Best part of this video is seeing the face behind the voice and fingers! I'll let your educated and thoughtful followers cast light on the tools and their current function. Real craftsmen will always be helpful and encouraging, others probably need a "time out" and change of diaper.
Funny to see this comment because I originally knew Marshall (and his face) from his career with the Magic the Gathering card game, but instantly recognized his voice when I stumbled upon one of his watch videos one day.
I’m sure you know what all of these tools are now, but for viewers who don’t know, here’s a list of them all : 3:30 - this is a depthing tool for laying out the location of pivots on a new movement and checking the depthing of wheels. 5:30 - These are also for watch jewelling. The tiny collets hold a metal jewel setting (chaton) which in turn holds a jewel. The little metal containers might be empty, but held metal settings matched to the size of the corresponding collet. The larger round tool is a clamp, used to hold a collet, which in turn holds a setting. You then use a jeweling press to friction fit a jewel into the setting held in the collet. The thing you call a chuck is the collet that fits the round tool base, the tiny things in the container you called a collet are the jewel settings (chatons) that fit the collet. The manual for the big deluxe Seitz jeweling set contains instructions for this set. 6:26 - These are all trueing callipers, for trueing wheels (mainly cut bimetallic temperature compensating balance wheels) in the round and the flat. 7:07 - these are wrenches that are used with the trueing callipers. The notch in the end grips the rim of the balance wheel so you can make alterations to bend it back to being perfectly flat and perfectly round. 7:23 - this is a mainspring gauge. The slots around the edges are to measure width of the spring, and the slot in the centre is to measure the thickness of the mainspring. 7:42 - this is for polishing pivots, but a Jacot tool is superior for this purpose. The pegs at the bottom can be secured in a vise, and I think they were also designed for use in a watchmakers WW lathe, but can be driven by a bow too. Never used one. 8:20 - Hard to say, I couldn’t get a proper look at them. They could be different sizes of female centres for the Levin pivot polishing tool.
The first tool, the brass one in the red box that you poked yourself on, is a depthing tool. You suspend two wheels between the centers, in the middle, so that they mesh. You then adjust the distance between them so that the meshing is optimal, and then you can use the pointy outside of the centers to scribe that distance on whatever you need to drill into to mount those wheels on.
To some watch repair specialist usng very old techniques or maybe a museum restoration expert, that Depthing tool alone must be worth 10x whatever you paid for the entire kit.
@@ammoalamo6485 The depthing tool is a £5 to £20 tool if it looks clean and tidy and not bent or twisted. You often see the arks they make scratched on the plates of older pocket watches.
I cannot believe some of the mean comments that people are making Marshall. You clearly state in virtually every video you release that you are an amateur and hobbyist learning as you go along. Everyone knows that watchmaking is an incredibly skilled job and I think that you should be admired for your efforts and willingness to learn. My late father was a true watchmaker and I remember sitting mesmerised while he repaired/service watches (I was always told that I had to sit still and quiet when Dad was working). I remember quite a few of those tools, although do not know what they are used for. You purchased a job lot of tools that would obviously have just been thrown away judging by the price you paid for them. As your skill levels improve you shall probably find use for those precision instruments. Good luck to you and thanks for the great and interesting content.
I have not read the comments you mention, but my first reactions was "WHAT?!?! Somebody was mean to Marshall?!?!??! Totally unacceptable, but so common these days. They are just jealous of the awesomeness.
Found the troll in question. Just the typical jealous guy with a keyboard and not much else going for them. I wish him the best of luck as he grows into an adult.
Not to mention every “watchmaker” coming after him has had a very elitist attitude. I think it’s also worth mentioning that he isn’t a watchmaker as much as he is a watch restorer. While the terms are probably synonymous now, He doesn’t actually make watches, so it stands to reason he wouldn’t know all of the tools of the trade. But I think it’s only a matter of time before he attempts it.
Marshall.. you just probably cost me a lot of money. I just bought a pair of old Soviet pocketwatches for $60 because of you.. and now I need tools, and then more watches, and...
I just bought a worthless, but cool, Planters Peanut watch from the 60's to repair because of Marshall. I don't have any tools, but I have the watch. Now I just have to convince the wife that I need yet more tools...
Ooh man...Don't I know it! I have been watching watch videos foe a few years, but since I started watching Marshall's channel about 6 months ago my interest has multiplied. I have just bought my first pocket watch for 25 Euro and about 250 Euro of tools.
This is a little late but; The first tool is a gear mesh tool used for making gears, the caliper looking tools are used to check the position and truth of gearwheels on their pivot shafts wile making gearwheels, the two slotted bars are for correcting the truth in a gearwheel so the gearwheel does not woble, the lathe looking machine is just that it is indeed a pivot polisher for making replacement pivot shafts for gearwheels it seems that the driving bow is missing the small box of chucks most likely go with the pivot polisher, the screwdriver looking tools are indeed jewel staking tools, the plate gauge could be used to measure any thing it is hard to tell what without a closer look.
