Thanks to this video I was able to fix another of this movement type and its now ticking again. I am so grateful! I received mine from an antiques dealer who got it when he bought an estate. The case was melted down but the dial and movement was preserved. When I got it, everything was stuck because of dirt and dry oil. After cleaning, reassembly and oiling the movement would tick but with very poor amplitude. The balance wheel got stuck somehow in one direction of the spin. I was at a loss with how to fix it until I found this video and compared the alignment of the banking pins on the movement in this video to my own. After correcting the left banking pin my movement is now ticking once again and I will commission a casemaker to make a new case for it!
What a beautiful watch. It must have been expensive back in 1910, incredible craftsmanship of the original maker and the restorer. Really enjoyed this.
I can't believe I just sat here and watched the full 24mins that took, that was amazing to watch! So interesting watching an expert in their craft go about their job. Bravo.
Such a beautiful and elegant old world pocket watch. I really do enjoy your videos. Watching you do your Masterful thing, and listening to the music is the art of zen for me. Thank you. Peace ✨
What a nice work. I specially like how the time lapse sequences look. Unlike many others, they have some... Something, like motion blur, that adds a really nice touch! And the watch servicing was superb. I'm totally impressed by that deoxidation process.
the music is a little taxing excellent work of course, I love watching someone restore a watch almost as much as doing it myself and the grimey parts, I enjoy watching more than doing myself : )
Wow, this little watch looks like the one i have, but this one is 10 years older. You did a great job fixing that little dude. Edit:My pocket watch was made by Minimax
Awesome stuff, that pocket watch is a stunner! Question though from a learning hobbyist.. I've read so much about how fingerprints are a watch's inner-working's nightmare; yet your fingers are all over the place. Sure, you sometimes use the Rodico to clean up, but it didn't always seem possible. And so now I'm confused. How should fingerprints be handled? Thanks for these videos and your insight! These are awesome.
I hate finger tips and gloves. On the other hand, by pure luck, my skin is very dry and I don't really leave any marks that could not be easily removed with cloth or rodico. In general gold plated surfaces clean well, especially on vintage pocket watches but non-plated brass parts or lightly plated on modern watches are problematic. In this particular case, I am dealing with a rare watch where parts are no longer available so I am doing my best to handle them with extra care. Fingertips protect plating but completely desensitise my most precious tool: my fingers.
Hi Mohan - the Geneva stop work prevents overwinding as well as complete unwinding of the mainspring. The trick is to find that 'correct spot' where winding action starts. Bit of a guess work but 3/4 of the turn seems to be just right. Essentially, the purpose of stopwork is to eliminate the extremes of either too much / too little power, and keep the driving force as close as possible to linear.
Master Watchmaker Interesting. Is that why you didn’t have to power down the watch before disassembling the click and click spring? Sorry for so many questions. I just wish I had been introduced to all this 30 years ago.
Gospodine Hačko ja sam iz Pančeva, koliko sam upoznat vi ste poreklom iz Kikinde, jako mi je drago da ste me kontaktirati, da li mogu da vas kontaktira neki put u vezi nekog saveta
@@pakelogika423 Both of you are stupid and don´t know anything about watchmaking. My two watch masters used didnt like to use finger condoms because it doesn´t feel good. They had very dry hands, which this master watchmaker most likely also has. Plus he uses rodico after touching the movement removing oil and grease which might be on the movement
@@AnimeVideoEditor I’m afraid everyone has oils on their skin, and contact with will cause rust or markings on the parts. He is a very talented watchmaker, but I am shocked he’s handling the movement with bare fingers.
@@AnimeVideoEditor You are a idiot my friend, everyone has oily hands otherwise they would dry up and crack. So it's not a good idea to touch the bare metal as you put the watch back together. I noticed in subsequent videos that he uses finger cots.
I remember in one of your videos that you mentioned that you would be willing to share your technique / magic potion for brightening up the brass plates in pocket watches. I have been working on watches (mainly American pocket watches) for 20+ years and would love to have that information. Please let me know how to contact you if you are still willing to share :-). Thanks! Michael
And why would I wear them working on a rare watch? To desensitize my fingers, significantly reduce my ability to hold tools and increase chance of slipping, breaking, losing and scratching precious parts which are impossible to replace? Cleaning fingerprints periodically is perfectly fine and acceptable.
The video was uploaded at a very low resolution of 360p (Instead of 1080p). Not sure what happened there? Maybe reload at full resolution so we can clearly see all the detail in the watch face, movement, etc.,? Very blurry at the moment.
I'm really afraid by you're point of view about secrets to keep. Knowlege exists to be share. If you lose the skills, you lose the things. You keep secrets about washing pieces, but you manage main spring with hands. Congratulations !!
Please can somebody explain the point of degreasing, cleaning and precisely oiling these components when you are going to assemble the movement without any sign of finger cots being used?
