Sunday, 30 March 2025

Seitz jewelling tool - 1938

 

Managed to buy this 1938 Seitz tool complete from a retried French watchmaker, who probably purchased it used or inherited it. It wasn't cheap but such a rare and complete tool couldn't be. Doesn't have the micrometric screw from the newer version, and it takes 3mm stumps instead of 4mm like the new ones but I can replace jewels in rubbed in settings with it and such tools haven't been made in a very, very long time. A separate set for that would still be really expensive anyways, and from the US, which makes is much worse.

 

The pivot breaker works well too. One down.

Stowa Durowe 72 (1964 to 1970?)

  My mother had this old, beat up watch that barely worked and gave it to me to take a look and check the battery. Opened it up and found th...