The ruler like part is a main spring gauge, the red box is a gear depthing tool for checking gear meshing, the thing you have 3 of are balance truing calipers for checking the balance is flat although at least one is missing the index arm, the final Levin part is a lathe attachment for polishing pivots, the 2 pieces at 7:12 are listed in some places as balance wheel wrenches maybe for use with the calipers?
Ha! finally a face behind the voice! been watching almost all of your videos, except this one for some reason. Thanks for all your videos they are highly highly appreciated!! /Johan
All I can say is that I really enjoy watching you repair these watches. Knowing I will probably never try it myself. I appreciate your humbleness and honesty. I also amazed at your skills.
Greeting again from the Napa Valley. I love your channel you are unpretensious honest and a pleasure to watch. You got me hooked and I'm also on the hunt for tools. I bough a package of about 20 just movements about 4 being double or triple copys. If I screw one up I will have a duplicate to see what goes where.I paid like 75 bucks and now i have less fear tearing one apart. The were listed as steam punk art but real movemnts I'm so excited to tear into thes to hone my screw driver and tweezer skills.I'm 78 and love the challange.I'm a retired mechanic and now can see a need to sharpen my skills if nothing just for fun. Thanks keep up the videos
So this is the face to the videos I’ve been binge watching. I don’t know why but I was expecting a much older looking dude. 😂 You do great work Bro. 😎👍🏽
I get. from the comments, that some of these tools may be more for a watch maker rather than a watch repair. But sooner or later, you may have to make a part if you can't find it on the internet or in an old watch. So you probably got a good deal even if it is not clear what some of these are for. Thanks for the great videos.
Levin was one of the top US makers of watchmaking tools and a long-time contract manufacturer for Elgin and Waltham. Many of their tools are regarded as highly as their Swiss or German counterparts.
Ok, I don't know why RUclips put you in my feed but I love your videos! I am a locksport enthusiast and teacher and I restore tools and vintage diecast cars as well. There is a ton of overlap. Thanks for an amazing channel! I've watched so, so many of your videos lately and I've learned a ton even though I haven't even attempted any watch stuff yet. The specialized tools are just so cool!
I have no interest in lock picking or watchmaking but I watch every video by lockpicking lawyer and love them as they are so quick and to the point. Then I started watching these watchmaking videos and love them as they are so long and soothing.
@@TheRDMagee I was thinking about how similar they are at times. The hands only view, cool tools, cool techniques etc. I'm interested in watchmaking but only after watching the videos. I've been into lock picking since the early 80s and there's lots of overlap. I hear you though, cool tools, techniques, production with great explanation makes it so watchable.
OK Marshall, make sure that in one month's time you get back to us with examples of how each of these pieces of equipment/tools work ! This is your homework. Thanks again for all you wonderful videos mate !
I have my grandfather's Rockford pocket watch. It was made in Rockford, Illinois and is gold or gold-plated. My dad gave it to me when I was too young, so I got inside of it and damaged the porcelain face...and no telling what else. I am now an old geezer of 77 and hope to get it running again before I'm gone. I enjoy watching you work. It diverts me from my numerous vicissitudes. Your voice is also calming and pleasant. The other guy I like is the Brit with the little kid he calls "Trouble." "My fellow oxygen-breathers," he calls us.
This is amazing. I have no idea why I started watching this but now try to watch others. I doubt my eyes and hands will ever let me do this but just watching you and the joy you have. For a so called amateur you are better than most so called pro's . Enjoy your hobby buddy . we sure do
I have the Tag watch you have in the background, I purchased it new around 1977 while in high school and have always loved it. I plan on sending it to Tag to have it cleaned and have it brought back to life.
Wow, ive been enjoying your watch videos for a while now and this older one just got suggested to me. I cant believe it took until I saw your face to put it together that you're also the host of Limited Resources! You make even more content I enjoy than I thought! Thank you !
At 8.11 that is a pivot straightener/polisher. There is a block with two holes that one could screw into the bench to mount the tool which was not included . It is bow powered. Nice tool lot. Lucky I didn’t see it. Haha. Nice channel.
I don't wear a watch, I've never liked wearing a watch. It always felt uncomfortable, i don't know why. My enjoyment of your channel has nothing to do with watches. It's mechanisms. It's the ability for us to make such complex things, and your ability to make it make sense. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for putting it together. It was fun to explore the mystery box, and then read the comments as people identified the objects.
I've been binging your videos and your voice always seemed familiar to me. Now it all makes sense. I listened to hours on upon hours of limited resources back in the day when I still had time for the hobby.
