Impulse to horde parts (let us see the watch parts in your drawer(s))

ELV web · May 29, 2020

I think members of this forum must have had past experience where they came across Watch parts and thought to themselves I better have them. Perhaps it was FOMO, perhaps it was just pure impulse of the moment. I have got plenty of those experiences and here are some of the more notable stuffs in the drawer (I went through mine yesterday to look up bezels to post for another member who is looking to get one)

GF bracelet for UG with the UW endlinks

GF bracelet for UG with UZ endlinks

A pair of GF zenith ladder bracelets with ZF and ZB endlinks

UG Nina and Evil Nina mk2 subhands and Space compax rubber pushers

UG bezels

Have a great Friday searching the drawer!

w154 · May 29, 2020

Drawer as in singular.... you’ve no idea 😁

ELV web · May 29, 2020

w154
Drawer as in singular.... you’ve no idea 😁

Okay edited.

Canuck · May 29, 2020

Hoarding? I am a second generation watchmaker, having been involved in the craft for over half a century. My late father before me was a watchmaker for 56 years. When he passed away, I added his accumulation to my accumulation, so now about half my shop is parts, project watches, donors, discarded projects, etc. My heirs are in for a real challenge. What to do with all that stuff. I recently needed an obsolete rotor post for a Bulova gent’s automatic. My supplier couldn’t supply one. I went to my stash and found a donor with a good rotor post which I used. Sometime later, I was going through my Bulova parts, and found I had THREE of these rotor posts, NOS, still in the factory package! I’m more of an accumulator than a hoarder.

ELV web · May 29, 2020

Canuck
Hoarding? I am a second generation watchmaker, having been involved in the craft for over half a century. My late father before me was a watchmaker for 56 years. When he passed away, I added his accumulation to my accumulation, so now about half my shop is parts, project watches, donors, discarded projects, etc. My heirs are in for a real challenge. What to do with all that stuff. I recently needed an obsolete rotor post for a Bulova gent’s automatic. My supplier couldn’t supply one. I went to my stash and found a donor with a good rotor post which I used. Sometime later, I was going through my Bulova parts, and found I had THREE of these rotor posts, NOS, still in the factory package! I’m more of an accumulator than a hoarder.

Pictures!

Als 27 · May 29, 2020

@Canuck
So so true,
experience, & a wealth of knowledge tells you these items become rare & hard to find.
your.very very wise man.... 😀 a skilled watchmaker & craftsman 👍
you never know just what could be needed & put to use at a later date

eduk · May 29, 2020

It’s NSA bracelets and Tropic straps for me

DaveK · May 29, 2020

From this bus ad, help is available... 😉

Canuck · May 29, 2020

ELV web
Pictures!

Shelf after shelf, drawer after drawer, cabinet after cabinet of stuff in my stash, not including 17 cabinets in my garage containing about 30,000 NOS fancy and round antique glass watch crystals. Sorry! No pictures!