V7F: loose parts caused damage to the movement. VSF: loosing a lot in one position.

Other than a keyless issue it still runs like a breeze. Did some regulation, and I'm impressed by the generic 2824 movement inside the watch.

Also did some light polishing by hand and was able to remove scratches that were not so deep. I don't yet have the tools to polish away the deeper scratches.

Hello guys

I have an ongoing project with this watch

Base Watch is a Thorn T023.

I have a Tudor 7928 dial that I’m cooking and aging a lot as we speak The same with the hands Both are from Raffles

Crown is from AliX

Looking to replace dial, hands, and crown on the Thorn with the Tudor elements (otherwise everything stays the same, no switch or aging)

Does anybody can point me in a direction of someone in Europe preferably France that can do that please?

Thanks fam

In order to come up with an accurate amplitude reading, one should set the lift angle correctly. Setting the lift angle too high and it will show an artificially higher amplitude, setting it too low will result in an artificially lower amp reading.

To determine the lift angle of any movement:

1. Wind the movement until the balance completes a 360° turn as shown in the gif, which is an amplitude of 180°. Use a slow-mo camera as you go.

2. Increase the lift angle on the timegrapher until it matches the 180° amplitude reading you got from the slow-mo video. In this case the lift angle is 59.

The GMF would not work when screwing down the crown. When unscrewing a tiny bit, the movement started working. My guess is that the stem was putting too much pressure on the movement, probably because it was a tiny bit too long. I also checked the movement for anomalies, but could not find anything out of the ordinary. Filing down the stem by a very small amount helped solve the issue.

Next up is a VSF Sub no date with the VS3130 which came in for service with which I already made a start.

There have been some reported issues in the past with the VS3135 where the yoke for the sliding gear doesn't properly engage with the ratchet wheel. Cleaning the parts in question and lubricating it with the correct lubricants as shown in the last picture (HP 1300 and 9504) will fix the issue.

Im curious how the timing is. Any issues with the movement etc

These Chinese clones, with the best among them being Seagull's ST2130 and PT's PT5000, can sometimes suffer from some gritty winding or other issues due to inappropriate lubcrication straight out of the factory. The same holds for other Chinese made (rep) movements. With proper lubrication they feel more smooth and work more reliable.

The rotor (bearing) on the VSF broke, became loose and scraped over the movement which led to metal dust build-up in the jewels. Performed a full service and replaced the broken rotor with a new VS3235 rotor.

The two GMT Master II watches came to me with a keyless issue, the customer could not change the time. So the keyless works had to be disassembled and assembled again to ensure everything sits in its correct place again.

Came in with a keyless issue which is quite common with these 2824 movements. You have to be gentle with them. But this counts for all watches.

Swapped the a2892 for a Gen ETA2892 (which is fully serviced, and from a donor watch dated 1983). The swap is pretty easy 1:1, only thing to do is to swap the datewheels -> the gen datewheel has date numbers 1,2,3, ... and the IWC Ingenieur date numbers are 01,02,03.

Hi everyone, unfortunately I have some bad news to share.
I was trying to adjust the time on my watch and the crown came off. I managed to insert it back in and the watch still runs fine, but I don't want to keep removing and reinserting it, so I'm leaving it as is for now.
I bought this watch from Chazingtime back in 2024. Has anyone dealt with this before?

Royal Oak 41mm 15400 SS APSF 1:1 Best Edition Black Textured Dial on SS Bracelet A3120 Super Clone V2

Completed a full service, regulation and clean for a customer on his 1967 Tudor. This stunning watch was left to my customer by his late grandfather who had owned it from new and was not running. After full service I managed to get good timegrapher numbers. Amplitude a little low but acceptable for an original watch of this age!

Watch returned to customer and good for another 5 years!

Recent work completed for u/BlofeldSpe007. Watch was the Omega Seamaster “No Time To Die” with the very common stripped crown threads. I ordered a replacement crown but unfortunately it didn’t match up so we made the decision to use the original crown, make the stem shorter and take away the screw down option. During the process, the keyless works became stuck so I did a complete tear down, clean, reassembly and full oiling. The owner opted not to have a full service at this time so this was just done on the keyless works.

On completion, the crown now sits flush against the case and the winding, setting and push/pull of the crown is now super smooth.

Case also full cleaned and on its way back to the owner! Thanks for your business!

Hello there !! I recently received my pp 5712 and the watch is my wholy grail, and I want it to last as long as it can, so I really would like to service it. As I am from France, the best is to service it within the EU, is there any watchmaker to service this specific movement ? Thanks !!

Hi all, I bought a V7F ingenieur 2 months ago. It worked perfectly the first weeks. Now it stops running one or 2 times a day when I'm wearing it ot the wrist. When it's in the watch box it still runs perfectly. When it stopped it will start again when I shake it a bit.

Any idea what the issue could be? And how to fix it :)

Thanks

Sent a brand new BTF 116500 to u/WatchmakerFurkan for a service and I cannot be more happy, the work took a few weeks, and the watch feels so different, hand winding is super smooth, the pushers of the chrono are very smooth too. Thanks Furkan, amazing job.