This watch was found in someone's old apartment. There is no history about it-where it came from, how old it is-nothing. I was asked if I could fix it… I honestly didn't know. I started to check the condition of the watch and found many problems. I filmed everything in hopes that this could eventually become a video for you. One main concern was the damaged and bent pallet fork. I couldn't find a spare part for it, nor did I have new stones that fit. I took a bet and wondered if it could run well with the damaged pallet fork… and it really shocked me in the end that it works perfectly! I wanted to make a restoration that preserves the watch. The watch hands are deeply corroded, so I didn't polish them too much to avoid changing their original shape. The casing was also corroded with deep pitting and scratches. I removed the silver oxidation and the surface corrosion but didn't remove the deep pitting and deep scratches. Hope you like the result! Many thanks!
Eline koluna sağlık mükemmel ve profesyonel bir çalışma olmuş bizi bu muazzam ustalığından ve temiz çalışmalarından mahrum bırakma sürekli video atmanı 4 gözle bekliyoruz sık sık video at olur mu
Neat seeing the baking soda/aluminum foil method used in a professional environment. Absolutely the best way to remove tarnish non-abrasively which is a must when cleaning silver that has fine details or engraving. I’ve seen so much silver over the years with details that have been smoothed out by aggressive use of abrasive pastes! Excellent video!
Happy to see your kind comment sir 😊 You are totally correct, this method is very easy and not toxic either! Thank you for the very good comment on this "fact". Glad you liked my video! Have a great evening!
It's amazing, knowing that there is someone on the other side of the world, who is so great with very detailed knowledge, tools from the oldest to the newest, very thorough, with his insight into old watches, it's very satisfying to watch your videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge, I'm embarrassed that I can only open the watch cover to change the battery and I feel amazing, let alone with you, you are really cool and amazing. Greetings from Indonesia.
Of all of the watchmakers on RUclips, you are the most enjoyable to watch. A skilled craftsman, (to us mechanically inclined) is the best and most enjoyable to watch, bringing old, neglected, abused timepieces back to life. As a young man in the late 60's, I worked on the railroad. The railroad companies required you to have a certified timepiece that had to be synchronized at the beginning of the shift or before you took the train out of the yard traveling to destinations down the mainline. I purchased a Hamilton 99 2B from a retired "Old Head" brakeman. Later, I purchased a Bulova Accutron, however, the Hamilton was my favorite. If we lost CTC (centralized traffic control) signals on the mainline, we had to revert to train movement by time schedules (to prevent accidents). This was why you had to have an accurate timepiece. I have my grandfather's old pocket watch, a Waltham, that my grandmother gave to him when they got married at the turn of the century (1900). I would hope to find a gentleman such as yourself, to do the cleanup and restoration of this time piece as it is family history. Are you here in the USA or ? Do you do take on work and if so, where are you located? | will contact you regarding the watch if you do do outside work. Randy
I imagine the orders or orderliness this timepiece has witnessed over the years. I think you’ve cleared up all the deposits and corrections it has collected. The shine is a beauty to behold, so glad it found you!
Incredible work, better than new. Extra cred for root cause analysis, explanations, showing time for polishing and finally explaining your adjustments to make it work perfect.
Many thanks Hasse, great that you thought everything was clearly explained. I tried to be as clear as possible but not "dragging things" too much (spending too much time on it). Thank you for commenting as always :)
Can’t beat gold polished Roman numerals that sparkle like jewels in the sunlight. Loving the sun ray dial man that pops! MAMACOO watches. What a beautiful subtle piece.
Hola. He visto muchos restauradores ,pero ninguno como toda Tu meticulosidad y a eso lo aplaudo 👏. Ahora no me canso de pensar como hacían esas piezas en el 1900 .... y por no decir Antes. La rosca de uno de ellos, los dientes exactos.... y cuanto más. Me deja admirado. Muchas Gracias por Tus videos!!!
