For anyone wanting to see the timegrapher results you can now do so on my Instagram instagram.com/p/CgPG6euMjqf/ - Cheers folks

So glad I found your channel! My new favorite of this genre.

@Saving-Time

8 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! Thanks glad you liked it.

Voi la! Bon, bon bon! Right on level, lovely. Thank you for a great view while i grade algebra papers.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. Thank you for letting me know.

Like the strap colour and the restored piece, and great use of a display turntable for the action photography.

@Saving-Time

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, very nice of you to say!

Good vid, enjoyed the commentary, Thanks! Magnifaction is good, thought Id add.

@Saving-Time

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for letting me know!

Nice work mate. Makes me feel good that we all aren’t the perfect watchmaker. I like how you leave in the issues.

@Saving-Time

9 ай бұрын

Even the world's best have the odd cockup. Not that I'm comparing myself to the world's best, but I think it's important to leave in the errors. With the advent of social media, everyone looks perfect, and everything is perfect all the time. I hate that view of things.

@Saving-Time

9 ай бұрын

@timelybehaviour5318 btw, lovely Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso you are wearing there in your profile pic.

Love the detail in those macro shots. I've seen so many people remove and lubricate the jewel at the tip of the balance wheel but to see the pivot spinning freely once the jewel was removed, makes things so much more clear to absolute beginners like me that are still trying to understand the machanics of horology before diving in. Glad I found your channel.

@Saving-Time

5 ай бұрын

Glad you got something out of it. I saw in your last comment that you were going to give this a try. Hit me up on Instagram DM if you get stuck or want some advice. Happy to help instagram.com/savingtime_yt/

What a beautiful movement. Great video

@Saving-Time

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! I actually have this one on wrist right now, awesome watch

This is excellent macro shots and continuity in editing, I’m not a watchmaker however I have consumed hundreds of hours of watchmaking content and this is professional work!

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate hearing that. Glad you liked it and there will be more to come shortly.

Great video. really enjoyed watching it. Thanks! Great to learn about a new watch and the companies history!

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the comment

Your knowledge on the History of Russian and Czech made watches. Prim is Great. Nice finish. And nice work.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thanks really I appreciate that very nice to hear.

thanks for sharing, very interesting watch you don't see often....great job.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you glad you liked it.

Very well made video!! Closeups are great and your narration is very good too.!!

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Im still pretty new to the filming so i appreciate you saying. Thank you

i'm a massive Wrist Watch Revival fan. Your video is pretty similar, so great job so far!

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

I'll take that as a compliment, i'm also a bit of a fan boy of Marshall myself

Very pleased with the channel.. quite high potential! Congrats for the efforts you have invested !

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Thank for the kind words.

Wish you made more videos! You are very good at explaining and the video quality is awesome, as a new hobby watchmaker doing this for about 8 mths, Im learning a lot from your videos

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you In the new year i'm going to try for 2 a month, glad you liked it.

Now you are spoiling us ! Skilful "Ye Olde Time" watchmaking, brilliant videography + narration AND new fangled 3D printing!!! The watch is beautiful and (IMHO) better than todays fad of oversized and bulky watches.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, and i agree. The mix of old and new tools to get a job done is no bad think IMO thanks for the kind words

Loved the framing of the shot at 21:40. The symmetry with the split between the two bridges was quite a nice touch.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.

Love it mate,

Nicely done! That was very fun to watch and I love how it came out.

@Saving-Time

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike Glad you liked it. Happy New Year to you and yours. I love your content

Excellent. Don't change your system. Display visual is just right and the commentary gives the icing. Thank you

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that thank you. Glad you liked it.

great job 😍

@Saving-Time

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Its very therapeutic watching you work, thank you for sharing..cheers.

@Saving-Time

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Your 3D printing work is awesome!! I am jealous … hi hi 😊

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Hi Peter thank you my day job is in the VFX industry I have to say the 3D printer comes in handy quite a bit.

