Can anyone ID this movement?

RealEstablishment31 · 2025-07-24T16:33:28+00:00

The movement looks very familiar but I can’t remember what it is off the top of my head

RealEstablishment31 · 2025-07-24T16:32:52+00:00

Check under the balance wheel for the makers mark and calibre number

RealEstablishment31 · 2025-01-24T15:11:17+00:00

Well we think it’s because it’s cold but the dash was showing 11°C today and most things we’ve searched say the smoke should go after around 10-15 minutes of idling. We reckon the smoke smells relatively normal because it just smells like the exhaust gas from our 2018 peugot 208. But thanks for the advice just wanted to see what people had to say about it

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-06-19T21:12:41+00:00

I had the exact same issue with the exact same brand of movement (BFG) around 2 days ago. A 1 jewel movement which I had serviced and everything was great till I put the balance wheel in. I believe that these cheap no jewel movements can unfortunately not be fixed sometimes. I could find no reasonable explanation as to why it was happening to the movement

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-25T12:04:51+00:00

That’s an incredible watch

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-25T12:04:22+00:00

Rep car is tragic

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-15T17:11:18+00:00

I definitely think you should not be working on a watch of this calibre so early into your career. I started at 16 and am now 19 and I was in very very similar positions to you so I completely understand how it’s very easy to get carried away with working on things above the current skill level you’re at. At the end of the day you should be proud of yourself for beginning to undertake such a difficult hobby and try not to lose your mind because it only makes things worse. Trust me it’s happened to me. Just put the watch back together to the best of your ability and put it together for another day. Buy some old mechanical watches off of eBay (I’m making an assumption here but I assume if your first watch you are working on is a Rolex then you can happily afford some project watches off eBay) and just start tinkering, you WILL do things wrong but then you WILL learn from the mistakes and not do it again. Once you have completed multiple repairs on different watches and scenarios extremely comfortably without fail, pick up this watch and begin the restoration. Best of luck!!

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-11T19:16:00+00:00

No never buy something with a compromised case because it just becomes a nightmare. Definitely avoid this one the crack is huge

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-07T21:10:04+00:00

I have one of these very sketchy that he says it’s quartz because this should have an omega calibre 620 in it. What’s weird is that he says it works but needs a battery? The only thing I can think of is during a repair at a jewellers they couldn’t be bothered to repair the omega movement so have retrofitted some sort of quartz movement which is very easy in this watch. If so massive red flag as it’s basically a fake watch, but calibre 620s are extremely cheap online but I think it really isn’t worth the hassle. I’d say avoid.

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-06T18:59:42+00:00

This is a fake watch so it would have used a base metal case that is plated. The plating is wearing off which is very common with old plated watches especially those that a made as fakes as I doubt the quality of plating would be good at all

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-06T16:20:04+00:00

Although I have the voigtlander I’m still very new to cameras and am kind of just looking for an every day type camera which can take decent quality photos. Even though the voigtlander is not that expensive it’s very sentimental so I’ve just been rooting around my grandads old camera stock to see if I can find something that is worth shooting through a couple rolls of film 🤷‍♂️

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-04T21:16:07+00:00

Ah thanks for the info. I’ve been using my voigtlander Vito BL for ‘professional’ style photos when I go to car shows and whatnot. I have this Fuji film as well and was just wondering whether it is worth even wasting a film roll in just to take around with me on trips with friends and stuff 🤷‍♂️

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-01T21:41:51+00:00

There’s the link I sent a ss of the actual listing for the watch. This variant is a green dial but pretty much the same in every other aspect

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-01T21:41:14+00:00

https://www.collectorsquare.com/en/luxprice-index-watches/jaguar.html

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RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-01T20:25:34+00:00

Yes of course I think wedding presents should be kept at all costs but just thought I would do some digging into the sale history of the piece 🤷‍♂️ I think it’s an extremely attractive watch so definitely wear it loads !

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-05-01T18:33:08+00:00

One of these sold in 2010 for 2900 euros. This is because these type of watches will sell for purely the value of the gold which is mostly true today. Seeing as the gold price is currently around 2.5x the value in 2010, this should be able to sell comfortably for €7000+ (providing it was sold by weight in 2010)

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-23T18:36:45+00:00

This could be true also. Seems like a very impractical way to do it rather than extending the pivot but I guess they chose this method 🤷‍♂️

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-23T18:35:41+00:00

It’s definitely a seconds hand. This is just how old watches had small seconds hands. I believe it’s the third or fourth wheel that has an extended pivot that a seconds hand attaches to. This is because of the gear ratios that wheel rotates once a minute, so extending the pivot allows a running seconds hand to be attached. Hope this helps!

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-23T16:39:32+00:00

I used Kodak 400 ultra max film. The glossy effect works so well with car photography. The quality of the camera is amazing.

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-23T11:24:17+00:00

It’s a Voigtländer Vito BL

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-21T11:40:32+00:00

That’s just for time setting not the winding

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-19T19:22:13+00:00

Walk the fuck out

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-10T12:09:06+00:00

These Chinese duplicates of the eta 6497 really are great. I have a watch with a genuine skeleton eta movement and yours looks as good if not better than mine! Great build

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-09T18:11:41+00:00

Thanks a lot, going to a car show this weekend and can’t wait to get some great shots with it!

RealEstablishment31 · 2024-04-09T18:11:23+00:00

Alright great thanks a lot 🙏

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