Buren Minstop Parking Meter Vintage Watch Restoration

[@lipovsas]

Did you measure the updated performance at the end? Would be interesting to see the final improvement vs. the 225 second issue to start. Excellent video!

[@WristwatchRevival]

I did! I actually meant to have this in the video but I'm still figuring out what to include and what not to in these things :) I was actually able to get this movement running better than I thought it would! I'll put a picture on my instagram for the channel as a follow up (it's @wristwatch_revival), but in case you don't have instagram here are the numbers: Rate: 0 to -3s a day or so (!!) Amplitude: 234 degrees Beat Error: 0.5ms Much better!

[@lipovsas]

Wristwatch Revival that’s awesome. I do enjoy when you include those details but especially if you’re including the starting point. Remarkable progress and thanks for the content. Following on IG

[@atlas.edmilsondasneves]

@@WristwatchRevival The only YouYube channel capable of holding my attention for so long. 46 min. on this one, 1 hr on the other one. For someone still figuring out what to include on the videos, it's pretty good. Thanks for sharing your passion.

[@Simon-xx2wq]

@@WristwatchRevival Actualy, you forgot to lubricant the anchor so the amplitude could be better. And you don't tested the watch properly :(

[@ForestWoodworks]

A classic. I've literally watched almost every video since last fall when I got into watchmaking, many I've seen watched multiple times. It's inspiring to see how Marshall has developed over the years. And yet, his presence is always approachable. Like the average person can relate.

[@andrewclarkehomeimprovement]

Marshall, I'd like to say thank you. I randomly came across your channel and watching more than a few rebuilds I realised an interest from early childhood. My grandfather had a couple of pocket watches and being allowed took at them working, I was fascinated. Fast forward 55+ years... Your gentle enthusiasm has inspired me to have a go and with pocket watches which are a bit more compatible with my 'sausage fingers'! Thank you so much.

[@paulmelbourne9463]

This will never ever be a hobby that I will partake in as my arthritis precludes precision work such as this, but I am utterly fascinated with the skill you and other watchmakers possess when taking old, broken timepieces and bringing them back to life. Additionally, your voice is perfect for these videos and I find myself watching them in their entirety again and again.

[@WristwatchRevival]

Hey, thank you, much appreciated

[@danielhamilton9472]

That watch is slick as heck. Old school time clock before smart devices. Clock in clock out. Dope.

[@VladdViever]

Can definitely hear the passion behind this. Love it

[@gordygroover]

By all means, please include the before/ after testing whenever possible. It is a treat for those of us that are stumped and amazed at how all these parts come and work together. Even dolts like me can understand +/- seconds per day

[@mattknupp59]

love these vids. It is cool how you are sharing another passion you have with the public.

[@tacho70]

I love your channel and your videos. It´s so pleasant to see you working on these tiny mechanical marvels and listening you guiding us thru your process. I do not know how many of your videos I have seen so far, but every single time I really enjoy your work. I have learned a lot regarding mechanical watches. I am an avid horology enthusiast. The piece you showed us on this video it is really, really cool. I love the looks of the watch with the "parking meter" function, I´ve never seen a watch with this complication. It looks really cool on the wrist. Thank you for sharing with us your work and knowledge. Cheers!

[@lyspeth]

I've been watching your videos in kind of a random order (whatever KZbin suggests) and it was fun to watch this one and get a look back at when you were newer at things. When you forgot the name of the crown wheel I was like "The crown wheel, with the reverse threaded screw, of course!" So apparently, I've learned a lot as well. 😆

[@SnowUltra]

I honestly never knew I would be so interested in watchmaking. I've been watching your videos for about 2 weeks now, I've already gotten myself a couple books, a couple cheap broken watches on ebay and some tools. Hopefully some day I'll be at your level

[@WristwatchRevival]

Awesome! I love to hear that, you got this, just take your time with it :)

[@paulschumacker9901]

Another excellent video. Please keep making these - they’re great!

[@janhanchenmichelsen2627]

As a hobby brewer, this looks like the watch for me!

[@GraphicDesignerStephen]

What a cool watch! I’d gladly have one of these in my collection - hopefully another pops up on eBay at some point soon.

[@boydsargeant7496]

Nice one Marshall. I think we are both at about the same level. I’ve only replaced one jewel and not ventured into tubes and pushers. I think you did what most armatures do and leave press fitted parts (those wheels driven of the barrel to drive the parking meter dial). I’m pretty sure a staking set would be used to push out the pinion, but we armatures are worried. Don’t be hard on yourself, your doing great!

[@VinceAt69]

Found this fascinating, and particularly the voiceover explanations. Thanks for sharing.

[@keithschwartz7318]

Just watched for the first time today. I see a big difference between four years ago to today.

[@amme30]

Looks great, that is such an interesting looking watch. Hope you enjoy it.