I own a few pocket watches and enjoy watching restoration videos. I had a size 16 pocket watch with a missing second hand and having watched a number of your videos I figured it would be a walk in the park to install a new second hand DIY🙄 I was Shocked at how tiny the parts actually are!!! And I think you guys generally consider that a pretty big watch to work on? I got it done with my household tweezers and my iphone camera on zoom.... but OMG, I felt exactly like a bull in a china shop! I have a new found respect for what you do. And then on top of that you "just BTW" make a great video of the the process! Keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks for the great videos love them watch them all the time and because of you I am in the hobbie now just set everything up last night thanks again keep up the amazing job
Marshall! So nice to meet you. I just found your channel and now I can put a face to the voice. Having fun watching some of your earlier videos, thank-you.
Marshall, great video - as others have stated it’s nice to see the face. Because of you and JD I’m a little further along my pilgrimage and watchmaking hobby. Some successes, way fewer failures now. I have been looking for some jewel burnishing/ rubbing tools. I will find a nice set one of these days. Cheers, mate.
3:25 a gear compass it is made to ensure that the wheels are working together properly and also can be used to mark the center holes on your mainplate when drilling to make sure that your wheels will connect 5:20 don't know 6:20 3 differents truing callipers made to ensure that the wheel is flat or straight if you prefere, very usuful on balance wheel that can be bent when the double roller is not refited properly 7:10 i could be wrong but it reminds me of some type of hands holding tool 7:20 looks like a mainspring gauge 7:40 a pivot tool made to repivot staff works like a jacot lathe
nice score. Those hole opener/closer hand tools are hard to find and essential for changing cracked jewels in pocket watches. Mark Lovic shows how to use them.
The first tool from the reddish box is used to find the ideal location for drilling pivots in plates where the teeth of wheels or pinions mesh perfectly. Clickspring has a video in his Skeleton Clock series that explains this tool perfectly
Always a great place to stop by and see what's new, I think you demonstrate that discipline and focus on "getting it done right" ensures a proper job. Well done. Now, 'fess up and tell us what you paid for the tools, and I hope you ended up happy with the purchase. I really enjoy watching you work, thank you for your efforts. Patrick
Hi Marshall, Brilliant to put face to the voice! Keep up the good work, matey. Your videos are really informative and educational. One of the best at what you do. Thanks.
Hi Marshall,great to finally see you after a dozen videos ,keep up the great work . That watch you did with oil in it,it should have come with a drain plug and filter.lol
Marshall, that jewel insert process into metals; ie, gold, silver, and platinum is called "pave setting". Its a fun process, and also metal engraving! :)
The first tool was a depthing tool. You could send it to me if you like. You also have a pivot lathe several truing calipers for balance work the jewel hole open and closing tools that you identified. The more you get into watchmaking the more you will use everything. I was surprised you did not recognize the mainspring gauge. Have fun
I've watched quite a few of your videos your my favorite with the Nekkid watch maker from here in the UK. Felt pretty good sussing the wheel setting meshing tool and lathe pivot polisher when you didn't so hopefully I'm catching you up lol. Nice to put a face to your voice from the other vids
Nice to finally meet you face to face. Received a crap shoot EBay item myself 😢.oh well nothing ventured nothing gained. By the way thank for identifying my fathers Bouliva A11 watch
What you call a chuck, at 5:55, is a collet. We do use them on lathes to chuck round stock. Each collet has a different sized hole for holding different sized material. The collets all have the same sized O.D that goes into the chuck or holder. The chuck and the collets are designed to work together. As you tighten up the chuck the collet squeezes down on the material, holding it securely. The one you pulled out looks to be 1.50mm would make sense being Swiss.
Have watched a ton of your videos, always awaiting the next one, and have seen quite a few older ones. BUT had never seen you, which was cool. You should do a follow up on what the tools were or a short add on explaining 1 or 2 in a new video as a "bonus"?
The secret to happiness, low expectations! Or at least keep them in check, is what I tell myself. Thanks for the cool video, and cool to see your face.
Just watched the recent video with Wyatt's pocket watch where Marshal got to use the tools at the 4:00 mark. I believe he said he had never used them before, but it's awesome to see here how he wasn't sure if he'd ever use them, but they were clutch.
The three calipers look different from one another. i can only begin to describe the last trueing/duplicating caliper (one with machine turning). When one side only is used in conjunction with the adjustable arm a damaged gear (on the staff) is placed in the caliper mount pegs and gradually checked for true gear rotation. I believe one of the two "rods" is an adjusting lever. It has slight relief cuts used to lightly bend and adjust the gear into alignment - with slight adjustments and rotating to check gear rotation relationship with the free arm locked in place. Eventually, one will see no variation/wobble in gear rotation in relation to the arm locked in place. As for the duplicating aspects ??? i don't know...
