This Sinn U1 SDR was sent in by Richard. The watch doesn`t run, and it is up to me to find out why.
After having checked the standart operation like date setting, time setting, bezel movement and so on, I start to disassemble the movement, which is an ETA 2824.2. By Continue reading Sinn U1 SDR service and repair→
Gervald sent in this lovely Cortebert Automatic, equipped with a Cortebert Calibre 286 movement, which is based on ETA 2472. Gervald inherited the watch from his father in law, who was a Birmingham City Police officer and got the golden watch as a leaving present, when he was retiring in 1967.
This great 1970s Omega Constellation was sent in by Jim for inspection and a service.
The watch has been serviced 20 years ago, and then spent the whole time in a drawer. Now Jim decided to get it out of the drawer and to wear it again. For this reason he first wanted the watch to be inspected and serviced.
First glance at the movement. (autowinder rotor removed) No scratches, the screw heads have been used before, but carefully enough. The amplitude is low, and the beat rate is Continue reading Service: Omega Constellation calibre 751→
Christian from watchguy.co.uk gave me this Dubois Depraz module, driven by an ETA 2824-2 movement, for a service.
Some of you may know, that Christian actually is the hidden uk-watchmaking champion and could easily service the assambly by himself. He just had no time. So it is a great honor for me, to do the job. Thank you, Christian!
Although every thing looks good, the movement runs very slowly or stops completely. No chance to get any indication on the timegrapher.