I really like your commentary and noting mistakes or pitfalls as you go along. Much more entertaining than other watch restorations I've seen.
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Hung, I appreciate the kind words! Maybe one of these days I’ll make a whole video of just goofs and blunders. It will probably be the longest video I’ll ever make…
@magintysmaw2 жыл бұрын
Great job. Enjoyed it very much
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, thank you!
@danmilbourn2 жыл бұрын
Another great job the dial hands turned out better than I would of thought great choices of color.
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes, the hands turned out really well. Although I don’t think I’ll ever have a second career as a painter…
@jaimerivera25452 жыл бұрын
Definitely, is one of my favorites watches you have serviced (restored)!
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@danielabbey77262 жыл бұрын
That Hamilton is a classic. Nice simple design on the movement.
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
It sure is! And compared to the Swiss movements Hamilton used post mid-1950's, it's absolutely HUGE!
@Every_Day_Adventure2 жыл бұрын
beautiful work on the movement plates and bridges.
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@robertjordan7323 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to chuckle, but you made my day. That is alot of tint! I see some people try coffee, have you tried that?
@WolfeVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
I haven't tried coffee, no. But that's mostly because I guzzle it down as quickly as I can whenever I brew a cup.
@jco12982 жыл бұрын
Beautiful movement, great lume color and excellent video work. Schmutz!
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm pretty sure 'schmutz' is the technical term....I try to be precise with my narration!
@Ba_Yegu2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Schmutz is the very technical term in (Swiss) German for the unwanted elements gathered on delicate precious components. :)
@jimg88872 жыл бұрын
I picked an old one up recently, it's a 986 movement and the dial has a 9:00 sub for the seconds hand. Case, dial and movement are all marked hamiton. Apparently Hamilton didn't document making any with the 9:00 seconds hand
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
I can't remember where, but I've read about the 9 o'clock Cushions. If I recall correctly, they were using up ladies' pocket watch movements and calling them 986's.
@jimg88872 жыл бұрын
@@WolfeVintageWatches yeah I think I also read the movements were ladies pendant movements. Mine is serial number 2257801 and is marked 986. I cant find much info on it tho as most say hamimton didn't have the 9:00 seconds but it's marked on the case movement and dial. Will probably never know but it's cool anyway.
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
"Will probably never know but it's cool anyway" should be the motto of Vintage Watch Nuts around the world.
@Ba_Yegu2 жыл бұрын
Probably Hamilton re-used their old stock of Lépine style Ladies' (open face) pocket watches too in wrist watches after pocket watches started to get out of fashion. You see, the pocket watch movement remounted in a wrist watch case has to be a "Savonnette", Hunter Case for the small second to get in the "classic" position in Six. In a wrist watch having a pocket watch movement originally intended for a Lépine (Hunter) case the small second will be repositioned in Nine. These old scrapings of odds and ends together hardly never are documented. ; )
@robertjordan7323 Жыл бұрын
Also, I"m curious, how does the new lume look with the tint? How visible is it in the dark?
@WolfeVintageWatches Жыл бұрын
It looks great. It might be a little dimmer than if there were no tint, but it's pretty hard to tell with the naked eye.
@mariomartin27392 жыл бұрын
Do you accept work from subscribers? I have a benrus with an ETA900 movement that needs service.
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
I sure do. Shoot me an email with a couple of pictures and a description of how the watch is running currently and I’ll take a look.
@wpbjim2 жыл бұрын
Curious as to why you did absolutely nothing to the dial? Not even a cursory cleaning...
@BeckVMH2 жыл бұрын
11:35
@WolfeVintageWatches2 жыл бұрын
The clip at 11:35 is a few seconds of what was a longer light clean up of the dial. I learned my lesson several times to not mess too much with dials, especially 90 year old ones.