Me Too! I sure wish I could have it!!

Thanks So much!!!

absolutely! For me , its like playing golf...When you hit a great T shot that just feels so right...Bezel action is just like that...Super satisfying :)

A lot of the performance has to do with the fact that they don't do much to tune it. I imagine a good watchsmith could get it much closer and better. The main modifications as I understand it are the balancing adjustment, and the gearing. Far as I can tell, the rest seems pretty much standard. You do need to keep in mind that it is a fairly inexpensive watch. I think they could do better, but in that price range, most watches are a bit of a crap shoot. That being said, It is still one of my favorite watches...The bracelet and the super good anti-glare treatments have a lot to do with that, though :) Thanks of stopping by!

The movement had quite a few mods. It has been slowed down, it has plastic gears, plastic fork, nivachron hair spring, larger main spring, adjustment on balance wheel .... and probably a few other things. Whilst Certina is a cheap watch (£760.,- in UK), the cost difference between the basic ETA2824 movement, a better ETA2824 movement and top of the range ETA 2824, with machine polishing, accurised to COSC standard is less than £50,- The Powermatic 80 movement is actually close to the top of the ETA2824 price range. Standard movement has only 38 hrs power reserve. Powermatic 80 has 80 hrs power reserve and much higher resistance to magnetism (plastic gears and nivachron) .... but to reduce the cost ... the movement ETA CO7.811 has no embellishments whatsoever .... and to bring the labour cost down, the factory doesn't bother with the tuning of their movements or tuning of the finished watch. Certina relies on people wearing the watch and adjusting the hand forward by 3 minutes once a month. Which is obviously alright for some people. My main complaint was that their Swatch service centre .... which is meant to iron out any problems and accurise the movement .... doesn't bother. They do it with any watch, even with Omega Speedmaster (I have 4 of them in my collection). Anyway, with Certina .... I sent all 4 watches in, all with Powermatic 80. One was there 4x one 3x and two 2x. In the end I gave up and decided to write to Mr Nicholas Hayek about it. I just didn't get to it yet. The first Certina Diver sent in came back one month later with a note .... "watch was demagnitused" ... I sent it back, and a month later, it came back with the note, "we swapped the movement" (it was all over the place) .... I sent it back again and a month later it came back and it had a beat error of "only 2.0ms in 3 positions and the accuracy of 15 sec +/- and a very low amplitude (which I considered a progress). I sent them photos of read-out from 2 different timegraphers, including dealer's Elma III timegrapher .... and Swatch service said "we will get our best Tissot technician" to work on the watch. Which they did. He managed to tune the watch to chronometer spec in 4 out of 5 positions. The 5th position was acceptable. It took them 4 months to get the watch to an acceptable standard. The second diver bought a week later went through the same paces, except that tuning was nowhere near as good. The third watch was GMT, and it ended up considerably worse. They obviously needed their best Tissot trained technician elsewhere. The 4th watch was the Himalaya edition, the same movement as the other 3 watches, but I gave up after 2 attempts, thinking that I will send the watch to Switzerland.

I don't know who actually restores these guys :( I have a few extra parts and movements, but my extra dials are all in pretty rough shape :(

They are great, aren't they?!

The amount of class and character in my opinion is off the charts. Right now I'm wearing the Citizen Promaster diver with an oyster style bracelet. I like it better then the rubber strap that it came with. I'm giving serious thoughts about trying to find a vintage BOR bracelet similar to yours....

@@kenamaro3942 I'm selling mine for $200 if you are interested :)

Hi, thanks!! You know, I don't think there is any way to shorten these guys...At least I can't see any way to do that on mine. Unfortunately, mine is too short...Not sure how you could lengthen one either :)

That can be a problem with the more obscure models...That can be a good thing if you have a nice, rare and desirable model :) Can you send me some pictures? I might be able to help. [email protected] ---Have you opened the back of the watch? Knowing what movement is inside is sometimes helpful. Don't bother if you haven't already opened it, though.

Sounds great though!

Those bracelets really are the best! And that is a great watch!!

I know! I have learned better :)

Thanks so much!! I saw something about there being a long lead-time! I'm going to sell mine...I have found since I retired, I never go anywhere to wear it. Not sure what the current market is for them, though?

@@ADudeAndHisWatches I think the market is still trying to figure that out as well. On Chrono24, AnOrdain is listed anywhere from 2k to 12k, with around 7k looking to be the median, so you will probably be able to break even, if not better!

Thanks for stopping by! That is a really cool old plane...I ended up selling it, but wish I hadn't! I have another I found later, but it's not so old and rare and sadly doesn't work as well either :)

Yeah, sadly that does happen...after 50 years, there isn't going to be much less...Also, I suspect the tritium in lume probably doesn't last as well as that in glass tubes...I don't know for sure, but It seems like that would be so.

Thanks so much for stopping by! That Seagull is a beauty!

Same here :)

came here for the same watch !!😊

I know! I couldn't figure out how to program anything with VBA, so I figured it wasn't worth the effort. 😉

Thanks so much! I guess I need to listen to Nick Offerman! :) I hope to get a video out soon of the completed guitar...It threw me some curves, but it's done now and sounds pretty good (if I do say so myself) Thanks for stopping by!

