Dad's watch - a gift for his granddaughter 🤗

[@eshwarrao7358]

Great work Stian!! - Daughter should really like, beautiful watch and a lovely service to a beauty

[@markgardiner5150]

Your humor is a joy to add to your expertise!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks! 😁👍

[@tomeyssen9674]

Love the humor! Great videos...thank you.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Glad you like them!

[@jacobgreenmanedlion1863]

A number of years ago while we were away on a trip, someone broke into my mothers house, and stole a variety of watches I had been stupid enough to not keep in a safe. I lost some watches that were worth a decent amount of cash to 25 year old me, and a very extensive collection of at the time relatively value-less watches from CIS countries from the 50s and 60s that I had painstakingly assembled. But the one that really hurt the most to lose was my grandfathers mid-70s Seiko. I replaced the others over time; that one was irreplaceable. Perhaps it seems materialistic, but for me the possessions of my ancestors provide a connection to them the strongest. It is important that such an item be restored with the greatest of care, for its character is imperative to its identity. You perfectly towed the line between retaining identity and making it nice again. Bravo.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for sharing that, Jacob, and sentimental value is indeed often much higher than the commercial one. It brings back memories of fond times and people you love, which a shiny piece of bling never will...

[@CraigandJoan]

Awesome. all the gears! I played that part over again.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Rock on!

[@watchmunch3240]

Better than new ❤️

[@Cooodi1]

I like a lot your watch repair videos. Its nice when you tell about movement history. Keep up the good work!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thank you very much!

[@joeskeptical4762]

*Everytime I “watch” your videos, I think they cannot get better. Then comes another, such as this Croton chronograph, and it does. GREAT WORK, very enjoyable to observe the beauty and functionality returned to this timepiece.*

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks a lot, Joe 😊

[@ForestWoodworks]

I think the screw was sheered off somehow, maybe by over winding, resulting from excess friction from either the lack of service or by someone who ain't really know what they were doing . Then, rather then the screw remnant staying in the thread socket, it worked its way out and will be found somewhere in the movement later on in the video. OR, someone tried to service the watch, sheered the screw head off. Realizing that might need a bit more practice, closed the watch up (may explain why the case wasn't fully seated) and never got around to having it repaired. Here we are. No?

[@paolomasala713]

Seeing a true master watchmaker at work is so relaxing.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thank you, gentle sir! 😁

[@richardspacetimeuhrensamml4236]

Super Restauration 🌟

[@n2n8sda]

Nice looking watch, looking forward to how it turns out in about half an hours time.

[@VintageWatchServices]

👍

[@stevemoreno6241]

Really enjoying the banter and watching how you bring these older pieces back to life. Thanks for sharing.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks a lot, Steve!

[@kungFUpandaAKAsumuduanjana]

Can I just say that I find your voice to be so reassuring and soothing

[@VintageWatchServices]

Yes, you can 😉

[@jco1298]

Beautiful watch

[@VintageWatchServices]

It really is! 😍

[@gavinhill4121]

Excellent resto.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks, Gavin!

[@tedblack2415]

Indeed it is a beautiful watch & amazing work also . No matter how many chrono's i watch you service i still can't get my head around the workings , but man o' man that bracelet was the original bio hazard, hope the grand daughter appreciates the effort gone into revitalizing this beauty . Always entertaining & educational a top channel Stian .

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Ted :) I'll go through the chronograph logic in a bit more detail on a later video 👍

[@markloubser2433]

This chanel has everything, watch restoration, history, cooking and even chilli effect on ring muscle..... Brilliant!

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂💪

[@Bertminator]

YOU sir are awesome!!! I recently had my dad's 1958 era Wittnauer watch repaired in that it ran well, but the watch case was rotted to the point that the caseback could not be closed anymore and the watch pin holder part was VERY worn. I sent it to a vintage watch repairer in our country (Canada), and he found a new case and thoroughly cleaned & serviced my dad's watch and did such an outstanding job, that I just had to comment that what you just did for your client (and his daughter), is worth SO MUCH MORE than anything money can buy. I am so very thankful to my watchmaker Darryl, and I am so thrilled to give my dad's watch a chance at another 64 years of life once it's inherited by one of my children, so I know that your client's daughter will be so very thankful for YOU to give her that same opportunity. As a novice watch repairer, I long to do my 1st watch service hopefully in the near future.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for sharing that story and it's wonderful to hear that Darryl was able to help! A lot of these old watches have sentimental values that far outweigh their commercial ones and it's great when they can be saved :)

