a memovox myself for... [Read More...]

Rolex oyster perpetual

When working on ladies Rolex Oyster Perpetuals it calls for extreme patience due to the smaller size of the movements parts. In addition, many testing procedures are quite different for the automatic unit on these. They are more prone to damage and not timing correctly [Read More...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rolex oyster perpetual", url: "http://www.spitzwatch.com/2009/02/27/rolex-oyster-perpetual/" }); Read More →