Restoration of a WW2 vintage Tissot watch - Manual work - Radioactive ASMR - caliber 27-3
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In this video I make a restoration of a WW2 vintage watch from Tissot, its an antimagnetique mechanical watch from the beginning of 1940 with a caliber 27-3 movement. In this restoration I do a manual cleaning and polishing, everything is manually done. This watch movement has 15 jewels and with shock protection. It’s a manual hand wind movement (you wind it via the crown to give it power). This watch is non-magnetic (Antimagnetique) which can withstand electromagnetism, electromagnetism can easily make a watch useless. Tissot made the first Antimagnetique watches during the 1930s, you can read more via link down below.
During the restoration when opening the Tissot watch I wear a breathing mask because these old watches had often Radium on the dial and hands for the lume. Radium is still Radioactive because the most stable isotope of Radium has a half life of 1600 years (isotope of radium is 226Ra with a half-life of 1600 years [Wikipedia]). I couldn’t see any lume glow on this watch so maybe this didn’t have Radium but I cant be sure.
This vintage watch works but is full of dirt, so I don’t think it works very well and it’s hard to wind the watch via the crown. Through this restoration I saw that the jewels might be a bit to worn, the oil just sank through the jewels to fast but still I think the condition of the watch is much better now.
After the restoration the Tissot watch works fine, I noticed it’s maybe 30 seconds to slow over 12 hours, fairly good for a vintage watch but I will adjust it and wore it more to check the time.
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In this video:
-Disassembly of the watch and check for problems
-Inspection of all parts if they are worn or broken via the microscope. The stem and the keyless works has some rust on them, I sanded the stem to try to remove some rust but it's deeper in the metall. I didn't sand the keyless parts.
-Manual cleaning, I do this with Rodico (Bergeon), some toothpicks, peg wood. Then let all parts be in bensin and later a double bath of IPA (Isopropyl alcohol). After the IPA batch I blow all parts with air until they are totally dry. The pallet fork and balance wheel (with its spring etc) can’t be in IPA for too long (a few seconds).
-Manual polishing with 2000 grit paper so you don't cut any angles of the steel of the watch. Then cloth polishing to just lay down those high spikes in the metall so the surface will be more shiny.
-Change glas of the watch to a new plexi glas without a steel ring.
-Inspection if all parts are clean via the microscope
-Assembly and oiling all relevant parts
If you like the video, I’m very happy if you subscribe (maybe put a comment?) to my channel and hit the like, more videos will come! Take care and thank you for this time!
This is not a tutorial video, Im just a hobbyist and might do things incorrectly.
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Music:
"Art of Silence - by Uniq" is under a Creative Commons license (Creative Commons - International Recognition 4.0 - CC BY 4.0)
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Link to Tissots Antimagnetique watch history:
www.tissotwatches.com/en-en/h...
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Excellent KZreadr! I usually don't like just watching, without any explanations--but you did a wonderful job of explaining in text and here, so I really appreciate your work! no useless and unnecessary blab blab. well done my friend.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Very kind words Gerard, thank you! Great that the video was worth watching and thank you for commenting, see you later, have a nice day!
Beautiful, simply stunning old watch!
Наблюдать за работой часовщика,настоящее удовольствие.Это похоже на волшебство,нет,это и есть волшебство,поразительно прекрасная работа,мастер,настоящий профессор.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Это было очень мило с вашей стороны, большое спасибо за то, что вам понравилось мое видео и вы написали такой приятный комментарий. Я очень ценю это, хорошего вам дня!
That is a very stylish watch. Good to see it back in working order.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Reg, yes it turned out very nice :) Glad you liked the video.
I love the quiet patient explanatory low-sound low-drama way you do this. It really helps focus on the watches and technique.
This watch is very lucky to have you working on it. It deserves a second chance at life.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated Timothy, thank you very much, I agree :)
When I saw what it looked like after the restoration, I had the feeling that I had traveled back in time! This watch is a capsule of time ... of the past.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
That's very true Ovidiu, thank you for sharing your thoughts :)
What a fascinating peek into the world of watch restoration. What impressed me was the vivid detail of the close ups so I could see exactly what you were doing. I also liked your editing. It helped me easily understand the flow of what you were doing.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Very kind words of you Smart Hobbies, means alot, thank you. Glad you liked the editing and the flow, it's hard to have a good balance between fast and slow. See you later.
