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Help! I Killed My Speedy!
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·Say....certainly NASA included a drop test on their qualifications, eh?
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·Say....certainly NASA included a drop test on their qualifications, eh?
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perenowell
·I hope it’s gonna be a small problem.
i have a 145022-68 which defied gravity a little too much (and gravity always wins). The mouvement didn’t have any major problems that a classic service couldn’t fix, but the case was good to be trashed. So i’m sure it’s gonna be ok for you! These speedies are resistant!
i have a 145022-68 which defied gravity a little too much (and gravity always wins). The mouvement didn’t have any major problems that a classic service couldn’t fix, but the case was good to be trashed. So i’m sure it’s gonna be ok for you! These speedies are resistant!
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May I ask where you got that dating info? I used the “I love my Speedmaster” site. Is there another, better source? Thanks
so call it an educated guess, if you like - but yours has to be later than mine
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·Update: it's on the bench. The movement is dirty and dry so it wanted a service anyway. There is an issue with the lower balance staff jewel bearing; apparently an easy job. Not quite so easy is the dial: it has no feet and was glued on. In all all fairness the seller warned me that it had come into his possession sans feet and his watchmaker had "fixed" it but it was someone he doesn't use any more after a couple of botches and bodges. Therefore he, the seller, couldn't vouch for how well (or badly) it had been done. 10/10 for full disclosure. (He was very open and honest about the condition of the watch.)
Anyway, my watchmaker is thinking of using double sided tape to secure it but is concerned about the clearance of one of the chrono sub-register hands (the hour one, I think). So ideally I want a 145.022 861 Tritium dial. But hopefully the temporary and somewhat suboptimal solution will hold it well enough until one turns up. Any idea how easy it will be to find one? And what I'd be likely to pay? I'd prefer "vanilla" to "mint" on the lume. If it's too much money I'll just live with the tape; at least I'll know it there and there's more no nasty surprises down the line.
Just wondering what @Archer would recommend?
Thanks again for all your kind and helpful words.
All the best for 2022!
Anyway, my watchmaker is thinking of using double sided tape to secure it but is concerned about the clearance of one of the chrono sub-register hands (the hour one, I think). So ideally I want a 145.022 861 Tritium dial. But hopefully the temporary and somewhat suboptimal solution will hold it well enough until one turns up. Any idea how easy it will be to find one? And what I'd be likely to pay? I'd prefer "vanilla" to "mint" on the lume. If it's too much money I'll just live with the tape; at least I'll know it there and there's more no nasty surprises down the line.
Just wondering what @Archer would recommend?
Thanks again for all your kind and helpful words.
All the best for 2022!
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·Update: it's on the bench. The movement is dirty and dry so it wanted a service anyway. There is an issue with the lower balance staff jewel bearing; apparently an easy job. Not quite so easy is the dial: it has no feet and was glued on. In all all fairness the seller warned me that it had come into his possession sans feet and his watchmaker had "fixed" it but it was someone he doesn't use any more after a couple of botches and bodges. Therefore he, the seller, couldn't vouch for how well (or badly) it had been done. 10/10 for full disclosure. (He was very open and honest about the condition of the watch.)
Anyway, my watchmaker is thinking of using double sided tape to secure it but is concerned about the clearance of one of the chrono sub-register hands (the hour one, I think). So ideally I want a 145.022 861 Tritium dial. But hopefully the temporary and somewhat suboptimal solution will hold it well enough until one turns up. Any idea how easy it will be to find one? And what I'd be likely to pay? I'd prefer "vanilla" to "mint" on the lume. If it's too much money I'll just live with the tape; at least I'll know it there and there's more no nasty surprises down the line.
Just wondering what @Archer would recommend?
Thanks again for all your kind and helpful words.
All the best for 2022!
https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/dial-dots-910.041.html
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perenowell
·I don't know where you are but i saw here in Switzerland one nice and clean dial to sell recently. I guess it was around 800$...
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·Surprised your watchmaker doesn’t have a baggie of these
https://www.jewelerssupplies.com/dial-dots-910.041.html
I think that's what he has in mind; he called them sticky pads iirc
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JwRosenthal
·I think that's what he has in mind; he called them sticky pads iirc
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·I found a step dial (is that the right term?) from (I think) 1970. Anyway it’s off a cal. 861 so it should fit. Makes the watch something of a bitsa or franken but should look good once it’s been fitted. It cost me £5 so nothing lost. The postage to my watchmaker was more.
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·And she's back!
Looking pretty good, I think. Yes, I know that's an early '70s step dial on an early '80s watch but they're both 145.002 and it was all I could get.
Thanks again for your kind and encouraging words!
Looking pretty good, I think. Yes, I know that's an early '70s step dial on an early '80s watch but they're both 145.002 and it was all I could get.
Thanks again for your kind and encouraging words!
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S.H.
·And she's back!
Looking pretty good, I think. Yes, I know that's an early '70s step dial on an early '80s watch but they're both 145.002 and it was all I could get.
Thanks again for your kind and encouraging words!
But go put this loose dial alone in a small container in a dry place without putting your fingers on it, please 😉
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·And she's back!
Looking pretty good, I think. Yes, I know that's an early '70s step dial on an early '80s watch but they're both 145.002 and it was all I could get.
Thanks again for your kind and encouraging words!
I would say the step dial is a significant upgrade even if it does fall into the bitsa catagory. But with the original along for the ride if you ever do sell it, that won’t be an issue.
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Claven2
·new feed can be laser welded back on if done carefully. I've seen a few repaired this way, but not many people will do the work.
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·Many sympathies - I managed to basically destroy my great-grandfather's Waltham pocket watch by dropping it so I know how you feel. Good luck with repairs and servicing - the place/people recommendations given are good.
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·Many sympathies - I managed to basically destroy my great-grandfather's Waltham pocket watch by dropping it so I know how you feel. Good luck with repairs and servicing - the place/people recommendations given are good.
Oh I so sorry to hear that. This watch has no sentimental value but I have things that do and thought I’d lost one the other day. I was distraught. It eventually turned up in an unexpected place and I’ve resolved to take better care of it.
some things are worth more than market value or even money itself