[@sprtjnke]

Great job. Shoulder screw is the screw that bottoms out and leaves the surrounding part free to move. I normally encounter shoulder bolts but they tend to be in the 3/8” to 3/4” range not .020”. Thanks for the vid, super cool watch.

[@volvo09]

Really cool watch! Love the historical aspect too.

[@Chris6068]

I want to try something like this so bad. Absolutely obsessed with your videos at the moment, man. Your attention to detail is like watching a master engine builder (my background is cars) and its just awesome to see. I think I've found myself a new hobby, kind of intimidated on getting started though

[@VaansWorld]

I'm a huge fan of big complication windows ..this thing is a beaut!!

[@VaansWorld]

God I'm obsessed with this watch haha. I like the idea that the stopwatch is always running. Someone oughtta bring this watch back to production

[@fireblade95]

Enjoying your videos , don't underestimate yourself you're doing a great job! Regards

[@miromes8774]

Amazing work. Never knew watches like these existed. Beautiful watch...

[@tedblack2415]

Funky watch i like it & well done ,i love the excitement you have when it all comes together and fires up lol .

[@ninosalvati379]

Loved this video...came back to it after a while and the way this looks is awesome! Certainly going to see if I can find a similar watch or the same...not a watch restorer or anything myself but I do collect and this channel is amazing...love the small details you go onto and the process is just so entertaining,thoughtful and interesting...keep up the great work... 👍Love it!

[@James-hb6ee]

Wow, I was a kid growing up in the late 50's-60's who liked watches, but I've never heard of this type of watch before. I've heard of Buren, but not a parking meter watch. Cool! Not a fan of the cushion style case, but hey, that's just me. Wear it and enjoy it!

[@cho0bfr0gpk]

Really love watching these cant wait for more

[@kem2359]

I'd like to say that I found your work and description incredible, amazing ... but, that wouldn't really do it justice. I'm a new subscriber. I have always been interested in this and it seems I have found the perfect place to "watch" it. Thank you!

[@WristwatchRevival]

Thank you! I really appreciate it! Glad to have you along for the ride :)

[@visteobman4202]

Thanks for renewing my interest in the Buren watch company. I have a NOS Buren watch from the 50s or 60s... Plain Jane compared to your watch. I'm pretty sure at some point Bulova was working with Buren in some capacity, but Bulova is well-known for its Outsourcing. It was interesting to read that Buren was the first to patent a micro rotor. In 1966 Hamilton, before its demise, purchased Buren. Thanks for letting us view an interesting watch from the past.

[@plappin]

Wonderful video as always, Marshall!

[@mikeyj10]

Really enjoyed watching this!

[@generichumanoid2981]

Excellent video, same as all your tutorials. Thanks for all the hard work in making this video. This model watch on eBay sold for $300 asking price, very rare indeed.

[@bowerbirdstyle7661]

Cool unusual watch. Very interesting.

[@StevensFix]

This was well done. I was fascinated. You keep mentioning that there are bits you don't know. Take it easy, you know the names and functions of a billion more bits than most people. I hope your channel succeeds. Let me know if I can help. Cheers! :)

[@KevAlberta]

Sick bro. Cool watch. If I had it I would set the meter to the hour so I just have a big minute display. Would be great for cooking and stuff

[@fixienick]

Such a cool, vintage watch!

[@Steven9675]

A new skill and a new tool. Thats a good day . :)

[@Ricky.913]

Thank you for this video....entertaining as always. Great video to watch, before I start my work day. Thanks again

[@WristwatchRevival]

You bet, glad to hear it (and have a good day at work!)

[@judithfairchild8620]

Watching you cleaning and getting watches running reminds me of one of my favorite books called the Watchmaker but Elizabeth Goudge. It goes into some of the details of making watched and clocks. You might enjoy reading it. It's based in the 1800's

[@rowejon]

In the UK the title was The Dean's Watch

[@medea27]

I love this little watch... simple, stylish & functional! 👌 I really love the little parking meter window & the number font... and it's such a great idea, even more relevant in this day & age when the fines for overstaying your parking are significantly more than the watch is worth! 🚙

[@michaelwebber4033]

I did a little bit of research and now I understand amplitude and beat error

[@panosvrionis8548]

Your narration is ear-catching 😘 Very explanatory 👍 Thank you

[@florianw116]

I don't think I'll ever repair a wristwatch but this is some decent ASMR.

[@levyata8964]

Just "decent"?

[@BaquePhotography]

I still use parking meters, of course the ones today texts you 15 minutes before their out of time. But I still want one of these.

[@jeffbecker8716]

Still have the old ones where I'm at. And they extort so much money from the public that the city bought Segways for the meter maids thus making the problem even worse. We can hardly see the SOBs coming, so if you even go into a store just to get change for the meter, you risk getting a ticket. Fargin bostiches!