I like videos with no talking. This one and camping videos. This is the first watch restoration video I've seen where the balance system was dissembled. Nice.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome Amy, happy that you liked my video, thank you. I have upgraded the sound so upcoming video even better sound :) see you later.
Fantastic work. Congratulations from Brazil.
@Watcheyes
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Bodon /Sweden
Thank you for your hard work! It's really not easy. I'd have fucked it up by now. And most importantly, no extraneous noise and music, only work.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Im glad you liked it, thank you very much!
Beautiful watch and movement. I loved the photography.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Christopher, yes the watch doesnt grow on trees if you can say it like that =). Thank you for your kind words, much appreciated, see you soon again.
Awesome restoration, the patience you need to do this is nuts... Great editing too!!
While i didn't blink for a moment i was thinking about people who made these marvels. I obviously can't comment on your craftsmanship but how patient are you!
Fantastic work! Thank you! I Could watch this for days. I hope i will also learn how to restore watches.
I was expecting the movement to be A.S.1130. I also enjoyed watching without you naming the parts, as after seeing so many of your videos, I was telling myself what they are. You are teaching.
Great job👍🏻… plus some horological humour 😂😂… “crazy seagull” 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Alan, thank you very much and thank you for commenting. Yes those crazy seagulls is wild now again during this season. My latest omega video has them in it once again :D
Well done you did a fine job and treated that old Tissot with proper respect. These old timepieces have to be serviced on their own terms so 30 seconds per day is an excellent result. Besides, there is no-one left alive who worked on them when they were new!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Great that you liked what I did, thank you! Yes, this watch is history :)
Beautiful watch, a honey of a watch!
Interesting watch, great photography and nice restoration work. Good stuff here! Richard
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Richard, thank you for watching my video, means alot that you liked it :) Thank you! /Josef
A beautiful job on a beautiful watch ,well done and thank you for the video
Great Work, love these Videos from Dublin Ireland 🙂🇮🇪☘️
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you David! Happy that you liked it, see you later for more projects :)
Nice movement very contemporary. I love it
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear Roger, I agree, it's like a dream :D Thank you for checking in here, see you later!
Great video! There is something really beautiful about the vintage dial behind the crystal clear brand new glass and polished case!
I truly enjoy watching and learning the process😊
Excellent work! Well done!! The watch looks beautiful. Vintage at its best!!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Tony, very kind of you. I'm glad that you liked it :) see you later.
Love the way you oil the pivots! Very precise and right amount, I learned a lot!
@Watcheyes
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Daniel, glad you liked it!
What a lovely job- and a really beautiful watch brought back life. Stunning results It must take years to learn these skills
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hi James and welcome to the channel. Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it. I have searched on forums, watched youtube videos etc so on that video about 1 year of doing a couple of watches. It's invaluable all information on the internet :) Have a good day!
Oh thats a lovely piece.
Nicely done! The closeups and details are great
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you, glad that you liked it!
Awesome as always! Thank you!!!
Great restoration, nice balance.This would be an interesting wearable watch.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stuart, glad you enjoyed it. It's wonderful to wear, pretty small but that's the beauty of it, alot of history on the wrist :)
Well executed, both in filming and restoration (at least I think so, I know nothing of the process :P). Interesting and captivating!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you here Yeti =), very kind words, appreciate it alot! Im a beginner so learning more each time but glad you liked it, thank you! See you later.
Awesome work! It's such a pleasure watching you work. I wish there was more of your videos. Greetings from Serbia!
Magnificent job, well done. Very sensitive restoration. Quite lost in admiration as I followed you every step of the way. Keep up the good work sir.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
This was some very kind words Albert, means alot, thank you and I'm glad you liked it!
Pretty techno and entertaining!
