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“Restoring History: Repairing the Vintage WWII Bulova
“Restoring History: Repairing the Vintage WWII Bulova A11 Military Watch
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“My Retro Watches”
In this video Mike takes on a small but mighty watch a Bulova A11. This watch is only 30mm in diameter yet it was commissioned by the American military for WW2. Watch had to be legible, a good quality movement 16 jewels or more, it had to have 10 minute scale on the dial for timings and most…
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Great Video Mike! Really enjoyed it!
what a lovely old piece, great video.really enjoyed watching it. More please..
Glad to see this one running again! Good job bringing this back to life. Cheers!
Well done Mike!
Nice job Mike. That was a challenge!
Great job Mike
Did you have to straighten the centre seconds pinion shaft or can you get way with manipulating the seconds hand during the final stages of the reassembly?
Thank you Mike for showing us that hell of a battle… and stunning result 👌
You should be on TV. What an entertaining video. Your patience is abundant.
Love the final look, the patina is beautiful!
was wondering about the main spring and barrel disassembly and reassembly which you seem to have skipped showing
Nice work, though "The lady doth protest too much, methinks".
How did you straighten the seconds pivot? Did I miss that?
Good job on a stuck watch, pity about the scratches.
Could you add a link for the pin polisher please?
Great Video Mike. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks !!!
Great video Mike, well done. Thanks for sharing
If the watch did not go to war, she sure battled with you not wanting to give its parts away from the movement 😅
This one was really interesting to watch because of its age and the rather gummed up condition. You did a brilliant job. I thought you made a great call by leaving it in a 'as used' condition. The case is so battered it would have been really interesting to know what its owner did. I guess something quite manual. Love your work.
Another great save Mike 👏👍
You got it running that in itself is an achievement
Thank you Mike. My mentor. I'm just beginning my hairspring adjustment journey. Great video.
Thank you for this fantastic video. I’m learning so much from you. Happy 😃
Well done! It's really worth restoring…
this watch seems to be completely glued shut, isn't it? At this point I would be tempted to soak it overnight in some gentle solution 😀
The case actually looks pretty cool like that. Nice and rough. Amplitude could be caused by the 52°angle input which may be different or maybe barrel pivot holes are worn. Overall great to watch and listen to you. Fantastic sweep pivot find!
Mike that was a dirty little critter. You handled it just like pro. I enjoy you so much. Thanks. I am just about to start my first watch just waiting to get all the right tools rounded up.