Removing and setting watch hands looks simple. You lift the hands off, you press them back on, and the watch runs again. Therefore, many beginners… Read More »Watch Hand Removal And Setting Tools: The Safe Watchmaker’s Guide
Scratches on watches, eyeglasses, or screens can be frustrating. Whether it’s a luxury timepiece, a pocket watch, or an Apple Watch, imperfections ruin the look.… Read More »Review of PolyWatch Products
Outils Horloger is a french word which means watchmaker tools. Horology, the intricate art and science of timekeeping, demands precision and a steady hand. Whether… Read More »Outils Horloger: Enhancing Your Watchmaking Skills!
The heading “Chronograph”, covers a vast number of applications, but the fundamentals are very similar. The chronograph is, as its name implies, a recorder of… Read More »What is a chronograph, how does it work and how is it serviced?
This crater deals with the automatically wound watch with a pedometer form of mechanism. Two types are in common use, one where the rotor makes… Read More »The first automatic watches and brands produced years ago
Boley is one of the oldest brands of Swiss watch tools. In the catalog of Boley you can find everything, tweezers, screwdrivers, magnifiers, adjustment tools… Read More »Top 10 watch tools of Boley in Amazon.com
The two most useful types of file for watch and clock repairing are pillar files and rat-tail files (Fig. 2). Useful sizes are 4 in.… Read More »Different models and ways of using watchmaker files
Acrylic: This usually refers to the plastic crystals that were found on vintage pieces. Adjusters: Some wristwatches have recesses on the side of the case… Read More »Definitions and terminology for watches part 1
Historical materials and “new materials” Ever since the dawn of mechanical watchmaking, its base materials have been copper alloys and ferrous materials. As evidenced by… Read More »Watchmaking Materials
Louis Moinet presents an artifact that may change how we look at the history of timekeeping. The Swiss firm Les Ateliers Louis Moinet SA has… Read More »Louis Moinet: Rewriting Chronograph History
The majority of modern watches in water-resistant cases will only require the movement’s parts to be degreased. This means washing off the old oil so… Read More »Cleaning and Oiling a Swiss Watch Movement
The need for precise watches used for the navigation at sea was a driving force to improve the construction of the balance wheel. Already in… Read More »Compensating bi-metallic balance, screw balance