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Finally…

Ok, so not so long ago, there was a breach of security, a virus was uploaded to the server, and I lost the whole website. A bit of a day wrecker. Anyway, never mind, I’ll go get the backup drive, nope, that had died too.

So, up until now all of the posts were lost, that was, until now. I bought a box full of bits and bobs, and in with it all was a hard drive of the same model of my dead one.

A few chip swops later and I have a mostly working backup drive. It has massive corruption, (probably due to the original failure) but I have been successful in reconstructing lots of the lost entries from the past. So, from time to time more and more older posts will appear here when I have reconstructed them. Yay.

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On the bench today is… A Longines Quartz watch.

Just another quick post today, a strip, clean (in the cleaning machine), rebuild and re-oil of this Longines Swiss quartz watch with an old ETA movement, plus a new battery and then a timing setup.

Above – before the calibration. One second fast a day.

Above – after the calibration. Spot on.

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On the bench today is… A Black 746 Telephone.

There’s been quite a demand for black telephones of late. I’m not sure quite why, but I’ve got to go with the flow and repair and polish up some more.

Above – The usual condition they turn up in. After a full clean, polish and replacement of the broken parts, such as leads, dial mechanism parts, and then fitting a concussion diode and a REN dropper resistor, all is well again.

Above – Final touches like fitting a newer type microphone for better speech and a centre number card finish off the refurbishment.

We have lots of lovely telephones in stock, including trimphones and novelty telephones, so just give us a call, to see if we have what you need.

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On the bench today is… A Geneva Swiss quartz watch

Just a quick post today, a basic strip, clean in the cleaning machine, rebuild and re-oil of this Geneva Swiss quartz watch, plus a new battery and then a timing setup.

Above – before the calibration. Nearly two seconds fast a day.

Above – after the calibration. Lovely, can’t get better than that.

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On the bench today… Old Rolex Oyster

This one came in for a half service and a clean up.

Sadly my camera decided to lose all of the pictures of the strip down, clean and rebuild. Which is a shame.

This watch is quite badly worn, as it had not been serviced in the thirty years since it’s purchase, so even after everything, it still only runs unevenly, which is a shame, but when I say unevenly, I’m talking about a fraction on a second every minute, as you can see from the timegrapher above. Overall, the gain or loss is zero seconds a day, which was all the customer wanted anyway.

Yes, the beat error is out, I can see that. 🙂 However the Rolex tool to adjust that out, is ridiculously expensive and the customer wanted it done for next to nothing.

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I’m Back!

Hello again, and welcome back to the website.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the website got infected, and all things went a bit pear shaped.

So obviously, more content will be popped up here when it can be, in the meantime, Visit the little shop at-

27 New Street on the Barbican in Plymouth,

or you can get hold of me by e-mailing the web address.

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On the bench today… Sony ES Hifi service.

In for a general service is a stack of Sony ES hi-fi separates. Very high-end quality equipment this.

Sony CDP-X55ES. Only the best of the best gets the ES logo.

Sony MDS-JA20ES. Well laid out structured/isolated sections. On a heavy chassis.

Sony TC-K950ES. Mu metal and copper clad sections in the Sony tape deck.

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Marlin Casio W-400

Finally, after damaging my original Marlin Casio W-400 watch whilst diving in a swimming pool, back in the 80s, I have now rebuilt this replacement out of brand-new old stock parts.

I don’t feel so guilty now somehow. If you want beautiful vintage rebuilt items, Try my little shop. Plug plug 27 New Street, Barbican, Plymouth.