Watchmaking Tools - Tweezers, which one do you need

Tweezers, a tutorial for watchmakers (hobby watchmakers)
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[@amphibiousone7972]

Valuable Pearls of Wisdom 👍🤝

[@jtcustomknives]

I do that trick with my tweezers but found using a metal finger nail file works amazing. I just close the tweezers onto the file and draw the file out creating the gripping lines. And the nail files are flat and thin so thy don’t round over the inside of the tweezers.

[@Chris_the_Muso]

Holy shit. That tip about hatching the gripping surface of the tweezers is golden. I did it using a bit of 400 grit sandpaper and the difference is night and day.

[@amandagelien9612]

I use 20mm wide strip of 600 grit sand paper folded in half to set a grip on the inside of tweezers

[@hendlers7071]

Thanks for being a GREAT Teacher !!!

[@samnova450]

Thank for the show and tell. Great tips for a new hobbyist.

[@user-rk2ek5jm4k]

Again an excellent content from you! In the past I was just wondering what if I start watchmaking as a hobby. Now watching your videos I decided to start it as a hobby. Thank you really much for your videos and work! I love watches even more just looking at your work. (Sorry for bad English, non native speaker).

[@itzhaccroitoru4082]

great video again, incredibly helpful

[@mgn-fire2441]

Brilliant!! I have an Alpina Chronograph with Ronda quartz movement. I'm pleased that it is very frugal with its batteries as I always have scary moments with the tiny screws that hold the battery cover in place. Only changed the battery twice since I purchased the watch in June 2016. The second time was today, 22Jun23. Again, one scary moment as I was replacing the first screw and fired it across the desk, I have a pair of tweezers that you press to release but I was thinking that there needs to be a tiny bit of friction inside the jaws of the tweezers. Rather like 'sanding' the face of a hammer🙂 Definitely worth trying and practising on tiny expendable screws! Thank yo so much. Less fearful hopefully in three years time? Martin MGN-fire

[@willyforbin58]

Another great one, with great and useful advices. We can definitively see that you are a true passionate, who likes to transmit compared to those more selfish who prefer to keep it all, like these you mentioned at the beginning of your passion, who were fearing you rather than helping. Thank you again Kalle!

[@perrybucsdad]

Kalle, these are wonderful videos... thank you for sharing your talents and wisdom. One of the things I like with your videos is you give "options" and "suggestions"... never telling us this is the way it has to be. Granted, maybe the way/things you suggest are the way things have to be, but it comes across so much nicer the way you are doing it and I appreciate it. I know of only one other video series on YT that takes this approach. I always learn something new when I watch your videos... Thank you!

[@openclockclubarchive325]

Great and useful content. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@dr.s.p.]

After watching this presentation I bought a pair of long diamond tweezers, similar to the triple S mentioned herein and they are truly great. Easy in the hand and easy to use, light in grip and sharp. Thank you for this tip.

[@markbyrum4743]

Great tips! I hope to spend less time on my hands and knees with a bright light! Thank you. I'm now a subscriber! Keep at it!

[@ChipsPlace1952]

Great video on tweezers. Thank You

[@boatdetective]

Thank you, Kalle. Wonderful stuff. On top of the great content- you seem like a genuinely nice guy.

[@grahamcohen3850]

Some great tips here. Thanks so much for this. I wish i had seen this a few days ago before I lost an endcap jewel that flew off of my tweezer. Gone. Never to be seen again.

[@Kevins-Philippine-Retirement]

Excellent professional tips!

[@elund408]

I watch 3 or 4 watch makers and each uses a different tweezer, it truly is up to the user. Thanks for the great tips.

[@paulschumacker9901]

Another great tutorial! I spend too much time on my knees searching for ratchet springs or capstones. I will follow your advice and hope that this will decrease the frequency of small pieces pinging off into parts unknown! Nobody else teaches these great lessons!

[@RandomRestore]

Tweezers... Perfect! Thank you Kalle!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

My Pleasure!

[@magicofwheels]

Hi, what a small world. This channel is supurb!!! Lots of knowledge.

[@repeatdefender6032]

These videos are incredibly helpful to me as I am just starting out. Valuable information.

