A million thanks from someone who is totally inept at any kind of mechanics for your crystal clear explanations of each part's function. Your humour, eloquence and clarity of expression combine to make your videos a total joy to watch (!).

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Thomas 😊

Made me smile to hear the children in the background. Reminds me of mine when they were small.

I love these little springs: So many hours spent on four feet on the floor searching them or searching in that parts which spring could be adapted to replace the lost one.😬

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Sounds all too familiar!😂

@jurivlk5433

Жыл бұрын

@@havana4648 I knew this one would come! It is just a literal translation of a German saying "auf allen Vieren (or vier Füssen)", more or less. Maybe " on all fours" would have been better, but I don't really know if that is English.

@jurivlk5433

Жыл бұрын

@@havana4648 I knew😁

That day date moonphase module looks like a really simple and effective solution to add to the basic movement. I hope the great minds that created this weren't lost to the watch world when the company closed. Mind you they could have set up a barber shop. Thanks for another educational and funny vid Stian.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Howard :)

Absolutely love the interruptions by "Rascals". Brings the realities of life to the videos!

I love those triple calendar watches with moon phase, thanks for saving this one.

I love how kind you are to your children and family

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, that's very nice of you :)

I find I am going back and watching many of your videos again. They are just as interesting the second time!

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Congratulations on bringing back another vintage beauty back to its glory Nice set of working instruments Great attention to details Best Wishes Always Regards from India 👌👌👍👍💐💐🇮🇳 🇮🇳

Nice of you that you didn't edit your kids out! I immensely enjoy watching you work.

Triple calendar moonphase is one of the coolest complication for me, clearly underapreciated

A beautiful watch in its day, and it still is beautiful by today's standard. "Thanks" for sharing, stay and safe.

To my eye, a rather nice looking watch. I particularly like the way they did the date complication. Another awesome video!!!

My favorite part of all your videos is when fire up the balance wheel after cleaning... so satisfying.

The dad jokes get me every time…😂

Love the smiling moon. Very nice dial with very little decay.

I like this watch. I think that you made the servicing look easier than it really is. There are a lot of interacting parts. Interesting history too. I was thinking that the hairs were arm hairs pulled in through the winding stem, I must shave my arm before I wear my watch in future.😁

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

😂

I really like the single spring for two correctors in the competitions. I think it was a very elegant conservation on materials and space. The brand has a very nice simple design.

Such a lovely looking watch and a nice piece of history. Thanks for letting it shine Stian👍

Another amazing and informative restoration and service, with a little comedy act! Love your work.

Another great video Stian, I love the history lesson and learning about lesser known marques

“Drawer Warrior”, I love that term. First time hearing it. 👍

Absolutely magnificent closeups. In watch videography, one closeup is worth a thousand long shots.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

ahh the caliber HA1R135T, more common than you would believe! another great video Stian, always enjoy both the service, and the history of the piece in your videos

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

😂 That's exactly the caliber!

This is the exact kind of watch I really would love to add to my collection. They are such beautiful watches. Great video!!

Great Restoration of a lovely vintage model which is brought back to it's age Long but nice vlog loved every passing minute Best Wishes Always 💐💐💐👍👍👍👌👌👌

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

A very enjoyable and informative video, with excellent photography. It's great to see how 'oddball' watches such as this one work as you take them apart and then re-assemble them.

Lovely job resulting in an impressive watch, it is a pleasure watching you work. Thank you.

Nice restoration . I find hairs in all kinds of places too. Can’t believe I’ve not seen your channel before. I’ve been doing this on KZread for 5 years and I thought I knew everybody! Subscribed.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub, Mike! There are new watch channels being started every day, or so it seems :) I've been following you for a long time as I'm also a Seiko enthusiast and really enjoy your videos. Good to see you're back in the saddle, how is the health scare coming along? Stian

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

@@VintageWatchServices humbled you know me and my little channel ! Health is pretty good. Better on that on Wednesday I got the all clear of cancer!! Seems removal of the prostate all the cancer was contained. Still a chance a few cells are left but I’m taking it as a big win! Makes my recovery easier knowing this. Life goes on!

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

@@MyRetroWatches That's really good to hear. I hope all goes well with no rebounds and that we can enjoy your videos for a long time to come :)

@MyRetroWatches

Жыл бұрын

@@VintageWatchServices thanks. Only way is up. Be sure to have regular health checks my friend especially prostate if you are 45+ silent killer. Think I am going to enjoy your channel!

Always a pleasure to look at your videos. Thank you

Great humor as always. Great way to spend some time relaxing..

Hello Stian, nice to see your work again =)

Awsome watch ! And thanks for the jokes on the side, has me laughing 😂😂😂😂

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

😁👍

Thank you for another highly entertaining video, which was nice to watch, as was the watch itself. Better than any TV - program, for sure !

