Sharing a passion for horology
The thing you have to love about Di Renzo is the fact they always totally nail their intention. The intention here was surely to tap into the retro futuristic design styles of the beloved 1960's, and they can tick that box off for sure. When you look at the bowled shaped dial or the side …
Continue reading "Di Renzo Launch the DRZ_02 Watch on kickstarter – Hands On"
I always jump at the chance to service a beautiful watch, when word came through that this Breitling Heritage 46 had stopped running I immediately said I would do it without assessing it. The fact it was in America was besides the point, that's what postal services are for. *interesting point - if something is …
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Reasons to service a watch - I decided to replace a movement in a watch for sale, had picked up a vintage pierce AS1700 (gold version) that I thought had great potential Before the service , after a bit of adjustment the best I could get was +11 seconds / low amplitude (208) / beat …
I was fortunate enough recently to get my hands on some New Old Stock (NOS) ‘A Schild’ automatic movements that I can use to build some watches. These movements were produced between 1960 and 1969 which makes them 50 years old - there is a good chance that the oils and greased may be a …
This is one of those jobs that sounds easy - but as watch repair goes has a blip in proceedings The reduced speed is a cracking watch - and is a must for original parts at all times. The movement is an eta based 2892 so the stem part is easy enough to find from …
Continue reading "Omega Speedmaster reduced crown replacement – tricks"
This was more of a repair and build project than a straight service. The customer had spent years scouting the internet for parts to bring this back to life one day. The first job was to inspect the parts for damage, and missing bits. A service of the base Valjoux 7750 movement was very encouraging …
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Sébastien Muller has done it again, but this time very quietly - if you ignore that a few Pandials have been at Worn and Wind, on display on request in New York. The Pandial range available on his website has four base options with a host of different combinations - all featuring the Aluminium Tachymeter …
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The DRZ_Type 250F is launching soon and it is a personal homage to the pioneering and fearless engineers who created the sexiest and fastest race cars of the 40s and 50s.
Back in February I posted about Klynt watches being on kickstarter, at that time they did not hit their funding goal, but Bruno reached out to me this week to tell me that they were back on Kicsktarter with our collection Elegance Contemporaine, and this time the objective was reached in the first 48hours. …
Continue reading "Klynt are back on kickstarter – this time they funded in 2 days"
I posted recently that I had two Ikepods in for repair, this is an update after the first one is on its way back to its fortunate owner. It was obvious from the beginning that there were issues, a peek inside the rear viewing window showed that the oscillating weight would not spin. So the …
