*Guys, for clarity... For some illogical reason I stated 1300 oil for the capstone on the voiceover recording. As most of you will already know from my other videos It is 9010 oil that is used & should be always used. (and was used). If you enjoyed the video please do me a favour and hit a like for me 👍🏼 Feel free to drop a comment below. HB Merch available at horology-biology.creator-spring.com/ Latest HB Watch Restoration videos ruclips.net/video/REEytWgxFvc/видео.html Latest HB Watches and More videos ruclips.net/video/oUNHTov5Bnw/видео.html
I would love a change to win a omega watch. So I did what you asked. Not expecting to win as i have never had that much luck in random win contest’s :) anyway love the channel and I will be following anyway!
Instead of scoffing that this $17 watch is inferior to a $17,000 rolex you should be marvelling at how amazing it is that it's been made for such a stunningly low price. It's not supposed to be a high-end marvel of horology. It's just a watch, and for what it is it's very impressive
@@bustatronjust like your cell phone, your electronics in general, your shoes, your clothes, chocolate, and most mass produced things you use in every day life.
That would be giving people false expectations. It's basically nonfunctioning out of the box. It's magnetized, dirty, not lubricated, nor calibrated. If all you want is a piece of jewelry that moves, there you go.
Exactly right Francis. I really do recommend very cheap watches like this for people to practice on as the fundamentals are the same in much more expensive watches. Thanks for watching 👍
Whereas someone like me, would buy all the needed tools and cleaners and lubricants etc. Buy the watch. Begin to very carefully take it apart... then realize I failed entirely to grasp beforehand what a monumental undertaking it is to even take it apart without catastrofically breaking it in the process. Then if I managed to take it apart, I would then realize I failed entirely to properly document the process of taking it apart so I would have NO CLUE how to put it back together again and ultimately it would be a pile of parts collecting dust. Yet another tribute to the pile of things I have failed at more times than I care to count.
I would love to have one of theese cheap ass watches but swap the internals from a fancy watch with damage to the frame just to troll people, i'd keep the sphere and arrows tho, everything else visual would be from the cheap one. Thoose who wouldn't know wouldn't care, but the ones who do would freak out XD
Admirable how he puts the clock back together and gets it running again! For me, even wall clocks are a case for the trash can after a simple battery change :)
I can't say a single negative thing about anyone who can build and market an actual true automatic for $17. God bless em. Lord willing, and time lasts, these will be the ultimate watchmakers in the decades to come
Hi I’ve just found your channel. I’ve watched a few of these type of videos from other watch repair guys. This is the first time I’ve seen someone buy the cheapest automatic watch on Ali express which I found very interesting . I look forward to watching more of your videos
Respect to the hundreds of Asian workers who made this precision device for a pittance. At the same time they did, my local car shop was getting $180 per hour + tax to plug in their computer onto my car. In essence a fully finished and shipped watch for 5 minutes of their time. Always be thankful to be born in a richer part of the world.
Mate nice job. NO plastic! unlike my beloved Seiko. I would have liked to have seen more on the timegrapher and think you could have adjusted the beat error to get it sweet. Dare I say when you oiled the pallet the first leg of the escape took a major blob and when Ive done this I see it later on the timegraph results. For £17 its incredible though as to make that in the UK not even the minute wheel could be made for that price! Keep them coming pal this video will do very well.
Cheers Mike 👍🏻👍🏻 I’m still happy with how it ran with just a good oiling and cleaning 🙌🏼 I always do the regulation after a day. I’d have loved a below 1ms BE off the bat but at least dramatically reduced from what it was. You know how long these videos take so time is always against us 😩
I think of myself as a technical guy, but there are 2 things in this world which I never understand no matter how much videos I watch. Automatic gearboxes and mechanical watches. I know how rockets work, engines, 2 stroke, 4 stroke, 2 stroke diesel, Wankel, anything. But these two are alien technology to me. Thars why i'm so fascinated and watch as much as I can.
Everyday is a learning day when it comes to working on watches. For the record automatic gear boxes go over my head. I think each gear has it's own clutch no?
@@HorologyBiology There are a number of different automatic gearboxed, with there being at least 5 completely different technologies even behind it. Same how a watch is a watch, it can be quartz, mechanical, automatic, springdrive and what have you :)
While we all love to bash China and Aliexpress for cheap products, I think we should give due credit to Chinese manufacturing for producing this time piece and other products at such a cost that any one can buy , enjoy or smash these gadgets. One would agree that before China became a major producer of RC hobby products, that field was prohibitively expensive. Now almost every one who wants has some form of RC toy, high power led lights and very cheap fun toys and gadgets.