@@Watcheyes I’ve just finished watching the full video again, thank you for making my day. Here in Australia I will now sleep and dream of Debussy and ticking watches.
I remembered my grandfather whom fought in Palestine in WW1. He was POW at the time and his pocket watch had been taken by a British soldier. British soldier said "Souvenir... Souvenir" after handling watch. Thanks for video.
That beautiful (perfectly restored) pocket watch deserves a better watch chain. People gives attention to watches and forget the chains that were equal important accessories (worked as men's jewelries).
When I serviced my Datejust from late 80s, they told me that cannot be within COSC tolerance, I told them: there's guys on RUclips restoring 100 years old watches and leaving them + - 2 seconds.
:D good! Still this is manual so if it's gonna run within cosc it needs to be winded fully all the time. But for a Rolex which is often automatic and of higher quality it shouldnt be a problem :) Atleast for a 80s Rolex, that's quite new one.
Great job, I'm making an omega pocket watch myself, I just need to replace the balance staff (broken), and this video gives some good ideas, because I'm a beginner.
Thank you sir! I wish you luck, you will make it. Just take it slowly. Check the hole when you have removed the staff so it's round and nice, no steel residues that sticks ut, round and plain hole. Then check if the new staff sits plain against the wheel and tightly before spreading the rivet. If all sits good and even when checking underneath (under the wheel, contact between staff and balance wheel). Then spread rivet and check again if it sits nicely and so forth. Note that you have to hammer quite hard on these pocket watch staffs, they are very thick.
Pro tip on pocket watches. Don't snap them shut. Depress the crown, then close and release. Learned that from my grandpa who was a watchmaker for 60 years.
Greetings from Constantinople/Istanbul The video was interesting for me naturally. As far as I know longines is a big watch brand. Numbers are ottoman turkish. Nacib is a turkish name but last name Cezveciyan(turkish pronounciation) is most probably Armenian.
Cool that you left the dings and scratches. Great job. Could you have made a new fork if needed? Do you try and fix the old one? Is it junk if you can’t? Thanks, great stuff.
You can try to search for a new stone and change the stone or find a new fork. In this case maybe a new stone is easier to find. Then you have to get the stone in the same place as the last one when you change it. Many thanks
Meus agradecimentos aos mestres relojoeiros , seja os de manutenção ou de confecção , como vocês são geniais , e quanta ciência e habilidade numa mesma arte . Seus vídeos nos faz muito bem : - Mente e alma .
Diese Uhr hat eine Geschichte, sie gehörte wahrscheinlich viele Jahre der gleichen Person und hat ihn durch sein Leben begleitet. Diese Person wird sicher nicht mehr leben aber seine Uhr ist noch da. Diese Uhr müsste sprechen können und ihre Geschichte und die ihres Besitzers erzählen. Oder geht in die alten und Pflegeheime und sprecht mit diesen Menschen und hört deren Geschichte! Jede dieser Geschichten würde Bücher füllen, sehr lustige und unvorstellbar trauchige Geschichten. Wenn die Menschen gestorben sind, sind alle diese Geschichten vergessen und deren Wissen, ihre Ängste und ihre Liebe verschwindet im Nebel der Geschichte!
I am amazed by your precise movement, is it really that much experience that there are no more design secrets left in the watch? ((я поражаюсь вашим точным движением,неужели такой большой опыт что в часах больше не осталоль конструкционных секретов))
@@Watcheyes it's just some kind of magic, as if you are the designer of this watch and know everything about its structure, it seems that way from the outside
Респект! Видно, що працюєте грамотно! І якісний інструмент.👍👍👍👍👍 І ще, завдяки Вам узнав, що ці дивні знаки - турецькі цифри 19 сторіччя. Бо попадались такі, та знаття не було...
