Re: the videography -- looks perfectly fine to me. It's understandable that angles may not always be ideal, but that doesn't make much difference as long as focus is usually good, as yours certainly is. I like your straightforward and friendly approach. Glad to see another video after a brief absence!
Adam, I want to say thank you for your content and kind nature in your videos. I’m actively going through a divorce and I can’t tell you how much your positivity helps me. Thank You!
Super transformation. Love the new camera footage. Really gives your production that professional touch. Man, that thing was beat to all heck on the inside. Gorgeous strap, perfect match. Nice work on the hands.
Another great video Adam, thanks for sharing! And I think your above view is just fine! No need to spend the money on expensive lenses if something you already have is working just fine!
Wow Adam, what a beautiful watch and you're right, those panda dials are stunning. Love the new angle. I like overhead views too because it gives a nice relational view of where parts sit. The airbrushing of the hands was really nice, felt like i was watching a car get repainted! Great job!
Nice bit of demuppeting on that watch. One of the reasons why I don't try to repair but I still love watching something like this being brought back. And the camera work is looking great in my opinion.
Fantastic! (both the footage and the procedure) - it feels so...pleasing when a watch, which apparently has been used for exorcism or similar, gets some deserved treatment and a new life.
That watch is amazing. Nicely done. The strap fits nicely. It looks enough vintage like the watch itself. Perfect fit. It took me also some time to watch this video to the end. I've enjoyed it.
Thank you Adam. Commentary adds to the overall effect. Camera angles are excellent. Like others, I base a lot of my own practices on your methods. Helped me greatly.
I loved this video! I love your insights and observations on this process every time. The top-down view is great, I didn't feel there was any detriment to your setup with your microscope. ~13:35 Geez! I didn't know balance bridge screws had a torque spec! That looked WAY overtight. (I also remembered the name of the part without a reference. That's a first for me.) ~20:30 Any time you share something that helps avoid the pinging of a spring it makes for great viewing. It's gonna help me avoid the problem if I ever find myself dealing with the situation, and I've now seen how the solution works. ~26:40 Why do you hate us? LOL, I cringed hard on that! Thanks again for all you do.
Another great informative video Adam, thanks! The camera work is exceptional. Very nice watch, however, I must admit I am not a chronograph fan, I bought a plastic Swatch chrono at the Zurich airport in the early 80's. Never liked it. I guess I am a old school 3 hander with date kind of guy. But I really enjoyed this full length project. I watch and enjoy several watch RUclips channels, but yours is my favorite. Thanks again.
Great job as usual Adam, and aside from the cosmetic damage and the mishandling of some of the parts by the previous watchmaker, it could have gone far worse! The end result looks fantastic.
Really great videos, useful voice over and fun to hear you also enjoy doing the voice overs. Keep making these nice videos and good new camera work from above!
Nice job in explaining in detail this chronograph complication. I like a chronograph without any calendar distractions. A exhibition caseback would also be on my wish list.
If I worked on it I’m pretty sure I could successfully scratch it up at least that bad! But Hoping to get better! Thats one of the reasons I’m a subscriber and love your posts! You’re an amazing teacher and I’m sure I’m speaking for many when I say I (we) appreciate you!
This is great, thankyou! There aren't too many videos on the Landerons, but the watches can still be found for reasonable money (for vintage chronographs anyway).
Hey Adam, Im rather new to the channel and normally watch on my Living room TV, under a different name. Anyway, I tuned in to this video and just into the back plate you, refering to the scratches, how does this happen? So beat up! Really is amazing how rough this one is. You aske How!? And I thought, Ill tell you how!! Younare quite easy and relaxing to listen to, but you also make it look so simple, as is the way with masters of the trade., what ever trade. People like me, who consider themselves handy with tools, want to know how things work AND have a few broken watches on hand! It looks so simple, take it apart, clean it up and la-tee-da, put it back together. Well, the proper tools are required, the patience, the attention to detail oh and experience. One finds out really quickly that its not quitemso easy! Now, why they would sell it and not tell you, i dont know about that. I have been tempted to grab anwatch and see whats up!! But, thats how a watch can appear as though its been drug down the road!! Thank you for the videos, we get a lot of pleasure wtching them.
