Challenging Maintenance of a Skeletonized Watch
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I maintain this to the maximum skeletonized ETA Unitas 6497 movement. The bridges are extreme skeletonized that they can easily break or at least bent. I have to be very carful. A very beautifully decorated movement. Lets do it!
Hope you enjoy the video 😊
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Opening the caseback
01:15 Removing the movement holders
01:40 Removing the case
02:00 Removing the hands
03:00 Disassembling the movement
06:30 Movement disassembled
06:50 Cleaning all movement parts
07:28 Assembling the movement
16:26 Assemblingthe balance
17:20 Testing
17:28 Cleaning the case
18:45 Putting the hands back in place
20:06 Dust removal
21:06 Case & Movement
22:02 Putting the caseback back in place
22:43 Putting the strap back
23:18 Testing on Time Machine
23:35 Show off
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Пікірлер: 39
My thoughts on some of your questions: 1. Washer for hands: Maybe since they are blued hands to avoid them rubbing against each other and removing the blue color (the washer is a softer metal) 2. The foil under the balance cock/bridge was probably done to ensure that the balance is at the correct depth to ensure the right amount of endshake (in olden days they used to make dogs/pigs ears to raise the metal slightly). Since the base plate was made uneven with the ornamentation, it could also be there to ensure that the bridge sits evenly on the base. I'll add if I see more questions, since I'm still in the beginning of the video. Great stuff as always! Keep it up!
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
I pinned your comment. Thank your for explanation
Wow. Extremely fragile. I would be afraid to work on that one. Beautiful job! 😊
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Thank you ☺️ Cheers
I was really surprised to see a Watch like this I’ve never seen it before. It’s very beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 👍
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching. Cheers
Absolutely perfect, not a complicated movement, but it’s artistically beautiful ! Thanks for sharing ! ✨👌
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching ☺️
What a unique movement, and you're right, hard to work on since it's so skeletonized. But great work and thank you for the video. 💪🏻
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for kind words and watching ☺️
the dornbleuth is gorgeous ❤❤❤
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Thank you ☺️
Which watch is this? I love the star shapes of the skeletonized bridges. I’ve never seen one quite like it before. Great job of servicing also, keep up the great content.
@MagicWatchmaking
22 күн бұрын
No name watch. I made this watch long years ago. The movement I find once on eBay. For more content stay tuned. Thank you so much for watching. Have a nice day
I'm simply flabbergasted
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
It was difficult to deal with this movement. No martial left to work with. Thank you so much for watching ☺️
Can you tell me the brand name of this watch? I’m not a skeleton fan, but this is more like “art” to me. It’s absolutely beautiful 👏
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
The movement is Unitas and random case but very beautiful one. It’s truly art 🤩 Thank you so much for watching. Have a wonderful day!
@MrCrystalcranium
2 ай бұрын
I think it’s Chinese garbage. The cheap shim…the painted “blued” screws (no bluing in the slots…not heat blued)…this is a very inexpensive Unitas clone laser engraved and crudely milled by one of the lower quality legit Chinese movement manufacturers or worse.
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
@MrCrystalcranium I think not Chinese. If you look closely you find irregular cutting on the bridges. The movement is 100% Swiss and not Chinese one. The screws are chemically treated that's sure. Not the best work but decent enough. Thank you for sharing
@Wordplay7891
Ай бұрын
@@MagicWatchmakingA 100% percent swiss made watch would have a “swiss made” marking on some part of the watch, and there are non here. This is 100% made in China
why don't you release the power from the mainspring, why risk chipping/damaging the pallet fork jewels?
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
The mainspring was already released. It's just rest power 🫣 Thank you for watching
What timing machine is this?
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Witschi Watch Expert G4
What watch company is this watch from now my wife wants one?
@MagicWatchmaking
Ай бұрын
No name. This movement I find ones on eBay and years later I managed to get a case which fits the movement perfectly.
What's the module number?
@MagicWatchmaking
2 күн бұрын
Unitas 6497-1
@sureshbhide1443
2 күн бұрын
@@MagicWatchmaking Thanks for the prompt response.
Iam watch maker in india
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching ☺️
No audio???
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
All my videos are ASMR to let all my viewers enjoy the craftsmanship. For comments, turn them on. Thank you so much for watching ☺️
Frankly, were it smaller, I'd go for something like that.
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
The Unitas movement’s are a bit bigger than usual wrist watch movements. Thank you for watching ☺️
Hello my friend prefect please seiko and citizen chronograph service thank you
love your restorations but gotta be honest the audio is terrible! Its very choppy.
@MagicWatchmaking
2 ай бұрын
Some viewers reported choppy audio. Obviously it happened with few devices… sorry about that. Thank you for watching ☺️