ClockSavant Watch Collecting, Servicing, & Repair Blog

Servicing a Seiko Rally 6106-8227 with sentimental value and its own story

by Eric Greenberg

A customer contacted me to see if I could help him. His watch, this Seiko Rally 6106-8227, had a great deal of sentimental value to him and it had...

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Servicing a 1943 Rolex Bubbleback Calibre 645

by Eric Greenberg

I recently fully serviced this beautiful 1943 Rolex Bubbleback. The Rolex bubbleback represents one of the earliest examples of Rolex’s Oyster cas...

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Servicing the Blancpain Flyback Chronograph based on the F. Piguet calibre 1185 (Blancpain F185)

by Eric Greenberg

I recently fully serviced this Blancpain Flyback Chronograph with a modified F. Piguet 1185 movement. This watch is not for sale. When originally ...

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Servicing the Seiko 6309-7049

by Eric Greenberg

I recently fully serviced this Seiko 6309-7049 vintage diver for a ClockSavant customer. This watch is now performing superbly with excellent perf...

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Servicing a Seiko Kakume 6138-0030 chronograph including example of an un-level hairspring

by Eric Greenberg

I just completed servicing this very nice for a ClockSavant customer. Like so many of these vintage Seiko’s, it required a reasonable amount of wo...

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There is a big bag of dirty tricks for getting a watch running but only one way to do it well

by Eric Greenberg

Much of the watch servicing people are purchasing is a shortcut, botch, or straight misrepresentation. There is a big bag of dirty tricks for getti...

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Back to work, polishing and burnishing on Horia turns

by Eric Greenberg

It’s Monday, time to get back to work. In these pictures I’m polishing and burnishing a watch center wheel pivot on the Horia turns. When using an ...