Nice to see a Felca. I like the Felca / Titoni brand, but theyre not seen much in the UK and US. Theyre still going under the Titoni brand, and stil independent.
Try using a pin vise sandpaper & a wood straight edge to polish your screws. It works like a charm and keeps the screws as flat as with the scratch marks uniformed.
Nice bit of Travis pickin’…I’m a big Jerry Reed fan/player…Manchester,UK…my middle name is Chester,after Chet Atkins…my dad is a massive fan !…keep on pickin’
That movement looked like it was pieced together from parts out of some guys parts jar. That’s the only explanation I can think of why some of it was scratched up
@@WeekendWatchRepair perfect I totally understand. I would wear it and enjoy it for a while as well. I have about 400 pieces of vintage. I do have probably a dozen that need a little service. Always w willing to work out a trade. :)
I'd also suggest taking a loupe and a flashlight with you to check over the watches if the lighting is bad . A LOT can be hidden if the seller knows that the light isn't good where they set up to sell .
You're right. That was definately done, but I need to get better at remembering to record things like that. I get so focused while working on the watch that sometimes I may forget to hit 'record'. The same thing was done with the crown tube installation. I only realized I forgot to record that part after it had been done. I'll try to make a conscious effort to get better at those things.
Nice work! How do you dress your curved tweezers? - There are quite a few youtube videos on dressing straight tweezers but I haven't seen one for the curved tweezers you are using.
From the paint on the hands and the scratches on almost every part of the movement, this is clearly a movement/watch that was cobbled together with parts of different movements that were probably inside one or more parts containers... I have seen similar damage on the parts on several watches I serviced: Landeron movements were made in the thousands, were relativevely cheap movements (compared to Valjouxs and the such) and you can find parts online easily. A fully original movement (with all parts belonging to the same watch) is hard to find, honestly.
You're probably right. The work was poorly done, and the movement was likely pieced together. At least we were able to make a good looking and wearable watch out of it.
I thought watch screws were like gun screws, where the sides of each slot are exactly 90 degrees, or 180 (zero) degrees parallel to each other.... meaning that only a parallel screwdriver should ever be used and never a tapered one. (edit: So hollow ground and "precision ground" screwdrivers that don't have any taper are most common... but there are others that are used that don't have tapers at the end).
Hi Adam, I'm sorry to say but from the images and details, you were fooled with this watch. First the second and minute hands with a kind of paint and at the end after 1:11:10 seconds when you place the two small hands you can clearly see a poorly painted dial with paint above the hour markers. It's a shame, it was an unfair exchange for Seiko. Your videos are always an inspiration to me and I also don't like being fooled. It was worth it for the attention and care you always put into your work. Well done. Best regards.
I think that piece was a trainer movement. That thing must have been taken apart and reassembled hundreds of time. That's the only reason that can explain all that damage.
@@WeekendWatchRepair That's good. Pretty much all that matters. I just wondered because of the prices of all the parts and stuff like that. Sometimes it's worth it, because the end product is worth it... and sometimes it's worth it, because fixing it is the main goal/enjoyment. I love fixing things most of the time too... but there are times I fix things and realize halfway through that it's just not worth the trouble and/or the cost. I enjoy working on them, but they're just not worth it in the end though.
Re: the videography -- looks perfectly fine to me. It's understandable that angles may not always be ideal, but that doesn't make much difference as long as focus is usually good, as yours certainly is. I like your straightforward and friendly approach. Glad to see another video after a brief absence!
Thank you very much.
Fantastic job Adam. Amazes me how those mechanical chronographs works when you get inside and see how it done. Keep up the great work.
Thank you. I'm amazed by them as well.
Adam, I want to say thank you for your content and kind nature in your videos. I’m actively going through a divorce and I can’t tell you how much your positivity helps me. Thank You!