[@De4thInc4rn4te16]

another great restoration, and keeping a family heirloom around for another generation to enjoy is a great thing to have done

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Jon! It's a wonderful watch 👍

[@benfoust7424]

Thank you Stain for another superb video! Really enjoy the restoration and or refurbishment of the vintage watches that you post.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Ben :)

[@milanchristi7939]

Great story to accompany a terrific watch repair process. Loving these videos!! Thank you ! 😊

[@VintageWatchServices]

Glad you like them, Milan 😊

[@johnhull2941]

a lovely gift indeed now you got your hands on it very lucky young lady

[@VintageWatchServices]

She's a lucky young lady for sure!

[@tiberiuvincze8288]

Hello, every watch has a story , and in a family some watches go thru the persons and keep the memories , I think thats the best part of watchmaking ! thank you for teaching us !

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Tiberiu :)

[@jozsefizsak]

Very nice and the story is charming.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Jozsef :)

[@pipodorologio1648]

another fine vintage chrono....the movement and mainplate look really nice, no scratches of previous tinkerers..this is probably the reason why it is so dry...I am amazed every time you turn the balancewheel in with such ease....pretty impressive. Thanks for sharing your work

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Rich 😊

[@DaveMGmovies]

I learn something every time. This is a new brand to me so thank you for sharing.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for watching, Dave!

[@Watchmeifyoucan]

Amazing movement

[@VintageWatchServices]

It's a nice one :)

[@bessiebraveheart]

Hello from England, I love this channel. It is my favourite watch restoration channel. Thank you for sharing your extensive skills.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thank you very much, that's really nice to hear :)

[@lemokolyon]

Very beautiful watch. You did a good work on it. Bravo.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much 😊

[@singlespeedman]

I do look forward to all your videos.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Craig, that's very nice to hear :)

[@MrGrentch]

Lovely watch and great job on bringing it back to life. 👍🏻🙂 The waterproof case design by Schmitz & co dates back to 1936. Originally to better seal square tank style cases which were very popular then(and where a screwback wouldn't work), but then chronograph cases. Gallet were the first to use them for their Multichron with "Clamshell" case. The design worked pretty well when new. Gallet did the usual ad campaign and stuck their watch in a fish tank and named the case after a seashell. As Rolex had with their "Oyster" in a fish tank before them and Depollier did long before either of them(they also claimed their case was "gas proof" for the trenches of WW1. A horrible thought). The case design was popular until the fifties, but later designs took over as rubber gaskets got better. One of the last to use the design was Leonidas for their military flyback chronographs of the 50's and early 60's. Heuer bought Leonidas out, specifically for that military chronograph, called it the Heuer 1550(Bund)) and kept the 1930's case design and supplied militaries(pilots,, tankers, artillerymen) like Germany and Sweden with the watches until the very early 80's. I believe they're still used in very small numbers in specialised areas, or were until quite recently. Not bad for a case design unchanged from the 1930's. 🙂

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much for that, great info!

[@MrLukealbanese]

Wonderful.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Many thanks, Luke!

[@jeffcline7689]

Super as always!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks again! 👍

[@garetkonigsfeld2]

Because it's a family thing every dent and scratch was put in by her Grandpa. If it was min other that the Crystal the dents and scratches would remind me how much he liked the watch.Nice job thanks for sharing 👍.

[@VintageWatchServices]

It might be that Grandpa himself was upset about the marks on his watch also and would have liked to have them removed 😉 I didn't go fully to town on the polishing, but removed most of the marks. I want the watch to look its age and that the dial and case give a coherent impression.

[@ChiminoLazcano]

You are amazing.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much :)

[@bgdavenport]

I'm up early on Sunday morning enjoying your content. The birds are chirping outside and the house is quiet. What a way to start the day!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Sounds like a nice start to the day, happy my video is part of that :)

[@broken_vet130]

what a beautiful watch, thanks for sharing Stian

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for watching it :)

[@cristobalosuna3106]

Great video with the explanations on the mechanics of the chronograph and so on.... What a gorgeous watch.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Cristobal 😊

[@scofab]

Very nicely done, thank you.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for watching!

