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A French watch on WahaWatches for a change. This LIP Dauphine came in a job lot and when I quickly examined it, it didn’t run at all. The balance and hairspring seemed fine, though. I [...]

This interview is with George Clarkson. He is a hobbyist watchmaker from Germany and recently started a webshop, Only Vintage Watches. This is a young company where you can find vintage watches [...]

Time for another interview. This time with Blake Drayson, founder, and owner of TickTalk. TickTalk is a blog about collecting watches and mainly from a beginner’s perspective. How did your [...]

This Roamer dress watch didn’t run and the crystal was in pretty bad shape. The movement is an MST 424, hand winder with 17 jewels. I suspected there was a problem with the endshake of the [...]

This Roamer Standard came in a batch of watches out of the UK. It had a lazy amplitude and it didn’t keep time. Also, the set lever spring was broken. Here we go. The movement is an [...]