Greetings from Istanbul, Constantinople, Turkey 😊 How did you find this? Good work By the way; Nacib K. Djezvedijan (Nasip Cezveciyan)& Fils Istanbul which was was the authorized dealer and general distributor of Longines watches starting from 1880s, in the Ottoman Empire and until 1960 in Turkey. Djezvedjian, was a well known distributor for high end Swiss watches including Vacheron Constantin. The address was Kapali Carsi Mahfazacilar(Muhafazicilar) Sok. No: 44-46 Eminonu/Istanbul at the Kiliccilar Gate of the Covered Bazaar.
Wow, from the city where "it all began" :D. It's a guy who found it in his family's home and there was no info or history about it, they didn't know anything about it. The information was probably lost between generations. Many thanks for your information, I appreciate it a lot. It's wonderful to read this information and dream away of its history 😀 Have a great evening! Best regards from Sweden, Stockholm.
LOVE the arabic numbers for the minutes on the face. and love the restoration O (٥-5), V∘ (١٠-10), VO (١٥-15), V⏑∘ (٢٠-20), V⏑O (٢٥-25), V⏑⏑∘ (٣٠-30), V⏑⏑O (٣٥-35), V⏑∘ (٤٠-40), V⏑O (٤٥-45), O∘ (٥٠-50), OO (٥٥-55), ⏑V∘ (٦٠-60)
Very interesting video and well presented. However, there is a simpler method to prevent the problem of beat error, valid for every movement with pallet. Before finally mounting the complete balance: 1. Also leave the pallet mounting aside for a moment. 2. Assemble all parts of the balance to the best of your ability and mount the entire set in the movement (if initially disassembled). If the position of the red stone is not visible after mounting, look at the position of the balance wheel arm. In principle, the position of that stone should be perpendicular to the balance wheel arm. 3. Now make sure that the balance staff, the red stone in the balance plateau and the pallet staff are on 1 imaginary line. 4. If necessary, adjust the position of the hairspring on the balance staff so that the conditions of point 3 are achieved. Let the balance wheel oscillate a few times and see if the wheel always returns to the same position when stationary (with the position of that stone on that imaginary line). In principle, you should not have to adjust the beat of the watch after the movement has been fully assembled.
great job as usual, Maestro…polish the jewels is new for me…shouldn’t possibile to do the same with the pallet forks? Too difficult maybe? 109 years old watch…beautiful
Hi Fulvio. Many thanks for your kind comment 😊 Hmm, haven't heard of the lapping of pallet fork stone before, might be possible but that must be som hard alignment to produce. I don't know how to do it :)
Many thanks, for this it was a lot of time as there was some special operations that needed to be researched and tested. Like leveling the cap jewels, find new minute hand, blueing the hands etc. I would guess around 50 h of mechanical work.
❤. Ah il faut de l'outillage ! Le boîtier aurait pu être amélioré non ? Sur tas de plomb avec empreinte et outillage maison et brunissoir. Enfin en tout cas super travail 👍👌
@WatchRestorationCottage great, then I guess my sound is good. It's hard to adjust the levels, background noise vs cleaner noise. Still a totally clean noise can be boring so I'll adjust to background noise to a pleasant level.
![What's in the box?! 1890s Safe [Restoration]](/img/1.gif)
This watch was found in someone's old apartment. There is no history about it-where it came from, how old it is-nothing.
I was asked if I could fix it… I honestly didn't know.
I started to check the condition of the watch and found many problems. I filmed everything in hopes that this could eventually become a video for you.
One main concern was the damaged and bent pallet fork. I couldn't find a spare part for it, nor did I have new stones that fit. I took a bet and wondered if it could run well with the damaged pallet fork… and it really shocked me in the end that it works perfectly!
I wanted to make a restoration that preserves the watch. The watch hands are deeply corroded, so I didn't polish them too much to avoid changing their original shape. The casing was also corroded with deep pitting and scratches. I removed the silver oxidation and the surface corrosion but didn't remove the deep pitting and deep scratches.
Hope you like the result! Many thanks!