I bought one of these fngeen automatic watches. The quick set date adjuster does work but you need to set the time to beginning of the change to next date. I bought the watch for use, and *expected* to have to lubricate amd tune it. Nice to see your vid. Thanks! ❤😊
That's a bizarre quickset function, however I do believe I made it function correctly once I'd finished it, seems to work ok now. Thanks for watching 👍
Just started watching your videos thanks to watching wristwatch revival, starting to piece together some tooling and going after cheap vintage watches. Love the content and genuine responses to what to see instead of all this stuff is crap look on things. Cheers!
Inspired with your video I bought the same watch, had exactly the same issues (quick date setting - non working...) Serviced it and now it's working fine. Thanks for the video.
Is it a good deal for the children that made it whilst handcuffed to the chair they sit at for 84 hours a week? How the hell does a watch company make a profit, selling these for 17 dollars, without some kind of exploitation?
Thanks for posting. This watch and brand reminds me a little when Timex came out with their cheap watches that were virtually disposable once they stopped working.
I love watching watches being taken apart , cleaned and reassembled. It is fascinating! My grandpa was a watchmaker and my grandma was a jeweller and I loved visiting them in Sydney looking at the fantasia lamps and lava lamps and clocks! I love collecting watches and have an Omega seamaster. The one like James Bond wore but black. Thanks for your videos they are fantastic!
First time watching your videos, I've been considering taking this as a hobby but been afraid of breaking a good watch, but your idea of buying these for practice is excellent! Thanks for the insight.
Well, I thought I had already made a comment as I'd hit the thumbs up, but I can't find it now. Great fun watching the FNGeen. Every hobby watchmakers dream come true. You know, I may even get one for the heck of it and follow your example. Great times. Thank you. Stay fresh. Keep super.
So glad you have made a success of your channel, your attitude is spot on! I hope you also grow as a content creator, Can't believe the quick set date worked after the service!
Bought these just to practice disassemble a mechanical watch and later assembled it. Killed one, the other one never runs right to begin with, but I made it worse. And had some success on the third one. I mean if you'e interested in watch making, its a good start. From what I learned, I repaired my mom's wedding watch and she love it. Its worth all the headache seeing my mom so excited on wearing that watch again. 😊😊
+10 and not having messed with the balance on such a cheap watch sounds incredible. i might get one of these. the parts dont have the nicest finish, but nothing a bit of sandpaper, polish and replating can't fix
10 seconds a day for a $17 watch is incredible mate! I reviewed one of these early on in my channel and was shocked that I could get an automatic watch for such a low price! Thank you for the video, really enjoyed it
haha that's a coincidence. I watched your video (subbed also). Sorry to hear about your mashed cash back removal tools. As I'm sure you probably already know now it's a snap back case. I did another video a few months back servicing the Sewor skeleton watch from Amazon and the case back was also the same so I kinda had a clue about this one. Quick question, is your tattoo on your inside wrist for Amsterdam? Cheers HB
@@HorologyBiology That's crazy! Yeh, one of those live and learn moments haha. I still have that thing lying around in a draw somewhere! It is actually, I got it on my first lads holiday when I was 19
I've bought about 9 or 10 of these Fngeen watches in various styles both automatic and quartz. The most I paid was under $25 for an automatic. For the money you can't beat one. Yes they're cheap but they've all kept perfect time and if I bang it against something and it breaks, it's not the end of the world. I can't remember the last time I wore any of my old good watches.
I purchased this watch for the same reason you did . With the exception that this is the first watch that I will work on . Thanks for showing me how . Stephen
supposedly a lot of these Chinese firms use random letters as their brand name cos it's easier to trademark it. if you give it a proper name, you need to do a lot of research to make sure that it's not already trademarked, random letters on the other hand arent trademarked. Trademarked companies also get priority listings on a lot of websites.
Just discovered your content! Reminds me of a couple years ago with my quartz Seiko Flightmaster that had an issue with the stem and crown unable to push all the way in. The watchmaker I took it to quoted me $180 to replace the 7T92 movement (more than the value of the entire watch). I tried messing around with it myself and ended up completely destroyed the watch unfortunately as I took it apart without any idea on how to put it back together. Now I feel motivated to give it another shot and check my bag of parts to see if I can try it again
You'll get a movement off of eBay. I replaced the module in my Tissot T-race after it failed right out of warranty. Be careful with the stems for the hands though, I did manage to break one of the sub dial posts.
