Vintage Hamilton Watch Restoration. When I first started collecting Hamiltons about 1. Watch The Hamiltons Tube Free' title='Watch The Hamiltons Tube Free' />I focused mainly on pocket watches. Thats because my interest in Hamiltons was started after I got my grandfathers Railroad Special repaired, along with some other distant ancestors dress pocket watches. After acquiring a dozen or so pocket watches I eventually lost some steam, as I dont tend to use pocket watches very often, if at all. However, I quickly realized that Hamilton also made wrist watches and then I was off to the races again. One of the first models I happened upon was a 1. Sea Rover II.  Before too long I realized it had a Swiss made movement and I was under the impression that Swiss models werent as desirable as US made Hamiltons. That was a classic rookie mistake and I sold the Sea Rover II. You can watch the best movies of 2015 and watch online for free movies. Get on project free tv last movies released in cinema. If you want to avoid Hamiltons with Swiss made movements youll need to focus on models made before. Some folks actually do that they prefer the earlier models. But to avoid models with Swiss movements because you think they are lesser quality than US made Hamiltons is really a misguided opinion. Hamilton simply introduced models with Swiss made movements in order to compete at lower price points with other makers in the watch market. Like most things, you evolve or you perish. That said, Ive been on the lookout for another Sea Rover II because I didnt have a decent photo of my original example for the blog. Its not a rare model but the Sea Rover II was a one year wonder and only produced in 1. Hamilton-Broadway-Collection-replica.jpg' alt='Watch The Hamiltons Tube Free' title='Watch The Hamiltons Tube Free' />The Sea Rover II came in a one piece stainless steel case. It was a Fine watch and priced to compete at around the 4. 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The crown is an obvious replacement and its a bit too large, in my opinion. The one piece case looks unremarkable on the back. I dont see any of the usual marks from someone trying to open it from behind. This watch opens through the crystal. And speaking of opening through the crystal. I recently picked up a new tool. Bring Out the GIMP Girls in Merciless Peril October 2009 Archives. Discussion Forum for Extreme Bondage Fantasy Video. DVDs or Web. One month of eight years worth. LinManuel Miranda l n m n w l m r n d born January 16, 1980 is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor best known for. Thanks for visiting my vintage Hamilton watch blog. I like to restore USmade Hamilton wrist watches back to their original glory and share my experie nces with other. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. Its a crystal removing pump that injects air into the watch and pops the crystal off like the cork from a bottle of champagne. The tool includes a little lever to slip under the crown and pry the two piece stem apart. You need to be careful though not to pry it unevenly or youll risk breaking the stem off in the crown. The handle has a metal tube that slides out and when you push the handle back in it blows air through the tube, through the white insert, and into the watch. Like a bottle of bubbly, you want to hold onto the crystal otherwise it will fly off and hit you in the face. Of course, you can use the claw to get the crystal off too the real benefit of the tool is the little lever to get the crown off first. However, with watches with a reflector ring, this tool is the perfect choice, as reflector rings dont compress with the claw. The Hamilton 6. 88 movement is dirty and ready for a trip through the ultrasonic. The stem is a bit rusty so Ill have to replace it if I want it to securely hold the male hub of the stem after its reassembled. In this shot you can see the strength of the female side of the stem is a bit compromised by rust. Everything is cleaned, dried and ready for reassembly. The balance is reinstalled and swinging with good motion. According to the timer the watch is running a bit slow but the other specs look good. No wonder. look how close the regulator index is to the hairspring stud. The longer you make the hairspring by moving the regulator toward the hairspring stud the slower it will run. If I move the regulator index clockwise the beat rate will be increased. There. lets see what it sounds like now. Not too shabby. now I can move the hairspring stud to lower the beat error as close to zero as I can get it. Starting at 1. 2ms, I wont have to move it too far. It doesnt take much of a tweak since the beat error isnt too bad to begin with. However, its so easy to do on this movement I would feel guilty if I didnt try. I can get so Ill call it quits there. You can see on the right side of the screen the two lines getting closer and farther apart as I moved the index this way or that. In this shot you can see the difference between a new stem and the rusty one. A replacement is definitely an improvement. As for the crown. That doesnt sound big but its obviously too large for this watch. I happen to have a nice Hamilton crown that is better suited to the recess in the case. My replacement crown is just under 4mm. Thats about as small as I would use although some models use crowns as small as 3. A new crystal is definitely in order and 2. Although the bracelet that came with the watch isnt original, I thought it went well with the watch so I cleaned and polished it along with the case. The finished project looks and runs great now.