Eline koluna sağlık mükemmel ve profesyonel bir çalışma olmuş bizi bu muazzam ustalığından ve temiz çalışmalarından mahrum bırakma sürekli video atmanı 4 gözle bekliyoruz sık sık video at olur mu
@@Mrelektrosenkron Many thanks for your kind words 😊 🙏 Very glad that you like my work. I work as hard as I can to produce videos 😀
@@Watcheyesçalışmalarını çok yakından takip ediyorum severek izliyorum bu işe bu hobiye gönül verenleri severiz ☺️
@@Mrelektrosenkron😊 Thank you sir!
Muhtemelen saat Osmanlı tebaası olan bir Ermeni'ye ait :)
Geçmişimizle alakalı bir saat görmek gerçekten çok enteresan ve heyecan vericiydi onu tekrar hayata döndürdüğün için teşekkürler....
Neat seeing the baking soda/aluminum foil method used in a professional environment. Absolutely the best way to remove tarnish non-abrasively which is a must when cleaning silver that has fine details or engraving. I’ve seen so much silver over the years with details that have been smoothed out by aggressive use of abrasive pastes! Excellent video!
Happy to see your kind comment sir 😊 You are totally correct, this method is very easy and not toxic either! Thank you for the very good comment on this "fact". Glad you liked my video! Have a great evening!
It's amazing, knowing that there is someone on the other side of the world, who is so great with very detailed knowledge, tools from the oldest to the newest, very thorough, with his insight into old watches, it's very satisfying to watch your videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge, I'm embarrassed that I can only open the watch cover to change the battery and I feel amazing, let alone with you, you are really cool and amazing.
Greetings from Indonesia.
You are a true Artist man. i appreciate your work. Türkiye'den selamlar.
Many thanks Sir, wish you a nice day!
Of all of the watchmakers on RUclips, you are the most enjoyable to watch. A skilled craftsman, (to us mechanically inclined) is the best and most enjoyable to watch, bringing old, neglected, abused timepieces back to life.
As a young man in the late 60's, I worked on the railroad. The railroad companies required you to have a certified timepiece that had to be synchronized at the beginning of the shift or before you took the train out of the yard traveling to destinations down the mainline. I purchased a Hamilton 99 2B from a retired "Old Head" brakeman. Later, I purchased a Bulova Accutron,
however, the Hamilton was my favorite. If we lost CTC (centralized traffic control) signals on the mainline, we had to revert to train movement by time schedules (to prevent accidents). This was why you had to have an accurate timepiece.
I have my grandfather's old pocket watch, a Waltham, that my grandmother gave to him when they got married at the turn of the century (1900). I would hope to find a gentleman such as yourself, to do the cleanup and restoration of this time piece as it is family history. Are you here in the USA or ? Do you do take on work and if so, where are you located? | will contact you regarding the watch if you do do outside work. Randy
Thank you for sharing your passion with us. Great Work, love to see you refurbish this fantastic old stuff!
Hello Michael, Many thanks for your kind words, I appreciate it alot 😊 Have a great day!
I imagine the orders or orderliness this timepiece has witnessed over the years. I think you’ve cleared up all the deposits and corrections it has collected. The shine is a beauty to behold, so glad it found you!
🙏 What a beautiful comment, absolutely something to think about, many thanks for your words!
Incredible work, better than new. Extra cred for root cause analysis, explanations, showing time for polishing and finally explaining your adjustments to make it work perfect.
Many thanks Hasse, great that you thought everything was clearly explained. I tried to be as clear as possible but not "dragging things" too much (spending too much time on it). Thank you for commenting as always :)
Videography and sound is on another level! Amazing work as always
Hi Kevin! Many thanks, I tried to be on a level where it's not dead quite the "noise" and still not to much. Glad you like it 😀
I really enjoy your restorations. Things in that era were simple and built to last, including watches! Amazing work! 👍
I am a Turk. It is written "nasib" in old Turkish (Ottoman) letters. "Nasib" means share, privilege, destiny, luck.