Will make more sense if you watch my mammoth ivory inlay video :)

Thanks! I learned a ton doing that :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Sorry about the laundry, though. Hopefully you have enough socks! :)

Thanks!!!

@monkeypuzzler Really glad you like it!!! It's a fun project to share and I love figuring stuff out as I go. :) Next one out Friday

Was monkeypuzzler from the Jethro Tull song?

@@ADudeAndHisWatches it's actually not! It's just because of the Araucaria tree. But if it makes me look really knowledgeable about music then...yes!

@@monkeypuzzler I had never heard of that tree :) Jethro Tull has a song "Steel Monkey" First time I ever heard that term :)

@@ADudeAndHisWatches ill check out the song. It's the second time this week i heard someone mention Jethro Tull so maybe it is a sign!

LOL...Yeah, kinda!

Thanks! I thought that about the heel, too, but I am afraid I am pretty marginal with that neck pocket :) My next guitar will be better ☝

Regardless, it's a good looking guitar.

@@BoneheadGuitars Thanks!! I was enjoying your latest video this morning :)

I'm so far behind on video. I need to catch up. I'm already putting finish on it, and I've only started to body on the channel. lol

@@BoneheadGuitars Tell me about it! My guitar is basically done...Takes as long to edit videos as it does to actually make the guitar!

Thanks! Vintage tools are a weakness for me...I could spend way too much money on them, LOL

LOL! The worst parts were left on the cutting room floor ;)

Thanks! It's definitely going to be an interesting guitar ;)

LOL!!! Seems rather inexpensive for such an exotic gizmo!

I know! Right!! Probably best not to take safety info from me :)

@@ADudeAndHisWatches hahaj just kidding. But i wouldnt risk with radioactive materials.

@@touch_master721 For sure! Not something to mess with... I feel better now, knowing how radioactivity actually works...I am really glad I did the research. I applied this when I moved into our new house and needed to have Radon mitigation done...I definitely prioritized that, but I didn't panic too much as I now understand the risks. :)

They are really great! That was one of the things that really attracted me to my Ball Fireman Nightbreaker :)

Hi Usama! Do you see many Enicars there? Asia was a huge market for the original Enicar brand and was huge in China, but I haven't heard much about Pakistan in particular. I would love to hear about your experiences there.

That is interesting! I assumed that this version of the Enicar was not the same as the old originals and probably did have some stuff sourced in Asia. Do you have any pictures of it? I would love to see them!!

@@ADudeAndHisWatches Sure. Here are a few links to pics of it when disassembling: drive.google.com/file/d/1BRmGKtgllabIAbLicgCfZqqz2wnDs2-k/view?usp=share_link drive.google.com/file/d/1ap3G4NlAjThtTgkXC8arX1smpH-gSEnW/view?usp=share_link drive.google.com/file/d/1M6j0Vj4zkBKv40gkj9ONjSMXs3WBcHY4/view?usp=share_link

I was right there with you! So glad I got set right before I messed things up!!

Hi Jonathan! That is a good question and not sure I can give a great answer, but I will share my experience :) When my watches have become hard to wind, it has always been that the oils have gotten dried up and maybe a little gummy. I don't imagine it is really the gaskets. How old are these watches? If they are going on 10 years, I would definitely say a good clean and service is your best bet. If they are newer than that, and haven't been used hard in a dirty environment, then it might be that you don't wind them much and the keyless works gets stiff...I would try winding them more to see if they free up some. I did have an inexpensive Chinese made watch that I suspect had cheap oils in it...That watch got really hard to wind, but after wearing and winding the watch for a week, it got much better. Hope this is helpful!

@A Dude And His Watches Hello Dude ! Thanks for your help ! Unfortunately, the watches are around 4 years old (and out of warranty.) I spoke to a jeweler, a town over from me and he seemed less than interested in taking a look at them, so I thought I'd made a couple of " bad buys " and decided to use a winder. But then I bought a Certina chronometer, and it was buttery smooth, and then I lucked out, and your video popped up ! Your knowledge and gift for explaining things made me reach out to contact you for your input. I've found a couple of shops in my area to contact for a service and repair . Thanks again for your help it's greatly appreciated! Stay well, Jonathan 👍❤️

@@jonathanrobinson9208 Its a little surprising they would stiffen up in just 4 years! How hard are they to wind?? Can you make them move at all? Do they make any noise other than normal winding noises when you do twist them?

I have a brand new DS Action Diver and the crown is heavy to turn for every function; setting the time, date and handwinding. I believe it is down to O rings gripping the stem of the crown and causing friction. Quite annoying really.

@@adamski101 That is interesting! Can you describe how stiff it is? The only time I have seen that with my watches is some older ones that haven't been wound for extended periods of time. I figured they probably had older style oils or were just drying up a bit and needed a good service. You don't expect to have really stiff winders on a new watch! I would think if it is painfully stiff and doesn't ease up pretty quick, you might want to return it and get another. I had to return a watch that had a rotating bezel operated by a crown that was just too hard to use. So hard, in fact, that I almost made a tool that would fit over the crown; something with a T-handle that saved my fingers. :)

Hi Claudiu, I think you should do both as equally as possible to keep things in balance. My intuition tells me that doing them unevenly would probably make the thing more likely to wobble and over time would wear on the pivots and hurt the performance. Thanks!