A very beautiful and unique watch. Keep your off the shelf Rolex and its shiny bracelet. Give me a watch with a history and some character like this old soldier!
Came over from saving time and really enjoyed your work and narration. Subscribed immediately and looking forward to see more videos. I love to learn about the history of a watch while watching it to get fixed. Seems like i am at the right place here. Thank you
Hello, David sent me and am I so glad he did. What a great channel, what a spectacular video. You’ve earned a loyal follower. Keep the great videos coming.
Splendifferous combination of two Gentleman and a Lady. I look forward to your videos and narration. From an Englishman to another in glory. You are refreshing.
Fantastic presentation. I'm not sure what I liked better, the closeup video of the fine work or your dramatic narration, which couldn't have been spoken better by the actor James Mason.
I really enjoyed this video. I have worked on several watches from close to this time period with nowhere near the success you demonstrated. Enjoy your tea and buttered crumpets. You have definitely earned it on this one.
Fabulous Alec, would love to see that watch when you return my Omega which was by the way worn by a WW1 pilot, my grandfather. More on that when I see you. Dan
Excellent work and an entertaining commentary to boot I laughed out load at the crumpet comments and my wife just patted my arm in a “yes dear” kind of way 😊
Really enjoyed your snark and service of the watch. You are braver than me in that I fully avoid all the watches that have radium, despite really loving trench watches and other watches during radium era.
New sub, that is a lovely watch, like your presenting style, glad I found your channel. Have 4 trench style watches, have to admit to loving the style of them esp with a shrapnel guard.
Thank you. Really enjoyed learning about trench watches while making this. From what I’ve read the guards became obsolete when glass crystals gave way to the acetate “unbreakable” ones, and many had the guards removed.
Great video. As a matter of interest would it have been possible to re-bush the worn pivots or work the hole tighter like you see them do on more modern watches? I appreciate that this is a very old watch and it is doing very well for its age, so probably not worth risking any staking?
Yes, absolutely add a bush or a jewel. The method of moving the metal with a stake is a bit of a bodge as it doesn't find the centre of the hole correctly.
Excelent work, it wouldn't feel right repairing every pivot and jewel on something that old, and tto be honest the timegrapher results at the end .... well Iv'e had waches worse than that :D
I have a very similar watch and despite all my research, I cannot find a model number. Can you tell me what model number your watch is, if any? Thanks in advance.
It's a Marvin 362 series. In 1850 the brothers Marc and Emmanuel Didisheim established the company of M & E Didisheim in Saint-Imier to manufacture pocket watches. The Marvin brand was registered 1893, at first as "The Marvin Watch Co. of Springfield" to export Swiss watches to America with a brand name that would appeal to American customers, or perhaps even fool them into thinking that they were buying an American watch. All the best Alec
I am in need of the winding pinion gear and am finding it very hard to locate. Would you know if a gear from a similar sized Marvin would work in my 362? Thank you in advance.
A very beautiful and unique watch. Keep your off the shelf Rolex and its shiny bracelet. Give me a watch with a history and some character like this old soldier!
Absolutley!
Came over from saving time and really enjoyed your work and narration. Subscribed immediately and looking forward to see more videos. I love to learn about the history of a watch while watching it to get fixed. Seems like i am at the right place here. Thank you
Welcome aboard! Thank you.
Fantastic Alec ! This tinkerer is in tinker heaven every time I watch your videos bravo sir !
Hey Andy! You an me both
A twofor 🤣 talk about saving time …boom boom …. Great video both 👍👍😁 Alec I’m loving the narration.
Thanks! 😃
Brilliant video! Very entertaining, original and informative! Really great to see Dave from Saving Time make the strap too. A damn good show!
Thank you Steve.
Nicely done there Alec!
Thank you Jon.
Hello, David sent me and am I so glad he did. What a great channel, what a spectacular video. You’ve earned a loyal follower. Keep the great videos coming.
Hi Mark, Welcome aboard!
Exquisite! Another stellar video, with an incredible watch. Narration is yet again fantastic, so thoroughly enjoyable and informative.