I love all these videos. Horology biology is truly a wonderful educational experience. How he takes his time to go step by step to show you how its done. Unique. Thoughtful. Thank you for providing us with all of your content. To your success 🏆sir.
When I bought my first few automatic watches I bought a fngeen and it was a decent enough watch for not much money, think it was like $16 and to be honest they serve as a great learning tool. I gave it away as I never wore it, the band was horrible on it but the watch actually ran well.
Thats incredible for $17, how on earth could they assemble it for that price let alone make all the parts. Seems amazing they would have all the technology to make these parts etc and then just throw it together with no lube.
The common stones can turn into jewels when it comes in the hand of experienced Jeweller. Which watch you’re dealing with it doesn’t matter. It does matter when your expertise and skills are properly utilised in this kind of art works. Your passion is really worth deserving of praises and I respect you and appreciate your valuable time for making this video to show ordinary people how to elevate the inner mechanisms of the watch providing a very good service. Indeed it’s costly. But your skills are more important to me here. This is what I liked most honestly. This is absolutely great job. Thank you very much for sharing and keep it up 👍
I’ve never fully disassembled a watch, just some minor fixes on some rather large pocket watches, that said, I think this watch would be great practice for someone looking to get into the hobby. Would give you a feel for scale and how watch mechanics work.
It's the perfect watch to learn on as the fundamentals are the same and the price tag is very very low for all those expected mistakes that will be made
I've been looking for a channel that shows repair in good detail. It's almost unbelievable what you can get for a low price even though you had to fix it! Good luck with the channel and I am subscribed now.
The amount of engineering you're getting for 17$ with this watch is mindblowing. It really is. That's the price of an armband for my casio quartz watch. Such a shame that nothing is lubed which will shorten the lifespan and ruin the accuracy.
Very cool video. It's amazing they're only charging $17. First time watching. Definitely will look for more as it is always fascinating to watch people work on watches. Keep up the great work
The dexterity you display is amazing to me. I am new to the watch world and starved for info so thank you. I am trying to work my way thru the semantics of watch making. This video helps.
For someone whose just learning to work on watches, I think for $17 it’s a good practicing watch, I mean for $17 who cares if you mess it up, at least you get to learn on it :)
Really loved this video, first time viewer and new Subscriber!! I'm so glad this popped up on to my feed. I will be watching your videos regularly now! What a great series for someone like myself who would be interested in purchasing and learning with a cheaper watch for this hobby!
I don't know how I came across this video. But I was captivated by the disassembly. I didn't understand anything. After disassembling the 12,000th piece, I was lost in another world. I was surprised by a huge doubt. I said to myself: what if it was me who had disassembled this watch? I imagined having to reassemble it. The nervous breakdown, the impossible mission, the end of the tranquility of my life. A million years to try to reassemble it. By the time I succeeded in this feat, the sun had stopped burning all its energy. And at that time, I hadn't yet found all the screws!
this is perhaps the standard automatic movement from Shanghai 8210 ( 7120 for the hand wind) in the 80s. They make them in Millions and the left over stock is peanut cheap. The mfg just need to find the cheapest case, hands and dial and the result is such a cheap watch. I assembled myself a watch with such a movement. It is a great , stable and relatively accurate movement , i must add
I think the ones used in the cheaper knockoffs are new production but just from some other factory instead. The old stock is higher quality though. And Merkur also makes the same movement as well (and it is pretty high quality)
Surprisingly, the cleaning and servicing of an extremely cheap watch is almost as interesting to watch as that of a fine one. Also, congratulations on exceeding 10K subscribers!
hiya! just wanted to say that this channel pretty much sparked my interest in watches along with "wristwatch revival" on youtube. Keep doing the good work!
Just found your channel. I'm learning alot, thank you. I'm seriously thinking about getting some tools and starting this hobby. Looks fun. I've been getting a few picket watches, it would be fun to play with them and see if I could get them running better
@HorologyBiology Just need to find room in our van for it. We live in our van. It would be so fun as we don't watch TV or even own a TV. I already make jewelry, so it goes hand in hand. I'm thinking about putting a nice mechanical watch as the head stone on a walking staff.
@clarklindquist8137 That would be really cool. I’ve actually thought about that for myself many times as I’m quite hooked on watching van build videos on RUclips
Never thought that it would be so interesting to see a service for the cheapest automatic Aliexpress watch, but it was very illuminating. You hace a new sub. Best regards
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*Guys, for clarity... For some illogical reason I stated 1300 oil for the capstone on the voiceover recording. As most of you will already know from my other videos It is 9010 oil that is used & should be always used. (and was used).