Super transformation. Love the new camera footage. Really gives your production that professional touch. Man, that thing was beat to all heck on the inside. Gorgeous strap, perfect match. Nice work on the hands.
Thanks so much!
Another great video Adam, thanks for sharing! And I think your above view is just fine! No need to spend the money on expensive lenses if something you already have is working just fine!
I'm glad you think so.
Wow Adam, what a beautiful watch and you're right, those panda dials are stunning. Love the new angle. I like overhead views too because it gives a nice relational view of where parts sit. The airbrushing of the hands was really nice, felt like i was watching a car get repainted! Great job!
Thanks so much.
The end reset was really satisfying, definitely worth all the time put into it!
Thanks!
It's a great quality video. Beautiful watch. I like the new camera angle. Thank you, Adam
Nice bit of demuppeting on that watch. One of the reasons why I don't try to repair but I still love watching something like this being brought back. And the camera work is looking great in my opinion.
Thanks a bunch.
Beautiful piece I'd be proud to wear this wonderful time piece. Super sharp!
Thank you. I'm enjoying wearing it.
Fantastic! (both the footage and the procedure) - it feels so...pleasing when a watch, which apparently has been used for exorcism or similar, gets some deserved treatment and a new life.
Thank you very much.
EXCELLENT video. That was fun. It's definitely a gorgeous watch. Too bad about all those scratches inside.
Thanks.
That watch is amazing. Nicely done. The strap fits nicely. It looks enough vintage like the watch itself. Perfect fit. It took me also some time to watch this video to the end. I've enjoyed it.
Thanks a bunch. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The watch looks fantastic. It was definitely worth the wait to see it on the strap. Very well done!
I think it looks pretty great too.
Great Work: 👍👌👏! Thank you for sharing this on RUclips.
Thank you for watching.
Great job Adam! I enjoy watching!
Thank you Adam. Commentary adds to the overall effect. Camera angles are excellent. Like others, I base a lot of my own practices on your methods. Helped me greatly.
Thanks Ross!
I loved this video! I love your insights and observations on this process every time.
The top-down view is great, I didn't feel there was any detriment to your setup with your microscope.
~13:35 Geez! I didn't know balance bridge screws had a torque spec! That looked WAY overtight. (I also remembered the name of the part without a reference. That's a first for me.)
~20:30 Any time you share something that helps avoid the pinging of a spring it makes for great viewing. It's gonna help me avoid the problem if I ever find myself dealing with the situation, and I've now seen how the solution works.
~26:40 Why do you hate us? LOL, I cringed hard on that!
Thanks again for all you do.
Thanks so much. FYI, there's no hate at all, lol.
@@WeekendWatchRepair 🤣
Another great informative video Adam, thanks! The camera work is exceptional. Very nice watch, however, I must admit I am not a chronograph fan, I bought a plastic Swatch chrono at the Zurich airport in the early 80's. Never liked it. I guess I am a old school 3 hander with date kind of guy. But I really enjoyed this full length project. I watch and enjoy several watch RUclips channels, but yours is my favorite. Thanks again.
Thanks.
Thank you, Adam. I found this video very informative, especially for adjusting the chronograph wheels. I learned a lot. Excellent filming!
Thanks. I'm glad you found it helpful.
Loved it b4, love it even more now, great work Adam!
Thanks.
Great job as usual Adam, and aside from the cosmetic damage and the mishandling of some of the parts by the previous watchmaker, it could have gone far worse! The end result looks fantastic.
Really great videos, useful voice over and fun to hear you also enjoy doing the voice overs. Keep making these nice videos and good new camera work from above!
Thank you very much.
Adam, great video. I really enjoy your narration. Love the camera angle!
Nice job in explaining in detail this chronograph complication. I like a chronograph without any calendar distractions. A exhibition caseback would also be on my wish list.
you do amazing work, both on your chronographs and you videography, thanks for a wonderful adventure
Thanks very much. I hope you enjoyed it.
I haven't seen that movement before, it has a lot going on. Nice job. Thank you.
Man I Love watching this watch get dis assembled and then assembled, just like watching a good movie dude.luv it.