Very interesting, many thanks for your comment :)
That Indonesia word
Nacib K. Djezvedjian & son Constantinople its Armenian Family!!!!!!
@@MrGorakan indeed
It is not Nasip but Nacip it is a Turkish male name bu Whit an Armenian surname!. One of the rich Istanbul Armenian Bankers?.
Fantastic work! Very nice filmed and edited too. Thanks.
Thank you sir for your wonderful comment and support. Have a great evening!
Fantastic work, congratulations. It is really beautiful to see these wonderful watches come back to life
Absolutely a great video and a perfect final result ! It’s always fascinating to restore those old pocket watch ✨👌
Thanks for sharing !
Many thanks sir for commenting on my video and I'm very happy that you liked it 😀
What a fantastic video and such a lovely-looking watch. I really enjoyed this video and it's an inspiration to anybody in the hobby 👍
Many thanks for commenting on my video and taking your time watching it. I'm very happy that you liked it! Have a great day! 😀
Can’t beat gold polished Roman numerals that sparkle like jewels in the sunlight. Loving the sun ray dial man that pops! MAMACOO watches. What a beautiful subtle piece.
I admire that they were able to create and add parts as needed. Also, to figure out that jewels were required. Amazing craftsmanship. Thanks
Hola. He visto muchos restauradores ,pero ninguno como toda Tu meticulosidad y a eso lo aplaudo 👏. Ahora no me canso de pensar como hacían esas piezas en el 1900 .... y por no decir Antes.
La rosca de uno de ellos, los dientes exactos.... y cuanto más. Me deja admirado. Muchas Gracias por Tus videos!!!
the most interesting watch I've seen so far in a repair documentary, and it's beautifully shot.
awesome work! I am glad that youtube recommend this video
Thank you for the beautiful video, I love the way you combined my piano sound.
Very impressive work.
I'm very glad that you liked it Joseph, thank you very much! I couldn't find anyone who plays as beautiful as you do. /Best regards, Josef, Sweden.
@@Watcheyes I’ve just finished watching the full video again, thank you for making my day.
Here in Australia I will now sleep and dream of Debussy and ticking watches.
@@josephhapp9 that sounds awesome! ❤️ 🙂
Amazing work
Many thanks 😊
I remembered my grandfather whom fought in Palestine in WW1. He was POW at the time and his pocket watch had been taken by a British soldier. British soldier said "Souvenir... Souvenir" after handling watch. Thanks for video.
That beautiful (perfectly restored) pocket watch deserves a better watch chain. People gives attention to watches and forget the chains that were equal important accessories (worked as men's jewelries).
You are a real artist
When I serviced my Datejust from late 80s, they told me that cannot be within COSC tolerance, I told them: there's guys on RUclips restoring 100 years old watches and leaving them + - 2 seconds.
:D good! Still this is manual so if it's gonna run within cosc it needs to be winded fully all the time. But for a Rolex which is often automatic and of higher quality it shouldnt be a problem :) Atleast for a 80s Rolex, that's quite new one.
@@Watcheyes that AD just sucks.
@@OscarRPalma :(
You can regulate a Vostok Amphibia to that standard yourself over a period of weeks.
A true Craftsman. Beautiful watch. Beautiful video sir.
This was amazing to watch ⌚ no pun intended 😂😊
Thank you:)
Enhorabuena. De lo mejor que he visto nunca sobre el tema. Gracias.😮
Great engineering and repair/restoration. The people who can made this warch, who knows, what can make with their skills today.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video on RUclips: 👍👏👌!
Thank you for your kind words, wish you a good day! :)
Great job, I'm making an omega pocket watch myself, I just need to replace the balance staff (broken), and this video gives some good ideas, because I'm a beginner.
