Unboxing non running pocket watch and making it run, Elgin

[@njdevfan20]

“Profanity”....A new fragrance from Calvin Klein. When you whispered it. It made me think of those commercials.

[@bunnspecial]

I like that!

[@alancordwell9759]

asdfjkdjsalkfj You should be in marketing- CK might have paid millions for that name! :)

[@mccajosk]

Welcome back, thanks for the video. One man's junk is another man's treasure. :)

[@malcolmcroll7556]

after watching you repair a main spring & with out fitting a new one getting it running, i thought that i might try this repair ,well i did it & it is working thanks to showing us something new in mending watches -thanks ;

[@njdevfan20]

Thanks for uploading. I always enjoy.

[@bunnspecial]

I thought it would be entertaining to see what I do when I get a non running pocket watch from ebay. I was lucky on this one since the balance staff was still good. I have a few that need new staffs.

[@njdevfan20]

bunnspecial it was great to see your diagnostic techniques.

[@mikenicholls1621]

Very enjoyable and informative, as are all of your vids. If the opportunity arises, try to do a strip and rebuild of a Burlington mod 9. Thanks Bunn.

[@shoshone3]

I love it. Same pliers I use to fix the washing machine !

[@arzemagic]

about time , i have been waiting for you're video for months . keep em coming .

[@bunnspecial]

I have two more in the works that are along the same vein. One is finished and has to be edited for nudity and drug use and the other one I still have to film some repairs to get the watch running.

[@arzemagic]

bunnspecial cool . Looking forward .

[@zollicb3]

I really enjoy your videos.

[@bunnspecial]

Glad you like them!

[@richardbreisch8049]

Working on top of the box? Hadnt watched your videos for a bit but so glad your back and making me laugh with your profanity!

[@GEDixon-ni5gk]

Thanks for interesting and informative videos. You have helped me a great deal. Please keep up your work.

[@k9policexj]

Don't forget the disclaimer!! Another great video!

[@AmiPurple]

Yay another entertaining video from bunnspecial! Day just got much better. Thanks

[@sharpscornerx2]

maybe you need to do a video on how to repair different parts of the watch.

[@SteveBrecht]

Thanks for the new video!

[@eddiespike]

What I learned from this video; a broken watch is a bastard watch. Still,...very entertaining. 😉👍🏼

[@nelsonbeaudet7422]

Profanity, Sonny’s Beeswax You make me smile my friend Keep up the good work. I rather watch you than tv the reason why are good at what you do also you have Character you keep me laughing with due respect to you

[@OldSkoolF]

As we age our "jollies" options go downhill... Nice Score on the Elgin!!!

[@wtoddland]

I'd like to hear your recommendations for a basic set of tools. I'm new to this, and I'm looking for guidance!

[@bunnspecial]

I made a video showing some of the tools I use. Check it out. I might of added some since then but they would be seen in some of the videos.

[@wildernessofzinn17]

I know it's been 4.5 years since this video was made, but I just stumbled upon it. Great video and nice old Elgin. According to the serial number, it was made in 1883 and is a Grade 87. By comparison, the production run on this watch was not that high. Good buy and worth putting in a new mainspring. Do you still have it?. Or did you resell it?. Just curious. Or is it nosy?. What's the difference?.

[@bunnspecial]

I still have the watch. For some reason I rarely sell anything. One of these days I will have to clean house and just keep a few good ones.

[@harrystutey1962]

I think you should be a comedian instead of a watch repairman cuz you're hilarious

[@bunnspecial]

Well, this video is for entertainment only. I already have a job with benefits so I am good.

[@alancordwell9759]

I don't know why I've only just discovered your channel, but hey! I guess I got a lot of watching to do now! :)

[@bunnspecial]

Yes you do and there will be a test on it next week.

[@joshgullett1227]

Lmao I make alot of those noises and cursing when I'm working on stuff

[@lastwordindicator]

I stumbled across the old (non running) pocket watches on ebay. I have no idea how to repair or build one, but I'd like to try. I can pretty much fix anything that you kick, crank, push, pull, plug in, strike, zip or throw to start. I'd like to add wind to that though. Does anybody know what kind of watch would be the easiest to work on for a beginner?

[@bunnspecial]

Dollar watches are big and hard to break. From what I have seen most just need a cleaning.

[@mytexasdays1526]

Does anyone know the size of the screwdriver he is using? I need one that size. If you know the manufacturer and part number/ model number that would be a great help. Thank you.

