Fascinating. I wish I could manage to do this, because it’s almost impossible to find someone to even look at a pocket watch. It seems fitting a battery is the most you can get done nowadays .
Canon pinion, that’s why you had to put the bridge back on. Can’t take the fifth wheel off until you do that, well you can at your own risk lol. Beautiful.movement. I have a few 1880-1900 Elgin and Waltham pocket watches and the incravings are incredible. And they all work!! Don’t make them like this anymore. Cheers
Excellent video! Informative and entertaining. I noticed you never showed the installation of the stem and crown. It seems to me like the stem must be installed during the assembly of the movement, but it wasn’t installed that way in the video. I would imagine that in order to case the movement, the crown must be removed. Is this correct? I have a model 1888 that runs and keeps excellent time, However, like many model 1888s, it is not in a case and does not have a stem. I am trying to find a case and stem/crown for it, but I don’t want to disassemble the movement myself. If it must be done that way, I will take it to a watchmaker.
Hi James, you're right, to case the movement you have to remove the stem with its crown completely from the case. You sit the movement in the case, insert the crown and stem, and secure it with a screw next to the crown wheel. Thanks for your comments and support. Cheers
In my limited experience with pocket watches, the stem remains in the case. The crown is pulled to the setting position, case screws are removed and one side of the movement opposite the pendant can tilt forward from the case middle, allowing the movement to slide off the stem. Usually the movement comes out from the front of the case.
@@Mars-zgblbl That is usually the case, but the Waltham model 1888, is somewhat different than the vast majority of American made watches. If you watch a repair video for a model 1988, the movement is repaired with the stem and crown installed, tested and regulated, then the stem is removed, the movement cased and the stem and crown installed. That, and the fact that it requires a slightly larger than 16s case, makes for many uncased movements and very few available cases.😩 I did bide my time and found a very nice GF case and now have a nice, mid-grade model 1888, that is serviced and in an appropriate case.😎
Hi Simon, thanks for your comment. The error is not that I didn't unwind the mainspring. Look at minute 6:30, and see why I had to mount the train bridge back on the plate after removing the escape, fourth, and third wheels.
Fascinating. I wish I could manage to do this, because it’s almost impossible to find someone to even look at a pocket watch. It seems fitting a battery is the most you can get done nowadays .
Very enjoyable! Excellent, video quality!
Thank you so much Sylver. I truly appreciate cheer up comments :)
Thank you ❤ new hobby for me. 🎉 love these watches
Thanks to you too! Enjoy the new hobby. The more you go into watch repair, the more you'll love it 😊
Canon pinion, that’s why you had to put the bridge back on.
Can’t take the fifth wheel off until you do that, well you can at your own risk lol.
Beautiful.movement.
I have a few 1880-1900 Elgin and Waltham pocket watches and the incravings are incredible. And they all work!!
Don’t make them like this anymore.
Cheers
Thanks for your comment!! You got it 😜
I really enjoy working on these movement. Their beauty is at another level indeed. Cheers!
Excellent video! Informative and entertaining. I noticed you never showed the installation of the stem and crown. It seems to me like the stem must be installed during the assembly of the movement, but it wasn’t installed that way in the video. I would imagine that in order to case the movement, the crown must be removed. Is this correct? I have a model 1888 that runs and keeps excellent time, However, like many model 1888s, it is not in a case and does not have a stem. I am trying to find a case and stem/crown for it, but I don’t want to disassemble the movement myself. If it must be done that way, I will take it to a watchmaker.
Hi James, you're right, to case the movement you have to remove the stem with its crown completely from the case. You sit the movement in the case, insert the crown and stem, and secure it with a screw next to the crown wheel.
Thanks for your comments and support. Cheers
In my limited experience with pocket watches, the stem remains in the case. The crown is pulled to the setting position, case screws are removed and one side of the movement opposite the pendant can tilt forward from the case middle, allowing the movement to slide off the stem. Usually the movement comes out from the front of the case.
@@Mars-zgblbl That is usually the case, but the Waltham model 1888, is somewhat different than the vast majority of American made watches. If you watch a repair video for a model 1988, the movement is repaired with the stem and crown installed, tested and regulated, then the stem is removed, the movement cased and the stem and crown installed. That, and the fact that it requires a slightly larger than 16s case, makes for many uncased movements and very few available cases.😩 I did bide my time and found a very nice GF case and now have a nice, mid-grade model 1888, that is serviced and in an appropriate case.😎
Something to do with the removal of the cannon pinion I think
😜
Didn't run down the spring
Hi Simon, thanks for your comment. The error is not that I didn't unwind the mainspring. Look at minute 6:30, and see why I had to mount the train bridge back on the plate after removing the escape, fourth, and third wheels.