[@ralphferrara5152]

Nice job. Came out really nice. 😁👍

[@gromit1996]

Excellent as always. It is a treat to see that this old timepiece will be loved by a whole new generation, and that is what these sorts of timepieces were meant to be. When you said the Epilame bottle was the most expensive in the world I was thinking that perhaps the contents of some bottles, e.g. single malt scotches, could be much more expensive, but that's a whole other topic.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Bottles and the contents of them are indeed separate things 😁

[@georgekaplan8521]

Thanks again for an excellent video. This time round I have taken a first micro-step into understanding how a chronograph complication works. I now get the feeling the word ‘cam’ is in my future

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂 Great to hear :) I'll run through the logic of the chronograph functions in a bit more detail in an upcoming video.

[@jetsonIFY]

Fantastic time piece!!!!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much 😊

[@kennyadams9741]

I love the thunder in the background, its so soothing to me. Had allot of thunderstorms where I grew up, I absolutely love them. Good video friend! PS I HATE speidel straps lol.

[@jatco84]

A fine looking, lovely watch and you did a great job in bringing it back to life as you often do. Enjoy your commentary along the way as usual. I'm sure it'll be much loved by Sterling's daughter. Kudos to you...!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Thomas, and Sterling's daughter is indeed lucky :)

[@desi.viking]

Stuff like this gives me hope of my watches being work 70 years from now! Great video!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Achint, and yes, mechanical watches can have a very long life!

[@ygrbooks]

I am so sorry, but I have run out of superlatives to describe your work. As always, this is a video that made my day and will be watched several times. Also, Sterling's daughter has not only received a beautiful and rare watch, but a full documentary on it: wish I had this on any of my watches.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much :)

[@waynepollard6879]

Moss green , that's a good one !

[@Trixtrem1974]

gorgeous mate!!!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Benjamin 😊

[@johnjenin3279]

Superb as always. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thanks.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, John :)

[@pgsahlman]

What a splendid timepiece. Love your videos!!!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much!

[@aviadleibovich]

You made me want to buy from you a vintage seamaster. Great watchmaking, great care, great videos. I’ll buy when my pocket will be puffer!

[@VintageWatchServices]

That's very cool to hear, Aviad :)

[@jprichard]

Yet another great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks James!

[@thegolgatha5337]

Wonderful video of a wonderful watch by a wonderful and naughty watchmaker. I love it, thank you for this amazing stuff !

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for watching it! 😁

[@walther9161]

Beautiful watch! Awesome work and explanations on the process and history! Thank you!!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Glad you enjoyed it, Walther!

[@NorthenSoul]

watching your videos and listening to the commentary is poetry in motion, very enjoyable thank you.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Brian :)

[@dandrechsler6884]

That is a beautiful watch Bravo

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Dan 😊

[@angelherrera6820]

Great restoration! Always a good day for me when you release a new video. Great stuff. Cheers!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Great to hear, thanks 😊

[@vpr44425]

Another great video. It is so relaxing and informative watching you work. You really do a great job of keeping it interesting and fun. Can't wait for your next one to come out. Thank you.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Christopher!

[@hockeyrd99]

Great job! I've been wearing almost an identical Croton to this one for the last few weeks. Mine has the same case, crown, and dial (with the exception of the red) but mine has a Landeron 148 movement. My crystal was cracked but a friend had one that only needed a little filing down on the outside diameter and then it dropped right in. The lume in the hands and markers has darkened, and I was going to re-lume the hands but my markers are just like yours, and I think it actually looks nicer with the dark lume (also I was afraid to attempt to remove the lume from the markers). I've never taken one of these movements apart, so I just pulled the dial and hands, and one-dipped then oiled the pivots. Been keeping really good time.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks! They made really good movements back in the day :)

[@jozsefizsak]

Very nice!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Jozsef!

[@micheldurandmabire]

Great job on a great watch. Never eared of this company before. I love these vintage chrono, large, thick, heavy. Thanks a lot from France !

