Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary. Bespoke Watch from Old Parts and Sleepless Nights.

This vintage restoration took everything but the kitchen sink. CNC, 3D printing, silver plating, and so much more. We end up having to make a custom dial from a sheet of brass, along with the watch indices.

This one is going to be interesting.The hardest watch restoration I've undertaken so far took me over 2 months to bring it all together, so I hope you like seeing the transformation from broken to a unique piece.

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People that I like, that you might like! Non sponsored

Eric from the dutch Rolex forums
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Alec from Gentleman's Watch Services
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Chris from CLM Watchmaking
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Lindsay Stämpfli - Cadrans ~ Vintage ~ Dials
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Nick from Koltsov Workshop — vintage watches, serviced, original
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Yesterday Watches
  / yesterday_watches  



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Oil used
Light oil (escape wheel/third wheel/fourth wheel/balance pivots): Moebius 9010
Heavy oil (centre wheel/barrel arbor/barrel/motion work): Moebius HP 1300 or Moebius D5
Pallet oil: Moebius 941/2 and Moebius 9415 pallet grease (for fast beating watches over 19,800bph)
Mainspring: Moebius 8200 grease
Keyless work and upper crown wheel: Moebius 8301 grease

Cleaning agents
Elma - WF Pro Watch Cleaning
Elma Suprol Pro

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00:00 Introduction
00:47 Dial Parts
01:02 Disassembly and cleaning the watch
02:17 Winding the Mainspring
05:10 Reassembling and Oiling the watch
19:36 Designing the dial
21:13 3D Printing the dial template
23:12 Finishing up the dial design
24:51 CNC and cutting the brass sheet
29:31 Cleaning and bevelling the dial parts
33:24 Surface finishing the dial
34:35 Electrochemical cleaning and silver plating the dial
36:57 Dial feet
39:47 Fitting the indices
42:58 Crafting the Watch Strap
01:00:25 Tick Tock: Does the Watch Run?