https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wfNOgWGME_c
I just had a 1954 Rolex Perpetual Oyster repaired. Took three weeks to disassemble, clean, and replace parts. Quite a process...!
Guy would be a great brain surgeon
I have a Rolex watch. “They” recommend you send it to the factory for cleaning and servicing every 5 or 6 years. HA (needless to say I haven’t sent my watch back. My car doesn’t even need that much servicing)!!! It’s $600 for servicing. If it is my shop rate I would think it’s close to 4 hours.
That is absolutely fascinating. Thank you SO much for sharing this.
My childhood friend’s dad was a watchmaker from Belgium. He worked his entire life repairing high-end watches, and I have to imagine it was similar to this. Unreal.
Bump for later. Citizen Blue Angels titanium Skyhawk is about as high as I can go now.
I really wanted to see him reassemble the mainspring.....
It’s way beyond my imagination. Maybe that’s why heavy equipment amuses me.
I’ve got an old Rolex that I bought at an estate sale. Had it for twenty years and never had it serviced, still keeps good time. The crystal is scratched, though. Wonder what a decent job on an OEM crystal replacement and cleaning/refurbishment would cost? $600 plus crystal and labor, maybe $750? Not talking restoration, it’s not in that bad of a shape.
I need to call up Mr. Williams and have him service my oil burner... maybe he can also desludge the oil tank while he is at it.
That was cool.
Fort Worth has a school that trains watchmakers in the Swiss tradition. They say only 6 students out of 100 applicants are accepted.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/fort-worth/headlines/20130112-its-all-in-the-timing-at-fort-worth-watchmaking-school.ece
I wonder if the ASMR crowd has seen this; it’s right up their alley...
-JT
I've done some very "tight" electronic repair work on circuit boards using a $3000 Pace wide angle binocular microscope, I couldn't hold a candle to this guy who was using just a jewelers loop.
Amazing manual dexterity!
Couldn't picture working bent over all day like that either, considering the short focal length of his jewelers loop.
Amazing. So many parts. So many steps to remember in order.
Anybody find a little spring?
Rolex...Pftttt!!!
I have a Submariner and a Presidential.
I collect Omegas and love em for their uniqueness.
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The cost of ownership seems crazy to me. On the other hand, you Rolex wearers have a good idea of what it costs for me to maintain a couple of Leicas and a bunch of lenses.
For less money I could have a serious drug problem or a mistress.
Wow! My idea of watch repair is ordering a new $13 Casio from Amazon and chucking the old one out. Ten+ years on this one and still going strong.
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