Currently on the bench, Lord Elgin 7775 "Chevron" produced in 1957 with its futuristic design of its 31mm 14k gold case and its stand out jump hour dial display of its time.

Lord Elgin was a line of 3 models including the 9587 "Golfball", 7775 "Chevron", and the most popular of the 3 being the 7776 "Elvis". All of which housed a higher grade 21 jewel movement, maintaining its beauty of mechanical craftsman ship to this day.

The years surely took their toll on the dial, imparting a lot of UV damage blurring out the hour dial, unfortunately attempts to restore it failed causing me to have to source a replacement.

Parts are all cleaned, polishing jewels and reassembling, then just awaiting the replacement dial to clean up the exterior and recase!

Search on eBay for old cigar boxes to restore. They make perfect storage for tools and such. Good ol vintage feel and keeps tools safe and organized.

Could someone tell me the basic steps and items that I need if I want to put my own date magnifier on a watch.
(Adhesive, where to get the magnifier, etc)

Any ideas where to find and Epson corps v145A movement? I'd like to find something cheaper than just buying a parts watch

Hi all! My husband is getting really into watchmaking and is going to take a class starting next year. He's been going through a legitimate midlife crisis and him finding this hobby is so exciting because I really think it'll give him something to focus on (anyone else go through that?).

Anyway, I'd like to gift him a good set of tools or a book or something to get him started before the class so he can play around before the class starts. He has a Bulova watch to start tinkering with. Any recommendations of something he could use for a gift?

Thanks! ​

To start my journey, I'm in the process of getting most of the tools need (and it's A LOT). And the Bergeon ones are so expensive. Following the advice "buy what you can afford" is probably wise but not good for my wallet.

Been following this channel to prep myself. Learned a lot but every video seem to have something I don't have...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioszReAsd8Y&t=1165s

Great videos for beginners and he mentioned one thing no other tutorial mentioned, the movement need to be at least as good as before my practice / service.

And to achieve that, I'll need a time grapher. That's a tool that I don't know if I should invest before taking apart my first movement to know how steady my hands are...

Alternatives are phone or laptop Time Grapher. Found the open source macOS time grapher, installed, and I don't think I can get a reasonable read from normal EarPods lined microphone for the angles the video ask me to take. Hence I found this, https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007945284696.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.6.4c0e2c99YGJxpg&algo_pvid=18461390-4bf7-4792-a464-63314da53e16&algo_exp_id=18461390-4bf7-4792-a464-63314da53e16-5&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%2255%22%2C%22spu_best_type%22%3A%22price%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%2C%22fromPage%22%3A%22search%22%7D&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21AUD%2127.64%2118.79%21%21%2119.08%2112.97%21%402103094f17847035207711413e10d6%2112000042962835869%21sea%21AU%21171708121%21X%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3Acf2782d2%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&curPageLogUid=UyuB5XgPuwBN&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A%7Cx_object_id%3A1005007945284696%7C_p_origin_prod%3A Looks like something I could work with but I don't know if it's any good or and does it work with a mac laptop (that's the only thing I have)

Anyone has any exp? Thanks a lot.

I absentmindedly quick set the date on my Prospex chrono while the hands were potentially in the “danger zone”. Anyone know if the V192 has any safeties in place to avoid clashing of the mechanisms and potential damage? I’ve already ran the hands through two day cycles and the wheel seems to jump perfectly well at the right time, but the numbers move ever so slightly too high at 12am then centre themselves at 1am.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. My OCD is killing me with this. Especially as someone who is usually extremely calculated and takes the utmost care of the things I own.