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I was about to comment on that!!!
@@MyRetroWatches I bet you were lol
Liked and subscribed :) Fgeen Good content! Keep up the good work mate! / Oskar from Sweden
I would love a change to win a omega watch. So I did what you asked. Not expecting to win as i have never had that much luck in random win contest’s :) anyway love the channel and I will be following anyway!
Good content, so, I'm here. Waiting for Omega :).
Instead of scoffing that this $17 watch is inferior to a $17,000 rolex you should be marvelling at how amazing it is that it's been made for such a stunningly low price. It's not supposed to be a high-end marvel of horology. It's just a watch, and for what it is it's very impressive
It was most likely made with slave labor.
@@bustatronjust like your cell phone, your electronics in general, your shoes, your clothes, chocolate, and most mass produced things you use in every day life.
That would be giving people false expectations.
It's basically nonfunctioning out of the box. It's magnetized, dirty, not lubricated, nor calibrated.
If all you want is a piece of jewelry that moves, there you go.
@@oakmen4604 watches are massively overpriced
@@bustatronjust like the iphone you are typing this comment from
For $17 you could buy that automatic just for practicing your watch mending skills. Great to watch, something different. Cheers Horology
Exactly right Francis. I really do recommend very cheap watches like this for people to practice on as the fundamentals are the same in much more expensive watches. Thanks for watching 👍
Whereas someone like me, would buy all the needed tools and cleaners and lubricants etc. Buy the watch. Begin to very carefully take it apart... then realize I failed entirely to grasp beforehand what a monumental undertaking it is to even take it apart without catastrofically breaking it in the process. Then if I managed to take it apart, I would then realize I failed entirely to properly document the process of taking it apart so I would have NO CLUE how to put it back together again and ultimately it would be a pile of parts collecting dust. Yet another tribute to the pile of things I have failed at more times than I care to count.
@@sideswipe147lol. You’ve described my journey exactly 🤣. I have a lovely disassembled Raketa
I was thinking the same thing. Buy three and get one going again.
I would love to have one of theese cheap ass watches but swap the internals from a fancy watch with damage to the frame just to troll people, i'd keep the sphere and arrows tho, everything else visual would be from the cheap one. Thoose who wouldn't know wouldn't care, but the ones who do would freak out XD
Admirable how he puts the clock back together and gets it running again!
For me, even wall clocks are a case for the trash can after a simple battery change :)
I can't say a single negative thing about anyone who can build and market an actual true automatic for $17. God bless em. Lord willing, and time lasts, these will be the ultimate watchmakers in the decades to come
shiping included from the other side of the world.
This watch is the perfect choice for someone wanting to practice their craft
Great for a learner
Hi I’ve just found your channel. I’ve watched a few of these type of videos from other watch repair guys. This is the first time I’ve seen someone buy the cheapest automatic watch on Ali express which I found very interesting . I look forward to watching more of your videos
Thanks for watching it. I have many more high end watch video to chose from :)
Fascinating! Thanks for the look inside of a (dirt) cheap automatic. Hard to believe there was no oil or grease inside.
I guess it's all down to saving money/cutting corners
Buy the watch for $17, spend $500 getting it to run properly, classic.
Amazing how easy you made that look
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Timing grapher dont lie. Work shows when you do it right. Your effort on a cheapy is much appreciated.
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
I'm in awe... not for your ability to take it apart, but for putting it together again and it works - better!
haha thanks
Lubrication is amazingly useful.
I'm always amazed with the inner workings of a mechanical watch...even an inexpensive watch. A very informative and entertaining video!
Thanks for watching! Super appreciated
Respect to the hundreds of Asian workers who made this precision device for a pittance. At the same time they did, my local car shop was getting $180 per hour + tax to plug in their computer onto my car. In essence a fully finished and shipped watch for 5 minutes of their time. Always be thankful to be born in a richer part of the world.
Everyday 😞
Honestly these are perfect for practice pieces (aside from the ease with which the parts break). Awesome stuff once again
Thanks a lot!
I’m glad this video blew up a bit you deserve it dude. Fresh content.
Thanks so much 👍
Mate nice job. NO plastic! unlike my beloved Seiko. I would have liked to have seen more on the timegrapher and think you could have adjusted the beat error to get it sweet. Dare I say when you oiled the pallet the first leg of the escape took a major blob and when Ive done this I see it later on the timegraph results.
For £17 its incredible though as to make that in the UK not even the minute wheel could be made for that price!
Keep them coming pal this video will do very well.
