Welcome to my watch repair channel! In this mechanical wrist watch repair tutorial we disassemble and repair a manual Swiss mechanical watch from the late 40’s or 50’s. This is the first time I’ve worked on an all-mechanical manual wind watch, and I appreciate you coming along on my journey!

This wrist watch repair is on a “Carlton” branded watch with an AS cal.1187/94 movement (A. Schild cal. 1187/1194). This watch is typical of the majority of 3-hand mechanical wristwatches from the 1940’s – 1970’s, and is a great example to learn from if you are interested in watch repair or watch restoration!

This watch has been in the family for many years, and I don’t ever remember it running. You’ll see the watch movement explained, learn the names of the parts and see a variety of watch repair tools and how to use them.

I’m just starting out on my journey into wrist watch repair and watch restoration (horology), and I hope to educate and entertain in this series of watchmaking video tutorials for beginners.

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Index:
00:00 Introduction
01:24 watch inspection on the microscope – what’s can we see?
02:19 how to removing the movement from the watch case
03:54 beginning watch disassembly
06:28 how to identify the watch movement reference number
07:24 how the pallet fork works
11:04 the keyless works
13:11 the mainspring explained
16:16 cleaning the watch parts
17:21 oiling and reassembly of the wristwatch
29:00 cleaning the watch jewels
30:22 microscope footage of the parts in action, with part names
34:15 conclusion

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