Bulova Watch Restoration
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- In this video I take a broken vintage Swiss Bulova watch apart, attempt to find out what is wrong with it, source parts required and then clean everything before assembling back together to see if it will then work. With a polish to the case and crystal, see if I can restore this watch back to its former glory. Was this restoration successful? tune in to find out!
Chapters
00:00 Into
02:25 Disassembly
29:14 Cleaning Montage
31:46 Assembly
1:10:07 Finished Result
1:11:05 Timegrapher results & Conclusion
If my videos have helped or inspired you into this hobby then I would be grateful if you could support the channel. A little goes a long way.
Make a one-off/ donation to the channel here: www.buymeacoffee.com/MyRetroW...
My tool affiliate links page. Items do not cost you any more and I earn a small commission. All tools are hand picked by myself. myretrowatches.com/tool-sale-l...
like to buy a T-Shirt? then please look here: teespring.com/stores/my-retro...
Thank you for your support.
My website: myretrowatches.com/
My Facebook Group - Retro & Vintage Watches & Restorations
/ retro.vintage.watches....
My Instagram: / myretrowatches
Email. michael@myretrowatches.com
#watchrestoration #watchmaking #watchrepair #hobbyistwatchmaking 
Хобби
Have my videos have helped you? why not support the channel in some way
You can make a one off/ monthy donation here in only one click: www.buymeacoffee.com/MyRetroWatches
If you would like to purchase any tools & equipment then please see my Amazon affiliate & eBay (I do earn a small commission from any sales.) Thank you.
Link: Link: myretrowatches.co.uk/tool-sale-links/
If you would like to buy any of my T-Shirts then please look here: teespring.com/stores/my-retro-watches
What camera do you use for your shots pointing down at the movement and movement holder? This turned out beautifully!
To determine year of manufacture L=50s M=60s N=70s
These movements had a modified top plate as the rotor post would break off
(From ex Bulova UK watch repair bloke)
@@iandooley4959 ㅎ ㅜ ㄷ 3ㅜㅜㄷㄹ
@@djericdiesel it would always benefit from a service as fresh oil would help. That being said you have to find someone not afraid to take on vintage work. Modern shops usually decline sadly
gow to order ? in mainspring ?
Another outstanding video! I voted for this one, and finally got a chance to watch it. Keep up the great work.
I have an unhealthy obsession with Bulova watches. I enjoy your videos.
Lovely movement in this Bulova watch! Good job Mike!
I’m old to the channel, and still love this channel! Cheers!
That is a truly beautiful time piece. Keep up the good work Mike. Karl
Beautiful Bulova! a real classic watch
Nice job Mike. That is a gorgeous watch!
Mike, the watch turned out beautiful, great job.
Really nice watch, very complicated movement, well done ! cheers Mike! 👍
Great work, such a beautiful looking movement. Can't wait for the next video.
Thanks Jeni. Hopefully not as long to wait until the next one ...
That's a stunning little watch. Lovely understated dial in a gorgeous blue.
Thank you. Its the dial that makes this watch. That and the gold movement!
Nice work and diligence. Love the videos.
Inspirational videos. It's great that you're sharing your journey with us.
My pleasure!
What a perfomance ! This journey was a quite tricky, but you have done it at last !
Good job m8te !
Thanks
Lovely job Mike, thanks for sharing
The watch that started my obsession was a Bulova Seakiong FL from 1970.. my father won it in a hockey tournament in the '70s. I have always had a love for Bulova for that reason and I just got my hands on a 1972 seaking date timer with a speidel band, just like my Dad had. Going to have to open it up and service it, replace or polish the shit out of the crystal, and re-finish the case... Super excited to finally own my own version of that watch
I have an affinity for Bulova. This watch would look good on my wrist!
What a lot of work and you handle frustration well.
Good show. Fascinating works and engineering.
Beautiful watch and most complicated movement's watch ever 😊
My favorites you tube channel! Great job!
Bulova very underrated vintage watch. Great work
Really enjoyed this one! I’m going to grab myself a bulova ambassador to work on. What a lovely movement and great looking watch too
Very nice…. Coming from here in the states! Makes me want to try this hobby. Thanks for a great vid!!!
I did a Bulova like that a while back and man what a gorgeous movement. The camera just doesnt do it justice. Youre right, it needs a display caseback. Nice job Mike!
Well done Mike, this one gave you a good workout. Cannot wait for more of these restorations. Great thing about these watches is you can get them fairly cheap but they are great quality IMO and look fantastic.
Thank you David.
Experience is learned when you step out of your box. I have a few Bulova watches and will rewatching these when I'm doing them. Awesome job.
My Retor watches you are good at restoring vintage watches my friend
Thanks for this. I have been using your video to work on my fathers 1970s Bulova ambassador.