Glad we waited for the strap! Nicely done, Adam!
If I worked on it I’m pretty sure I could successfully scratch it up at least that bad! But Hoping to get better! Thats one of the reasons I’m a subscriber and love your posts! You’re an amazing teacher and I’m sure I’m speaking for many when I say I (we) appreciate you!
Great job Adam. Regards from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thank you very much.
Great video as always. In terms of the oil you used to lubricate the pallet stones and escape wheel, what type was it?
This particular movement got Moebius 941 on the escapement.
One of the relaxing Chanel’s
Absolutely beautiful watch!! Wear it in the best of health!
Fabulous job, the strap was worth the wait, Adam. Keep safe buddy
Thanks for another captivating video!
Thanks a bunch.
This is great, thankyou! There aren't too many videos on the Landerons, but the watches can still be found for reasonable money (for vintage chronographs anyway).
Nice watch, Adam, and a great video. Thanks.
Hey Adam,
Im rather new to the channel and normally watch on my Living room TV, under a different name.
Anyway, I tuned in to this video and just into the back plate you, refering to the scratches, how does this happen? So beat up! Really is amazing how rough this one is. You aske How!? And I thought, Ill tell you how!!
Younare quite easy and relaxing to listen to, but you also make it look so simple, as is the way with masters of the trade., what ever trade. People like me, who consider themselves handy with tools, want to know how things work AND have a few broken watches on hand! It looks so simple, take it apart, clean it up and la-tee-da, put it back together. Well, the proper tools are required, the patience, the attention to detail oh and experience. One finds out really quickly that its not quitemso easy! Now, why they would sell it and not tell you, i dont know about that. I have been tempted to grab anwatch and see whats up!! But, thats how a watch can appear as though its been drug down the road!!
Thank you for the videos, we get a lot of pleasure wtching them.
Thank you very much.
Great work, worth the wait!
Even here in OKC it's good to see some real quality stuff around.
Nice to see a Felca. I like the Felca / Titoni brand, but theyre not seen much in the UK and US. Theyre still going under the Titoni brand, and stil independent.
This is the first one I've come across.
i have an elgin 823 movement that looks identical,that one was easy tear down and reassembly.still practising the seikos
Try using a pin vise sandpaper & a wood straight edge to polish your screws. It works like a charm and keeps the screws as flat as with the scratch marks uniformed.
Incredible job!
I love to watch you repair a watch. I'm watching watch 😊😅
Glad you enjoyed it.
Everything is perfect.
Thanks
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you.
Nice bit of Travis pickin’…I’m a big Jerry Reed fan/player…Manchester,UK…my middle name is Chester,after Chet Atkins…my dad is a massive fan !…keep on pickin’
Looks great. Where’s the strap from?
Hello ser.Where did you buy this watch? Is there an old watch website where you can see prices?
Awesome work. If you where to sell this Chrono, how much would you sell it for? Curious?
Love that strap, do you have a link to it by chance?
That movement looked like it was pieced together from parts out of some guys parts jar. That’s the only explanation I can think of why some of it was scratched up
You may be correct.
This isnt for sale is it? What a beautiful timepeice.
Not at the moment. I'm enjoying wearing it. Thank you though.
@@WeekendWatchRepair perfect I totally understand. I would wear it and enjoy it for a while as well. I have about 400 pieces of vintage. I do have probably a dozen that need a little service. Always w willing to work out a trade. :)
I'd also suggest taking a loupe and a flashlight with you to check over the watches if the lighting is bad . A LOT can be hidden if the seller knows that the light isn't good where they set up to sell .
I will be in the future.
I'm super-curious how you got the overhead shot?
I mounted a camera directly over my workbench. I had to change a bit of my microscope setup to accommodate it, but I think it’s working OK.
Nice work, good dialog. Hate and I mean hate to be critical but a finished time grapher would have been nice to see. THX
You're right. That was definately done, but I need to get better at remembering to record things like that. I get so focused while working on the watch that sometimes I may forget to hit 'record'. The same thing was done with the crown tube installation. I only realized I forgot to record that part after it had been done. I'll try to make a conscious effort to get better at those things.