[@VintageWatchServices]

Merci beaucoup, Michel ! C'est une vieille marque, elles existent toujours

[@randyallen2771]

Nice watch, nice job too, and I like your new tool! Cheers

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Randy 😊

[@andyholton7959]

Grate job, and a beautiful watch 🤙🏻

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Andy :)

[@davidy80]

Nice looking watch, and a lovely restoration job 👍

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@donnyboon2896]

Yay! Another Stian masterpiece! 👏👏👏

[@VintageWatchServices]

😁👍

[@citizaniac149]

Perfect restoration - as always. 😉 I really like the watch! Beauuuuuutiful!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thank you so much 😀

[@mariomartin6437]

Loved it

[@VintageWatchServices]

👍

[@DavidvanNiekerk]

Thank sir. Very informative

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks for watching!

[@adrianbirkett594]

Another Great video Stian, loved your talk on the different kind of screws. Very helpful information. Adrian 🍀

[@VintageWatchServices]

Great to hear, Adrian! 💪

[@adrianbirkett594]

@@VintageWatchServices Stian, I must ask you. Have you come across a brand of vintage watch called Iaxa, I think they're from Belgium. I acquired one some years ago, 25 rubis automatic. Thing is iaxa are not on the Swiss register of watch makers, iaxa must have the distributor. Any clues?, looking forward to your next video. Ta rá. Adrian

[@VintageWatchServices]

@@adrianbirkett594 Iaxa was apparently a Belgian distributor who had watches made in Switzerland with their own brand on the dial. I've seen one with a 7734 movement and they seem to pop up every now and then.

[@stephencrowsen8537]

Thanks for the great video. You asked about the ratchet wheel screw, or rather thoughts as to why the screw head was there but not the shaft. I do wonder if the person assembling the watch was disgruntled and had somehow gotten a screw head and placed it there so it looked like a screw was installed, but in fact there was no screw there at all. So a supervisor looking at the watch would think it was correctly assembled, but in fact it wasn't. Looking at that video, it looks as though that particular screw was the only one which might be considered as redundant, because there was something installed above it which prevented it from falling out and into some other part of the watch.

[@medea27]

Sterling's daughter has good taste, that's a gorgeous watch! A really interesting type of case too. And I had a chuckle at your presumably Sichuan-related culinary adventures... I grew up with friends from many different Asian cultures & learned from a young age to politely ask whoever was cooking (usually my friend's mum) whether a dish was "her kind of spicy" or "my kind of spicy." I've always been a big foodie & enjoy spicy food, but the local Indonesian, Thai, Indian or Chinese definition of "a hot curry/laksa/dish" is something else altogether! 🥵

[@VintageWatchServices]

😁👍

[@speenlmar9575]

"Severe pain going in, severe pain going out" hahaha, I had the same experience with Indian food. Your post is delicious, as always.

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂👍

[@petercampbell3828]

I hope that this gift will be appreciated as much as it should be. I wonder were that broken screw went?

[@VintageWatchServices]

I'm sure it will be :) I have no idea where the screw is, it's one of those mysteries that will remain unsolved and go down in the annals of history in the same vein as the Loch Ness monster and where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.

[@supermenthol5531]

Great channel , always look forward to these video's 👍

[@VintageWatchServices]

That's very nice to hear :)

[@csanadbarczy9153]

I just checked the value on these watches, these are not "inexpensive"😅. Great video!

[@mikedo6]

The Speidel 'twist'. CSI techs love them for the DNA they preserve! Another great video and beautiful watch!

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂 CSI would have had a field day with this one!

[@cajetano2011]

Nice watch and work Sir :D

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thank you!

[@runelisether6256]

Thanks Stian. Always a pleasure to follow your stream. By the way, I am married to a Chinese as well (Thai-Chinese) :)

[@VintageWatchServices]

Aha! There are more of us 😁

[@bullnose01]

Another fine piece of workmanship, Stian. Your use of the watchmaker's sledgehammer is so effortless that you make it seem to be almost weightless. Do you do regular exercises to maintain your arm strength?