Very good video!!, clear explanations, superb video and skills. Already subscribed and greetings from Saudi Arabia!!

@davidjames8097

Жыл бұрын

Thank you greetings from the Czech Republic.

That is a beautifully made watch

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

There are a lot of Prim watches with this Cal. 66 movement, worth picking up if you see one IMO.

Excellent job! Repairing and servicing watches is not an easy thing to do, but you do it very well and very candidly. Looking forward to seeing your future videos!! 🙌

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.

Fixing a watch is one thing but fixing, filming, editing and narrating is what i'd call a job. It must have taken you a fair while to put this together but the final result is extremely professional, Love it. 38:55 I put the movement dial side up on a case cushion, fit the case over it. With one hand gently press the crystal with your index finger while gripping the sides of the case cushion with your thumb and ring/little finger. Then carefully lift and invert the whole lot. And John Harwood invented the automatic wristwatch so at least we've got that one.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and the tip :) yes it took a while glad you liked it All the best David

Prim is a really good brand 👍

ÓTIMO SERVIÇO MUITO BOM 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 🇧🇷

I am very pleased to find out you have a crap ton more vids. I just sort of stumbled onto your channel. I have been thoroughly surprised. Your an HONEST KZreadr, HOLY SHITE! I noticed so many BS videos but wondered if it was just me, it wasn't. David's restorations are GENUINE. Anyone else who agrees with my ramblings, help me talk David into doing a patron account. I have dibs on being the 1st. Anyways, later bud! Christopher M. Boise Idaho, USA.

@Saving-Time

8 ай бұрын

Thank Christopher appreciate the words of support really means a lot!

Like the way you explain why you do things to minimize risks of damaging these delicate parts, and i see that you tried the rodico on a stick trick, hopes it saves you from some of the fooling around on the floor 😅 have a nice day 😊

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

My cats love to watch me find parts on the floor, but yes the rodico on a stick works pretty well :D Glad you liked the video.

@johnpotter4750

6 ай бұрын

Could one of these Ebay white cube photo booths be used to stop flighty watch assemblies (in 4planes) and provide your flat lighting.

Very nice!

@Saving-Time

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Nice work! Applying the “right” amount of lubrication is very tricky, and for me, it’s always either too much or doesn’t look like it touched the part at all. Roger Smith quoted George Daniels as saying (perhaps tongue in cheek), if you can see the oil, it’s too much

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Sounds about right, i'd love to own something by ether of those gentleman.

@johnpotter4750

6 ай бұрын

I watched and can imagine some diy experiments, Q. could the oiler be a small upside down mounted needle, the eye as a oil loader, the norm spade end must dump a noted amount ! Again, marvellous depth of field for a supp. lens, very good macro photography, and every couple of minutes a useful experience hint ! ( My work field is in electrical/electronic and many years on 1935 Electro/Mechanic Telemetry, which ranged in size from Oil Circuit breakers to relays & phones with some clock size movements. (33kv -1.5V & 6.5K Amps )

Hello David, You have inspired me for buying a Prim watch from the Chech republic! Again a few tips, I hope you do not take it as criticism, I just want to help a bit (as far as I can): 1. Try to unscrew the yoke-plate first for half the way (screws still in) and then release the tension of te yoke cover plate by unlocking it on the change-side (the pivot it is sliding to change function). Also helpful when assembling. 2. In prior video’s you used a coverplastic for the yoke spring. That can go bothe ways, in my experience, the plastic can also get stuck between spring and plate, with the consequence … just use a help stick or a help peace of Rodico as ‘gatekeeper’. 3. You missed the under the ratchet wheel the filling ring when disassembling the barrelbridge. It is nice to get that cleaned as well. 4. Just oil (9010] the pivot of the secondswheel first before placing it in (at the bottom and a tiny bit higher on the pivot) 5.use fixodrop (epilame) on the outer ends of the pallet stones and the teeth of te escape wheel. Do not buy the over expensive device (the bottle) to use fixodrop, the fluid itself is expensive enough. Just protect against evaporizing. It will really keep your special grease (9145) better on its place. Greetings from NL, Peter

