Watch Repair On Another Level!
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2023
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This is watch repair on another level! Sometimes watches are damaged by those of us who work everyday to do the opposite. In this video I do something that is talked about a lot but not often actually done by watchmakers. I cut a new balance staff for my own watch that I 'accidentally vandalized'. I did not allow myself a great deal of hope of success when setting out on this work but sometimes you just have to try against the odds.
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What an incredible display of manual dexterity demonstrated in this video. I have a hard time replacing the “little” screws on reading glasses so I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to work on a watch balance. Major Perrett must have nerves of steel. Thank you for posting another great video sir.
your work and workmanship is amazing
Thanks so much @ecnal1961! Richard
Amazing skill there sir , And watching is therapeutic..t.y for sharing.
That Vostok Amphibia moment...
When you need to shove a shim under the balance bridge.
That's better Comrade, now the Amplitude has increased
significantly. 👍
Excellent video Richard and nice to see the jewel interact
so visibly with the pallet fork, something that novice needs
to see, in order to comprehend what is happening, mechanically
speaking.
Hi Richard, what incredible patience and skill…👏👏👏
Lucky it was yours Richard 😳 and...you Sir are a little more than jammy 😉
Just love the macro videography ONWARDS!!!
I love the commentary in the video and the description of what's going on. In case you ever need to apply direct heat to a small part without effecting the area around it, there's a small trick I learned. You insert a tool or other metal implement as a sacrificial bit into the tool slot and then heat up that implement from the side so that the heat radiates down into the fastener you're trying to come unstuck. Anyway! Enough unsolicited advice, thanks for the awesome video!
That is the staff that dreams are made of.
Richard, it's lovely seeing you again doing another video, and I realise you're so busy that it's only possible you can get one video out each month. But how great it is that your enthusiasm never wanes and all these beautiful timepieces you restore come back to life to dance on people's wrists. Thank you so much for this! God bless and many blessings to you, Wendi (and junior watchmaker Billie) 🌻🌻🌻
Fantastic work very time consuming 😂,but great job lucky no sneezing when resetting. Well done sir
Nice one Richard. Proper watchmaking cutting a new staff. Hope you get the amplitude back up.
I enjoyed watching the master at work. Bravo 👏👏
Truly Amazing ! Video production of cutting was awesome ! Thanks so much !
Amazing. Thanks for sharing this Richard
great job! i'm sure with polishing the pivots and some poising it will perform a lot better.
Excellent video Richard and a beautiful piece
At 4:10 I hear the police coming to collect you for what you nearly did to that watch ... 😆
Folks have been arrested for less for sure! Richard
Amazing job creating that balance staff! That's something I've never seen before...
What a very nice video. So refreshing to hear someone actually admit they are not perfect. And then fix the problem!
Still saving up for a Major!
You are hand making parts that are hard to see with the naked eye. This is just insane.. Love your videos.
Very precise lathe work Richard. Quite impressive. The idea of finding a watch with your name on the dial is pretty amazing in itself.
Always look forward to your videos. 😊
Thanks Richard lovely video what skills to have 👍
Wow, that’s really impressive. The micro adjustments are amazing. Thanks for the video.
Great craftsmanship and eccentricity at the same time. Love it 👋
There you go! - REME - Rough Engineering Made Easy(ish)!!
Brilliant tool! 😀
A beautiful watch and movement. Great job sir.
So nice to see you install a tiny balance staff, result is perfect ! Thank you for sharing it always very interesting !
Brilliant video as usual sir & so nice to see your skills eventually overcame all of the problems.
Take care & stay safe
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Nice work Mr P. Quite a skillset you got there.
Always enjoyed your videos.
Amazing dexterity, great camera work.
I've never seen work on the hairspring and balance (____) before...lol
Edit: I chuckled due to the captioning.
Job well done, Sir!
Watched with interest. I know over the years many staff removing tools have been available. Removing a staff this way is Bad practice. A balance staff is usually riveted, the staff is very hard and the balance very soft so knocking the staff out with any tool will damage the balance. The balance will then be out of poise in both directions. Suggest in future use a tungsten graver and turn off the back of the staff to remove with no damage to the balance. Next comment is rather than turning a staff, measure the broken staff and using the Ronda staff book at the back, find a staff the same or very near that will easily adapt, these will be harder and better made. Don’t forget after riveting in the new staff to poise the weight. Just a comment
Very useful advice Clive. Much appreciated. Richard
Amazing skill, don't have close to steady enough hands for that kind of work
Cheeky tiny lathe-work Richard
The force was with you
Especially a nice one.
Excellent! Thank you! Richard
Extraordinario video, educativo y super importante para los amantes de los relojes como yo. Muchas gracias por el video genio y amigo
Un abrazo desde México!!
That was fascinating. Richard, could I ask where or how a watch repair station would get a balance staff if they are not able to make a new one?
Impressive stuff, I'm guessing there was a lot more to it than what we have seen. Adjusting the relative positions of jewel and spring must affect beat error, is it trial and error or is there a way to at least get it close to start with?
Hi Richard !
It was a great video, I learned a lot thanks you.
Just one question: what kind of liquid is use at 15min ?
Waouh incredible ❤
Great job Richard! Just wondering how long it takes to do a job like this from start to finish?
Now you’re just showing off 😂
Good job! Are you going to leave it there? Did you poise it, looked a little bit wobbly still. Going to look at improving the amplitude? Nice watch!
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WOW, nice job cutting that new staff! I can only dream to be able to cut my own staffs lol. I don’t even have a lathe yet. Oh, well, I would definitely have my work cut out for me, I’ve accumulated so many movements with broken staffs, and just general pivots on train wheels it’s not funny. Broken staffs are the bane of my existence haha. Good Vid!
Hi @thewatchwirks1372... Yes its a bit tricky! I would prefer to always have a spare rather than cut it myself but interesting to do and to watch... Thanks for the feedback. Richard
@@richardperrettwatchmaker Yes, I live in the states, so luckily most of the pocket watches here are American, and spares are relatively readily available. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy with the European watches haha. (I also have a few old verge fusee movements that I would love to revive someday.)
a nice one
Apart the compliments, I have a question: could the low amplitude in the dial up position be caused by a too short pivot of the new balance staff?
Done by a master attention to detail is what separates the men from the boys
Great vids. But, WD40 is NOT a release oil or lubricant. RP90 is a penetrant fluid.
Thanks so much ... I will check that out! Richard
Was more than one balance staff cut, or did you do that on your first try? How much time did you spend on that repair?
Auchentiber, Scotland
Will the shaft tips break in at all after some run time?
Hi Richard. Did you manage to get the amplitude up again?
No time to continue atm @1959Berre... I am pretty sure I have found a staff cut by some Swiss elfs so I may swap it out if i cannot get it to perform better. Richard
Given that both pivots had been sheared off, how did you estimate their diameter and the overall length of the new staff?
Hi @cgnicolis .... pivot diameter is derived from the jewel hole and the length is an estimate (best to overestimate) which can be rectified on a jacot tool (not shown in video). Hope this is helpful, Richard
I didn't see you harden the staff before installation. Was that done or was it simply cut and installed?
Where do you find the dexterity?
Is this something like the red shoe diaries 👠?
Nice comment.
Thanks @moehoward
i like this i neew one 😂😂
477 thumbs up
You skipped over the information I need.
My computer edited out the "cock" from "balance cock"😄😄😄😄😄 Or maybe it was RUclips's doing, but it was gone.
Ooops ... maybe I need to call it a balance bridge (even though it isn't) in future! Richard