So, you're willing to tell your deoxidizing secret to other watchmakers, who are your direct competition, but you don't want to share it with the rest of us, who are just curious and will probably never clean any watch at all? This... doesn't make much sense. Anyway, I enjoyed the demonstration.
I spent most of the time trying to avoid looking at your hair. Although its a high level professional work bu the position of the camera and the quality of the filming are bad.
Thanks to this video I was able to fix another of this movement type and its now ticking again. I am so grateful!
I received mine from an antiques dealer who got it when he bought an estate. The case was melted down but the dial and movement was preserved. When I got it, everything was stuck because of dirt and dry oil. After cleaning, reassembly and oiling the movement would tick but with very poor amplitude. The balance wheel got stuck somehow in one direction of the spin. I was at a loss with how to fix it until I found this video and compared the alignment of the banking pins on the movement in this video to my own. After correcting the left banking pin my movement is now ticking once again and I will commission a casemaker to make a new case for it!
Sat back with a glass of wine and enjoyed watching a true master with immense skill breathing life back into this timepiece.
Vianney Halter could have fixed this time piece as will
What a beautiful watch. It must have been expensive back in 1910, incredible craftsmanship of the original maker and the restorer. Really enjoyed this.
Love the way the cannon pinion is tighted. The market provides expensive tools but here is done in a simply and very professional way!
Thank you Nick. It is a privilege to watch a master perform such beautiful work.
I can't believe I just sat here and watched the full 24mins that took, that was amazing to watch! So interesting watching an expert in their craft go about their job. Bravo.
Such a beautiful and elegant old world pocket watch. I really do enjoy your videos. Watching you do your Masterful thing, and listening to the music is the art of zen for me. Thank you. Peace ✨
What a nice work. I specially like how the time lapse sequences look. Unlike many others, they have some... Something, like motion blur, that adds a really nice touch!
And the watch servicing was superb. I'm totally impressed by that deoxidation process.
Great demonstration of skill and experience. Enjoyed it immensely.
Loving these videos!
It’s like Baumgartner painting restoration videos - could watch them all day!
First time ever to see such precision. Wish I'd been introduced to this field 50 years ago.
the music is a little taxing
excellent work of course, I love watching someone restore a watch almost as much as doing it myself
and the grimey parts, I enjoy watching more than doing myself : )
Wow, this little watch looks like the one i have, but this one is 10 years older. You did a great job fixing that little dude.
Edit:My pocket watch was made by Minimax
This is the essence of watch repair! Stunning timepiece!
Great to see this beautiful timepiece restored. Very nice 👍🏻
Great video. Loved watching it. Can't wait for the next one.
Cheers
Willy
Canada
Very nice. I’m a big fan of pocket watches.
Great job on this video, I’d say imo this is your best one yet, love it👌
Fantastic to watch (as usual)!
What an amazing piece of work both the watch and Nicholas!
Wow what a fantastic video, love the jazzy style 😄
Fantastic restoration for a beautiful watch.
Love the top of your head. Nice work other wise.
Absolutely great work, thoroughly enjoyed it.
LOL deoxidation process keeping secret :-) Great watch indeed! Very fine job, also the spring inserted by hand! Thank you for sharing.
Really enjoyed watching!
Increíble, que agradable ver volver a vida una pieza tan hermosa, saludos desde Costa Rica
Absolutely amazing and immensely interesting. Thank you so much....,!
A GOD GIVEN SKILL
Very enjoyable.
Great video thank you. Only comment is replacing the mainspring by hand can create a cone effect on the spring.
Do you re blue the blue screws with metal blue ing solution?
Oh wow, I would love to have that watch.
Did I miss you lubricating the mainspring?I DID see you installing mainspring by hand rather than using a proper mainspring winder.Whats up with that?
This video should have been shot with zoom lenses. Some movements are so quick, I cannot understand what is being done. On the whole, a good video.
Awesome stuff, that pocket watch is a stunner!
Question though from a learning hobbyist.. I've read so much about how fingerprints are a watch's inner-working's nightmare; yet your fingers are all over the place. Sure, you sometimes use the Rodico to clean up, but it didn't always seem possible. And so now I'm confused. How should fingerprints be handled?
Thanks for these videos and your insight! These are awesome.
I hate finger tips and gloves. On the other hand, by pure luck, my skin is very dry and I don't really leave any marks that could not be easily removed with cloth or rodico. In general gold plated surfaces clean well, especially on vintage pocket watches but non-plated brass parts or lightly plated on modern watches are problematic. In this particular case, I am dealing with a rare watch where parts are no longer available so I am doing my best to handle them with extra care. Fingertips protect plating but completely desensitise my most precious tool: my fingers.
@@MasterWatchmaker that makes sense! Thanks for the clarification!
Cuanto tiempo tiene que estar en aprendizaje para ser un relojero de élite?