Cheers Mike 👍🏻👍🏻
I’m still happy with how it ran with just a good oiling and cleaning 🙌🏼
I always do the regulation after a day. I’d have loved a below 1ms BE off the bat but at least dramatically reduced from what it was. You know how long these videos take so time is always against us 😩
@@HorologyBiology it was a great show mate and that scope capture is superb!
I think of myself as a technical guy, but there are 2 things in this world which I never understand no matter how much videos I watch. Automatic gearboxes and mechanical watches. I know how rockets work, engines, 2 stroke, 4 stroke, 2 stroke diesel, Wankel, anything. But these two are alien technology to me. Thars why i'm so fascinated and watch as much as I can.
Everyday is a learning day when it comes to working on watches. For the record automatic gear boxes go over my head. I think each gear has it's own clutch no?
@@HorologyBiology There are a number of different automatic gearboxed, with there being at least 5 completely different technologies even behind it. Same how a watch is a watch, it can be quartz, mechanical, automatic, springdrive and what have you :)
It was the same for me as well almost magic until I started servicing them then you sorta understand the simplicity of them.
First time I've ever seen someone take apart a watch. Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Liked and subscribed. John
Thanks for watching 👍🏻👍🏻
While we all love to bash China and Aliexpress for cheap products, I think we should give due credit to Chinese manufacturing for producing this time piece and other products at such a cost that any one can buy , enjoy or smash these gadgets. One would agree that before China became a major producer of RC hobby products, that field was prohibitively expensive. Now almost every one who wants has some form of RC toy, high power led lights and very cheap fun toys and gadgets.
Very true but I do think their working conditions are probably pretty dire
I bought one of these fngeen automatic watches. The quick set date adjuster does work but you need to set the time to beginning of the change to next date.
I bought the watch for use, and *expected* to have to lubricate amd tune it. Nice to see your vid. Thanks! ❤😊
That's a bizarre quickset function, however I do believe I made it function correctly once I'd finished it, seems to work ok now. Thanks for watching 👍
Just started watching your videos thanks to watching wristwatch revival, starting to piece together some tooling and going after cheap vintage watches. Love the content and genuine responses to what to see instead of all this stuff is crap look on things. Cheers!
Many thanks for watching, glad it could help. I recently did drop a video on watch tools and what I am using etc. Maybe also useful for you 👍
Because of your Amazon video, I'm actually getting that watch and I'm going to try my hand at the hobby for the first time.
That’s great to hear. Best of luck 👍🏻👍🏻
@HorologyBiology I do not have proper tools and equipment, but I am so excited to get involved. Thanks
Inspired with your video I bought the same watch, had exactly the same issues (quick date setting - non working...) Serviced it and now it's working fine. Thanks for the video.
Glad it helped and thanks for watching
Honestly $17 for a movement is a good deal!
Agreed
Is it a good deal for the children that made it whilst handcuffed to the chair they sit at for 84 hours a week? How the hell does a watch company make a profit, selling these for 17 dollars, without some kind of exploitation?
First video I saw of yours and it’s got me hooked! Well done for creating such cool content!
Awesome! Thank you!
Loving the content dude! I like that they put cool features for such a low price point.
Thanks very much 👍
I know it’s a “Cheap” watch but it’s still fun watching you take it apart and work on it.
Exactly that
This is actually a good watch if you ever want to learn about watch servicing or just curious about the inside of a movement.
Exactly that. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
The amount of effort you put in your videos is astounding. Keep up the great work! Learned so much from you since I’ve started watching your videos!
Thanks a lot and thanks for watching
Thanks for posting. This watch and brand reminds me a little when Timex came out with their cheap watches that were virtually disposable once they stopped working.
Thanks for watching.
these are so great for learning watchmaking. mess up? no harm done.
Seems like a decent watch for a beginner to practice taking a watch apart and putting it back together again.
Exactly
I love watching watches being taken apart , cleaned and reassembled. It is fascinating! My grandpa was a watchmaker and my grandma was a jeweller and I loved visiting them in Sydney looking at the fantasia lamps and lava lamps and clocks! I love collecting watches and have an Omega seamaster. The one like James Bond wore but black. Thanks for your videos they are fantastic!
Your childhood must have been fun for sure been around watches and clocks 🙂 Thanks for watching 👍
This video makes me appreciate the craftsmanship behind watch servicing even more.
Thanks for watching
First time watching your videos, I've been considering taking this as a hobby but been afraid of breaking a good watch, but your idea of buying these for practice is excellent! Thanks for the insight.