[@biouikhalid940]

Could you please suggest where i can find sss tweezer

[@jwoodyr1]

Thanks for sharing another very informative video, Kalle! I learned a lot.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

So nice to hear, thnx!

[@dplanetta]

Thank you Calle. Another excellent video. I love your style. You never preach, you share your experiences and make learning fun. I will try your ideas and try to keep my contributions to the Swiss space program to a minimum.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

LOL Dereck

[@roadshowautosports]

Man, I gotta try this holding and spinning the tweezers in my fingers!!! Sure I’ll need a safe net around the bench to prevent traumatizing unnecessary experiences!!!! It seems pretty easy!!! Did you see how he does it? No big deal! Let’s do it!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@conornoble6205]

Thanks for making this video! Your insights are much appreciated.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

My pleasure Conor!

[@Black.D.D]

Hello sir, I am a watch enthusiast and I admire this work and thank you for this great video. It was very instructive and I also use the grain-pointed tweezers. But I didn't know about the stone. I still have a lot to learn, I've only been doing this for 6 months. I'm a German living in the Benelux and I discovered your channel and I respect your kindness and passion. When I have free time, I watch a few more videos and temporarily subscribe to them. All the best and I look forward to more videos from you and your team. Their work is like the galaxies at Angstrom level. I'm excited. Many greetings from the Benelux countries and I used to live in the Neederlanden, a very beautiful country but we, the Benelux countries, are expensive. Stay healthy and happy with your team. Kind greetings. B

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Nice to hear from you B!

[@Black.D.D]

@@ChronoglideWatchmaking I love automatic wirst watches and pocket watches with Untias movements or what ever. The "soul" of every movement that gives the watch its "soul". I wish I could be a more professional watchmaker. I find your work admirable & fascinating. There must be an order like in the cosmos that everything interlocks and only works in fear of the cosmos and that the work does not expand independently.

[@deniss1473]

Thanks 👍

[@robertmduckworth6566]

Thank you. Well done!!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

So nice Robert, Thnx!

[@DB-fs6eh]

I'm still very new to all this, but I find holding a tweezer between my thumb and middle finger with my index finger on top of the tweezer being pinched slightly helps me to not hold parts too tightly.

[@blueneet84]

Great tips. Thank you. I have contributed far too many parts to the Swiss Space Program because I've squeezed the tweezers too tight.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt Andrew ;o)

[@enriqueamador2075]

excelente contenido!, se agradece mucho tus consejos.

[@matteos.6696]

really really thanxs for the trick

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thank you for your support Matteo!

[@MrJSTroy]

I like Asco Bronze tweezer Im in school now about to finish in August

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Cool Jared!

[@Patriot-rising]

See the difference between a real watchmaker that is a master at his craft using precision tools. There flip side to that is a watch company like Invicta, they use a 24 oz framming hammer and vice grips. I love Dumont . The brass I have are Bergeon. And I also own Horotec as well as nive vintage tweezers like C E Marshall, Peer as well as other fine Suisse, German, and U.S. and Great Britan. I suppose I should mention the French.. Nah nevermind. Also may I suggest ceramic over a standard fine Arkansas stone? I found ceramic works very well and you will have a finer finish which cuts back on any contaminates. I also use what will surprise some is nail buffers ( cheaper than a Bergeon dressing buff) . The nail buffer really works.

[@rajshah7918]

Though I am not professional, I prefer to use brass tweezer, reason being it’s non magnetic. It does get black in course of time but the same can be brought to its original with the help of cleaning and polishing. Second preference is carbon tip tweezer which I have to buy, my preference for tweezer is soft, well tipped to held small parts.

[@amitghosh6966]

Do we need only pointed tweezers and not the flat tip or round tip ones ?

[@chuckburroughs6427]

Great video Kalle! In the future, could you possibly do a video on roller jewel replacement in pocket watches, and on fixing loose rubies in the gold screw in type settings used in American pocket watches? I have a bunch of gold screw in jewel settings with loose jewels I'd love to repair.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

I really hope we can raise the bar Chuck, good to hear from you!

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Yes, I understand what you mean with the American Pocket watch rubies. I'll see what i can do!

[@TweezerWieldingLunatic]

Tweezers tweezers tweezers! But Kalle which tweezer type is most suitable for concealed carry?