[@raymondo162]

the 'airport' video. so many 'fliers' taking off in all directions..... those tweezers are PURE knackered - well past their sell-by date

[@rileybeaupre8262]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. Nice job

[@joeyb3102]

Love these types of watches over another Rolex video

[@chrishill5878]

Great video, really good commentary. It looks to me that the disc arrangement is so the display can look like an old style parking meter, so maybe that is why it is not just an additional hand.

[@DirtyBob200X]

These video's are far more entertaining than the crap on TV these days.

[@gwynwilliams4222]

What a great looking watch old is best

[@mentalwig420]

That tool looks so big in closeup. Wow that's a tiny jewel pressing tool

[@jasonjennings8465]

Cool looking watch!

[@TheSilentsniper1973]

I have adhd and your video's are beter then every medicine of therapy looking at your video's puts my mind at eas so thank you so much I've watched almost all your video's and love them and done of you're video's I've watched twice.

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

Fascinating as always‼️®™️ 👏👏

[@leewm.gaudry3770]

Oscar worthy how heartbroken you seemed to be needing to acquire a new tool.😝

[@joshuawright1285]

i just saw your video and i am very impressed, if you could locate an automatic Leca parking meter circa 1960s with week and day face display that would be amazing. as always keep making amazing videos and enjoy yourself as much as possible

[@mglopez1]

Great work! I enjoyed every second of this vid. New subscriber. Thanks for sharing.

[@MrAristaeus]

Wonderful video! I have one of these Parking Meter Flybacks from the 60s. This is a pure guess, but perhaps the component part that you couldn’t identify or remove might have something to do with the reset. If this Buren is the same as my Stowa Minu-Stop then the fly back rest is ambi-directional, depending on whether the count has gone past 30 mins, so that it resets taking the shortest route. That is a complete guess, so I am very willing to be corrected!

[@WristwatchRevival]

It does, you're right! I'm working on another similar model and now I've got it figured out :)

[@meenaknock9058]

you ars a real artist bro

[@ronl7131]

Interesting timepiece

[@AsAboveISoBelow]

Thinking on it, clockwork repair, while still challenging, is a lot more relaxed than computer hardware... don't have to worry about static or getting solder where it doesn't go. xD Awesome channel sir, awesome watch, and awesome work!

[@nunyabizness199]

It's a whole lot less physically demanding than working on cars or mororcycles too. I am entranced watching these vids...

[@444slowitdown]

love how you play it down like your not very knowledgable and your learning still but you know exactly what your doing lol.. good job enjoy your channel ❤

[@TheMjphoto45]

Cool watch

[@halesdad7167]

My favorite (affordable) are the automatic Bulova 50's models.. M6, M7 starburst dial adjusted 6 positions.. also a Bucher fan.

[@deanplank2577]

good job. You have an excellent manner, informative and thank you for the knowledge. PS to many ads.

[@markallinson4935]

not sure if you were aware, but screws that are reverse threaded are on gears that rotate anitclockwise. If it were normal threaded on an anticlockwise gear, as the gear rotated it would drag the screw undone. So reverse threaded means it won't undo itself. You find this all over the place, bicycle pedal crank bolts for example! Hope this was useful. While I am chatting, how do you keep track of what screw goes where?

[@WristwatchRevival]

Yes, good explanation! And you kind learn to remember over time?

[@titanisaac]

It's very interesting seeing this, but i think you should polish the case and glass

[@jeffreyholliday]

Great video, Marshall - I really enjoyed it! I came to your channel through LR and am not a watch person, but do appreciate the mechanical aspect of it. I was a bike mechanic in my early 20's and this reminds me of working on internally-geared bicycle hubs. I was curious - when you said it took a lot of work to track down the missing jewel, what did that entail? How unique is a given jewel (i.e. did you have to source this jewel from another copy of this exact watch, or are they somewhat standardized)? Thanks for the video - looking forward to your next one!

[@WristwatchRevival]

Ha yeah getting the jewel was a pain! Normally I would source this from an donor movement or try to find the part directly, but I couldn't here. Not sure when the Durowe (the movement maker) basically died in the quartz crisis so there aren't a ton of parts around. The good news is I was able to measure the jewel and then buy a kind of standardized pack of them with different sizes of hole, and was able to fit this one :)

[@jeffreyholliday]

@@WristwatchRevival That's dedication! Thanks for the reply and love the videos.

[@MG-kg1eq]

This looks so much like the Omega Chronostop. Including case and flyback chronograph function with only one pusher. at 2 'o clock

[@jamesoiler2530]

The lower quality of the finish is so evident visually. Do you have any comment about this finishing of this watch from a performance perspective? ie does the finishing or lack of have a real impact on the function of the watch?