Beats the heck out of any old Seiko diver. 😁
Amazing!
What a nice watch 😊
Thanks, I enjoyed working on it.
Very nice!
Thank you.
Beautiful watch. Looks similar to a vintage Hamilton chronograph.
It does.
Interesting vid.
Thank you.
Are those new dies Adam? I don’t recall seeing them before
Somewhat new. I use them on occasion. Not in every video.
Hi Adam, can you please recommend an affordable magnifying device. I have tried loupes but they don’t work for me. Many thanks.
I don't like loupes either. I ended up spending money on a stereo microscope. While not necessarily cheap, it was well worth the cost.
i am indeed very very pleased with it.
So glad to hear it.
10:36 i think that is whiteout, not paint?
Nice work! How do you dress your curved tweezers? - There are quite a few youtube videos on dressing straight tweezers but I haven't seen one for the curved tweezers you are using.
It appears someone got in there with an old craftsman set lol beautiful piece though
hey Adam you should try Audiobooks fine friendly voice just saying... goodluck on anything
@10:55 What do we want to bet someone used "whiteout" to coat those sub hands.
Someone else also had that same thought. You may be right.
24:30 You are not alone.😂
Haha. It happens to us all.
Nice
sharp
From the paint on the hands and the scratches on almost every part of the movement, this is clearly a movement/watch that was cobbled together with parts of different movements that were probably inside one or more parts containers... I have seen similar damage on the parts on several watches I serviced: Landeron movements were made in the thousands, were relativevely cheap movements (compared to Valjouxs and the such) and you can find parts online easily. A fully original movement (with all parts belonging to the same watch) is hard to find, honestly.
You're probably right. The work was poorly done, and the movement was likely pieced together. At least we were able to make a good looking and wearable watch out of it.
Sad to see a nice looking movement treated with so much disrespect
I thought watch screws were like gun screws, where the sides of each slot are exactly 90 degrees, or 180 (zero) degrees parallel to each other.... meaning that only a parallel screwdriver should ever be used and never a tapered one. (edit: So hollow ground and "precision ground" screwdrivers that don't have any taper are most common... but there are others that are used that don't have tapers at the end).
Hi Adam, I'm sorry to say but from the images and details, you were fooled with this watch. First the second and minute hands with a kind of paint and at the end after 1:11:10 seconds when you place the two small hands you can clearly see a poorly painted dial with paint above the hour markers. It's a shame, it was an unfair exchange for Seiko. Your videos are always an inspiration to me and I also don't like being fooled. It was worth it for the attention and care you always put into your work. Well done. Best regards.
That stuff the hands looks like LIQUID PAPER or WITE-OUT.
It's highly likely. I hadn't thought about liquid paper, but you may be right.
I think that piece was a trainer movement. That thing must have been taken apart and reassembled hundreds of time. That's the only reason that can explain all that damage.
Are these projects ever not worth it? and/or was this one specifically?
For me they are.
@@WeekendWatchRepair That's good. Pretty much all that matters. I just wondered because of the prices of all the parts and stuff like that. Sometimes it's worth it, because the end product is worth it... and sometimes it's worth it, because fixing it is the main goal/enjoyment. I love fixing things most of the time too... but there are times I fix things and realize halfway through that it's just not worth the trouble and/or the cost. I enjoy working on them, but they're just not worth it in the end though.
looks like wite out on there
Nice to hear British engineering terms used. Obviously a SQEP engineer?
No, I'm unfamiliar with SQEP.
Someone was angry while holding a sharp object.
How much did you pay for this watch?
+1 for Premium Rodico being a not so premium product...
Yep, agreed.
I bet it banged around in a drawer with the back off for a long time and then someone decided to get it running and sell it off.
Louis Rosmann Mac repair services. he has microscope plus camera
What a horror show. You should have just junked it!
After that paint started falling off the pointer, I lost any interest.
I understand your perspective, but the challenge of bringing it back to life was what interested me.