[@JanBinnendijk]

as for the opening of the tweezers when you grip hard..i made mine so that the tips meet first, so it will not open up when applying more force.., applying more force will then result in more contact surface..

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

May the force be with you, LOL

[@VitoMeuli]

Hi Kalle, thanks for the tips, useful and entertaining as usual! A side note: please be aware that camera shaking is quite disturbing, it can make people sick as in a boat :-)

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Thanks Vito!

[@raknin]

Does the hakko 3c-sa twizzers will do the job?

[@JanBinnendijk]

Hmmmm... Titanium.. I also use them .. heck!.. i even made them myself!.. i also have some Phosphor Bronze ones for delicate parts..

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

;o)

[@BlogofTheW3st]

7:35 who makes these?!

[@haping1]

Hello Kalle, great video again. Wat een top tips voor mij als een beginnend hobbyist in deze fascinerende wereld van horloge makers. Een vraagje: Hoe onderhoud / scherp je de carbon tips van de tweezer? Kun je ze scherpen zonder braam of wissel je de tips? Groetjes, Hans Peter

[@pablosoto5407]

Can you give me some advice? I have a cracked case, an stainless steel casio arnie (the japanese one) that have a crack from top of the crystal receptacle, up to the upper side of the crown tube (crown tube not cracked), so almos half depth of the case. I only want to restore at some point their water resistance for daily use, for this guy their 100m water resistance surely are gone....I'm thinking in some kind of glue, some lead free solder paste, any thing that give me a stable seal, a capacity of fill that pretty thin space for a decent time of use...I think that the rest of the watch is pretty and worthy of restore....what do you think?

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Maybe try PUK welding, very local heating and beautiful result. Try a professional goldsmith, we do not have such a machine. good luck!

[@runelisether6256]

Thanks Kalle great tips. I have one question. The one I use most is Dumont no. 3 and a epoxy coated no 4 but I have problem when gripping bridges etc. They slide/turn like the tweezer just grip it with the tip. Is there anything I adjust to get a more firm grip on those parts?

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Mayby try a less delicate tweezer with slightly larger tips for the bridges Rune.

[@runelisether6256]

@@ChronoglideWatchmaking Thanks for your replay Kalle :) I will try that

[@joshneill7695]

Hello Kalle! You have mentioned the Arkansas stone for sharpening screwdrivers and tweezers and another stone for helping the tweezers to grip. Could you please tell me the name of that stone as I think I am spelling it wrong and I would like to order one. Thank you for your uploads! 😀👍

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Hi Tony, good to hear from you! Ususally you'll use Arkansas and India stone (commonly made from Aluminium Oxide). Hope you enjoy the channel!

[@joshneill7695]

@@ChronoglideWatchmaking Thank you Kalle 😊 And yes, I love your channel! 😁

[@paulpadilla6913]

Hello Kalle, Thank you for the tips! (no pun intended : )) The diamond tweezers you use, you say they are SSS correct? Is that a specific brand? Also do what size would you recommend? Thank you for the idea about using the stone in the inside edge. I am going to try it. good information as always.

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

Cheers Paul! Thank you for your support.

[@jason.bressner7466]

Weller Erem®

[@Yodaman_Master]

What are the sharping stones called as due to your accent I can’t understand? Sorry but excellent videos I am thinking of tinkering but first get the tools

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

India stone it is called here in The Netherlands. Degusit works aswell. Succes Richard!

[@ardie554]

'Just like any woman.."" Hahahaaaa, you funny dude..

[@ChronoglideWatchmaking]

LOL

[@juaquimgustavo4712]

what is funny is his fellow is working hard and he talks talks,,,talks...

[@danielmcneil3004]

This site is a wealth of valuable information for all skill levels . Unfortunately I don’t think the host realizes how many times he uses the word, “ uuuh, uuuhm, uuuh”. In every sentence. Extremely annoying.

[@stevecuthbert8856]

I imagine Kalle is hunting for the proper word as English is his secondary language.

[@nicmost3044]

Well done!!!!!!!!! Just like any woman, press to hard and they'll disappear!!!!!!!! Could not have said it any better even if I tried.. Thanks for the vids, I learned a lot. RE