Thank you sir! I wish you luck, you will make it. Just take it slowly. Check the hole when you have removed the staff so it's round and nice, no steel residues that sticks ut, round and plain hole. Then check if the new staff sits plain against the wheel and tightly before spreading the rivet. If all sits good and even when checking underneath (under the wheel, contact between staff and balance wheel). Then spread rivet and check again if it sits nicely and so forth.
Note that you have to hammer quite hard on these pocket watch staffs, they are very thick.
Gran labor Artesano!!!. Saludos desde Uruguay .
Many thanks sir, a big thank you from Sweden 🇸🇪 🙏 😊
Beautiful watch, awesome fix.
Прекрасная работа настоящего Мастера. Браво.
Excellent video. I'm watching from Turkey.
Many thanks 😊 Watching from Constantinople? 😉
@@Watcheyesthere is no constantinapol since 1453
@@mavzer1754 I know, it says constaninopel on the dial
Well done! Looks amazing!
Thank you sir, happy to hear that! 😊
Great watch. Respect from Turkey.
Many thanks! :)
Pro tip on pocket watches. Don't snap them shut. Depress the crown, then close and release. Learned that from my grandpa who was a watchmaker for 60 years.
Ahh, very logic, good point, thank you! 😊
Greetings from Constantinople/Istanbul
The video was interesting for me naturally. As far as I know longines is a big watch brand. Numbers are ottoman turkish. Nacib is a turkish name but last name Cezveciyan(turkish pronounciation) is most probably Armenian.
amazing job, especially for 100+ year watch.
Glad you liked it and thank you for the nice comment 👍 😀
Great!!! Thank you for the sharing!!!
Many thanks!
@@Watcheyes your video is very good quality. Your style of sharing suits me perfectly. Thank you for continuing to make me dream 😊
@@OP-vz1yl very kind of you sir, thank you! :)
Çok güzel bir çalışma olmuş
Emeğine sağlık
Keyif ile izledim
En sevdiğim marka
En sevdiğim model
En sevdiğim kanal
🇹🇷
Many thanks for your comment, I appreciate it alot, glad you like my work 😀
En iyi dileklerimle. /Sweden
Gorgeous
Ótimo trabalho.
Thank you:)
Grymt snyggt arbete med en grymt snygg klocka!
Tack Steinar för kommentaren :)!
Cool that you left the dings and scratches. Great job. Could you have made a new fork if needed? Do you try and fix the old one? Is it junk if you can’t?
Thanks, great stuff.
You can try to search for a new stone and change the stone or find a new fork. In this case maybe a new stone is easier to find. Then you have to get the stone in the same place as the last one when you change it. Many thanks
Böyle değerli saatleri ancak profesyonel ustalar tamir edebilir..👑👍
Beautiful job amazing
Many thanks!
Marvelous!
Hi there Netrhyda, many thanks for your comment 😀
Meus agradecimentos aos mestres relojoeiros , seja os de manutenção ou de confecção , como vocês são geniais , e quanta ciência e habilidade numa mesma arte . Seus vídeos nos faz muito bem : - Mente e alma .
Świetna robota
Many thanks, have a good day sir!
Love your videos
Glad you liked it, many thanks for the comment also! Have a great day!
Un maravilloso trabajo para una maravillosa pieza. Wow.
Salú2 desde Puebla México.
Very professional!
Great job😊
Amazing!!
Many thanks 😊 🙏 have a great day!
Eline koluna sağlık hergün video bekleriz ☺️
Many thanks, that is kind, I work as hard as I can to produce them :)
@@Watcheyesbaşarılarının devamını dilerim bu kanalın büyümesini çok istiyorum çok kaliteli bir kanal mükemmel içerikler ☺️
@@Mrelektrosenkron thank you sir 😊
Diese Uhr hat eine Geschichte, sie gehörte wahrscheinlich viele Jahre der gleichen Person und hat ihn durch sein Leben begleitet. Diese Person wird sicher nicht mehr leben aber seine Uhr ist noch da.