Great work, you stuck at and got it working!!!!
Beautiful watch excellent video I really enjoyed every minute 👍 thanks Mike
Much appreciated!
Just chanced upon Mike and his channel this evening. Absolutely brilliant!! Simply cannot believe that this genius, affable, great-to-listen-to, all round really lovely chap, is an......amateur! He is absolutely amazing and a joy to watch. And really love his banter! Speaks so beautifully. So enjoyed the last hour plus and learned so much. Wish I could give Mike a million likes; he'd deserve every single one! Thank you Mike!!
Wow thank you for such high praise. I would not class myself in any of the categories other than the amateur one. Really happy you enjoyed my video and thank you again for a nice comment.
Wow. Very well done Mike. 👍
Great video! This is a very nice watch, and a interesting movement. I've never seen one exactly like this, but it has some simularities with the Seiko 56xx series movements. Great work!!
Thanks , I did like this movement. I’m going through my Swiss journey right now .
Nice job, I learned quite a bit. Thanks.
My favorit brand of watch. great vydio.I have a 1968 Acutron and 2 quartz and I have purchased a Benetton colours and cant wait for it to arrive so O can work on it. Keep up the good work
Neil
Beautyfull watch i love to see it run again.
The dial colour on that watch is amazing !
Nice job on a complicated movement :) Great video.
My Retor watches your vintage Bulova watch is awesome my friend
Nice video Mike, enjoyed very much watching it, keep up the good work....
Thanks 👍
Nice watch and entertaining video. Keep up the good work.
Finally yyyyei. Really like this channel. Im gonna sit and enjoy and learn. Thanks.
It looks like the parts of calendar face its more difficult to put in place. Beautiful watch.
Thank you for this video. With it, and lots of time, I was able to source a broken Bulova ANACD with an amazing case, dial and a broken movement. With this video, and spare bits, I have a fully sorted watch that drops 4 seconds a day. Not too bad for a watch that may be older than I. Thank you again for this video.
You are welcome. Happy the video helped you.
Beautiful end result 👍👍👍👍
Mike, I just bought a Sea King 11ANACD. This video will be a MASSIVE help to me restoring the movement. Thank you!!
Your welcome. Good luck with the project.
Good catch , master.But a little bit sweatting job .We sweat also at the same time watching you accomplish the task , but finally you did a great job.Thanks for a nice video. Bernardo
Thanks Michael, this really helped me whilst servicing my own 11anacd. 👍
Thank you glad it helped
I have two watches just like that but sadly they dont run, was really great to see you repair your one, it really looks brand new. I'm not able to fix mine as I'm not any good with small machines. Keep up your brilliant work it's a privilege for me to watch. Many kind regards, tony.
Hello Tony, If you have one of these that is in good condition but not running I might be interested in buying it if you want to sell for a reasonable price. I have a good movement but the case is in terrible condition.
Way to soldier on, perseverance pays off in the end. Nice job Mike
Thanks .
Beautiful piece and great restoration (tart up the case! :)
Excellent job.
Mike another project, well done the blue dial is wonderful considering the age , enjoy looks great on the waist.
They look better on the wrist than waist. Sorry could not resist.
Beautiful watch!!!
Beautiful watch.
Great job. Enjoy it.
Really lovely looking movement. Nice job on it.
Thanks mate. Was more the frustration of parts than anything else.
Excellent job
really nice work!
Thank you I enjoyed the video despite the little mishaps, and just subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
great on camera details -nerves /eyes /tools/ patience x 4
Good job on a cool watch
What a beautiful movement 😮
very nice! GJ Mike as always !
Very nice Job Sir.
An excellent refurbishment of an outstanding vintage watch, in my collection I only have 1 Bulova Watch a Tank watch 1940's one at that, but I'll be looking out for one of these as it wouldn't look out of place in today's marketplace.
Thank you. Yes these are a lovely watch and I’ve also seen them in a stainless case. They do seem to pop up on eBay now and again.
"I'm just a hobbyist..." Then proceeds to strip and assemble the watch like a pro. 😅
He is most certainly no Pro. If you like to see the difference then check out
RUclips channels Richard Perrett Watchmaker or
Mark Lovick Watch Repair Channel - both of which are far more accomplished than this guy.
@@marekzlomianek4229 the guys you are referring too are the pros and been in the Trade for decades, but he is quite good, as a hobbyist, regarding myself im doing fine in the cleaning diagnosing and replacing parts and maybe fiddling with the hairspring but when it comes to make parts i hit the wall , for now !
Looks great.
Great job dude 👌
My respects my good friend!!! Nice job!
Hi mike I like the way you use a writing bureau... I have just got and old one from Essex ... maybe I might use that. Bull. Üver is a great piece..
What a beautiful machine has that vuloba grasias to be enceñar I love mechanical watches
Amazing! A dandy job!
