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Tool of the Week
***Tool of the Week: More expensive than snake oilThis week’s tool is a set of oilers. One of the most common causes for vintage watches failing is because they’re bone-dry. With so many points of...
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Putting things into perspective
***Putting things into perspectiveThis morning we talked about the size of watch components we routinely handle in our workshop.Any craftsman - a violin maker for example - would have no problem...
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Celebrating Inquisitiveness
***When it comes to watchmaker lathes and manual turning, my skills could be best described as at novice level. I am more familiar with 'large' clockmaker-size work and tool making, something you do on...
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Swiss Not Happy
***Export of Swiss Watches in DeclineSwiss watch corporations are freaking out: the latest data shows that the export of Swiss watches has declined for 11 consecutive months. The reason apparently is...
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rebelde caps
***Hey, good news - we're working on rebelde caps!These are protoytpes, just in this morning, but if you'd like one please express your interest so we can work out quantities. Email...
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New Toy
Exactly a week ago we told you about a new toy that had arrived in our office - the watch design software.We're happy to report that both Josh and Tyler already have drawn their first pieces. Josh drew...
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Watch Talk Night - coming soon
***We're very excited to extend an invitation to a very special Watch Talk Night which will be held in August, probably in the last week (date tbc). The topic of the night is 'Get Into Watchmaking With...
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Tool of the Week
***Apprentice CornerTool of the WeekCase-back openers. More of them! Seriously, we can't get enough of these things. Despite having so many different shapes and sizes, we still routinely encounter...
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Apprentice Corner
Book Review - Legendary Wristwatches: From Audemars Piguet to Zenith by Stefan MuserLegendary Wristwatches, written by watch expert and auctioneer Stefan Muser of the Auktionen Dr. Crott auction house,...
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Removing a Rolex Cyclops Date Window
Cyclops date windows have been polarising ever since they first emerged.Some people love them, some hate them. Do they really help you see the date more clearly? It's subjective. Horses for courses....
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Rare Breitling Memorabilia
***A rare piece of memorabiliaHere we have a set of 6 pack of Breitling postcards, exclusively available from Breitling themselves.Photographer: Kazuyuki TakahashiHappy collecting, Nick
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Tool of the Week - From Apprentice Corner
***Dumont 14A Watch and Clock Hands Holder and RemoverThis week’s tool is an odd one. I had no idea what it was used for when I first saw it. The locking system told me that it’s made to hold something...
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rebelde50 dial design
***Work in ProgressWe bring you today the update on rebelde50, and exciting photos of the dial being designed:Josh working hard on the new software designing the new dials for rebelde50Here is a...
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From the apprentice corner: Week In Review
***Book Review: Timepieces - Masterpieces of Chronometry, by David ChristiansonNo book review last week - I was too busy snowboarding! Anyway, straight back to it. This week I read through Timepieces...
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Announcing rebelde R
***The biggest product announcement cliché of all time has to be the one starting with "Good news! - Our new gadget is here!" And I have to admit, I've used this opening line myself more than...
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A special THANK YOU to comrade rebelde
***Once again, I was humbled by your support for the rebelde project. The entire batch of R series was snatched up in less than two hours. For those who were not quick enough: unfortunately I don’t...
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Monday Lessons
***A quick Monday afternoon exercise turned out to be more of a challenge than originally anticipated. While I was working on Valjoux 7750 I asked Tyler to quickly work out how many times the...
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Apprentice Corner
***Tool of the Week: Bregeon 30638-3Today a customer brought in a watch which needed urgent attention: an Omega Apollo MoonWatch with a broken component in the chronograph section. The watch was also...
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Tool of the Week: Moebius FIXODROP
***From Apprentice CornerToday, I’d like to share with you a short story of one Hermann Moebius. Haven’t heard of him? That’s okay – few have. But despite his relative obscurity, he’s a man whose...
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