I do this myself and ended up with a mystery tool. Glad I watched this because at the :36 mark I see my mystery tool! A hand holder for broaching hands
The first item is clearly a "watch stretcher". If the watch is running too fast you put it on the "stretcher" and give it the rack treatment until it runs slower ... :-) :-)
Marshall! There you are lol I actually jumped when this video started Great great great to see you there buddy, great video to, I'm a tool junkie and am currently fighting the urge to kit out a watchmakers workshop, even though I'm yet to service my first watch Thanks for sharing
The spanner like instruments (3 pieces) are for finding out if the wheels are bent. You put the wheel between the holes in the tip of the spanners and use a blower to make the wheel spin. If the wheel warbles, you will know there if a bend somewhere. By the way, I think you have not opened one box and showed the contents.
war·ble /ˈwôrbəl/, verb: (of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes. ex. "larks were warbling in the trees" I think the word you were looking for is "wobble" lol
A lot of spiteful non helpful and jealous commenters here. You do a brilliant job on these watches Marshal and certainly have given me an interest, so keep it up. Life is for learning, and tools have evolved over centuries I defy any tradesman no matter what trade, let alone an ametuer to know every tool and its use ever made for their profession.
You actually picked up some useful tools there. In today's Ebay bidding environment that lot of goodies would have cost you upward of 500 dollars. It's the current explosion of hobbyists joining the watchmaking community. You are so correct that watchmaking tools are very expensive. The deeper you get into the hobby the more tools you find out that you need if you want to be able to work on and fix just about anything. One funny Hobbyist watchmaking RUclips content creator has a saying that is quite funny and applicable: 'How to become a millionaire by doing watch repairs.. Start with a billion dollars'.
Best part of this video is seeing the face behind the voice and fingers! I'll let your educated and thoughtful followers cast light on the tools and their current function. Real craftsmen will always be helpful and encouraging, others probably need a "time out" and change of diaper.
Funny to see this comment because I originally knew Marshall (and his face) from his career with the Magic the Gathering card game, but instantly recognized his voice when I stumbled upon one of his watch videos one day.
I'll echo your sentiments, Greg. 😁
@tradde11 He did event coverage pre covid.
@tradde11 He also hosts an MtG podcast called Limited Resources with LSV
From the beginning of the comment to the end. You became what you swore to destroy.
I’m sure you know what all of these tools are now, but for viewers who don’t know, here’s a list of them all :
3:30 - this is a depthing tool for laying out the location of pivots on a new movement and checking the depthing of wheels.
5:30 - These are also for watch jewelling. The tiny collets hold a metal jewel setting (chaton) which in turn holds a jewel. The little metal containers might be empty, but held metal settings matched to the size of the corresponding collet. The larger round tool is a clamp, used to hold a collet, which in turn holds a setting. You then use a jeweling press to friction fit a jewel into the setting held in the collet. The thing you call a chuck is the collet that fits the round tool base, the tiny things in the container you called a collet are the jewel settings (chatons) that fit the collet. The manual for the big deluxe Seitz jeweling set contains instructions for this set.
6:26 - These are all trueing callipers, for trueing wheels (mainly cut bimetallic temperature compensating balance wheels) in the round and the flat.
7:07 - these are wrenches that are used with the trueing callipers. The notch in the end grips the rim of the balance wheel so you can make alterations to bend it back to being perfectly flat and perfectly round.
7:23 - this is a mainspring gauge. The slots around the edges are to measure width of the spring, and the slot in the centre is to measure the thickness of the mainspring.
7:42 - this is for polishing pivots, but a Jacot tool is superior for this purpose. The pegs at the bottom can be secured in a vise, and I think they were also designed for use in a watchmakers WW lathe, but can be driven by a bow too. Never used one.
8:20 - Hard to say, I couldn’t get a proper look at them. They could be different sizes of female centres for the Levin pivot polishing tool.
Nice mate thanks for that 😁
The first tool, the brass one in the red box that you poked yourself on, is a depthing tool. You suspend two wheels between the centers, in the middle, so that they mesh. You then adjust the distance between them so that the meshing is optimal, and then you can use the pointy outside of the centers to scribe that distance on whatever you need to drill into to mount those wheels on.
@@seano51 that is so amazing. Thank you for that video
oh that makes sense
To some watch repair specialist usng very old techniques or maybe a museum restoration expert, that Depthing tool alone must be worth 10x whatever you paid for the entire kit.
@@ammoalamo6485 The depthing tool is a £5 to £20 tool if it looks clean and tidy and not bent or twisted. You often see the arks they make scratched on the plates of older pocket watches.
I cannot believe some of the mean comments that people are making Marshall. You clearly state in virtually every video you release that you are an amateur and hobbyist learning as you go along. Everyone knows that watchmaking is an incredibly skilled job and I think that you should be admired for your efforts and willingness to learn. My late father was a true watchmaker and I remember sitting mesmerised while he repaired/service watches (I was always told that I had to sit still and quiet when Dad was working). I remember quite a few of those tools, although do not know what they are used for. You purchased a job lot of tools that would obviously have just been thrown away judging by the price you paid for them. As your skill levels improve you shall probably find use for those precision instruments. Good luck to you and thanks for the great and interesting content.