[@iamin2pain]

good to hear from you, great video !

[@maestromecanico597]

Very nice. What part of Jersey you from?

[@bunnspecial]

Bergen county.

[@maestromecanico597]

@@bunnspecial This Pascack Valley native can hear it loud and clear.

[@bunnspecial]

I grew up right next door. Went to Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan.

[@maestromecanico597]

@@bunnspecial No such luck here. Moved before high school to middle-of-nowhere Florida. Even so I'm still lat...let...I can still read.

[@chrisstaylor8377]

I think the main spring is Brocken

[@Johnny35130]

How do you get pegwood sharp enough or a fine enough point to clean out a balance hole jewel?

[@bunnspecial]

I mostly use round toothpicks. Like you I found that I couldn't get a fine point on pegwood.

[@gartmorn]

I haven't worked on watches yet but I was an engineer before retiring. I was wondering could the mainspring have become disconnected because someone tried to wind it in the wrong direction?

[@bunnspecial]

I don't think so. On pendant winding watches there is a clutch in the mechanism that only turns the mainspring the correct way, turn the pendant the other way and nothing happens. Key wind has a click that you would have to break in order to turn it the wrong way. I think the mainspring got tired and relaxed itself off the hook.

[@gartmorn]

@@bunnspecial thanks for the reply. I looked further into how these mechanisms work after watching your video and now better understand how it works. Thanks again.

[@STEVEN-STEELE]

Thanks for your video and time. You think the main spring is broken? What the main spring? What spring? That glory not of springs The main spring. Lol Forgive me It was wrote in jest. You sound like I do while focusing on something. And don't get me started on them main springs. The pain caused Springs mainly rearward of my main soring. Once again thank you Sir

[@vernonthompson7209]

I know very well what you mean about other people and the things they do, I often refer to who ever they may be as a "cowboy" I have a 18s Hampden RR grade pocket watch that landed on my bench about a year ago, it was running but when I started to break it down for a full service I immediatly found the balance cock screw was not the correct screw infact it wasn't even a watch screw, I am not sure what caused the cowboy in question to use this method for a repair, but after getting the balance cock off I could see the hole in the plate was stripped out I seen the threaded end of the screw was a (hang on to your knickers and get ready to burst into some profanity) self tapping machining screw and the head had been poorly filed down to fit in the hole of the balance cock in fact the screw head fit so tightly in the hole at first I thought I was going break the head off as I didn't know at this point what I was really dealing with, the screw head had a polished finish just like the rest of the screws, so I didn't immediatly become suspiciouse of anything, as it turned out I am guessing the screw head fitting tight the cowboy in question didn't know he was just fighting the resistance of the screw head in the balance cock and was actually stripping the threaded hole in the full bridge plate, infact I could push the screw part way into the hole, as it turned out the friction from the alignment pins was tight enough to hold the balance cock in position on it's own with out any screw, the good thing is it's a watch that I bought for myself, and only because of other watch work that has priority and me just not doing anything about it yet it's still that way, in fact it's in my shirt pocket as I post this comment and keeping very good time, one of these days I will get around to tapping knew threads and putting in a watch screw that will actually work as intended. P.S. I appologize to actual profetional cowboys for using this term

[@bunnspecial]

Very good horror story. This is what I fear when I buy old pocket watches, you don't know what was done to it before you get it. I see a lot of adjustments to the balance cock because of balance staff replacements gone wrong. Sometimes an incorrect hole jewel thrown in for good measure.

[@vernonthompson7209]

@@bunnspecial Like You I take a deep breath when I buy a old watch but at the same time I look forward to it as I don't know what I will find as far as people that should have their hands slapped and made to stand in the corner for a couple hours have done, of course it usually means damage beyond repair in the area they was messing around in and a total part replacement, or they didn't put it back together correctly and something isn't quit in it's place. P.S have you ever noticed that the majority of the watches that other people screwed with is almost always a pocket watch? and it's usually 18s, some 16s,12s but mostly the 18s, seems like nobody messes with wristwatches, I think it's the large watch sizes because they are easier to see and the smaller the watch the more intimmidated they are and don't want to do it

[@bunnspecial]

I agree. The larger the watch the greater the chance it has been screwed with. I have only seen auto wristwatches with the auto removed. I have passed on many pocket watches because I saw that it was screwed with. Still some get by. Not that I don't like a good challenge.

