Monday, 11 May 2015

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

Friday, 24 April 2015

Getting A Higher Quality Tools

After my few practice with watches, I realize that better quality tool is a must in watchmaking. Screwdriver, Loupe and Tweezer these are basic tools that we use daily. I was using "high quality" Chinese made screwdriver and loupe ... but it just don't cut it on the smaller scale of screws.

Decide to give Tai Sang Watch Shop in Wisma Selangor at Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur a visit, they are the Bergeon authorized agent here. They do sell other brand like Horotec but not as a set.

Longines Cal 12.68z

Got this scrapper from the flea market with damage escape wheel, this my first watch repair project. Ordered one escape wheel from ebay and after a very long wait got it, and the watch is done and ticking fine.
I disassemble the watch to learn its mechanism and as a general practice on watch making.

Saturday, 21 February 2015