[@kerrypeterstevens]

Yeh, he's correct "Did you measure the updated performance at the end? Would be interesting to see the final improvement vs. the 225 second issue to start"

[@rodrigozurek]

Hey Great video ! Quick question, how do you keep track of all the watch parts, and also the screws how do you organize things so you know what screws go where and what plates/gear go where they need to go Thanks !

[@lugoj7181]

Nice job

[@philipbrailey]

Marshall has come along way since this early video was made.

[@twigsagan3857]

24:45 "The tip is a little bit tricky, because you have to kind of force it in with the tweezers, but once it's in there ... " That's what she said. Thanks.

[@BoinkBusky]

3 years later... I have a question about the "17 jewels" one would think there would be an even number of jewels, why 17 of them which part has one jewel instead of 2? I would think an even number 2per gear the top and bottom. And thanks for the videos I've been going thru each one and enjoy the learning aspect of repairing watch movements. I don't know if I would ever try this kind of stuff I'm old and can't see as well now days.

[@k-ozdragon]

There's two jewels on each pivot, but there is also one single jewel on the roller. That's the part on the balance that catches the anchor part of the escapement. It's why most watches contain an odd number of jewels.

[@Tim_3100]

Really valuable these now the dial alone is around like $200 dollars on ebay

[@solstar4778]

Buren even is a good brand ! 🤔👍maybe 2 new stems🤔🆗

[@jsollowsphotography]

Do you have any tricks to remember which screws go where? They are all so tiny I can easily see mixing them up.

[@mercoid]

I drives me crazy that he puts them down in no particular order after removing them, then they slosh around in the washer, and he just knows where they all go in the reassembly.

[@simondoutre6225]

I use my dive bezel for parking meters... But THAT is cool

[@andrewsimon5437]

With all your great videos I have one question.....how do you keep track of which screws/parts go where? Diagrams? Drawings? Photos? Thank you for your content!

[@WristwatchRevival]

You actually just start remembering kind of? If you notice I also sort of show the camera each screw as I take it out and that lets me go back to the video if and when I get stuck or can't remember. Having a reference to check back on is very helpful!

[@kroetz123]

I love watching your videos it's because of you that I've started a watch collection just today I've gotten 15 watches I'm not sure how to show you the watches I have but would love to have your opinion

[@Dobbo2958]

Really appreciate you producing these videos. Can you give some idea how much the cost of a basic toolset would be? Looking at that mainspring set you show it looks very expensive. Hope this isn't too personal, just wondered what the initial toolset needed.

[@ElizabethGreene]

"Practical watch repairing says the wheel name you couldn't remember is the "Transmission Wheel". (I'll never remember all these.)

[@jeffbecker8716]

WOW!! Excellent closeups. Thank you. But, seems like a lot of wobble in those jewels. Are they worn out?

[@ssnoc]

I can’t imagine how anyone figured out how to design all these parts to work together ..... who are these people?

[@thisisbadstuff]

Did you remember to oil the great/second/center wheel before putting in the rest of the train?

[@franciscotejero6387]

Wow! 💟

[@jojohnson6392]

Cool

[@robinhood5267]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@nobodxy]

The parking meter could be useful for soccer referees as well tracking 45 mins plus overtime

[@SteveWaage1950]

Egg and Pasta timer!

[@kentbetts]

To me that is the most practical use of the watch. Like if you want the steak on the grill for 7 minutes, you just push the button. Very cool watch. For now I use this $3 desk clock with a timer. bit.ly/2APsCbA

[@erickm6134]

AWESOME!!!! World of patience!!👍

[@AndreiKucharavy]

By the way, what are you using to store the small parts from your projects in between working on them?

[@medea27]

If you're talking about how he stores the screws & bits mid-project (after cleaning, etc) then he has these little circular trays with dividers & a plastic dome that goes over the top (like a cake display). Some parts (like the dial) have their own special plastic containers.... you can see them in his other videos.

[@Lovebug06901]

Microscope? Could we get a photograph of it and what Magnification you use for your work? Obvious that would be necessary for finer small works. Not so much for pocket watch/starting out.

[@ianholmen888]

What would a watch in that condition sell for once you were done with it? I tried looking for one but couldn’t even find one on eBay.

[@leeyan5937]

nice

[@rcturner54]

Looks like the minute hand is moving with the meter timer. Shouldn’t the minute hand stay still when sitting the timer?

[@homerepair4765]

What microscope are you using? Is there one specific to Watch repair? And how do you cut a crown down to size? So, that it doesn’t stick out too far?

[@robertbrandywine]

I can answer your second question. You don't cut a crown down to size, you shorten the stem to bring the crown closer in to the case. To do that you can buy some porcelain nippers to get close. Then you rub the cut end on 150 grit sandpaper to get the threads smoothed out.