Thanks for another video, this is indeed a good looking watch! I must say that I particularly look forward to the sound effects you use when dropping case parts into your Elma 9 to 1.

Great video. I enjoyed watching. Always learn something. Thank you

A truly beautiful piece. I shall be looking out for one of these.

Wow, I would be extremely happy to win such a beauty, What a beautiful restoration. Congratulations

That turned out so clean! Well done Sir.

Very nice Stian. Even if you said that is very straight forward to reassemble it , I have found so fascinating with all those complication to put together . This can be recap with your huge professionalism and experience in what you’r doing for living . Beautiful watch . Those are the one I like . Ciao

Love your knowledge of where they come from. Excellent

Love seeing the spotlight shine onto wonderful and seldom seen pieces such as this gem. Thank you❤

@VintageWatchServices

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

This was a fascinating video, Stian, especially how you explained the relationships between the wheels in the triple complication. The engineering ingenuity in finding the simplest ways to achieve complex functions is remarkable. It is one of the fundamental qualities of vintage watchmaking. Btw, do you deduct from your assistant's wages the price of the pilfered ice cream sandwiches?

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bullnose! You're spot on that finding the simplest solution to complex problems is the essence of good watchmaking. And yes, it's basically a zero sum game. The scarcely paid child labor I encourage is balanced by them buying stuff with their earned money that I would otherwise have given them for free 😁

I was left this watch by my grandfather when he passed and it takes pride of place in my collection. Wish I knew of someone I could trust to service and clean it.

I have had the pleasure of a lot of travel in my 72 years and find Norway the most beautiful country that I have visited!

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steven! It's a beautiful country for sure, but mostly for the nature. There are some nice small cities but Oslo for instance isn't really one of them. Switzerland is also very beautiful :)

Love this one with complications !! We can call it hairy movement !! 😂😂. As always very good job Stian ! Thanks for sharing ! ✨👌

Thanks Stian, for posting! Really like the history narrative.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Walther!

So relaxing to watch you work, thank you for doing this.

Wow beautiful restoration. Great video, I very enjoy it !

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Really interesting Stian, nice work as usual!

A good humoured all inclusive view into the your watch world , rascals and all 😁. Always look forward to the slow Mo shots of the parts into the fluid, really nice touch ...

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊

Another great video, thanks for sharing.

Beautiful watch, and as always, deserving of your fine work.

Excellent work, thank you for sharing

Another masterful video!, beautiful watch!. Well done Stian. Adrian

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Adrian :)

I enjoy watching the master at work 👍🏻

I love the concept of the monthday around the edge of the dial, and I wish more watches used this style instead of a little square window with a number in it.

@hermdude

Жыл бұрын

The brand that's still doing it in the modern times is Oris with their Big Crown lineup. Otherwise there're the watches that use the Valjoux 7751 movement. Really great stuff.

Love watching your videos!! Even more, I love the fact that you take time for little "rascals ".

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Good video man, as always. Informative, interesting and awesome to enjoy the interaction with the rascals 🤣 Hey, one moment, thought you had something special for me 🤨 😁 Keep banging these clips out 👍

Amazing work, thanks for sharing your knowledge and techniques

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

The watch is beautiful.Keep up like that.

I agree. The dial is very nice. Thanks again for a fabulous video. Best wishes as always.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Another great video beginning to end Stian.

I enjoy watching you work on the watches so much: I have started a watch collection and I am in the prosses of ordering a time gaffer along with some other watch tools...

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

That's very cool to hear, Richard :)

I enjoy your videos a lot! Thank you! I love watches from the 1920s to the end of the 1960s and this one is fantastic! OY! Those dang dial screws!!!!!

That is one really nice watch I find it very interesting how it looks kinda different from what I have seen you fix

Excellent job. Beautifull watch.

Absolutely beautiful result ! I have never heard of this manufacturer before; fleabay here I come....

Wow... what a great looking watch...and another fabulous restoration. Crazy that so much hair/debris has penetrated the watch.. But maybe as you suggested., the hands may not be original and whoever was there before, wasn't careful of leaving stuff behind. Love the piece..and your work. Kudos

@LaurentiusTriarius

Жыл бұрын

It was probably owned by a mascot or a very hairy dude like me.

Now that is a beautiful watch! Great video also

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Great looking watch, thank you again for sharing.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Ben!

simply beautiful....well done mate.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

What a beautiful old watch - deserves your excellent care - and now I have to go to eBay to see how much they are!

@followthetrawler

Жыл бұрын

quite affordable is the answer - first one I looked at was the WW2 RAF chronometer - I had never heard of Pierce before this video

Looking for missing springs sounds like fun. Not that I wouldn't know... What a nice dial, too bad it was hiding behind a privacy glass! I used to lose lots of small stones but I invested in black rubber mat tiles around my cabbing and faceting machines, stress levels dropped as soon as I installed them. 😅

I'm happy to have seen this video. I didn't feel that I could handle servicing a triple calendar moon phase movement, but now I think I can tackle one. Chronographs, not yet...