Diese Uhr müsste sprechen können und ihre Geschichte und die ihres Besitzers erzählen.
Oder geht in die alten und Pflegeheime und sprecht mit diesen Menschen und hört deren Geschichte!
Jede dieser Geschichten würde Bücher füllen, sehr lustige und unvorstellbar trauchige Geschichten. Wenn die Menschen gestorben sind, sind alle diese Geschichten vergessen und deren Wissen, ihre Ängste und ihre Liebe verschwindet im Nebel der Geschichte!
❤️ Thank you for a beautiful comment
Fantástico trabalho!! Parabéns 👏👏👏
Thank you so much for your kind words and support. It really means a lot to me!
Можно смотреть вечно на вашу работу.
Many thanks Ratyim, glad you liked it 😀 😊
Атор просто ТОПЧИК
@@yugirambo6762 Спасибо большое, хорошего вечера.
WOW , Really good and nice >>>>>> Thank you .
Great stuff indeed thank you.
Many thanks for your kind words :)
@@Watcheyes Big pleasure sir.
@@mauriziograndi1750 have a good day to you sir!
Greetings from Turkey my friend
Greetings from Sweden mate 😀
Good job
Nicely done
I am amazed by your precise movement, is it really that much experience that there are no more design secrets left in the watch?
((я поражаюсь вашим точным движением,неужели такой большой опыт что в часах больше не осталоль конструкционных секретов))
Maybe it hasn't translated correctly, what design secrets :)?
@@Watcheyes it's just some kind of magic, as if you are the designer of this watch and know everything about its structure, it seems that way from the outside
@yugirambo6762 Ahhh I can guess what you mean, thank you! 😊
Great job
Респект! Видно, що працюєте грамотно! І якісний інструмент.👍👍👍👍👍 І ще, завдяки Вам узнав, що ці дивні знаки - турецькі цифри 19 сторіччя. Бо попадались такі, та знаття не було...
amazing job , thanks ))
Travail de restauration magnifique. Un objet que l'on désirerait avoir en main.
Greetings from Istanbul, Constantinople, Turkey 😊 How did you find this? Good work
By the way;
Nacib K. Djezvedijan (Nasip Cezveciyan)& Fils Istanbul which was was the authorized dealer and general distributor of Longines watches starting from 1880s, in the Ottoman Empire and until 1960 in Turkey. Djezvedjian, was a well known distributor for high end Swiss watches including Vacheron Constantin.
The address was Kapali Carsi Mahfazacilar(Muhafazicilar) Sok. No: 44-46 Eminonu/Istanbul at the Kiliccilar Gate of the Covered Bazaar.
Wow, from the city where "it all began" :D. It's a guy who found it in his family's home and there was no info or history about it, they didn't know anything about it. The information was probably lost between generations.
Many thanks for your information, I appreciate it a lot. It's wonderful to read this information and dream away of its history 😀
Have a great evening! Best regards from Sweden, Stockholm.
Yalakalığın alemi yok, 1453 den beri İstanbul. Gavura yalakalık yapmak için konstantinapol demekten vazgeçin, omurganiz olsun biraz.
Hermoso trabajo, me encanta que se recuperen joyas como esa.
Good work and good luck
LOVE the arabic numbers for the minutes on the face. and love the restoration
O (٥-5), V∘ (١٠-10), VO (١٥-15), V⏑∘ (٢٠-20), V⏑O (٢٥-25), V⏑⏑∘ (٣٠-30), V⏑⏑O (٣٥-35), V⏑∘ (٤٠-40), V⏑O (٤٥-45), O∘ (٥٠-50), OO (٥٥-55), ⏑V∘ (٦٠-60)
Great jop you the best sensational you number one congratulations
Very interesting video and well presented. However, there is a simpler method to prevent the problem of beat error, valid for every movement with pallet.
