Wheel Work – Terminology
Wheel Work – Terminology Wheel work is the basis for the construction of all instruments for the registering of time.Even the clepsydra, one of the… Read More »Wheel Work – Terminology
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Top Flight Vintage Aviator Watches – WW2
Today aviation is a high-tech affair. Modern pilots use all manner of digital gadgets to assist them during take-off, navigation, and finally to touch down… Read More »Top Flight Vintage Aviator Watches – WW2
A History of USA Military Wristwatches WW2
To the World War II vet this may be a Hamilton, to the Vietnam vet it’s a plastic Benrus, and to the soldiers in the… Read More »A History of USA Military Wristwatches WW2
Vintage Military Models – Rolex Pocket Watches
Military Rolex pocket watches were available, circa 1939, in two styles, with either a black luminous or a white non-luminous dial. The black dial pocket… Read More »Vintage Military Models – Rolex Pocket Watches
Timing washers for American and Swiss watches – 24 hours
Timing washers for American and Swiss watches Size and rate Per 24 hours Marked on Bottle
Sizes of Swiss and American watches
Sizes of American watches One legne = 2.258 mm One inch = 25.4 mm Size mm Size mm 18 45.7 6/0 25.4 16 43.1 8/0… Read More »Sizes of Swiss and American watches
Cleaning and Oiling Watch – Two methods
Cleaning and Oiling Two methods are used in cleaning watches. The first that we shall consider is the older method generally referred to as the… Read More »Cleaning and Oiling Watch – Two methods
How exactly watches work?
Balance wheel with hair spring A watch is a small sturdy machine for telling time, operated by a coiled-spring motor and controlled by the oscillations… Read More »How exactly watches work?
Landeron cal. 149 and cal. 189 movement specifications and photo
Landeron 149 and 189 is Swiss movements from 1960’s. There are two options with 30 and 45 minutes indication on the chronograph. 2 registers on… Read More »Landeron cal. 149 and cal. 189 movement specifications and photo
Causes and repair – crown on the watches
Hello, in this article I want to show you the most common problems with crowns of watches and their removal. CROWN UNSCREWS. If the crown… Read More »Causes and repair – crown on the watches
Cleaning and Lubricating Pocket and Wrist watches
CLEANING AND LUBRICATING 17. CLEANING. a. Watches and clocks like other mechanical instruments require cleaning to insure the efficiency and accuracy that is expected of… Read More »Cleaning and Lubricating Pocket and Wrist watches
Omega Moon Watch – History
Аmerica’s first manned space missions began with Project Mercury, established on Oct. 7, 1958. The astronauts aboard Mercury spacecraft wore their own personal wristwatches. Some… Read More »Omega Moon Watch – History
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