Another good video, thanks
great video and they are great because you take it from a hobbyist view. they are less intimidating and everyone feels comfortable about making mistakes at least I do. I would highly recommending exploring different movements and watches. I think you got too many seiko videos. I enjoyed the Bulova, Russian watch restoration. I would love for you to explore more… Darwil, and most definitely do a Chinese Seagull. Cone on and Mark Lovitt pulled one of those a part. Happy to send you a loaner for a video if you need one. I do enjoy your videos!
Thank you. Seiko is a passion of mine and why the channel started hence seeing so many but more recently it’s been all kinds of makes and a lot of Swiss stuff.
Very nice watch
Love your videos. More please!
Thank you. I have more coming!
Great stuff again mate!
Thanks Nick. Turned out nice this one
Been waiting for this 😁
ME TOO! Been missing you Mike.
Nice Job!
Hi. Bulova always have a date code on the case back. In this watch is N0 - N for 70s and 0 for 1970. Great video :)
Good job!
I recently found a chart showing Bulova date codes. Yours has n0 on the case back. According to the chart its from 1970. N for the 70s, 0 for the year. M if I remember is the 60s. Great channel, one of my favorites. I am just getting into repairs, and have some old movements to practice with. One is a Bulova 11afc in badshape but complete, minus thecaseback. Not sure where to get one. I have also begun collecting old Bulova. Many available for not crazy money. Keep up the good work. Jay
Get one for sure
Mine is a AOACD the automatic works are slightly different, I took it apart after watching this video, that’s when i realized it had two small gears that sit on a dual cantilever spring for the auto winding, now I’m a bit scared because I was planning on referencing this tutorial to reassemble it and I didn’t take any pics, lol hoping it closes enough though.
Thanks for the vids I’ve always enjoyed them!
Nice job
Thanks for the viddy, I have an 11ALAC which seems to have the same problem, but a M7 date code (1967). Yours @3:07 shows N0 which is 1970. I've liked and subscribed and look forward to more from across the pond.
nice work, as usual!
Thanks pal
Love this video the bulova and the gold movement absolutely stunning work you’ve done.
I have one here handed down from my grandad in much need of a full resto.
Great Job my friend x
And thank you for all your support sir.
Got a treat coming on my channel next day or so... Pulsar V601 "dancing hands", just finished finally setting it up and it works brilliant yay It only has the single time and the chronograph unlike its V600 big brother or the V691 which both have dual times and countdown timers in addition to the chronograph function but its all done analogue and insanely clever... I'm waiting delivery on my V691 and my V600 doesn't work right but def recommend a "dancing hands" piece as they are so cool :D
Felicitaciones por el video enseñanza. Tengo un Reloj Bulova parecido pero tiene la espiral dañada. Como se restaura. Gracias por tu ayuda
Excellent, wonderful, I am grateful to you, My dream is to make very short and simple video to how to test the electric circuit and the coil in quartz watch and also about the wheels and their arrangement in quartz watch , thanks thanks thanks, I am very happy with your videos , but I hope the video of quartz watch dissambely and testing
Killer watch love it
Good for you I am just starting out on this I've stripped 2 watches upto now but not rebuilt one yet
Good luck with your rebuilds. Never try to force a part into place.
An old watch maker in the Village I grew up in, used to use a small spirit burner to heat up the end of the spring to allow him to work the spring ends without damage, as this took the hardness out of the spring steel on the ends only.
i like Bulova
i like your channel
and you!
My Retor watches your utube videos are awesome my friend 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅
I love Bulova. I have had a champagne dialed 333 Oceanographer, a super cool gold case minute man with a root beer dial and orange tipped hands and just sold my 666 Snorkel Oceanographer. They have all run very well and kept superb time. Anything from the mid-seventies and earlier were really well made.
NIce watches, was the 66 snorkel a accutron? I serviced a green one recently for a friend. cracking watch! Thanks for watching.
@@MyRetroWatches no it was actually this watch. I sold it about a month ago.
mybulova.com/watches/1972-oceanographer-8947
Michael - Thank you for a truly fantastic video. I learned so much from it. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, I viewed it twice. I've never opened any of my mechanical/automatic watches, only my quartz watches and even then, it was to change a battery and quickly reseal it. But watching you and listening to your cool, calm, collected voice convinced me that I should begin learning more and be less "afraid" of what I might do to the watch. Having recently retired, I now have some time on my hands for a new hobby...and thanks to you and your videos, I may have just found the confidence I needed to begin. Thank you!
Thank you for this comment. I believe anyone can do this. It is all about having the right mindset and not getting frustrated. Buy a cheap mechanical watch and have a go, worst case is that you ruin a $20 watch but you then gain so much experience.
I think its be best hobby if you like watches.