Thank you Stian for the video. Just love triple date and date pointer watches. And a moon phase on top of it. Wow what a great looking watch. And very informative and detailed video. Thank you again.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@johnvaluk1401

Жыл бұрын

Around the 38 min mark it looks as if there are straight scratch on the wheels in proximity of each other when you were adjusting them. Also I believe around the 7 min mark they weee also visible. Just a thought.

As always entertaining and educational, love your videos Stian! 😊 Har nettopp begynt høstferien og da er det deilig å slappe av med en nerdevideo, som kona kaller det. Gir inspirasjon til å starte opp igjen på et par prosjekter som har gått litt i stå. 🙏🏻🤩

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Nerdevideo stemmer nok, det! 😂

Nice work. Interesting watch

Thank you for a gorgeous video on a very beautiful watch. Just watched a video by Nekkid Watchmaker on an another totally unknown brand - Roamer Stingray?! - and am flabbergasted by the quality and looks of some of these unknown brands. Your rather old Pierce watch is just great, works well and has cool complications.

Beautiful movement.

Another great video Stian, thanks so much. I see the simple logic behind the triple date now, this gives me a little confidence to take on a Framont triple date I have here - nice watch, accurate to within seconds a day but the day and date are reluctant to move properly. This will no doubt be one of those things where afterward I will wonder what all the fuss was 😀

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Mechanical watches are entirely logical indeed, you just sometimes need to really have a deep lok before you see it. But once you do, it will be an epiphany :) Good luck with your Framont, Alan!

Great video. I had a 1940's pierce single pusher chronograph. I wish I still had it... Great watch

I like your videos and your sense of humor very much. The result is that I got fascinated with the vintage Chronographs. That much that I ended up buying a vintage Chronograph on eBay 🙃, I hope it was a good idea as I have only very limited knowledge of watches. Thank you and greetings from Berlin.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

That's cool to hear! Buying a vintage chronograph on eBay with limited knowledge of watches can be somewhat risky, but I hope it works out well for you :)

THANK YOU; I finally saw the technique to remove the Wheel that connects to the axis of the central seconds hand. Many times I damaged not only the wheel but also its axis.....!!!!!!

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@davidrobertooliverosborrer9302

Жыл бұрын

@@VintageWatchServicesThank you very much for your timely and fraternal response.

Hi and thanks for another excellent video :)

Great work as always Stian and keep well from NZ

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too, Bruce!

Hi Stian great video as usual mate, i'm enjoying the Felsa movements i got from ebay, that Pierce is a lovely watch again, i look on ebay and other places for watches with movements i haven't serviced/fixed to get better i hope, cheers for another excellent video Stian. Dave 🇬🇧

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dave! Felsa made some really nice movements back in the day 👍

What a great watch! Very interesting to see the operation of the complications. Fascinating backstory. Shame, the brand has been so debased now... but that's how business goes sometimes. Super video, thanks.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

It's sad indeed... but the vintage Pierce pieces can still be celebrated 👍

i love that watch great vidio again stian and congratulations to Frank Abate on his win well done

gorgeous!!!

Another real beauty Stian.

What a curious thing! This slogan "it is recommended by 9 out of 10 dentists" is kind of popular here in Brazil. I guess marketing strategies are kind of a universal language.

That's a really nice vintage watch. Looks like it was keeping pretty darn good time too. I wonder if that's one of the earlier watches to use that form of date display around the outside with the quarter moon looking indicator on a hand. I've seen it on some more modern high end watches certainly.

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! The crescent tip is a pretty common way of displaying the date in triple calendar watches, simply to give enough space for the weekday and month. And it looks very cool on watches without the triple calendar also :)

You work on some really pretty timepieces...

Still amazing how such small precision parts were made so long ago and how many places were able to do it ! 😮👍🏻

Beautiful dial

Thanks for another great video

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Your videos are so relaxing to watch! I hope your son gets some good futbol cards!

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Erik :)

Thanks for the great content! I was just looking for a video where you reduced the size of the barrel bridge hole and couldn't find it...so perfect timing that it was in this video also. Do you have any guidelines for how much sideshake is too much for the barrel arbor? I have an amplitude problem and think that this might be the culprit, but before I get out Thor's hammer and ruin the whole thing I am trying to get a sense of how to tell when you need to do this. Thanks again for the great content! I couldn't find the other video because I've watched most all of them and can't remember what I learned where. Great work!

@VintageWatchServices

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It's difficult to give an exact measure of how much play is fine, but if you can visibly move the barrel arbor back and forth or if there's is significant wear under the ratchet wheel, you should try to fix it. It's not a difficult thing to do, but you do need a staking set and smoothing broaches.

watch previously worn by an orangatang very good zoom photography, even i can see your work!... keep up the good work i enjoy watching 👍🏻