What Did you Buy Recently, Watch Related But Not A Watch?

Some "light" summer reading.

WOW! please make and post some videos of it working.

I've wanted one of these for quite a while:


A Micro Welding Torch. Comes with six nozzles for Oxy/Propane and another six for Oxy/Acetylene. Beco-Technic in Germany.

R is for Rolex baby book. For my two boys.

my eldest boy wanted the Water resistant G shock, the Hublot and the Richard Mille.

my youngest boy liked everything.

A red Corvette, to go with my Speedmaster, 😀

A custom watchmaker desk, so is the correct size.

Mine will be here tomorrow, among others.

Another 200 dollar book about watches, is on my list. Got the Daniels one coming, a bit cheaper.

Wow is beautiful to look at

After an incredible amount of screwing around (mostly on their part), I received my delivery of some coveted watchmaker's tools. I placed the order sometime in the middle of June along with a credit card number on their order page. First it was an item was on back order. Then they said that it was supplied. Then silence. Finally, there was a mixup in payment and I settled that with them. Finally the order shipped last Monday and it's flight across the world was f*ing incredible:



I'm sure there's gotta be a time warp in there somewhere.

So......

Presenting my new VOH Hand Levers:


OMG, things of beauty! I haven't had a chance to use them yet, but I will take them to either an old stopwatch or a Benrus Competition three hander that I want to get some practice on.

I chose these levers because of a few discussions on the WUS Watchmaking forum. Al (@Archer) recommended these as the best he had used. Again, I haven't tried them (or used anything but a Bergeon Presto) but they have the best fit and finish of any hand levers I've seen, particularly that there's nothing sticking out the bottom to damage the dial (speaking at you Horotec).

As you will find with VOH, they are not on the south side of the price range. I paid about 57 euros for each pair. They have a wide range of watchmaking tools and accessories, just go to http://voh.ch and click on the "Catalog" button on their banner. Interesting read, many tools for movement manufacturers (torque screwdriver calibration, for instance) but they also have a bunch of hand held tools. I'm particularly interested in their screwdriver range, but at over 400 euros, they may take a bit more convincing to free up the funds.

The supplier I worked with had a minimum of 250 euros, and from all the back and forth, they earned the right. Anyway, to fill the minimum, I bought a Mikroschweißbrenner which is a Micro-Torch, capable of running on either Propane or Acetylene and Oxygen. I've always wanted something to heat/solder/weld little tiny things and this is just the item:


Here are the tips, 18 AWG thru 28 AWG:


I haven't been able to try them out as I need some adapters (and probably flashback preventors as they recommend) to hook them to my Oxy-Acetylene rig.

Added some reading material, I got a couple more coming ok 3-4 plus the 30mm signed book. Everything was cool except the shipping peep at amazon, that put my watch repairers manual with a can and folded(damaged) the cover.

Custom double wrap blue ostrich strap to give a bit more presence to this ladies Zodiac Olympos

2x laspirotechnique vintage depth guages