Saturday, 23 May 2015

Cardinal Military Style Watch

This watch came in for overhaul and timing calibration, it is a Vintage Cardinal Military Style men watch. I had no idea how old is it.


This watch is made by Wotag Trading Company Inc using Universal Geneve Caliber UG D320




Military style dial but has no Second hand, a bit odd for a Military Style watch.


As marking it is a hand wind UG D 320 one jewel, could it be Universal Geneve movement.




Strip down will follows








All parts strip and in working order, just some rust on screws and few levers, Case needs buffing and polishing and glass will be replace. Dial I will leave it as is, it is very expensive to get the dial redo.


Spring okay, at first I though it was broken. After removing it from the barrel to take measurements, I found it in good order.


The spring in a close up.


Assemble and lubricated movement under test.


Dial installed and checking time for accuracy.


Friday, 22 May 2015

Titus Quartz Dress watch

This  watch came in for a check up..


Dunhill Men Dress Watch

An old Quartz, came in for a check.. will see what's the problem.


Alba Ladies Dress watch

This watch was sent to me for battery change after it was done by others and was draining the battery faster than it should.


I did not have the equipment to check for current consumption, so I can only do visual inspection to check for any sign of anomaly.

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Timex Watch

This add to the list of never to buy watches... Timex !!! they are "dogshit"


They are design to be disposable and not repairable.. just pure dogshit !!!!

Monday, 18 May 2015

Services Watch

Services watch came in for service, it is an old vintage watch probably from the 50's and requires complete overhaul.

Below is the history of the manufacturer.

Sunday, 17 May 2015

Gotham Inc. 17 Jewels

Got this from the flea market


Tag Heuer Divers 200 Meter Professional

This watch came in with broken crown.


Tag Heuer parts are difficult to get and it is expensive.




Broken stem and crown, I need to get a new Crown, stem and tubes.





New parts


The crown alone is RM 200 original, but the stem is cheap at RM 10.00 each. The crown came with tube because the replacement crown is a screw down type instead of the original only a water proof type.

Thursday, 14 May 2015

Seiko 5 Automatic Boy Size - 7S26-02A0

This Made in Japan boy size Seiko 5 came in for normal servicing with intermittent operation. Will check, clean and lubricate as necessary.


Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Charles Jordan Men Dress Watch

This watch came in dead


Two missing screw

Guy Laroche Men Dress Watch

This watch came in dead, Guy Laroche with ETA 980.163 movement


Guy Laroche Ladies Dress Watch

This Guy Laroche Ladies dress watch came in for battery change, nothing much wanted to be done. A simple cleaning and fitting new battery all that is requested by the owner.


Monday, 11 May 2015

Citizen Eco Drive - WR100 Caliber E870M

This watch was not use for a long time, not charged. I end up has to charge it under inspection light for 3 days to get it going steady.

Raymond Weil Geneve 5543

This watch send in for repair, with broken crown and dead battery. On inspection found battery leak and dial were badly affected by the battery chemical.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Ref No. 1025

This is a vintage Rolex with years of neglect, came in for a repair due to broken stem and badly cracked crystal.

Wanna Lube

The watch oil Moebius 9010 and grease 8300 finally arrived today and comparatively much cheaper than if I were to purchase it locally.


These are for the Rolex and other Swiss made watches, on Japanese and Chinese watches I'm using the Japanese oil from Seiko.

Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Longines Cal 645.1 Circa 1975

This watch been not keeping time and it's late by about five minutes a day.

Petaling Street Watches

Occasionally I visited Petaling Street on the way to Tai Sang Watch to get my spares or tooling. So why not just stop over and get some refresher on what replicas they have in stock.

Citizen 6650A - Date Wheel Not Moving

This Citizen 6650 came in with date not moving and crystal badly scratched. It is an easy repair job and my only worries is spare availability.
Badly scratched crystal