Just a thread to catalog my daily gripes with my reps and gens. Definitely not a watchmaker but, I spend time on my watches almost daily.
First VR3135 swap. The victim was my BP 16610. I had to source a new stem since the one that came with the movement snapped.
Regulated it today and it’s better.
This CRPO has either a stripped tube or crown. Did an old trick on it.
I have a bunch of miyota stems, first one is the original one on the watch, second one was used to measure, the third was the final used.
I cut the stem enough to give the appearance of a screwed down crown.
The end result. In that position, it winds. One out is the date change, two out is the time change.
It wasn’t running that well but a good amplitude always gives me hope. I have been receiving watches with horrible beat errors, easy fix. Does take a lot of patience.
That’s way better.
My gen SMP is out to annoy me constantly. It has not behaved like the chronometer it is. It constantly lies to my timegrapher. It was losing -7 a day and that’s not good for me. I’ve got it down to this today. Let’s see how long THAT lasts.
My Movado grail that I got a sweet deal on eBay. Running fast when received...
Now...
I’ll continue updating this to feel like I do something with my watches. LMFAO.
First VR3135 swap. The victim was my BP 16610. I had to source a new stem since the one that came with the movement snapped.
Regulated it today and it’s better.
This CRPO has either a stripped tube or crown. Did an old trick on it.
I have a bunch of miyota stems, first one is the original one on the watch, second one was used to measure, the third was the final used.
I cut the stem enough to give the appearance of a screwed down crown.
The end result. In that position, it winds. One out is the date change, two out is the time change.
It wasn’t running that well but a good amplitude always gives me hope. I have been receiving watches with horrible beat errors, easy fix. Does take a lot of patience.
That’s way better.
My gen SMP is out to annoy me constantly. It has not behaved like the chronometer it is. It constantly lies to my timegrapher. It was losing -7 a day and that’s not good for me. I’ve got it down to this today. Let’s see how long THAT lasts.
My Movado grail that I got a sweet deal on eBay. Running fast when received...
Now...
I’ll continue updating this to feel like I do something with my watches. LMFAO.
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