Nice work! Looks to be a pretty substantial solid watch. Classic WWII watch nice dial.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dominick for coming here and watching my video, yes its a pretty solid watch, robust and neat :) see you later.
Beautiful watch!!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to here and thanks for commenting!
Fantastic! I would love to see more things like this!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Anneliese! I have an ongoing project right at the moment and another one after that :) see you later.
Bravo, magnifique restauration
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Happy that you enjoyed the video Ludovic :) thank you!
ah yes the classic when a part pings off from tweezer... when I saw you send the broken screw to fly I immediately had flash back of my pain, I was trying to hold the sweep pinion with my tweezer and oil it before putting it back to the movement but ping, ok stay calm dont get panic, I spend 2 hours after searching for it but nope. It went to a different dimension. Atleast I was able to order replacement part...
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Haha yes this is pain. I actually needed to measure the size of this broken screw but I couldn't find it. Had to test a couple of screws in the hole to find a replacement. Someday we will have the right touch in the tweezer :D
@lottaleijon6654
2 жыл бұрын
Its really helps if you shape your tweezers correctly if you want to avoid that. Don’t know how to describe, but you might be able to google it. Otherwise ask a watchmaker. And a robot vacuum cleaner with magnetic strip underneath is perfect when you lost a screw :)
Amazing work. Congrats.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ignacio, I'm glad to hear that you liked the video :)
Very nice stuff here. I learn something new every time I watch a pro do his thing! Too bad my first experience with a broken screw removal wasn’t nearly as efficient… I’ll try my staking tool this time👍
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Walther, nice to have you here. Broken screws can be very hard to extract, I got lucky on this one, but put some oil on it first, let say Moebius 9010, let it sink, then try a broken stake or something that fits so it can "fill" the broken part of the screw, hope it goes better next time =). Thank you for the kind comment Walther, have a good day.
Excellent job. Cheers
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Francis, happy that you liked my video :) see you later.
Nice work. Not a week ago I just finished a teardown of a Tissot "Antimagnetique" myself although it has a center seconds sweep hand (27-2T) instead of the sub second your project featured. Serial Number puts it at 1948. The balance shaft needed replacing, as did the mainspring but all in all it came out gorgeous.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hi there, ohhh that movement is very nice, that was some of Tissots more "finer" movements I guess. Glad it came out fine =). Thank you for the comment, Im very glad you liked my video.
dear lord this is beautiful
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words Muhammad, appreciate it alot, hope to see you soon again!
@PenaceaID
2 жыл бұрын
@@Watcheyes keep doing what you do, Im currently building up my courage on disassembling Tissot Seastar, somehow watching your work is oddly satisfying.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
@@PenaceaID Thank you man for the support! Good luck, you only need to stay calm and you'll fix it easy :)
Beautiful work! 👍👍
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see you here Ryan! Thank you very much =) Glad that you liked it.
Thank you for your video.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Mark, thank you for your time watching it and commenting :) See you soon!
Gracias excelente trabajo
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Miguel, glad you liked all of my videos, will add a new project soon, see you later!
Well done my friend!!!
Good job, congratulations!!!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
Good service 👍
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you and thanks for commenting, glad you liked it 😊
That was fascinating to watch, it gives me hope in humanity to see such knowledge and skill is still alive. I am also a craftsman, but I am a mason/bricklayer, these little engines have always fascinated me, I love watches and clocks. Sadly in my hands I wouldn't know where to start, they would remain a small pile of cogs and wheels. It's lovely to see these watches come to life, bravo!
Nice vintage well done.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Resto Australia :) See you later, have a good day.
Really nice videos!
Аплодирую стоя, браво!
Good job!!🤟🏻
Well done!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alex! Glad that you liked it, see you later :)
Simply wow!!!!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it :) thank you
Nice work!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Steve, I'm glad that you liked the video and commented, thank you, see you later in another project :)
Very well filmed beautiful closeups of the pallet fork. I would have liked short description of the different components as you removed or reassembled the watch as I am a novice but thanks for posting.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Paul, thanks for commenting, I'll remember this and try to put in some more commenting where its empty "space". Glad you liked the filming, thank you!
