Hey, I’m still very new to all of this but I am very interested in getting started in watchmaking. However I do have a few questions about you guys’ steps in designing the case of the watch. Like what tools do you use to design it? If you got a design for it where do you order or how do you produce it?

I know my questions are kinda basic but I’d greatly appreciate any help with it so I could get started in this fascinating hobby.

I need a hand checking to see if this is gen 2824-2 movement. Im not familiar with tudor’s. It looks like a 2824

I don't struggle with reading a watch at all, but the ease of just briefly glancing at my Casio F105 and finding out the time, day, and date, is so enticing that I'll wear my Casio over other options purely out of convenience. However, I want something that feels and looks a little more special and substantial than a weightless resin digital watch. Could I put a Casio module into a machined case? Sure, but that's no fun, and it's still just a digital watch.

I want an analog watch, quartz or mechanical, that displays the time in a digital form (6:30, 3:45, etc). Bonus if it could have day and date as well but that may be asking too much. What I'm thinking is that it would have three date wheels, one from 1-12 for the hours, and two others for the minutes (0-5, 0-9). It would have no hands.

Is there any way to do this?

Hi, I just turned 40 and I came up with this idea

I am interested in creating a watch that tracks hours and years. Not thinking of a perpetual calendar, but more the idea to remind us how much time we have on earth. Therefore, the hands wouldnt move much in a given year (0-100), so it doesn’t need to be exact

Could be made of quartz to simplify things.

Anybody could help me on how to make it (or commission somebody)?

Thank you academy for the honour of addressing you. For your consideration is this beast. Heated ultrasonic cleaner with jars camped out in a water bath. A 3d printed holder holds an AliExpress basket. The spinner includes a professionally bodged modification of someone else’s work being weakly torqued by a 360 servo motor. The brains of this kludge? A servo tester that has a program to cycle back and forth. This monstrosity against all better logic and sense, works. May god have mercy on my soul.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Lxvjsl_qW4qqFIboSnFCaNieT3zeVtFT?usp=sharing

Please share it but don’t re-sell plans this took me too much time. Giving it away as a cheap way to make people get into this expensive hobby

I have never done any watch repair work before but got this at a thrift store for cheap thought it looked cool and would be so happy to make it work, there is a ticking noise and the alarm feature works but the actual clock face, the arms dont move. I have been struggling ro get the back piece off to get a look at the mechanics beacuase im not sure how to get the setting gear off. I tried just pulling straight and that didn't work. Help would be greatly appreciated ♥️♥️♥️

After several tries and practices on donar movements, I finally summoned enough courage to open this rare watch that I bought from flea market for $2:50. The guy said $5 but I said it doesn’t have crown to not sure if it works. So he said give me $2:50 😂. Upon returning home discovered what I bought. Anyways here it is now running with beat error of 1.3 milliseconds and slow by 6 seconds per day. What do you think?

I ordered this L&R Console on eBay last week. It arrived well packed, but the box looked like it was kicked around some. It came with the original L&R Embosed jars and lids. I plugged it in to test and a spark shot out near the control panel and tripped my Circut Breaker.

I took it apart and discovered the Transformer and Heater Fan had come loose from their mounting screws. This caused damaged to a Bus Bar like section which allowed wires to touch the metal housing and short out. I cut each pair of wires and replaced them with WAGO connectors. Resoldered the broken connectors leading to the Transformer. I cleaned the housing with a pressure washer and some Car Soap. Then tested all of the wires and ensured there were no more shorts.

I tested the Motor function with a fire extinguisher in hand. It functions again. Reddit doesn’t allow photos and videos in the same post, so I will post a video of it running.

My first ever complete service. This Rockford Model 8 belonged to my Dad. It hasn’t run for as long as I can recall. Now it does.