Some people just can't take it. They just S%^t theirs brains. forget and forgive.
The internet is a great and terrible thing :(
I have not read the comments you mention, but my first reactions was "WHAT?!?! Somebody was mean to Marshall?!?!??! Totally unacceptable, but so common these days. They are just jealous of the awesomeness.
Found the troll in question. Just the typical jealous guy with a keyboard and not much else going for them. I wish him the best of luck as he grows into an adult.
Not to mention every “watchmaker” coming after him has had a very elitist attitude. I think it’s also worth mentioning that he isn’t a watchmaker as much as he is a watch restorer. While the terms are probably synonymous now, He doesn’t actually make watches, so it stands to reason he wouldn’t know all of the tools of the trade. But I think it’s only a matter of time before he attempts it.
The man behind the voice. Nice to meet you. And I can say, you sir, have a gift of relaxation. Thank you for your content.
Marshall.. you just probably cost me a lot of money. I just bought a pair of old Soviet pocketwatches for $60 because of you.. and now I need tools, and then more watches, and...
the watch repair fever is real
Same here!
I just bought a worthless, but cool, Planters Peanut watch from the 60's to repair because of Marshall. I don't have any tools, but I have the watch.
Now I just have to convince the wife that I need yet more tools...
@@infernalchaos1066 good luck with that my friend
Ooh man...Don't I know it! I have been watching watch videos foe a few years, but since I started watching Marshall's channel about 6 months ago my interest has multiplied. I have just bought my first pocket watch for 25 Euro and about 250 Euro of tools.
This is a little late but; The first tool is a gear mesh tool used for making gears, the caliper looking tools are used to check the position and truth of gearwheels on their pivot shafts wile making gearwheels, the two slotted bars are for correcting the truth in a gearwheel so the gearwheel does not woble, the lathe looking machine is just that it is indeed a pivot polisher for making replacement pivot shafts for gearwheels it seems that the driving bow is missing the small box of chucks most likely go with the pivot polisher, the screwdriver looking tools are indeed jewel staking tools, the plate gauge could be used to measure any thing it is hard to tell what without a closer look.
The ruler like part is a main spring gauge, the red box is a gear depthing tool for checking gear meshing, the thing you have 3 of are balance truing calipers for checking the balance is flat although at least one is missing the index arm, the final Levin part is a lathe attachment for polishing pivots, the 2 pieces at 7:12 are listed in some places as balance wheel wrenches maybe for use with the calipers?
Thank you! Very helpful :)
Wow! I thought I was cool because I knew what a poising tool is.
@@WristwatchRevival Here's a video of the balance truing calipers in use: ruclips.net/video/-YwMR8fBQBk/видео.html
I knew somebody would know what this stuff was.
@@WristwatchRevival ruclips.net/video/wFSE16JDxfQ/видео.html Truing a Balance Wheel
Ha! finally a face behind the voice! been watching almost all of your videos, except this one for some reason.
Thanks for all your videos they are highly highly appreciated!!
/Johan
jewel spreaders. opens the box upside down. my OCD when off the chart. lol
and just wouldn't flip it right side up and place them in the holders...jeez...maddening...
worst of all, HE DIDN'T OPEN THE FOURTH BOX! It's bothering me so much. What's in that box‽
FLIP IT OVER! FLIP IT OVER!!! Hahaha!
"put it back so i won't forgot where it belongs to"
So this is the face of the artist... I enjoy watching all of your videos. Cheers from Nicaragua!
All I can say is that I really enjoy watching you repair these watches. Knowing I will probably never try it myself. I appreciate your humbleness and honesty. I also amazed at your skills.
Greeting again from the Napa Valley. I love your channel you are unpretensious honest and a pleasure to watch. You got me hooked and I'm also on the hunt for tools. I bough a package of about 20 just movements about 4 being double or triple copys. If I screw one up I will have a duplicate to see what goes where.I paid like 75 bucks and now i have less fear tearing one apart. The were listed as steam punk art but real movemnts I'm so excited to tear into thes to hone my screw driver and tweezer skills.I'm 78 and love the challange.I'm a retired mechanic and now can see a need to sharpen my skills if nothing just for fun. Thanks keep up the videos
Awesome, good luck with it!
Good for you. You must have the eyes of a 20 year old!
I am 78 also and have thought that my dexterity and eye sight might not be stable enough to try this hobby. I am now rethinking that.
@@BlackhawkPilot Just try it, you never know!
The feeling of, “I’ll place a bid, now chance I’ll win...” and then winning is very relatable.
I never do that. I'm a sniper. Trouble is, most of the time I forget when the auction is ending and then I forget to snipe.