Looking forward to more.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Amanda, great that you liked my video, thank you. I'm in the begining of a new project so see you later :)
just wow!
Awesome! Subscriber gained can’t wait to see more content!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Damien, will start a new project soon :)
ÓTIMO TRABALHO PROFISSIONAL, VERY GOOD JOB 👍👍👍 🇧🇷
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Kleyton, appreciate it that you liked and commented on my video :)
Nice video!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jose, glad you liked the video, see you later =)
very cool..
Wow! Vilket skickligt jobb och vilken superfin klocka med :) Nästan så man blir sugen på att försöka hitta en ;) Grymt!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Tackar, ja klockan har sin karaktär, riktigt fin. Hehe ja du får kika på en ;) Tack, roligt att du gillade videon!
Good job 👍🏼 Nice video
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Sir, thank you very much! Looking forward for your next one :)
Respect 🙌
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
God day to you Aditya, thank you :) and thank you for watching my video, see you later.
Must be fun to know how to do this .
Bravo 👏 👏👏❤️❤️❤️
Bom dia, que lindo ficou, um verdadeiro trabalho de mestre,parabéns e um grande abraço desde Goiânia Goiás Central Brazil.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Um grande abraço para você também! Fico muito feliz que tenha gostado do meu vídeo, muito obrigado! Tenha um bom dia / Suécia.
Super!
Have that one too!
Great looking watch. But man is it filthy! One of my first watches as a kid was a Tissot. I bought it in the mid 1960’s.
King!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Tackar Hans! Roligt att även se dig här =)
Nice video. 😀
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that Mo, thank you! :)
Greatt Job
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Toms, have a good day!
@Toms.George
2 жыл бұрын
@@Watcheyes 😄
Чем старше становлюсь, тем больше нравятся часы 40-80 годов минимализмом и простотой в дизайне, 3 стрелками, без перегруженных циферблатов и скромными размерами отличными от современных "шайб!" Кстати совет: используйте деревянные бруски различных размеров когда работаете с абразивной (наждачной) бумагой срезанных под углом в 30-45 градусов в том месте где будет рабочая часть и соответственно ширина ленты такой же как брусок, что бы не просто шлифовать корпус абразивной бумагой а была твёрдая опора и возможность её закрепления на этом бруске.
@user-xd2vh3ek3k
2 жыл бұрын
А разве стрелки не были покрыты светящимся составом?
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Согласен, меня больше интересовали эти старые часы примерно 40-х и 70-х годов. Они чистые, как вы говорите, и очень хорошего качества. Спасибо за совет, буду делать ручную притирку наждачной бумагой на предстоящем проекте. Береги себя, хорошего дня!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Я этого не понимаю, извините
Очень интересное видео. Много пояснений, каждый этап четко описан. Непонятно, для чего только нужно было разбирать баланс?
"Ultrasonic" label got me hahaha.
A fantastic restoration of a beautiful vintage Tissot! I've often wondered, if you wanted to, is it possible to restore the dial and hands to an excellent condition?
@Watcheyes
Жыл бұрын
Hello Cris, thank you very much. I dont know if it's the same watch then. This dial has some value in its history I think. So if it's going to look like new you scrape it to bare metall and repaint it I guess. But it's possible to do in other ways also I guess. I'm not expert on this :)
How you know how to keep winding the spring / repair it is remarkable 👏
Thats a very pretty vintage watch tack o hej
Здорово!
Tissot should remake that.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, vintage is the way to go :). Thank you for checking my video!
Elma ultrasonic :D 7:30
@Watcheyes
Жыл бұрын
;)...Infact I have one now atleast 😀
Nice vid. I'd suggest a bit more light, it's pretty dark as you are working on the watch.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for commenting, I agree, this was a bit of a mistace. I have improved this on my upcoming project that is soon finished so hope you like the light better on that one :)
I have exactly the same watch by design and look of the dial, hands and the casing, event the shape of letters engraved on the back are identical. I use it occasionally. The only difference is that the name is 'Athos' - it was my first wristwatch I got from my parents back in 1972. I wonder whether they first manufactured Tissots and when the tools wore down a bit they still produced identically looking but lower class product?
