HMT movement
These are some photos from my first servicing of a HMT 17 jewel watch movement. HMT (Hindustan Machine Tools) is an Indian watch brand that once held the title of…
JAZ alarm clock
the Compagnie Industrielle de Mécanique Horlogère was founded in 1919 by Ivan Benel. One of the founders was Gustave Brandt (known from OMEGA). The original factory was located at Puteaux,…
Slava 2414
The Slava movement is not one of my favorites, because it has a seemingly unnecessary large number of parts, and those fiddly balance jewel retention springs. It is somewhat peculiar…
Vimpel with Tongji movement
Vimpel (the watch brand, not to be confused with the ultra-thin Soviet watch movement) was the trade mark of VPZ ("Vitebsk device-making plant") factory in Vitebsk in 1990s-2000s. In Soviet…
Raketa 2627 (automatic)
Along with some other watch I bought, I received a 2627 movement in need of service as a free gift. After I repaired it, I bought a frankensteined Raketa Automatic…
Soviet watch crystal size list
Because this information is nearly impossible to find, I've made a list of Soviet watch glass sizes as far as I've personally replaced and confirmed them as fitting. Without this…
Fixing stuff is fun
There's something very satisfying about taking an old item that was discarded as broken and restoring it to a working condition.
Zim “Pobeba” 2602 movement
Some reference pictures I took while cleaning this poor dirty movement. It has the old-style transmission wheel boss with 2 screws instead of one left-turning screw. It belonged to this…
A quick look at the Raketa 2623 24-hour movement
I got this non-working 24-hour Raketa; the dial itself is in good condition, but it's missing the second crown to rotate the ring with city names, the glass is broken,…
A quick look at the Poljot 3105 date complication
I acquired a Poljot 3105 (which is basically the famous 3133 chronograph watch without the chronograph part) on which the date never changed, so I had a quick look into…