You can do it! Doing it with cheap watches like this would certainly not break the bank
cheap aliexpress watch $17
watch repair toolkit $1700
Good luck for your wallet
Hi, I'm amazed how you strip the watch and can remember exactly were each part goes, you are very clever my friend
You get used to it. If in doubt take a pic ;)
The beauty of this watch is between the automatic mechanism and the date wheel - a Chinese Standard or "Tongji" movement.
Well, I thought I had already made a comment as I'd hit the thumbs up, but I can't find it now. Great fun watching the FNGeen. Every hobby watchmakers dream come true. You know, I may even get one for the heck of it and follow your example. Great times. Thank you. Stay fresh. Keep super.
Cheers Ross. Good luck 💪
So glad you have made a success of your channel, your attitude is spot on! I hope you also grow as a content creator, Can't believe the quick set date worked after the service!
me too lol. Thanks for watching
Bought these just to practice disassemble a mechanical watch and later assembled it. Killed one, the other one never runs right to begin with, but I made it worse. And had some success on the third one. I mean if you'e interested in watch making, its a good start. From what I learned, I repaired my mom's wedding watch and she love it. Its worth all the headache seeing my mom so excited on wearing that watch again. 😊😊
Beautiful! Glad these cheap watches gained you some serious skills!
Learning watchmaking is a good reason to get this watch
+10 and not having messed with the balance on such a cheap watch sounds incredible. i might get one of these.
the parts dont have the nicest finish, but nothing a bit of sandpaper, polish and replating can't fix
For $17 you really cannot complain at what you get 👍🏼 Thanks for watching
Great video. Don't know much about watches but appreciate all the work and effort you put into making this video. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video as always! I watch alot of these watch repair channels but yours is nr1! Great commentary, great video quality and...great watches😄
Thank you very much and thanks for watching
10 seconds a day for a $17 watch is incredible mate! I reviewed one of these early on in my channel and was shocked that I could get an automatic watch for such a low price! Thank you for the video, really enjoyed it
haha that's a coincidence. I watched your video (subbed also). Sorry to hear about your mashed cash back removal tools. As I'm sure you probably already know now it's a snap back case. I did another video a few months back servicing the Sewor skeleton watch from Amazon and the case back was also the same so I kinda had a clue about this one.
Quick question, is your tattoo on your inside wrist for Amsterdam?
Cheers
HB
@@HorologyBiology That's crazy! Yeh, one of those live and learn moments haha. I still have that thing lying around in a draw somewhere!
It is actually, I got it on my first lads holiday when I was 19
I thought as much 👍🏻 I had to drive to Amsterdam this morning
@@HorologyBiology Probably one of my favourite cities to visit. It's got so many nice spots to visit
Thanks for the great video! I bought one of these in black because of it. Mine keep almost perfect time! Guess I was lucky.
I've bought about 9 or 10 of these Fngeen watches in various styles both automatic and quartz. The most I paid was under $25 for an automatic. For the money you can't beat one. Yes they're cheap but they've all kept perfect time and if I bang it against something and it breaks, it's not the end of the world. I can't remember the last time I wore any of my old good watches.
9 to 10 😅 Damnnn you went all out for sure. Fngeen master 💪 Thanks for watching
"FNGEEN" isn't a name, it's the sound someone makes when choking on a grape.
hahah that's a new one
I got Fngeen when I visited a brothel, luckily some antibiotics took care of it. No more redness and itching
@@henrylee8510 🤣
sounds like a noise I made on my ring camera when I fell down my porch steps drunk.
@@henrylee8510Lulz.😂
Recently discovered your channel and found out that I love seeing watches disassembled and rebuilt. It is pretty fascinating.
Thanks for watching and welcome aboard
I find this video relaxing to watch after a hard days work.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
0:19 Spring bar go "weee!"
👍🏻👍🏻 I know right
i would say it went fngeeeeeeen
Amazing stuff, so cheap and not bad for that price! Great video! Good luck with the channel!
Thanks so much!
I mean, the production and supplies and engineering that made it possible to manufacture such a watch at 17$ is more impressive than the watch itself
As it’s mass produced and I’m sure they will make other watches as well. The supplies and production tools have probably paid for themselves now
I purchased this watch for the same reason you did . With the exception that this is the first watch that I will work on . Thanks for showing me how .
Stephen
Enjoy it and good luck with it 🤞🏼
Such a pleasure watching you work!
Thanks for watching 👍
Its amazing how his screwdriver is more expensive than the watch 😂
🤣 you are right to be fair
supposedly a lot of these Chinese firms use random letters as their brand name cos it's easier to trademark it.
if you give it a proper name, you need to do a lot of research to make sure that it's not already trademarked, random letters on the other hand arent trademarked.
