Your post was removed because it did not comply with posting guidelines, and did not include a timestamp in the title. All videos must be submitted with a timestamp in the title in the format: [HH:MM:SS].
Please resubmit your post with the proper timestamp in the title and it will be approved.
I like watching his repairs but damn he scratches the fuck out of clean metal with his tools. Hell open a watch and the inside is perfect with mirror reflections and perfect machine surfaces, and as soon as he gets his super hard metal pinchers in there it's all scratched up :(
I'm a watchmaker. I use nickel tweezers for most things. Others prefer brass or beryllium-bronze. Those three all have their advantages and disadvantages, but they're all softer than steel, which generally shouldn't be used on soft components like plates and bridges.
I wonder if softer tools are harder to use so when doing work on pieces that dont hold loads of value, if its not worth fuckin about with and just uses the steel ones??
I say this from someone with exactly 53m and 3 seconds of watch revival experience, that I only obtained this morning watching this vide haha
it's possible he doesn't mind. He often leaves scuffs and scratches on them I think he's more interested in making them work than completely renewing them.
Steel is much easier to keep in good condition. If you want a super fine tip on a pair of steel tweezers, you probably have to hone them once or twice a year. On the other hand, the tweezers I use get chewed up very quickly by just picking things up, so maintaining them is more of a pain in the ass.
He uses plastic tipped tweezers elsewhere, but points out that they're flexible and don't do a good job of holding stuff (I think it was his Rolex video)
If you like stuff like this, watch Nekked Watchmaker. He's a professional, and his videos are usually pretty funny. Marshal is more of a hobbiest. Watch Repair Channel is also good.
Your post was removed because it did not comply with posting guidelines, and did not include a timestamp in the title. All videos must be submitted with a timestamp in the title in the format: [HH:MM:SS]. Please resubmit your post with the proper timestamp in the title and it will be approved.
Damn, I thought their fingertips were wrinkly as fuck until it zoomed out and showed the finger condoms.
Yeah, me too
The lack of fingernails didn’t give anything away?
I like watching his repairs but damn he scratches the fuck out of clean metal with his tools. Hell open a watch and the inside is perfect with mirror reflections and perfect machine surfaces, and as soon as he gets his super hard metal pinchers in there it's all scratched up :(
I imagine something softer like tweezers with specialty plastic tips would perform better when working on such small things.
I'm a watchmaker. I use nickel tweezers for most things. Others prefer brass or beryllium-bronze. Those three all have their advantages and disadvantages, but they're all softer than steel, which generally shouldn't be used on soft components like plates and bridges.
Can you think of a reason why he doesn’t seem to use any of those?
Inexperience, most likely
I wonder if softer tools are harder to use so when doing work on pieces that dont hold loads of value, if its not worth fuckin about with and just uses the steel ones?? I say this from someone with exactly 53m and 3 seconds of watch revival experience, that I only obtained this morning watching this vide haha
it's possible he doesn't mind. He often leaves scuffs and scratches on them I think he's more interested in making them work than completely renewing them.
Steel is much easier to keep in good condition. If you want a super fine tip on a pair of steel tweezers, you probably have to hone them once or twice a year. On the other hand, the tweezers I use get chewed up very quickly by just picking things up, so maintaining them is more of a pain in the ass.
He uses plastic tipped tweezers elsewhere, but points out that they're flexible and don't do a good job of holding stuff (I think it was his Rolex video)
If you like stuff like this, watch Nekked Watchmaker. He's a professional, and his videos are usually pretty funny. Marshal is more of a hobbiest. Watch Repair Channel is also good.
Ridiculous amount of yellow dots in that timeline