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
What a great story Grzegorz, thank you for sharing it! Maybe there was some rebranding of Tissot, some watches back in the days could be ordered in catalogues (post order), maybe this was something like that. It is a Tissot but another brand who's selling it. But that's just a guess. Lovely watch, cool that you've had it for that long, great story.
Lindo tissot
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed it is, thank you for watching and commenting :)
Wonderful! Can you tell what's the compound you use for the case and back case polish? Thanks!
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Álvaro, nice to see you here and thank you for the nice comment, glad you liked it :) Its called Autosol, a compound to polish metals.
I tried to see if anyone asked in the comments already with no joy, so please tell me what the main spring winding tool with that plate you used. I have looked for one like that online but can't find it. Only thing I find it the individual winders... Love your video, beautiful watch and restoration.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Robert, Glad you liked my video, thank you very much! The winder is an old one, no brand. But sometimes I have seen it on ebay, it's not that expensive. I inherited it so.
Great work. Can you tell me the manufacturer of your mainspring winder?
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Good day Rusty, this is not branded so I don't now what manufacturer it is from. It's a old vintage tool, have seen it sometimes on eBay. Have a good day.
Great video. What would the retail price be on this watch after restoration?
Nice. I am very interested in the caliper and how to get accurate measurement. On your video you took a few measurements of the crystal - 21.16, 21.17, 21.18, etc., which is recommended by experts. My question is, if the arms of the caliper can only measure the widest sections of the circumference, why aren't all the measurements exactly the same? (This question is because I am having difficulty with it myself.) Thanks!
Gotta watch out for that Radium! What equipment i.e. Geiger counter are you using to detect it?
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Agree, cleaning the table etc is very important when opening these. I don't have a meter so I'm cautious whenever handling these old ones. Better buy one next time.
@pauldavis1583
2 жыл бұрын
@@Watcheyes if you buy one , be sure it can detect alpha rays. Unfortunely the cheaper ones arent able to do so but its the only way to properly measure radium.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
@@pauldavis1583 Aha, thanks for the info! But the alpha ones I guess doesn't do any harm.
oh boy, these movements have given me so much grief! I worked on like three of those, and all of them had problems: the plates/bridges are alumnium, so the steel screws get absolutely stuck in them over the years, the cap jewel plate screws were broken in the same way as yours on two out of three, and the hairsprings are so fragile that they sometimes get bent at the regulator arm by just removing the balance as usual. also, I'm honestly surprised the mainspring in yours was the modern S-shape - all of mine had the blue "kanelbullar".
@_f355
Жыл бұрын
I've also thought how good it would be to dip the aluminium plates in the (very) dilute hydrochloric acid to remove all the staining, but our nanny state does not allow regular people to buy "dangerous chemicals"...
Sir, this is the way a watch should be serviced. Superb video. Can you please let me know what are the solutions required to clean the parts and which oil goes to lubricate which parts. This will help me to understand better the intricacies of watch service. Kindly reply to my queries. Thank you.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Sir, thank you for watching my video and I'm very happy that you found it entertaining. First of every part is cleaned with tooth picks, rodico, brush with some gasoline (chemical clean). Then the parts is dipped into gasoline, for maybe 1 h, depends on amount of dirt. Later on every part is double dipped in 2 separate bath of IPA (new IPA), not the balance and the pallet fork. After each cleaning step every part needs to be blown dry. Later inspect all parts, jewels needs to be shiny like a mirror, inspect with atleast 30x microscope, prefer 45x+. A rough explanation :).
@kswaminathan5439
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your reply. Please let me know what is IPA.
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
@@kswaminathan5439 Isopropyl alcohol, you need 99%+ chemcial clean IPA and change it each movement or each day, what comes first.
Very nice video, but why so shaky at 07.00 ?
@Watcheyes
2 жыл бұрын
Glad that you liked the video, thank you! Haha that was intended to be some sort of joke, perfect sized glas =)