So this is the face to the videos I’ve been binge watching. I don’t know why but I was expecting a much older looking dude. 😂 You do great work Bro. 😎👍🏽
Exactly what i was thinking i imagined him to be alot older
I get. from the comments, that some of these tools may be more for a watch maker rather than a watch repair. But sooner or later, you may have to make a part if you can't find it on the internet or in an old watch. So you probably got a good deal even if it is not clear what some of these are for. Thanks for the great videos.
Levin was one of the top US makers of watchmaking tools and a long-time contract manufacturer for Elgin and Waltham. Many of their tools are regarded as highly as their Swiss or German counterparts.
Ok, I don't know why RUclips put you in my feed but I love your videos! I am a locksport enthusiast and teacher and I restore tools and vintage diecast cars as well. There is a ton of overlap. Thanks for an amazing channel! I've watched so, so many of your videos lately and I've learned a ton even though I haven't even attempted any watch stuff yet. The specialized tools are just so cool!
I have no interest in lock picking or watchmaking but I watch every video by lockpicking lawyer and love them as they are so quick and to the point. Then I started watching these watchmaking videos and love them as they are so long and soothing.
@@TheRDMagee I was thinking about how similar they are at times. The hands only view, cool tools, cool techniques etc. I'm interested in watchmaking but only after watching the videos. I've been into lock picking since the early 80s and there's lots of overlap. I hear you though, cool tools, techniques, production with great explanation makes it so watchable.
OK Marshall, make sure that in one month's time you get back to us with examples of how each of these pieces of equipment/tools work ! This is your homework. Thanks again for all you wonderful videos mate !
is that you nonny,
Good Lord! You are 30 years younger than I thought! Btw, I am addicted to your channel and I don’t even have a “analogue” watch! Cheers from Brazil!
Nice to put a face to the voice !
You can never go wrong with tooling....
Heyho, nice to see your Face, Marshall
Always cool videos. I don’t do watch repair but it’s pretty interesting to watch you doing this🙏🏻
I have my grandfather's Rockford pocket watch. It was made in Rockford, Illinois and is gold or gold-plated. My dad gave it to me when I was too young, so I got inside of it and damaged the porcelain face...and no telling what else. I am now an old geezer of 77 and hope to get it running again before I'm gone. I enjoy watching you work. It diverts me from my numerous vicissitudes. Your voice is also calming and pleasant. The other guy I like is the Brit with the little kid he calls "Trouble." "My fellow oxygen-breathers," he calls us.
Can't believe you forgot to open the first box you looked at, shown at 2.20 . I guess we'll never know 😜😜
2:15
Came looking for this comment! I am sickened that we'll never know.... 🤧😵💫🥴
Me too !
@@jimpickard3850 I guess we will never know... ???
At last a face behind that very relaxing voice. many thanks.
This is amazing. I have no idea why I started watching this but now try to watch others. I doubt my eyes and hands will ever let me do this but just watching you and the joy you have. For a so called amateur you are better than most so called pro's . Enjoy your hobby buddy . we sure do
So helpful are your viewers - without them some of these tools would have remained question marks.
I too have all these tools
I have the Tag watch you have in the background, I purchased it new around 1977 while in high school and have always loved it. I plan on sending it to Tag to have it cleaned and have it brought back to life.
Being a mechanic for 40 years. I don't have the steady hands anymore. But the mechanical side of this is wonderful.
Wow, ive been enjoying your watch videos for a while now and this older one just got suggested to me. I cant believe it took until I saw your face to put it together that you're also the host of Limited Resources! You make even more content I enjoy than I thought! Thank you !
Late to the party, but I finally get to see the man behind the mystery.
At 8.11 that is a pivot straightener/polisher. There is a block with two holes that one could screw into the bench to mount the tool which was not included . It is bow powered. Nice tool lot. Lucky I didn’t see it. Haha. Nice channel.
I have a mini lathe. That collet set is splediforous.
I don't wear a watch, I've never liked wearing a watch. It always felt uncomfortable, i don't know why. My enjoyment of your channel has nothing to do with watches. It's mechanisms. It's the ability for us to make such complex things, and your ability to make it make sense. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for putting it together. It was fun to explore the mystery box, and then read the comments as people identified the objects.
I've been binging your videos and your voice always seemed familiar to me. Now it all makes sense. I listened to hours on upon hours of limited resources back in the day when I still had time for the hobby.
I own a few pocket watches and enjoy watching restoration videos. I had a size 16 pocket watch with a missing second hand and having watched a number of your videos I figured it would be a walk in the park to install a new second hand DIY🙄 I was Shocked at how tiny the parts actually are!!! And I think you guys generally consider that a pretty big watch to work on?
I got it done with my household tweezers and my iphone camera on zoom.... but OMG, I felt exactly like a bull in a china shop!
