How to Choose the Right Mainspring
During a service, there are two options for the mainspring. You can either reuse the old one (after you’ve cleaned and lubricated it) or you can replace it with a new one. So, a mainspring [...]
Service: Omega Dress Watch with 625 Movement
This time an Omega dress watch on the bench. It’s powered by the Omega 625 movement. It was presented to a Mr. Ray H. Cline by the Edison Institute to commemorate his 35 years of service. [...]
Service: Nelka With AS 984 Movement
This is another one of those obscure watches from the 40s. According to Mikrolisk, Nelka is a Swiss brand from Biel but I’d never heard of it. The movement is the AS 984. It did run but it [...]
Service: 1940s Roamer with an MST 372 Movement
This is already the third MST 372 movement on WahaWatches. That’s not surprising because I’ve serviced and repaired many Roamer watches and the 372 was a very successful movement that [...]
Service: Pontiac Dress Watch with ETA 1260 Movement
Another Pontiac on the bench. A lovely 1950s gold-plated dress watch with a two-tone or bullseye dial. It has an ETA 1260 movement that I encountered in a Pontiac before. In a gold-plated Pontiac [...]