Nice one. Nick on Piano and Josh on Drums I presume! ;-)
Great video! That barrel assembly seemed to be slightly more complicated than the standard types. Did it require some kind of alignment?
Hi Mohan - the Geneva stop work prevents overwinding as well as complete unwinding of the mainspring. The trick is to find that 'correct spot' where winding action starts. Bit of a guess work but 3/4 of the turn seems to be just right. Essentially, the purpose of stopwork is to eliminate the extremes of either too much / too little power, and keep the driving force as close as possible to linear.
Master Watchmaker Interesting. Is that why you didn’t have to power down the watch before disassembling the click and click spring? Sorry for so many questions. I just wish I had been introduced to all this 30 years ago.
Beautiful !
спасибо
Gospodine Hačko pozdrav iz Srbije, pratim vaš rad i dosta učim od vas Miša Šeremetović časovničar
Pozdrav kolega Miso, hvala na javljanju. Odakle se javljas?
Gospodine Hačko ja sam iz Pančeva, koliko sam upoznat vi ste poreklom iz Kikinde, jako mi je drago da ste me kontaktirati, da li mogu da vas kontaktira neki put u vezi nekog saveta
@@mishasheremetovic9902 Naravno, bice mi zadovoljstvo ako mogu da pomognem. Srdacan pozdrav!
Great Job
Unbelievable, services a watch with his bare hands contaminated it with the oil from his fingers.
Fake master watchmaker
@@pakelogika423 Both of you are stupid and don´t know anything about watchmaking. My two watch masters used didnt like to use finger condoms because it doesn´t feel good. They had very dry hands, which this master watchmaker most likely also has. Plus he uses rodico after touching the movement removing oil and grease which might be on the movement
@@AnimeVideoEditor I’m afraid everyone has oils on their skin, and contact with will cause rust or markings on the parts. He is a very talented watchmaker, but I am shocked he’s handling the movement with bare fingers.
@@AnimeVideoEditor You are a idiot my friend, everyone has oily hands otherwise they would dry up and crack. So it's not a good idea to touch the bare metal as you put the watch back together. I noticed in subsequent videos that he uses finger cots.
Not only are the screws so small so to are your tools
Does the main spring looks normal????
Why no detailed case polish?
I remember in one of your videos that you mentioned that you would be willing to share your technique / magic potion for brightening up the brass plates in pocket watches. I have been working on watches (mainly American pocket watches) for 20+ years and would love to have that information. Please let me know how to contact you if you are still willing to share :-). Thanks! Michael
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Why no finger cots when assembling the watch?
I rarely wear them. Finger cots are for technicians, not watchmakers.
loved this video, but why no finger cots?
And why would I wear them working on a rare watch? To desensitize my fingers, significantly reduce my ability to hold tools and increase chance of slipping, breaking, losing and scratching precious parts which are impossible to replace? Cleaning fingerprints periodically is perfectly fine and acceptable.
@@MasterWatchmaker ok i didn't know , im leaning. great video!!!
The video was uploaded at a very low resolution of 360p (Instead of 1080p). Not sure what happened there? Maybe reload at full resolution so we can clearly see all the detail in the watch face, movement, etc.,? Very blurry at the moment.
Apparently RUclips still processing! Please check again in an hour or so. If no luck will upload again. Thank you.
@@MasterWatchmaker Maybe I was too quick off the mark! :)
Just re-watched it in its full 2160p glory! MUCH better! :)
I'm really afraid by you're point of view about secrets to keep. Knowlege exists to be share. If you lose the skills, you lose the things. You keep secrets about washing pieces, but you manage main spring with hands. Congratulations !!
Very good job. Please, How can I get in touch with you? Thank you very much.
Please can somebody explain the point of degreasing, cleaning and precisely oiling these components when you are going to assemble the movement without any sign of finger cots being used?
How else would you get sweaty fingerprints all over the mainspring?😂
Beautiful work, but the camera need to be moved to a different angle, slightly more forward to avoid seeing your head in the picture
Agree. This was our first video - check out later ones. Thanks for watching.
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On ne sort pas une bonde avec un marteau. quelle méthode !
So, you're willing to tell your deoxidizing secret to other watchmakers, who are your direct competition, but you don't want to share it with the rest of us, who are just curious and will probably never clean any watch at all? This... doesn't make much sense. Anyway, I enjoyed the demonstration.
White vinegar would be a good thing to try, needs washing thoroughly afterwards perhaps in alcohol or other solvent, works for me.
Every watch maker I see is using gloves or something like that. You are not. Is there a reason for that?
Yes.
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No finger cots? Leaving oil from your fingers everywhere.
I spent most of the time trying to avoid looking at your hair. Although its a high level professional work bu the position of the camera and the quality of the filming are bad.
What's with the Communist Logo??? FO
No need for the muzak