Trademarked companies also get priority listings on a lot of websites.
Yeah I’ve heard this before, I suppose it kind of makes sense really
Just discovered your content! Reminds me of a couple years ago with my quartz Seiko Flightmaster that had an issue with the stem and crown unable to push all the way in. The watchmaker I took it to quoted me $180 to replace the 7T92 movement (more than the value of the entire watch). I tried messing around with it myself and ended up completely destroyed the watch unfortunately as I took it apart without any idea on how to put it back together. Now I feel motivated to give it another shot and check my bag of parts to see if I can try it again
Thanks for watching 👍🏻 you should have another go for sure 👍🏻👍🏻
You'll get a movement off of eBay. I replaced the module in my Tissot T-race after it failed right out of warranty. Be careful with the stems for the hands though, I did manage to break one of the sub dial posts.
congratulations on growing your channel. watching you is a pleasure. your videos are always super fresh. well done
Thank you so much!
Great editing and voice over. Love the micro/macro views. Great display of the precision needed . Thank you
Thank you very much 👍
It's amazing what $17 will buy you. Well done!
Thanks for watching 👍
If someone gave you that watch as a kit how much would you charge to assemble it? Hypothetically. I bet it’s more than 17 dollars.
nice projet
- oils cost more than the watch itself ...🤣
but still a good way to learn ... & not a big risk
Exactly that :)
The watch that kept on giving and all for $17. What a bargain!! Super Fresh!!
Regards from the UK!!
💪🏻💪🏻 Thanks for watching 👍🏻
I love all these videos. Horology biology is truly a wonderful educational experience. How he takes his time to go step by step to show you how its done. Unique. Thoughtful. Thank you for providing us with all of your content. To your success 🏆sir.
Thank you very much and thanks for watching and supporting 👍
When I bought my first few automatic watches I bought a fngeen and it was a decent enough watch for not much money, think it was like $16 and to be honest they serve as a great learning tool. I gave it away as I never wore it, the band was horrible on it but the watch actually ran well.
That's almost 6% increase due to inflation. Very fair pricing.
At least it got you into watches 💪🏻💪🏻 thanks for watching
Thats incredible for $17, how on earth could they assemble it for that price let alone make all the parts. Seems amazing they would have all the technology to make these parts etc and then just throw it together with no lube.
s[ecially for a +-~10 sec, automatic
Saves times and cost on production I would think. Thanks for watching 👍
Prison labor in the PRC
The common stones can turn into jewels when it comes in the hand of experienced Jeweller. Which watch you’re dealing with it doesn’t matter. It does matter when your expertise and skills are properly utilised in this kind of art works. Your passion is really worth deserving of praises and I respect you and appreciate your valuable time for making this video to show ordinary people how to elevate the inner mechanisms of the watch providing a very good service. Indeed it’s costly. But your skills are more important to me here. This is what I liked most honestly. This is absolutely great job. Thank you very much for sharing and keep it up 👍
I’ve never fully disassembled a watch, just some minor fixes on some rather large pocket watches, that said, I think this watch would be great practice for someone looking to get into the hobby. Would give you a feel for scale and how watch mechanics work.
It's the perfect watch to learn on as the fundamentals are the same and the price tag is very very low for all those expected mistakes that will be made
I've been following your channel for a while now and I'm so happy to see this video blow up and get so many more people exposed to your content.
Thank you very much. I must admit it has been a surprising week for me 😀
Always appreciate your fresh perspectives!
Many thanks 💪🏻💪🏻
Fngeen is the Don Martin sound effect for a tiny watch spring flying out of the tweezers and across the room
At $17 these are good practice watches.
Use the correct size for screws and you won’t risk stripping heads.
Other than that, I really enjoyed the relaxed detailed run through of this piece.
Thanks for watching 👍
Kudos for taking on the challenge of servicing such an affordable watch!
Thanks for watching
I've been looking for a channel that shows repair in good detail. It's almost unbelievable what you can get for a low price even though you had to fix it! Good luck with the channel and I am subscribed now.
Thanks for the sub and thanks for watching 👍
The amount of engineering you're getting for 17$ with this watch is mindblowing. It really is. That's the price of an armband for my casio quartz watch. Such a shame that nothing is lubed which will shorten the lifespan and ruin the accuracy.
Agreed. Thanks for watching 👍
Steeldive makes a fantastic Willard clone for $60 and it's nice, using a Seiko movement.
