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20 September 2018, 11:20 AM | #61 |
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Read somewhere Oyster bands don't stretch. Myth busted.
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20 September 2018, 04:28 PM | #62 |
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That bracelet is beat!
Did the bracelet finally break so the customer sent it in? |
25 September 2018, 03:53 AM | #63 |
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Looking forward to see the after pics
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25 September 2018, 08:22 AM | #64 |
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25 September 2018, 01:41 PM | #65 | |
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Adventures in Band Repair (B4/After photos)
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Very true. I stand corrected. Lol you’re hired! All work done in the good ol’ U.S. of A. |
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26 September 2018, 10:07 AM | #66 |
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Yikes. This 116610LN came in with a nasty whamo on the corner. Under magnification you can the stress marks to the 904L steel.
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26 September 2018, 10:08 AM | #67 |
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We get a chance to use newly acquired 904L fill wire in our laser welder!
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26 September 2018, 10:10 AM | #68 |
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It doesn't take much. 7 quick laser welds fill in the missing material.
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26 September 2018, 10:12 AM | #69 |
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Some smoothing and polishing on the polishing lathe. The high polish and brushed finished are applied.
Back to stylin! |
26 September 2018, 10:13 AM | #70 |
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Weld up rather than polish down. None of the original material was lost.
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26 September 2018, 11:53 AM | #71 |
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Awesome work!
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26 September 2018, 11:02 PM | #72 |
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Wow! Such great work! Thanks for sharing the process and the great pictures! Very impressive.
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27 September 2018, 01:34 AM | #73 |
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Good stuff. Thanks for posting photos! I really enjoy this thread.
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27 September 2018, 01:38 AM | #74 |
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Great work! Thanks for shearing this again.
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27 September 2018, 04:02 AM | #75 |
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Thx for the encouragement. We'll keep 'em coming.
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27 September 2018, 04:05 AM | #76 |
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27 September 2018, 04:17 AM | #77 |
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Just went through this thread, really enjoyed it. Keep em' coming, please
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27 September 2018, 09:44 AM | #78 |
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Has anyone seen this happen before? We purchased this band from a TRF member, it's an easy fix for us. While asking around, no one seemed surprised. One claimed to have seen this many time before. Odd. Personally it's my first time seeing this happen.
It seems these pieces are welded from the factory. You would think this would be milled as a single piece. Nonetheless we fixed this one right up and snapped some photos. Curious how many more of these we will run into in the future. |
27 September 2018, 09:46 AM | #79 |
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A few tack welds to hold the pieces in place. If we're off by a bit we can grind the welds and position them again. This time it all lines up fine.
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27 September 2018, 09:53 AM | #80 |
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Seeing these pieces broken off at least one time (that we know of), we went all out with strengthening and adding additional support by welding in a good amount of new 904L stainless.
Here's a shot of the first round of welding and grinding.The first pass is the structure. Second round will be mainly focused on the aesthetics. |
27 September 2018, 09:54 AM | #81 |
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More welds (a lot more) to smooth out the surface.
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27 September 2018, 09:56 AM | #82 |
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After smoothing and polishing, one Flip Lock Oyster ready to go!
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27 September 2018, 10:57 AM | #83 |
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Probably stronger now than when it left the factory Cheers. -Norm
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27 September 2018, 11:19 AM | #84 |
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Wow, Michael. That's really awesome skills you have.
In my next life, I want to do this. That's if karma will not make me a worm in a chicken farm... cheers |
27 September 2018, 11:42 AM | #85 |
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Mike (RolliWorks)! Keep posting pics of your work! Lot's of us would love to see your portfolio of before and after! Do you have anymore before and after pics of case restorations?!
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27 September 2018, 12:13 PM | #86 |
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nice
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28 September 2018, 03:59 AM | #87 |
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We will do a better job of photographing some of the jobs. It really doesn't fit well into our workflow, especially with the short turnaround times.
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28 September 2018, 07:46 AM | #88 | |
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You guys are doing a terrific job with the pics! I was just saying, if you can post more before/after pics of your work, RolliWorks can be a better alternative than sending our watches overseas to Classic Watch Works/Michael Young! |
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28 September 2018, 07:49 AM | #89 |
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Gotcha. Will do!
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29 September 2018, 05:50 AM | #90 |
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Just went through this whole post. Great work. I have access to a laser welder and it is a great machine to have when you need it! I've never restored entire bracelets before. But, it has come in handy for many watch related repairs and saved a ton of time.
However, the complete bracelet you restored that took 9 hours...is that economical to do? Seems like it would be pretty expensive. But, I guess still probably worth it to the customer. I do mostly wholesale, so a job like that with a retail markup would probably be nuts. Again great work! I haven't tackled any repairs this serious, mostly because the customers I have aren't willing to spend enough to repair them. |
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