[@jbmaximus6910]

Amateurs repair watches in the basement naked. Professionals get watch repair money at the strip club.

[@sharpscornerx2]

Looked it up on "pocketwatchdatabase.com" it says it is half nickel watch. That tells me the other half is something else. In your case brass.

[@halibut1249]

Please don't block the light on the watch; your hand shadows what you're doing. Otherwise a great repair vid and you've got a nice watch there, a happy watch, just humming along.

[@pjjmsn]

I missed the "stunts by Bunnspecial" part.

[@bunnspecial]

I forgot to put that in. It will be there next time.

[@pjjmsn]

I wasn't sure if you had hired a stuntman or were still doing your own. I too am curious how that mainspring is hooked on to that barrel. It doesn't make sense.

[@bunnspecial]

Still doing my own stunts. It costs to much to have someone do them for me. I still wonder about the mainspring. I didn't see a T end and I don't see where they put the hook in the barrel wall. Unless the barrel is gilded and it covers the seam.

[@carloscarvalhido2424]

Another great video. You're welcome anytime.

[@RelyeaRonnie]

Do people just throw the dust shields away ? Doesn't make any sense. If it's a watch that's been rebuilt with other watch parts that could explain it.

[@bunnspecial]

I think they forget to put them back.

[@RelyeaRonnie]

If they keep the parts in containers this could be avoided. They're so big though. I don't know.

[@samadrid6321]

You are the master.

[@roytilton5696]

OMG! A crow bar, channel locks, and a pair of vice grips! I was waiting for the twenty pound double jack! Holy crap... watch a video or two of some BETTER amateurs

[@leewriter4656]

I love your swearing LOL

[@Amanda-ml3zu]

do you have any Fb account or something like that where i can send you pics of my watch case? Because i really don’t know how to open it and i’ve watched your video showing the different types and stuff but i still don’t know /:

[@Amanda-ml3zu]

it’s from Louis Roskopf sa

[@bunnspecial]

I don't have a facebook account, just youtube. You will have to send me a message in youtube and I will give you my email address.

[@bunnspecial]

I looked at your pictures. The front looks to be a snap off and the back has a hinge so it is also a snap off with a hinge. I did a video showing how to open up a pocket watch case. You should watch it if you haven't already.

[@psehanabish3932]

Beautiful

[@toyoezodus]

Your videos give me asmr lol

[@bunnspecial]

You are not the first to tell me this. I thought with all the swearing and burping it would not be so.

[@Marc-xk1rb]

bunnspecial hey I've been watching your video for a long time now, good job, but what exactly is the background sound?

[@toyoezodus]

bunnspecial hehe I don't get it either :P

[@bunnspecial]

It is a hum. I only get it when I use the AC power. When I use the battery no hum. I noticed that when I hold the microphone the hum is not present. I think I have to ground the camera.

[@Marc-xk1rb]

bunnspecial if the grounding doesn't work. You could try one of these microphones kzbin.info/www/bejne/hai0mYKBbd9sn8U but I've actually gotten use to the hum.

[@lkkjhtemmexv1838]

that watch was not repaired when mainspring loose power watch will stop again..

[@bunnspecial]

I as far as I know that is what all mechanical watches do.

[@johnaicken6930]

`brilliant as usual

[@OldSkoolF]

Great Score!!!!

[@CheekyBuilderGaming]

Woo! New video!

[@josephlanguemi]

nice

[@harrystutey1962]

Fix the watch and you'll know what time it is go to sleep

[@chaseheighton9500]

What is a bastard watch

[@andyb7339]

Good question. A bastard watch is similar to my bastard fridge and bastard washing machine

[@AndyHullMcPenguin]

Serial Number SN Range Quanty Name Year grade size code jewels Adj/reg/etc. -------------- -------- ------ ---- ---- ----- ---- ------ ------ ------------ 1178868 1175001 5000 1882 87 18s hfn1k 11j grade total runs first yr last yr class size code jewels Adj/name ----- ----- ----- -------- ------- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---------- 87 33000 8 1880 1883 5 18s hfn1k 11j Nice little watch.

[@ianmargetts4940]

I had to switch off dude as too much crackling on vid, it’s just to much background!

[@Blu3_Giirl13]

Profanity!

[@Blu3_Giirl13]

Profanity!

[@georgepitchley3946]

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