Reply To: General shop equipment…

[tmac1956]

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I have virtually all of the watch repair tools (well all that I can presently afford). I just didn’t want to take up too much space listing them. But since you asked (and I’ve never put together a list for insurance purposes), here they are…

2-work benchs
2- bench lamps (one 3 bulb floresent, and one solid-state bulb)
French Screw drivers (9 pc)
1-hand made hair spring collet tool
Stainless tweezers (7 pc.)
1 set diamond jewelers files
Assortment of:
Gold filled pocket watch crowns
timing washers
screws
Watch cleaning products:
7- 1/2 pt. mason jars
Naptha
Denatured Alcohol
Accetone
Amonia
Tincture of green soap
Amonia
Distilled water
Beutane torch
Alcohol lamp
1 – Stainless steel divider
2 – stainless steel compasses
1 dial brush
1 set General nylon brushes
1 brass brush
Jewel hole feeler gauges
Mainspring Dennison gauge
2 movement size gauges
Deuxieme gauge
Art brushes (natural hair)
Pocket watch bow mandrel
Vintage pocket watch bow milling machine
Pithwood logs
Boxwood saw dust
Peg wood
Bench vise
Eye glass frame with 2 lopues – 20x
2-5x lopues
2-10x loupes
2-20x loupes
Loupe holding head band
Head set magnifier
Safety glasses
3 small brass cleaning baskets
Auto parts drying basket
Dremel 4200 with extra attachements
Assortedplastic parts containers
2 jewelers Polishing cloths
2 chrome plated poising tools with built in level (Levin)
Crystal remover with holder
Plunger type roller remover
C&E roller remover (for staking set)
H&R duplex roller remover
Bergeon No. 2810 roller remover
Plunger type cannon pinion puller
2 – vintage brass movement holders
6- various size movement holders
Various cup type movement holders
Case dent remover block and hammer
Mashall mainsrping winder
2 – vintage K&D vise held mainspring winders
Screw driver blade sharpener
Graver sharpener
Micrometer
Caliper
Vintage balance screw undercutter tool
Non-powder surgical gloves
Watch paper
2-glass movement covers
Presto hand remover
Presto pinion remover
Various styles of watch hand removers
Lever hand remover
Vintage Shellac warmer
6 prong jewel wrench
10 prong slever wrench
1 set – vinatge crown reamers
1 set – vintage crown taps
Set of six bench keys
Small India stone
3 way sharpening oil stone (course/medium/fine)
Honing oil
Mylar dial protectors
Roidco
Xacto blades holders and saws
Vairious Pin vises
Rubber caseBezel remover
Moebus Watch oil, clock oil, and mainsrping grease
Swiss metal oilers (5 sizes)
Demagnitizer
Assortment of watch crystals
Assortment of mainsprings
Small and regular balance wheel calipers with wrenches
Stainless dental mirror
Stainless dental probe
3 bench blocks
1 brass balance tack
Vintage French watch depthing gauge
Vintage brass counter sink and burnisher set
Jacot lathe
1-burnishing file
1- handmade burnisher
Large bottle of One-Dip
Brasso
Tarnex
3in1 Oil
Pentrating oil
Plastic syringe with 30 gage needle
Levin lathe
Various brass rods stock
Various Starrlett collets
RDGTool 4 way chuck
2 dead center collets
1 drill chuck collet
3 way slide
1 end plate
1 rubber mallet
2 jeweler sawS and blades
3 vice grips pliers
2 rubber work mats
1-Set micro twist drills (.3mm – 1.0mm)
Various pliers and cutters
1 vintage watch hand holder pliers
Specialty vintage bow pliers
Bew bow closing pliers
2 Inverto staking sets
17 Inverto (pretty complete)
18B Inverto with jeweling attachement (Complete)
Assortment of sandpaper squares
1-foot/inch calculator
1pk each – steel and brass pivot rods

Reading/Video materials:
The Watch Makers Lathe by Ward Goodrich
Practical Watch Repairing by Donald de Carle
The Watchmakers Staking Tool by George G. Lucchina and Archie B. Perkins
TM 9-1575 War Dept. Technical Manual Wrist Watches, Pocket Watches, Stop Watches,and Clocks
The Pocket Watch Restoration Maintenance, and Repair by Christopher Barrow
Watch Crown Manual by Henry B. Fried
Proper Use of the Watchmakers Graver By William J. Bilger
The Top 300 Trade Secrets of a Master Clockmaker by J.M. Huckabee
Bestfit Genuine Swiss Material Guide Book
Illustrated Manual of American Watch Movements – E. & J. Swigart Co.
Tascione Ultimate Video Series
Master WAatchmaking – Chicago School of Watchmaking
The Watch Repair Course by John Tope
Clockmaker Watchmaker Basics by John Tope
Fundamentals of Watchmaking – Elgin Watchmakers College Watch Repair Course Mike Barnett
The Watch Repairer’s Manual, Henry B Fried, 1973, Watchmaker, Repair Book
The Jacot Lathe (AWCI) DVD – by Ron DeCorte

Pheeww…

So, the first list is really sort of shop like stuff – tools like Bob used in his Learn to Turn vids.
tmac1956