Reply To: My 1st Repair Project

Hi Jdp020351,
I’m sorry for not posting a response sooner but I wasn’t aware that this post had gone unanswered. In the adminstration panel that I use when accessing the forum it shows me “Duplicate Post” since the topics are identical which to me meant you accidentally hit the submit button twice.
If you hit the “Post Reply” button when adding to your thread rather than “Post New Topic” button that won’t happen. Also it will keep the thread together and easier for all to follow.
So again sorry…I’m still learning the ins and outs of running this forum.

Now…thanks for posting on your progress!
Yes those are shims used for making minute height adjustments. You see that often in that type of setup. Whether they added shims when first produced I don’t know. Maybe someone else knows more about that and can post it up here.
As for the roller jewel replacement I was going to send you to that section in the course and after searching around forever realized that I NEVER COVERED IT!
It’s been a long time since I did those videos and I rarely ever watch the videos since I can’t stand hearing my voice! Why is it we always sound so different and terrible when we listen to a recording of our own voice? Is it just me?

Roller jewel replacement is a topic that should be in there so if you give me a few days (let me get through the holidays first) I’ll put something together to cover the process and will add it to the course.
Repairing and or replacing roller jewels isn’t difficult at all when you have the correct tools and is actually a fun repair to make.
If you can get your hands on Henry Frieds book “The Watch Repairers Manual” you’ll find that it’s covered in easy to understand detail. For those that don’t have this book I would highly recommend it.

In answer to your question about different sizes..yes they do come in many different sizes and are usually measured in hundreths of a MM. I’ll try to include all of that in the course.

I would like to add here that if there is something that you or anyone reading this would like me to try to cover about “mechanical watches” that would be of help please let me know and if it’s something that I feel that I’m qualified to cover I will do my best to add it to the course. If not I’ll try to locate someone that specializes in the subject and is more qualified to pass it along to all of us. I’m not much of a watch case guy so would like to cover the “innards” more than anything else.

Thanks again for the follow up and great pics Jdp020351
I’ll get on that project and get it up on the course as soon as Santa eases off of me a bit!

Bob