Comments for independent watch projects

Comment on New naval timepiece from Stølås Watch Company by philip

philip — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:12:10 +0000

Good to see a “micro brand” going from strength to strength.

Comment on Kronos SBS by john silk

john silk — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:51:51 +0000

I have used one of these for scuba diving and they work very well. I have only had it down to about 40m however.They are solid but not too bulky and being cheap it doesn’t matter too much if they get a beating.

Comment on Tritium vials by llbster

llbster — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:56:29 +0000

Hi,

I also wondering if anybody can recomend a watchmaker who can fit Tritium tubes as an after market mod.
Any information appreciated.

llbster

Comment on Antimagnetism by Justin Koullapis

Justin Koullapis — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:35:42 +0000

Interesting article, and interesting point made by Image Doctor. However, as an additional observation, I should point out that a “Faraday Cage” is technically a shield against electrical fields, not magnetic fields. The magnetic shielding used in watches and other instrumentation cannot strictly be called a Faraday cage. Just a semantic point.

Comment on introducing: UhrMechanik by paul

paul — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:35:50 +0000

is there any dealers in the united states that sell this watch

Comment on Modifying the 7750 to substitute the 5100 by Jorge Robles

Jorge Robles — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:56:57 +0000

I want to say that I enjoy your blog immensely, is full of comments, projects and ideas that are very clever for the watch fan that wants to build/modify its own watches. This place is great, like the one by my late friend Chuck Maddox (RIP). The only thing that I would like to comment is about a blog article regarding the Lemania 5100 movement: This movement was not designed in 1978, but in 1970-72. I have two Omega Speedmasters one is a 176.012 and the other is a 176.016. The 176.012 was bought in 1976 new, while the other one was bought used as a parts back-up in 1991 or 1992. The year 1978 was when Orfina made its famous Porsche Design Pilot’s watch that was shown/used in the movie Top Gun of 1984. Both the 1340 and 5100 were designed approximately at the same time, but never as late as 1978 as your article indicates. The Omega Museum curator Mr. Gruchon can witness my statement, same as with Omega documents. Thanks for your time and your site, God bless you.
Best Regards,
Jorge Robles
7707 Greenwood Point Dr
Cypress, TX 77433

Comment on Selection of 21 Affordable Manufacture Watches by Chutoy

Chutoy — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:37:20 +0000

Thank you for putting this together. It is a most excellent list. Your definition of “Manufacture” is well stated. I noticed that it made no mention of Chinese watches, Sea-gull for example, and I wonder if your definition needs to be adjusted (or my reading comprehension needs to be improved) to say “any company that has an exclusive on a watch movement and issues the movement exclusively. I believe most if not all of the Chinese movements are sold as ebauches. Obviously Swatch has an exclusive on ETA movements, but currently (or is it previously) sold them as ebauches.

I’m curious if you’d care to expand upon your selection criteria and perhaps list some of the “manufacture” watches that missed the list. I believe the Eterna Madison is a solid contender. Maurice Lacroix and Vulcain both deserve some consideration, though I am unsure if either squeezes under the 5000 euro limit. As do Muhle, Damasko, and Sinn for their new offerings. Also, Is that Universal Geneve still produced? Is the Pequignet in production yet?

Lastly, I’m curious about the inclusion of exclusive modules. I wonder if that then includes Cuervo y Sobrinos’ CyS 2853 and some of Louis Erard’s supposed exclusive modules. Again, it is a great list. One that makes me think about how I’d draw my own lines in the sand.

Comment on Selection of 21 Affordable Manufacture Watches by Francis J.

Francis J. — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:46:32 +0000

Hello RSG, yes you are right: Citizen is a manufacture, simply because they develop and own all the IP of their movements. Still, they seemed to have focused on light-powered technology, only to leave their mechanical products open to third parties. Last year, the Japanese watchmaker launched their high-range The Citizen worldwide. The new label features quartz watches and mechanical watches. Citizen uses their new high-beat (28,800 A/h 4 Hz) 11 ½ lines calibre 9015, which is not really an exclusive since they make it available to third parties.

Comment on Selection of 21 Affordable Manufacture Watches by RSG

RSG — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:08:51 +0000

What about Citizen?

Comment on Deeper Technical Plunge for Blancpain by Francis J.

Francis J. — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:44:43 +0000

I forgot to mention the Aquadive Time-Depth with diving gauge, which was released in the 1970's. Here is a nice photo review on TZ-UK.