Before finally mounting the complete balance:
1. Also leave the pallet mounting aside for a moment.
2. Assemble all parts of the balance to the best of your ability and mount the entire set in the movement (if initially disassembled). If the position of the red stone is not visible after mounting, look at the position of the balance wheel arm. In principle, the position of that stone should be perpendicular to the balance wheel arm.
3. Now make sure that the balance staff, the red stone in the balance plateau and the pallet staff are on 1 imaginary line.
4. If necessary, adjust the position of the hairspring on the balance staff so that the conditions of point 3 are achieved. Let the balance wheel oscillate a few times and see if the wheel always returns to the same position when stationary (with the position of that stone on that imaginary line).
In principle, you should not have to adjust the beat of the watch after the movement has been fully assembled.
Me gusta mucho el reloj y el esfuerzo para dejarlo tan bonito y me gustaria saber el precio de ese reloj en la actualidad ya reparado.. saludos
What a restoration!...pure class!.
Many thanks 😊
great job as usual, Maestro…polish the jewels is new for me…shouldn’t possibile to do the same with the pallet forks?
Too difficult maybe?
109 years old watch…beautiful
Hi Fulvio. Many thanks for your kind comment 😊 Hmm, haven't heard of the lapping of pallet fork stone before, might be possible but that must be som hard alignment to produce. I don't know how to do it :)
Шикарно !
muhteşem işçilik. tebrikler
Many many thanks! Appreciate it alot your kind comment.
En iyi dileklerimle!
Excellent work. I Enjoy watching skilled technicians at work.
Many thanks Greg, glad you liked it 😀
very Good Job
Комментарий в поддержку канала и ролика, а также труда мастера.
Thank you 😊, have a great evening sir!
wow! this is a relic, to say wow is to say nothing🏆🎖
Many thanks for your comment 😀
@@Watcheyes as soon as I found your video in the collections, I immediately became a subscriber and watch EVERY video of yours with pleasure
@yugirambo6762 Thank you for your support Yugi, will continue create videos :)
Balance wheel을 손보는 이는 드물게 봅니다. 특히 그 분야를 관심있게 보았습니다.
Thanks a lot~*
Wow ,Bravo👏👍
Excellent work, how many working hours you put in it ?
Many thanks, for this it was a lot of time as there was some special operations that needed to be researched and tested. Like leveling the cap jewels, find new minute hand, blueing the hands etc. I would guess around 50 h of mechanical work.
❤. Ah il faut de l'outillage ! Le boîtier aurait pu être amélioré non ? Sur tas de plomb avec empreinte et outillage maison et brunissoir. Enfin en tout cas super travail 👍👌
You need a K&D staff remover, perfect to remove staff without risking bending the arm.
It feet perfectly on your Boley staking set.
Beautiful ⏱️
Beautiful work as usual! Incredibly good fortune to find the balance staff in your parts bin!
Thank you, glad that you watched my video. Yes I was very lucky, first I didn't even look at home because it felt such a small chance 😀
@@Watcheyes Your videos are like mini-movies. Very well done. Much respect to you for your talent (in watch repair and videography).
@@WatchRestorationCottageWow that was kind, I'm happy that you like how I do my videos and the repairs, I'll always try to excel myself each time.
@@Watcheyes no seriously, there aren't many youtubers who can make ASMR type videos interesting and engaging. Look forward to your next.
@WatchRestorationCottage great, then I guess my sound is good. It's hard to adjust the levels, background noise vs cleaner noise. Still a totally clean noise can be boring so I'll adjust to background noise to a pleasant level.
I didn't know they still made the key wound movements especially in 1915
Впечатляет! 👍
Greetings from Türkiye 🇹🇷
جميل جدا
Curious but is it an home made watch movement cleaning machine ?
It's look like a modern version of the old ELMA machine.
Yes it's a DIY watch cleaner, you can see the description with a link to it :)
Can't see a link for the cleaning machine?
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