I have a new found respect for what you do. And then on top of that you "just BTW" make a great video of the the process! Keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks for the great videos love them watch them all the time and because of you I am in the hobbie now just set everything up last night thanks again keep up the amazing job
dude you play magic and love working on watches! you are my best friend!!
Wow, just got a look at Marshall. I'm an amateur watch maker and have enjoyed the channel. This is a substantive addition to the art of watch making.
Marshall! So nice to meet you. I just found your channel and now I can put a face to the voice. Having fun watching some of your earlier videos, thank-you.
Marshall, great video - as others have stated it’s nice to see the face. Because of you and JD I’m a little further along my pilgrimage and watchmaking hobby. Some successes, way fewer failures now. I have been looking for some jewel burnishing/ rubbing tools. I will find a nice set one of these days. Cheers, mate.
3:25 a gear compass it is made to ensure that the wheels are working together properly and also can be used to mark the center holes on your mainplate when drilling to make sure that your wheels will connect
5:20 don't know
6:20 3 differents truing callipers made to ensure that the wheel is flat or straight if you prefere, very usuful on balance wheel that can be bent when the double roller is not refited properly
7:10 i could be wrong but it reminds me of some type of hands holding tool
7:20 looks like a mainspring gauge
7:40 a pivot tool made to repivot staff works like a jacot lathe
nice score. Those hole opener/closer hand tools are hard to find and essential for changing cracked jewels in pocket watches. Mark Lovic shows how to use them.
The first tool from the reddish box is used to find the ideal location for drilling pivots in plates where the teeth of wheels or pinions mesh perfectly. Clickspring has a video in his Skeleton Clock series that explains this tool perfectly
Hi Arshal! I started binge watching your restauration videos so very surprised to see your face. I really like the restaurations videos!
I'm getting such a kick out of this! Thanks!
Always a great place to stop by and see what's new, I think you demonstrate that discipline and focus on "getting it done right" ensures a proper job. Well done.
Now, 'fess up and tell us what you paid for the tools, and I hope you ended up happy with the purchase. I really enjoy watching you work, thank you for your efforts.
Patrick
Hi Marshall, Brilliant to put face to the voice! Keep up the good work, matey. Your videos are really informative and educational. One of the best at what you do. Thanks.
Hi Marshall,great to finally see you after a dozen videos ,keep up the great work . That watch you did with oil in it,it should have come with a drain plug and filter.lol
Thanks for showing your face for the first time! at least for me. Love your site, and thanks again. Terje
Okay, that one little box didn’t get opened on video and I’m angsting with curiosity over what it contains. Tell me please! What was in it?!?
From the size and shape of the box, my bet is a loupe… My loupe came in the same size box - but was 50 years newer!
Some many cool little treasures!
@@gregwein1 I think it was full of watch batteries?
Lol idk mighta been clickbait in that last box
My guess is a poising tool. Its about the size and shape of the one I have.
Marshall! Great to see you!
So nice to see your face after hours of listening to you.
Marshall, that jewel insert process into metals; ie, gold, silver, and platinum is called "pave setting". Its a fun process, and also metal engraving! :)
Dude, you are younger than I thought. Been watching your videos for a year of so.
I have viewed your hands for hours. It's nice to see your face! Thanks for another video.
Huge fan, treat to see the guy behind the voice.
Thanks jp :) I usually stay behind the camera for the watch videos since I've spent way too much time in front of one for my other job :)
The first tool was a depthing tool. You could send it to me if you like. You also have a pivot lathe several truing calipers for balance work the jewel hole open and closing tools that you identified. The more you get into watchmaking the more you will use everything. I was surprised you did not recognize the mainspring gauge. Have fun
I've watched quite a few of your videos your my favorite with the Nekkid watch maker from here in the UK. Felt pretty good sussing the wheel setting meshing tool and lathe pivot polisher when you didn't so hopefully I'm catching you up lol. Nice to put a face to your voice from the other vids
Nice to finally meet you face to face. Received a crap shoot EBay item myself 😢.oh well nothing ventured nothing gained. By the way thank for identifying my fathers Bouliva A11 watch
Marshall, the Levin piece is a pivot straightening and burnishing tool. Levin watchmaker's lathes are great machines.
What you call a chuck, at 5:55, is a collet. We do use them on lathes to chuck round stock. Each collet has a different sized hole for holding different sized material. The collets all have the same sized O.D that goes into the chuck or holder. The chuck and the collets are designed to work together. As you tighten up the chuck the collet squeezes down on the material, holding it securely. The one you pulled out looks to be 1.50mm would make sense being Swiss.
Marshall, you received 4 boxes and only opened 3 of them. What was in the little black box you took out first?
We finally see Marshall's face!
Have watched a ton of your videos, always awaiting the next one, and have seen quite a few older ones. BUT had never seen you, which was cool. You should do a follow up on what the tools were or a short add on explaining 1 or 2 in a new video as a "bonus"?
