Anyone into horology?

[mattius]

I recently started getting into horology.

I'm very basic at the moment buying movements and bits and assembling them all together with a lot of swearing and shouting, mainly due to my failing eye sight and the tiny components.

But I've now built a fair few watches of various calibres.

This is my latest pilots watch

Edited November 4 by mattius

[RogerH]

According to my computer it is not 08.18 and you watch says 10.45 - doh

 

Very nice

 

Roger

[Nick Jones]

Nice . Assembling MS ECUs is about my limit though when it comes to small and fiddly….

[Hamish]

Not sure I have the eyesight for this but love watches etc ever since meeting George Daniels at a vintage race meeting on the Isle of Man. Turns out he was a great mate of my dads. 
 

oh and I don’t think I have a small enough adjustable spanner or hammer to work on them. 

[mattius]

I had to buy a microscope lol

[Nick Jones]

That sorts the vision side….. what about my monkey paws….?

[mattius]

Monkey paws are definitely a challenge, I get the Mrs to help sometimes, the steady hand of a nurse is much better than my hamfisted attempts.

Finally got this one working to a standard Im happy with

Skeleton titanium watch.

After a wee bit of tweaking it yeilds surprising results of accuracy. +1sec a day, that's nuts for a Japanese movement.

[mattius]

Not one of my own builds, but a new toy and  thought you guys would appreciate this.

A Damascus steel divers watch, the metallurgy is amazing.

[RogerH]

That is very nice. Hmmmmmm

 

Roger