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Continue reading →: Dabs & Co Spider-ManWhere it’s from I bought this watch on eBay for $10. After opening it, it seems the movement is a Remex/Rego 2125-216. What it looked like No second hand. “Hong Kong” appears on the bottom of the dial, so I’m guessing a mass-produced pin-lever escapement with no jewels. I can…
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Continue reading →: Tasso 17JWhere it’s from I bought this movement at a flea market in Berlin for 30 euro (the seller badgered me into it, I’m a weeny when it comes to haggling). After opening the case back, I see a “PUW 360”, so I’m confident this is a PUW 360 movement. It…
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Continue reading →: K&J Mars SuperWhere it’s from I got this movement from a flea market in Berlin, Germany, for 20 euro. The case back has a “K J” stamp with an arrow going through it, which I believe stands for Kollmar & Jourdan, a Germany-based jewelry company that went out of business in 1977. …
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Continue reading →: Hilton 17JWhere it’s from I bought this movement on eBay for $15. [eBay listing] The eBay listing didn’t show the case opened, so I’m going in a little blind. After reading a bit about the Hilton Watch Company, it seems it was another branding company that wrapped Swiss movements in cheap…
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Continue reading →: Valjean 17JWhere it’s from I bought this movement on eBay for $27. Interestingly, doing a Google Lens search on this movement reveals that it appears with many many different brand names etched on the train bridge. This made identifying the movement quite difficult, but after poking around 17jewels and emmywatch, I…
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Continue reading →: Слава/EldoradoPreface This restoration is actually a classic case of buying a donor movement -> restoring the donor movement instead. As such, I’ll be combining my notes for this post, so some of the ordering in the text may not make sense. This is Amateur Hour, after all! Where they’re from…
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Continue reading →: Dorset 17JWhere it’s from I bought this movement at the Alameda flea market, for I think around $20. Upon opening, this movement is a UTC 29C, from around 1966. Apparently this company was known for using Seiko movements for mass production, under a variety of names. What it looked like This…
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Continue reading →: Heuer StopwatchWhere it’s from This stopwatch was given to me to work on by the father of my friend. Paul (my friend’s father) said he bought the stopwatch in Hong Kong in 1971, which he used to time his runs after he bought some accompanying Adidas shoes. After a brief Google,…
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Continue reading →: Heritage Pocket WatchWhere it’s from This pocket watch was purchased at the Alameda Flea Market on Mar 2, 2025 for $7. What it looked like The gold-colored case had an unusual asteroid shape. The crystal was a bit scratched. The dial had a fabric-like texture with numerals at 3, 6, 9, and…
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Continue reading →: An amateur’s introduction to watch repairHello there! I am an amateur watch repairer, and I’ll be using this site to document my journey towards being (perhaps) less of an amateur. Each post will be a documentation of the work I did on a single piece/movement, along with a description of the where I got it,…
Hello,
I’m Pat
Welcome to Amateur Hour Watch Restoration! I am a completely self-taught hobbyist watch repairer, and I am documenting my journey here.
Most of what I have learned is through YouTube videos; my favorite channels to learn from are Wristwatch Revival, Vintage Watch Services, and My Retro Watches.
Enjoy the show!
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