[@VintageWatchServices]

Yes, I do, thanks for noticing! I lift stuff with my tweezers like many times a day! 💪

[@garysmith7545]

Hello Stian, thanks for another great video. Yesterday I started to work on a pretty ugly, old, rusted Buren 410. It's possible this will be the first one that I resurrect. No case but it has a dial, hands and stem. You're an inspiration! Thanks!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Very cool to hear, Gary :) Good luck with your watch, it should be an excellent movement to work on!

[@garysmith7545]

@@VintageWatchServices It certainly is advancing my ability to work smaller Stian but I don't think I'm going to do anything with the mainspring and the post that attaches the setting lever is rusted in place although the post and lever turn just fine, I can't unthread it from the lever (even after days of soaking). I'm worried that I'm going to break a screwdriver.

[@ageingungracefullypushingt7135]

What a genuinely beautiful watch, lucky it found it's way to you rather than the trash heap.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much :)

[@rayclark44]

What a great video & a lovely watch. It was obviously enhanced with some professional hammer action along the way. Good luck with the spicy food young man. Take care & stay safe 🆒️🇬🇧🍀

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Ray 😊

[@YUHJKT]

Excellent video and excellent work. "When my Chinese wife says "This is a little bit spicy" that usually means a death sentence. LOL

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks! 😂

[@LilYeshua]

The ultrasonic parts cleaner reminds me of the scene in 'The Right Stuff' movie where the news media swarms on John Glen's home with locust swarm sound effects.

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂

[@mohamedabdelmonem6468]

someone has been a naughty watchmaker. LOL

[@VintageWatchServices]

😁

[@gregcapella5941]

Great Video

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Greg!

[@magintysmaw]

Very nice

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks!

[@donnyboon2896]

A 60 year old watch that looks like it was made yesterday gets another 60 years of life. My opinion, of course. 😁

[@VintageWatchServices]

I hope you're right 😊

[@ro63rto]

I have a few Seikos with that kind of clamshell design. All held the water out. All down to how often the seals are replaced.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Yep, that's completely correct. The problem nowadays is getting the correct seals. This design was superior before better gaskets were made for the three-piece case.

[@muffemod]

Croton is good stuffs!

[@VintageWatchServices]

Croton is very good stuffs! 😁

[@JoeyToob]

Perhaps in the previous service the screw was snapped resulting in replacement of the whole part but without the hold down screw. They then used the snapped off head and a little glue to hold it, until the next person has to work on it. I myself have been that next person many a time in my years as a fixer of many mechanical items.

[@brentwegher2014]

Thumbs up. the slow-mo bits are a nice touch. The effort in photography and editing are appreciated. What buff and polishing compound are you using on the case. My white compound helps sharpen steel knife edges. Also use tripoli sometimes. There is a blue general purpose metal polish for cotton buffs, but what you used looks darker gray.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Brent! The compound I mostly use is the orange dialux, and green dialux for final polishing. Dialux probably has a different color scheme from what you're used to.

[@Iexpedite1]

You were talking about your expensive chemical jar. I worked in a petroleum lab for a while. When I started, they were a well equipped lab with a lot of new equipment. When I left, they had a glassware shortage. I specialize in breaking coated gallon jugs. They were over $100 each. Fortunately, there was never a glassware inventory so no one knew how many I had shattered.

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂

[@ronaldlinkenhoker5705]

The god of thunder and lightning wielding his hammer ⚡️

[@VintageWatchServices]

😁💪

[@1339LARS]

Amazing!!!! //Lars

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks so much, Lars :)

[@boydsargeant7496]

I love Sunday’s, I always get a nice video, thanks Stian! Lovely watch. We saw you doing some polishing! I can’t think what happened with the ratchet wheel screw? What liquid did you mention for rust removal?

[@VintageWatchServices]

Thanks Boyd! I have no idea what happened to the ratchet wheel screw, I just cannot think of any scenario that makes sense. For the rust, I use an Elma product intended für the ultrasonic.

[@jims4539]

Speidel Twist-O-Flex. Blast from the past.

[@VintageWatchServices]

Right on!

[@douro20]

Back when Speidel actually made bands- and did a good job of it. They even made bands for Seiko and Citizen at one time.

[@kevinmangan7124]

The Thunder from that hammer was to much. LoL

[@VintageWatchServices]

😂