How To Straighten a Curved Watch Hand, Check Alignment?! | The Watch Doctor, Uncut #1 | Watch Repair

How you can straighten a curved watch hand and check the alignment of the watch hands? In this video I will show you an easy way to do this!

If your watch is not moving then there is maybe a problem with the watch hand alignment? After a heavy fall or impact of your timepiece, the hands may have shifted: The second hand can touch the glass, or the hour hand can touch the dial, or the minute hand can touch the hour hand, you see many options are possible!

Welcome to the first video of our new video series: 'The Watch Doctor @ The Bench Uncut'!

In this new video series I will show you my daily work @ the bench. I will also do my best to tell something about the watch in question and off course with the necessary 4K macro images as you are used to ;-).

Then I will try to gradually tell the repair 'live' what I'm doing and were you have to pay attention. This seems like a nice way to get a better insight into my work, and to get to know me better as Dimitri, the watchmaker.

I also occasionally make a mistake, and you will undoubtedly find that in this video series :-). If that sounds interesting, let me know in the comments section and give this video a big thumbs up ;-)

Thank you and enjoy the video! ;-)

Timecodes
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Problem with hands, touching each other on a Rodania Titanium LM23835 watch
02:20 - Take the movement out of the watch case
05:38 - Remove the hands
08:23 - Straightening the watch hands
14:54 - Checking the alignment of the hands
16:20 - Tip and own opinion related to titanium watches
16:56 - Checking the alignment of the hands when installed
17:50 - Outro & Do you like this sort of video or not?

If you want to support my channel, please use the links down below to buy your watchmakers tools & equipment, consumables, etc. Thank you :-)

In this video:
Watch Hand Remover Tool: https://amzn.to/3zNSHAM

Consumables:
Cleaning Rodico, Bergeon 6033: https://amzn.to/2UzAUL4
Finger Cots Anti Static Medium: https://amzn.to/2K8Yzjt

Equipment:
Soft Anti-Skid Bench Mat, Bergeon 7808-V: https://amzn.to/35GPFCo
Soft Gel Casing Cushion 75 mm, Bergeon 5395-75: https://amzn.to/2IN2q5x
Movement Dust Cover Storage Box: https://amzn.to/35EAZU4

Tools:
Red Cleaning Stick, Bergeon 6436: https://amzn.to/35CJnn8
Spring Bar Removal Tool, Bergeon 3153: https://amzn.to/3kIVS4G
High Precision Oiler, Bergeon 7013-R: https://amzn.to/35InC5w
Anti-Magnetic Tweezer, Dumont N°1: https://amzn.to/3fc52G4
Large Extensible Movement Holder, Bergeon 4040-P: https://amzn.to/3pCgoHX
9 Ergonomic Screwdrivers with spare blades, Bergeon 6899-S09: https://amzn.to/2HbAXJW

My Professional filming gear:

Camera:
Canon EOS77D Body: https://amzn.to/3pyv3UJ
Canon EFS 18-55mm Wide Angle Lens: https://amzn.to/3nsZ3PQ
Canon Macro Lens 100mm: https://amzn.to/38TlIAM

Lighting:
Falcon Eyes SO-28TD: https://amzn.to/2KkxqKD
Desk Lamp Arba: https://amzn.to/3nAdT7q

Microphone:
Audio-Technica AT2020USB+: https://amzn.to/38NGMZA

Tripod:
Manfrotto MT190Xpr04: https://amzn.to/2Ha1gQG

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