The Home Machinist!

I just hope you have better luck with 303 rusting than I have... I was warned about this but thought I would try the first two watches using 303 knowing that both my dad and brother aren't likely to shower with them on and I've told dad while down in Florida for the winter don't get salt water on i...

Thanks for the kind words fellas! It's appreciated....

And here's a quick video of both watches......

https://youtu.be/Gxkgi8V8Vig?si=0IV8I9qACE55nUQG

Here's the boxes....

Well, it's been a while since I've been here. I've been busy with projects and figured I'd post a few here for discussion. Being fascinated with watch movements since I started the Tourbillion build a few years ago has led me to try and build some watches for my father and brother. For now I planed ...

NP317 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:49 am NOW RSG remains silent.
Figures.
RussN

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Harold_V wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 4:41 pm Stunning!
Not being a fisherman, would you please describe the purpose of the reel? What is expected from the tourbillon motion?

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Nothing! Nothing is expected of it! I did it because I thought it was cool, a challenge and I ended up with a piece of art.

After almost four year of working on it on and off it's complete! Took a lot of time to remake some parts to get the mechanics of the escapement to work right but I was successful. Thanks for looking..... Video here.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKt4ZyRBwqE&t=18s https://live.staticflickr....

Not being interested in LS I've never taken the time to look through some of these posts but I have to say, I'm impressed! There's a lot of work going on here, nice job! Looking forward to seeing the completed car!

Good idea Rich!

Harold_V wrote: ↑Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:27 pm Nah! They get shot down before they arrive!

H

I'm in your movie Charles as a "left hand" enthusiast!