Restoration of a rare vintage ww2 military watch - nickel and chrome plating - Sanford AS1123

This time I´m restoring an old military watch from the WW2-Era.
It´s a Sanford with an AS 1123 movement.

The watch is in a really bad condition. The chrome-plating of the case is heavy damaged, the glass is scratched the movement is full of dirt and stops repeatedly.

I need to grind off the old chrome. After sanding and polishing the case, it´s ready for a new chrome-plating. But i need to add a layer of nickel before. The glass will be polished and the movement cleaned. Unfortunately the old radium-compound on the hands fell off so i need to re-lume the hands with super-luminova. I will add some coffee to it to make it more "vintage-looking".

After everything is cleaned, polished and re-plated, I can re-assemble the movement with some fresh oil. After that, this watch is in a good beat (+6 seconds per day) again.

I hope you liked this restoration, if so, like, comment and subscribe ;)

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"Our Volunteers Waltz" by United States Marine Band
"Et Voila" by Chris Haugen

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[wjlacey]

No annoying music, no talking, plenty of info,
beautiful shots, masterful work

[profharveyherrera]

Clockmaker is a wonderful trade. In a world of disposable watches seeing a beautiful timepiece came back to life is really satisfying.

[JWatson]

The amount of human ingenuity and engineering necessary to create a mechanical wrist watch is unbelievable.

[SSJGhost_Wolf]

You don't really realize how much work goes into these kinds of things until you see it, this is amazing

[GraduatedMoney]

The reassembly is absolutely blowing my mind. So much respect for people that are this skilled and passionate about their craft.

[protoxify]

The most satisfying part about this is the availability of all the necessary tools, instruments, compounds and chemicals.

[vjflores]

Love how this was edited. No loud music, just complete silence at the same time i felt i was concentrating as well

[maxelmoon]

The fact that this watch still worked after being used for decades really shows one of many reasons that watches are something worth paying a huge price for.

Even back in the 40s, you can see how advanced it was and even then how much you had to study for in order to craft something so genius in such small size.

(I live in a city, where we also have a school for making watches btw.)

[HasanKaabir]

Its not a restoration. Its a piece of art.

[dabomb]

Horologist, scientist, polisher, chemist, metallurgist...the list goes on.
Fantastic to watch such an intricate profession.

[tonykomski]

$858 watch in today's money. VERY nice restoration. Was excellent work, and fun to watch!

[mohdzaidhajiothman]

Omg, having all the necessary tools is one thing, having the right skills to complete the task is another. Salute!

[eragon_]

This dude has tools for absolutely everything

[MHTutorialsD]

Your watch is ready sir, that will be $ 49, - for the watch and $ 86.000, - labor

[st]

This truly looks like the hardest watch repairs I’ve seen yet. Truly amazing talent thanks for posting

[nunosantos]

So you need to be a mechanic, a chemist and have the hands of a surgeon. Ok got it

[nimascolari]

That time piece has seen a lot of unimaginable things. Each scratch is a literal piece of history.

[midei]

I’m beyond words. I’d never imagine the amount of work that goes into watch repair! Respect, sir. New subscriber.

[JimSmith-gwpi]

Very therapeutic watching the master restorer at work. Some amount of tools involved.

[robertascholten]

My Papa was "ye olde German clock maker". He spent untold hours repairing clock innards, even making gears and other parts himself. I loved to observe the love and care he invested in every piece. He would have truly enjoyed watching this, and then peppering the skilled craftsman with questions and "shop-talk". Carry on, watch meister...