Thank you. Getting David to join was a result, he’s as lovely as he comes across in his videos.
Funny and informative-what more could you want? Great video. However, you made me run to M&S to buy some bloody crumpets.😂
It’s all a front for my day job shilling for big crumpet. Thank you David, couldn’t have done it without you.
That's not fair, I can't eat butter anymore,😢😊
Splendifferous combination of two Gentleman and a Lady. I look forward to your videos and narration. From an Englishman to another in glory. You are refreshing.
Many thanks, glad you liked it.
Excellent sir can’t wait for the next video 😁👍👍👍👍
Thank you. Your doing good stuff yourself!
That's an awesome look. Outstanding Restoration 🫡🤝
Cheers Froggy
Love watches. Also, this video reminds me of my uni epistemology class. Empiricism too!
Keep these theatrical masterpieces coming!!!!!!
On it!
Fantastic presentation. I'm not sure what I liked better, the closeup video of the fine work or your dramatic narration, which couldn't have been spoken better by the actor James Mason.
I really enjoyed this video. I have worked on several watches from close to this time period with nowhere near the success you demonstrated. Enjoy your tea and buttered crumpets. You have definitely earned it on this one.
Thank you Nick, I will
You Sir crack me up. Keep it real like this when you blow up.
Promise
Brilliant just perfect style the words the tonality the humour and not least of all the actual work shown
Thank you!
Extremely fascinating and entertaining! Bravo.
Thank you!
Fabulous Alec, would love to see that watch when you return my Omega which was by the way worn by a WW1 pilot, my grandfather. More on that when I see you. Dan
Thank you Dan. Happy to! Cheers.
Excellent work and an entertaining commentary to boot
I laughed out load at the crumpet comments and my wife just patted my arm in a “yes dear” kind of way 😊
Thank you.
Really enjoyed your snark and service of the watch. You are braver than me in that I fully avoid all the watches that have radium, despite really loving trench watches and other watches during radium era.
Thank you. I think taking radium seriously is the right thing to do, particularly for collectors with the issue of radon gas being emitted.
I love rectangular watches.
Me too.
New sub, that is a lovely watch, like your presenting style, glad I found your channel. Have 4 trench style watches, have to admit to loving the style of them esp with a shrapnel guard.
Thank you. Really enjoyed learning about trench watches while making this. From what I’ve read the guards became obsolete when glass crystals gave way to the acetate “unbreakable” ones, and many had the guards removed.
If you would like your watch to be serviced, fixed or restored check out gentlemenswatches.co.uk
Great video. As a matter of interest would it have been possible to re-bush the worn pivots or work the hole tighter like you see them do on more modern watches? I appreciate that this is a very old watch and it is doing very well for its age, so probably not worth risking any staking?
Yes, absolutely add a bush or a jewel. The method of moving the metal with a stake is a bit of a bodge as it doesn't find the centre of the hole correctly.
Excelent work, it wouldn't feel right repairing every pivot and jewel on something that old, and tto be honest the timegrapher results at the end .... well Iv'e had waches worse than that :D
Thank you, it would have been a ridiculous amount of work, only practical if you're getting paid I guess.
I have a very similar watch and despite all my research, I cannot find a model number. Can you tell me what model number your watch is, if any? Thanks in advance.
It's a Marvin 362 series.
In 1850 the brothers Marc and Emmanuel Didisheim established the company of M & E Didisheim in Saint-Imier to manufacture pocket watches.
The Marvin brand was registered 1893, at first as "The Marvin Watch Co. of Springfield" to export Swiss watches to America with a brand name that would appeal to American customers, or perhaps even fool them into thinking that they were buying an American watch.
All the best
Alec
@@GentlemensWatchServices Thank you very much!! I also want to thank you for making watch restoration videos entertaining!
I am in need of the winding pinion gear and am finding it very hard to locate. Would you know if a gear from a similar sized Marvin would work in my 362? Thank you in advance.
Hum how about trench art a watch chain transformed with silver coin that had been hand carved ?
don't be crazy is not a atomic bomb.
Chicanery, a word not often used in casual conversation.
There’s nothing casual about my yap 😀