I love Alpina watches. It’s one of my first mentions if someone asks me for undervalued watch brands. This one has a stainless steel case, and it measures 34 mm without the original signed crown. The movement is the in-house […]
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When you’re servicing a watch, you have two choices. Clean and reuse the old mainspring or fit a new one. In this article, I’ll explore both options and explain why I believe that replacing the mainspring is best practice. Pros
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Specs Case – Stainless steel Diameter without the crown – 40mm Lug to lug – 47mm Thickness – 14.7mm including the domed crystal Movement – Seiko NH35 automatic Lume – Tinted Super Luminova on dial, hands, and “pip” Crystal –
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What’s the cannon pinion? The cannon pinion connects the wheel train to the motion works. It’s also the post on which the minute hand is set. If the cannon pinion is too tight, setting the hands will be very difficult.
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This Hamilton watch did run, but it didn’t keep time, the amplitude was very low, and it had a power reserve of only a few hours. If you wound it, you could feel and hear the mainspring slipping, so that
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I got this watch in a batch from a collector to take a look at. Sadly, two of the four watches were too far gone but this is one of the two watches that could be saved. It’s a Cauny
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