Hobbies - Watch making?

[eddie101]

Hey guys,

last year or the year before, I saw a thread about someone who made watches as a hobby. I feel I have far too much spare time so i would like to give this a try myself. Anybody got any good starter tips and pointers, forums to visit, sites to use?

Thanks in advance

 

[Flukester]

It's not real watch making though, buy a ton of premade parts and putting together is just assembly work

 

[Hzza]

Watch making what?

 

[Putty]

Starting on clocks rather than watches may be the best starting point - can be less fiddly and a darn sight easier to see the parts. After getting used to that work your way onto watches.

 

[Aero]

It's Skidder I believe you are refering to.

 

[AHarvey]

I'd love to make clocks myself, information is limited, as is my time at the moment, however, I wouldn't be happy with the prefab style and would prefer to design and do it all myself.

 

[doofer]

It's not real watch making though, buy a ton of premade parts and putting together is just assembly work

Yeah, you need to be based in Switzerland to make real good profit from just assembling pre-made parts.

 

[King85]

It's Skidder or Rotty I think.

 

[dante6491]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18157027

T'was Skidder.

 

[Bigpops]

You need lots of cool tools for a start off:

Timing machine, like a vibrograph
Ultrasonic cleaner
Precision Screwdrivers (top quality ones)
Tweezers
Oilers and the oils themselves
Jewel press
Crystal/case press
Case openers of various types.
Consumables such as finger cots, rodico putty

Then you need patience, a steady hand, and a good magnifying device.

If I could change jobs, it's something I'd like to do. But, getting training locally (even nationally) seems to be near to impossible.

 

[Rotty]

I bought the Tizezone kit for their watchmaking course but never got round to doing it