@pemhoman1754

Жыл бұрын

I could use some help buying the ‘right’ Prim watch … Grtz, Peter

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Hello Peter the tips are awesome thank you again I am learning it's part of the reason i'm putting myself out there. Your advice is very helpful and most appreciated.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Anything with a Cal. 66 or 68 is good, with the 68 having a date function. There is an auction site here in the Czech Republic where you can find a lot of good deals on Prim watches. aukro.cz/ Unfortunately, a lot of sellers won't ship out of the country. I would be happy to help you get anything you would like to NL or recommend some specific Prims. You can email me if you would like admin@saving-time.link or DM me on Instagram.

@pemhoman1754

Жыл бұрын

Is the mentioned e-mailadres correct?

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

It should be you can also use david@saving-time.link if you like

I used to live in Nové Město nad Metují, just down the road from the Prim factory, and somewhere in a drawer I have one of these, but it hasn't worked for years. I'll have to dig it out

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

That's a very pretty place from what I've seen. Big fan of the old Prims as you can probably tell. I think pretty much all my Czech friends have a Prim sitting in a draw along with the Rybička knife they had as kids. Hell I have one on my key-ring. Good luck if you decide to fix it hope it works out for you.

@nacekozo

Жыл бұрын

@@Saving-Time Yes, it is very pretty, but a bit of a one-horse town! Re. the Prim, I think the problem was that one of the screws holding the movement in the case had come loose and had fallen into the movement itself, but I didn't have a screwdriver small enough. So I just put it away and forgot about it, and years of junk have accumulated on top of it.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Might be worth dusting off, the price on some Prim models has gone through the roof lately. The diplomat and the original sport can easily go for over 10k now. Money aside though i think there cool watches to just wear and enjoy. I've only been here for 20 years though so I did not grow up with a Prim in every house and maybe that makes them a bit more exotic for me.

I leave the incabloc balance bridge in. Although on second thought putting the pallets back in with the bridge might be a problem.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

It took KZread 7 months to show me this comment. I swear the comment system is flat out broken. Hope you are doing well sir excuse the delay bloody YT

Save time 🤩👍

Ala diplomaty jsou úžasné… Akorát myslím, že takovéhle těsnění v nich nebylo…

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Máš pravdu, netěsní dokonale, ale na tohle to stačí a říkal jsem si, že to je docela elegantní řešení za tchto podmínek. Doufám, že se video líbílo.

@playcube5725

Жыл бұрын

@@Saving-Time Ano líbilo, skvělá tvorba

I'm glad, that I found somebody on the big YT servicing our watches. I was born Czechoslovak, living in the Czech part of former Czechoslovakia. We are pretty small nation, but from my point of view, we was making good stuff. Not nowadays, but that's life. Prim watches still exist, but the price is not for everyone. Until the 90's, everybody could buy a "homemade" watches with no problem. Prim Sport 2 was my first ever watches, when i was about 15 years old. On czech sites similar to the Ebay, you can still buy some original parts and watches. Nice video sir, thank you for this! Greets from Czech republic!

@Saving-Time

Ай бұрын

Hey, sir, sorry for missing your comment. I'm a big fan of Prim, I own a Prim Sport 2, and I've done several Prim's on this channel. I will no doubt be doing my prim TV here at some point i'm sure you know it :)

I dont see any problem with the video no need to fix the quality its fine

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you appreciate the feedback.

Loved the 3d printing hack. I noticed the bolt holding down the ratchet wheel was mostly stripped (see 6.18 minute mark). Did you replace it off camera?

