Sometimes you need a bit of luck. I found this beauty in the pile of broken donor watches. No idea what it was doing there, but it sure was a nice surprise. It’s an Onsa dress watch with an [...]
Screwdrivers are essential tools for the watchmaker, but it can be confusing. Is Bergeon worth the hype? Is Horotec overpriced? Are you a good watchmaker if you don’t use screwdrivers from [...]
It’s unusual for me even to consider getting any watch that’s nothing like the traditional kind. So, when the opportunity presented itself to get something completely different from [...]
This is one of Michał’s watches. A 1948 Roamer with an MST 360 movement with a signed Türler dial. The MST 360 is an unusual movement: The click and the click spring are on the bottom side [...]
Finding a vintage Rolex is easy. Finding one that’s worth its price… that’s the challenge. Colin A. White The Vintage Rolex Field Manual is more than twenty years of experience [...]
The essentials for success are scrupulous cleanliness, a clear bench, and good light. A clear bench is contrary, perhaps, to the ideas of the majority of watch repairers, who seem to accumulate [...]
My aim with this book is to educate watch enthusiasts, salesman, and anyone interested in watches from a watchmaker’s perspective. It’s full of information that everyone should know. [...]
Unlike previous reviews, this one took a bit longer. This is a good thing because I could test the straps for a longer period. Fluco has been around since 1952, and thus for almost 70 years now. [...]
There are watches, which cost an arm and a leg and offer nothing. They just are, that’s that. There are also watches, which provide the right finishing and specs for the money. And then there are [...]
Russian watches are a niche. True, a lot of them weren’t well-made, and that especially applies to the finishing on the movement. Yet, somehow, vintage Timexes with their shoddy pin-levers have [...]