The secret to happiness, low expectations! Or at least keep them in check, is what I tell myself. Thanks for the cool video, and cool to see your face.
You bet! I actually have to be on camera a ton for my *other* job so I don't go on as much for this channel :)
Nice to put a face to the voice. Love the videos and look forward to giving it a bash in the future myself.
Please do a tools video and teach us the tools of the trade for Watch Making !!
Just watched the recent video with Wyatt's pocket watch where Marshal got to use the tools at the 4:00 mark. I believe he said he had never used them before, but it's awesome to see here how he wasn't sure if he'd ever use them, but they were clutch.
Jewels spreaders sounds funny.
The three calipers look different from one another. i can only begin to describe the last trueing/duplicating caliper (one with machine turning). When one side only is used in conjunction with the adjustable arm a damaged gear (on the staff) is placed in the caliper mount pegs and gradually checked for true gear rotation.
I believe one of the two "rods" is an adjusting lever. It has slight relief cuts used to lightly bend and adjust the gear into alignment - with slight adjustments and rotating to check gear rotation relationship with the free arm locked in place.
Eventually, one will see no variation/wobble in gear rotation in relation to the arm locked in place.
As for the duplicating aspects ??? i don't know...
I don't recall you opened the 1st box(black scuffed up) you took out....?????
I enjoy your channel. Excellent content and production values.
the one in the red box is (I think) for setting pinion distance when making a clock or watch. (see Clickspring's skeleton clock series)
I do this myself and ended up with a mystery tool. Glad I watched this because at the :36 mark I see my mystery tool! A hand holder for broaching hands
Ha that's great, I'm still figuring how to actually use these.
I stumbled on one your videos and got hocked and now i want to learn everything about the hobby
What about the old, black box at 2:15 ???
Happy New Year Marshall finally I found a video with your face 😂 👍😂 and this is interesting.
LOL - you beat me to it! I've watched 10+ of his watches from dial face to back cover but never the guy himself!
The first item is clearly a "watch stretcher". If the watch is running too fast you put it on the "stretcher" and give it the rack treatment until it runs slower ... :-) :-)
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
That last piece looks like it’s part of that machining box
I love this channel and I am contemplating purchasing some non working pocket watches on ebay to play around with.
Finally got to see your face! Love the vids..
I bought a cell phone from ebay and got a candle, instead. That was my 'last ebay' for next 40 years.
Red box: depthing tool
Seitz stuff: not sure
Ziplock bags: truing calipers
You said I knew what to do. Not my fault I'm late to the party 😁
Marshall! There you are lol I actually jumped when this video started
Great great great to see you there buddy, great video to, I'm a tool junkie and am currently fighting the urge to kit out a watchmakers workshop, even though I'm yet to service my first watch
Thanks for sharing
Man-o’-war and library of Alexandria , I see you’re a man of culture as well . :)
Always fun to watch your videos!!
Love little bulk lot mystery buys like this ahaha
Very interesting video. Great find Marshall. That Swiss mini collet set looks great. I bet they work really well on a mini lathe.
Great video I love those antique watch tools
Ahh!!! He has a face!!!
I've watched several of these watch revival videos over the last few weeks and was convinced I would never see him. 😆
The spanner like instruments (3 pieces) are for finding out if the wheels are bent. You put the wheel between the holes in the tip of the spanners and use a blower to make the wheel spin. If the wheel warbles, you will know there if a bend somewhere. By the way, I think you have not opened one box and showed the contents.
war·ble /ˈwôrbəl/, verb: (of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes.
ex. "larks were warbling in the trees"
I think the word you were looking for is "wobble" lol
@@dathaniel9403 if it wobbles so much it warbles you know that sucker's bent
@@dathaniel9403 I think in New Jersey "warbles" is correct..
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The man the myth the legend!!!
Thank you for sharing! It’s fascinating to see tools no longer made. Very interesting to think of the life they once had.
Yap, so now we know what the owner of the hands has a face! Howdy Marshall!
A lot of spiteful non helpful and jealous commenters here. You do a brilliant job on these watches Marshal and certainly have given me an interest, so keep it up. Life is for learning, and tools have evolved over centuries I defy any tradesman no matter what trade, let alone an ametuer to know every tool and its use ever made for their profession.
Great to see your face, Marshall!
You actually picked up some useful tools there. In today's Ebay bidding environment that lot of goodies would have cost you upward of 500 dollars. It's the current explosion of hobbyists joining the watchmaking community.
You are so correct that watchmaking tools are very expensive. The deeper you get into the hobby the more tools you find out that you need if you want to be able to work on and fix just about anything.
One funny Hobbyist watchmaking RUclips content creator has a saying that is quite funny and applicable:
'How to become a millionaire by doing watch repairs.. Start with a billion dollars'.
Love mystery lot’s. If cheap enough. Done it , got what I wanted sold the rest.