@ngmtk7t

Жыл бұрын

I saw that, too, but 4 months after you did (I just found the channel). He replied to me that, thanks to you spotting it, he was able to replace it off camera.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Opps sorry atomic I reply to every comment or at least I try to, somehow took your advice and forgot to say thanks. My bad seriously thanks for pointing it out and leaving a time stamp.

@atomic1783

Жыл бұрын

@@Saving-Time Just happy I was able to help.

28:38 that spring design is a game changer ... why not adopted in other movements 🤨

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Yup i do like a captive spring it's on a few other movements, the spring for the hack on the Sportivnie i did was also captive. Glad you liked the video.

Nice video! Are you from Czech? Because your English is so good :)

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, i'm English but I've lived in the Czech republic for around 18 years.

How are you going David. Can find only a couple. I have bought a prim watch and a bell watch so I'll be. Checking them out. Let me know how you are. Your accent is very close to the man on antique road show. He specializes in glass ware. Take care fellow watch man.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Hey John if you send me a pic of the Prim I can track down the Year and cal. for you if you don't already know and are interested. I have the Prim encyclopedia here and it's only available in Czech but I'll translate the info for you if you want it. - All the best

Magnification is good. I have found on mistakes that I'm on the way. I don't do it again. The click for the mainspring, I have heard master watchmaker s call it the Sputnik click. When you look at it it clicks.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes they will fly at the slightest hint of provocation!

Please please tell what type of oil are you using at the specific oiling point. It would be so much help for fellow watchmaking enthusiasts.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

I will for sure attempt to do so in later videos, Thanks for the comment.

Hi David found you again presume you have been busy. This is the same movt of my Prim. I just wanted to say that I use my fingers to 🪥 the whole movement. Have done for 30 years glassware is my holder.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

The Cal. 66 was probably the best movement prim made along with the Cal. 68 same movement with date. I normally reserve the glassware for my pint :D hope you have been keeping well.

I’d love to see your printer !

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

It's nothing fancy just an anet a8 around 150 - 200 USD on aliexpress. There are probably better cheap printers now though. You may see more of it on the channel i 3d print a few tools i use and odd bits so i'm sure it will be in another video soon.

Am watching as I type this. The ratchet wheel screw thread looked stripped.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Well spotted, you are the second person to catch this. I missed it completely during the service. Thanks to the comments I was able to replace it after the video went live. I really appreciate you letting me know.

The white UHU tack works better than rodico if you want something cheaper and more tacky

@Saving-Time

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip.

This caliber looks a lot like a LIP R23, the clic, the wheels, the anchor and anchor bridge look the same and the keyless works or basically identical. It would not surprise me because LIP often sold watchmaking machine and patent to soviet country kind of like the seagull chronograph or the soviet version of the legendary T18

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

I think they based there early watches around the Lip R 25-3 I believe they indeed brought equipment from Lip

@esteban8840

Жыл бұрын

@@Saving-Time LIP is a true icon of French watchmaking, will you work on any? I love servicing them always a pleasure

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

I will almost certainly do one in the near future I'm a Lip fan

@esteban8840

Жыл бұрын

@@Saving-Time you are talking with the biggest fan of all😉 do you have a instagram for this channel?

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

instagram.com/savingtime_yt/ is my IG i post random watch stuff :) if you post your watch stuff on IG let me know i'd be interested to take a look

Movement looks almost identical to a Bostok

Hi. I've the same watch, and I'm looking for a gasket, but nothing. It seems almost impossible to buy the right one 🤷🏼‍♂️ Please, can you make another one and send to me..? I will pay you 🙏🏼🙂

I will look into PRIM watches for sure. Buying another watch to tinker with could result in my wife puting my nuts in a pin vise.

@Saving-Time

Жыл бұрын

Small price to pay sir lol The Prims are not to expensive so at least there is that. I recommend picking up anything with a Cal. 66 or Cal.68. Good luck

@brunotulliani

Жыл бұрын

@@Saving-Time LOL! Thank-you Sir!