👍 Cheers for the info
Seems like better value for money than any luxury watch
I wouldn't go that far 😂
Thats why I stopped buying genuine and tried the super clones. Unbelievable likeness.
Maybe about as accurate as the average Rolex.
Very cool video. It's amazing they're only charging $17. First time watching. Definitely will look for more as it is always fascinating to watch people work on watches. Keep up the great work
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed
The dexterity you display is amazing to me. I am new to the watch world and starved for info so thank you. I am trying to work my way thru the semantics of watch making. This video helps.
17 Dollarfür eine Uhr. Erstaunlich!👍 Es zeigt mir wieder, dass die Luxus Uhren völlig überteuert sind.
Thanks for watching
For someone whose just learning to work on watches, I think for $17 it’s a good practicing watch, I mean for $17 who cares if you mess it up, at least you get to learn on it :)
exactly..
Totally! Great to practise on.Thanks for watching 👍
Wow! That watch makes a Vostok look like a Jaeger-LeCoultre. 😆
Really loved this video, first time viewer and new Subscriber!! I'm so glad this popped up on to my feed. I will be watching your videos regularly now! What a great series for someone like myself who would be interested in purchasing and learning with a cheaper watch for this hobby!
Thanks for watching. You are right, a cheap full working mechanical watch like this would be a great very low risk watch to learn on.
I don't know how I came across this video. But I was captivated by the disassembly. I didn't understand anything. After disassembling the 12,000th piece, I was lost in another world. I was surprised by a huge doubt. I said to myself: what if it was me who had disassembled this watch? I imagined having to reassemble it. The nervous breakdown, the impossible mission, the end of the tranquility of my life. A million years to try to reassemble it. By the time I succeeded in this feat, the sun had stopped burning all its energy. And at that time, I hadn't yet found all the screws!
Lol, Nice. I have an old Invicta sub that just stopped like 9 years ago. I should just open it up and learn.
Go for it!
this is perhaps the standard automatic movement from Shanghai 8210 ( 7120 for the hand wind) in the 80s. They make them in Millions and the left over stock is peanut cheap. The mfg just need to find the cheapest case, hands and dial and the result is such a cheap watch. I assembled myself a watch with such a movement. It is a great , stable and relatively accurate movement , i must add
I think the ones used in the cheaper knockoffs are new production but just from some other factory instead. The old stock is higher quality though. And Merkur also makes the same movement as well (and it is pretty high quality)
I. AM. EXCITED!!!
Thanks for watching
@@HorologyBiology Thanks for hosting, man! love your videos!
Surprisingly, the cleaning and servicing of an extremely cheap watch is almost as interesting to watch as that of a fine one. Also, congratulations on exceeding 10K subscribers!
Well said! Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Looks like a great result as always!! Looking forward to these tasty watches arriving - exciting!😮
You and me both! Thanks for watching Matthew 👍
I love mechanical watches to me no matter the value there all beautiful work's of art .👍
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It's unbelievable that they can make a profit at just $17
It still baffles me 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
It’s easy when it’s all slave labor
Congrats on hitting 10k subscribers.
Thank you so much 😀
hiya! just wanted to say that this channel pretty much sparked my interest in watches along with "wristwatch revival" on youtube. Keep doing the good work!
Great to hear! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 👍🏻👍🏻
Just saw the first video of your channel, and looking forward to watch more. I'm really into watches and looking into watchmaking.
Welcome aboard. I have a fair amount of previous videos available on the channel for you 👍
Not a bad deal! This would be a good watch for getting comfy taking a watch apart.
Exactly that! Thanks for watching 👍
The dial looks beautiful tbh
It’s very bright for sure
Just found your channel. I'm learning alot, thank you.
I'm seriously thinking about getting some tools and starting this hobby. Looks fun. I've been getting a few picket watches, it would be fun to play with them and see if I could get them running better
I would say go for it and start your 2024 with a new hobby 💪
@HorologyBiology
Just need to find room in our van for it. We live in our van. It would be so fun as we don't watch TV or even own a TV. I already make jewelry, so it goes hand in hand. I'm thinking about putting a nice mechanical watch as the head stone on a walking staff.
@clarklindquist8137 That would be really cool. I’ve actually thought about that for myself many times as I’m quite hooked on watching van build videos on RUclips
Never thought that it would be so interesting to see a service for the cheapest automatic Aliexpress watch, but it was very illuminating. You hace a new sub. Best regards
Aw thank you so much ☺️
Love the colour of the dial. Impressed you got a decent result from it, nice one
Thank you! Cheers!